CHICAGO, IL - A Wednesday morning rush hour accident on the Dan Ryan Expressway has closed one lane and stalled traffic. A WGN Traffic report indicates the center lane is blocked for westbound traffic between 47th Street and 51st Street on the South Side. The backups are most visible between exits 57A and 56B.   <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">I-90/I-94 Dan Ryan Exwy WESTBOUND Between 51st St (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/57A?src=hash" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">#57A</a>) and 47th St (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/56B?src=hash" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">#56B</a>) - Accident. center lane blocked — WGN-TV Traffic (@WGNtraffic) <a href="https://twitter.com/WGNtraffic/status/760821281071722496" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">August 3, 2016</a></blockquote>      <script async charset="utf-8" defer="true"></script>

CHICAGO, IL - A Wednesday morning rush hour accident on the Dan Ryan Expressway has closed one lane and stalled traffic.

A WGN Traffic report indicates the center lane is blocked for westbound traffic between 47th Street and 51st Street on the South Side. The backups are most visible between exits 57A and 56B.   <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">I-90/I-94 Dan Ryan Exwy WESTBOUND Between 51st St (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/57A?src=hash" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">#57A</a>) and 47th St (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/56B?src=hash" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">#56B</a>) - Accident. center lane blocked — WGN-TV Traffic (@WGNtraffic) <a href="https://twitter.com/WGNtraffic/status/760821281071722496" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">August 3, 2016</a></blockquote>      <script async charset="utf-8" defer="true"></script>

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