KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A crash closed several roads around the downtown Kansas City, Missouri, loop for about three hours Saturday morning.
Online logs show first responders were called to the wreck around 8:30 a.m. Saturday in the westbound lanes of Interstate 70 at Walnut Street on the north side of the downtown loop.
For around three hours, westbound I-70 was closed from Grand Boulevard; southbound Interstate 35 was closed at I-70, westbound I-70 was closed past northbound I-35, and the ramp from southbound 9 Highway to westbound I-70 was closed.
UPDATE: TRAFFIC ALERT- (JACKSON)
— MoDOT Kansas City (@MoDOT_KC) February 21, 2026
I-70 WB CLOSED PAST GRAND BLVD
I-35 SB CLOSED AT I-70
I-70 WB CLOSED PAST I-35 NB
RAMP CLOSED - 9 HWY SB TO I-70 WB#kctraffic https://t.co/WKd3Uci9id pic.twitter.com/o2tlqQN6EA
Those roadways were reopened at around 11:40 a.m.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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