Dan Ryan lane blockage after semi crash could last into the afternoon

A semi truck hit a median wall around 2:15 a.m. while traveling in the southbound lanes of I-94 near 26th Street, police said.

Westbound lanes on Interstate 80 were closed Dec. 26, 2019, after a rollover crash involving a semitrailer carrying phosphoric acid near New Lenox. — Southbound lanes were blocked on the Dan Ryan Sept. 20, 2019, after a semi crash near 26th Street.

Local lanes and ramps on the southbound Dan Ryan were closed into the afternoon Friday after a semitrailer crashed near Bridgeport on the South Side.

A semi truck traveling in the southbound lanes of I-94 hit a median wall around 2:15 a.m. near 26th Street and caused “significant damage” to an overpass, Illinois State Police said. A light pole also fell in the collision.

Southbound lanes were closed to all traffic until about 2:30 p.m., state police said.

Two vehicles struck debris from the crash, state police said. One person was transported to a hospital with minor injuries.

The crash damaged the barrier wall separating the outbound Dan Ryan from the Chinatown Feeder ramp, according to a statement from the Illinois Department of Transportation.

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A semi truck hit a median wall around 2:15 a.m. while traveling in the southbound lanes of I-94 near 26th Street, police said.