UPDATE: 1/21/2025; 12:25 P.M.
The Corpus Christi Police Department says SPID (SH 358 eastbound and westbound) has been reopened as of 12:25 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21.
UPDATE: 1/21/2025; 11:51 A.M.
Senior Officer Jennifer Collier from CCPD has told KRIS 6 News that from 4 a.m. to 11 a.m. today, 88 calls for service for traffic accidents have been recorded today.
ORIGINAL: 1/21/2025; 9:23 A.M.
Due to icy conditions and several traffic crashes, all eastbound and westbound traffic on SPID and NPID from I37 to Waldron Road has been shut down by CCPD.
HWY 44 from SPID to Robstown has been closed by The Nueces County Sheriff's Department due to multiple wrecks caused by the icy conditions.
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According to Rickey Dailey with the Texas Department of Transportation, no other road closures are reported at this time.
"However, we do have ice in some areas. There has been ice reported on US 181 on the Nueces Bay Causeway and also on the 181 fly-over in Gregory, that's headed towards Taft. Snow and ice have been reported in Karnes and Goliad County," said Rickey Dailey of TXDOT.
Dailey says the Harbor Bridge is clear and open, as well as the JFK Causeway.
“Motorists who decide to drive in harsh conditions may find themselves with little, to no, options for their return home for an extended period,” TxDOT Corpus Christi District Engineer Mike Walsh, P.E., said.
Again, TxDOT advises motorists to stay off the roads during winter weather events. If travel is an absolute necessity, here are winter weather driving tips:
- Slow down. Speed limits are based on normal road and weather conditions, not winter road conditions.
- Maintain at least three times the normal following distance on snow or ice.
- Watch carefully for moving equipment treating roads and removing snow/ice. Stay at least 200 feet behind this equipment.
- Use extra caution on bridges, ramps, overpasses, and shaded areas as they tend to freeze first.
- If your vehicle starts to slide, ease off the gas pedal or brakes. Steer into the direction of the skid until you have regained traction. Then straighten your vehicle.
