Disasters · I-24 closureJoelton vehicle fire shut all eastbound I-24 lanes; crash added delaysAired October 30, 2026 at 12:30 PM UTCWritten October 30, 2026 at 12:39 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07A vehicle fire shut every eastbound lane of I-204 in Joelten.0:10Traffic backed up to Pleasant View, and drivers escaping onto nearby highways ran0:15into more backups.0:16When can drivers get through again?0:18And was anyone hurt?0:19Drivers coming from the Clarksville area faced delays on the trip into Nashville.0:23The queue stretched for miles back to Pleasant View, where many drivers left I-24 to0:27find a way around the blockage.0:29The Tennessee Department of Transportation closed all eastbound lanes at the fire0:32location around five thirty Friday morning, October30 th.0:35That stopped traffic heading into Nashville through Joelton during the morning0:38drive.0:39A multi-vehicle crash added another obstruction just west of the fire on I-20 ,40:43East.0:44The crash came after the fire and compounded the inbound delays.0:47Many drivers took Highway40 ,9 from Pleasant View to Highway112 , which runs0:51alongside I-24 .0:53The extra traffic backed up that route too, leaving delays on the interstate and on0:57the way around it.0:57Whether anyone was hurt in either incident is still unknown.1:00T here is no clearance timetable, and we don't know whether the lanes have reopened1:04or the congestion on the alternate route has cleared.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSS
