Stretch of I-35 In South Austin Back To Normal After Bricks Spill

SOUTH AUSTIN, TX -- An added traffic delay in South Austin on an otherwise normal Friday rush hour hit motorists like a ton of bricks -- to a degree, although not by the full weight measure.

Interstate 35 lanes was reopened shortly before 9 p.m. Friday evening after a pile of bricks spilled from a truck onto the roadway was picked up by work crews.

Northbound I-35 traffic at I-35 and Woodward Street had come to a standstill earlier after the stretch of roadway was reduced to one lane during cleanup, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

Traffic is now moving steadily at the 3600 block of South I-35, with nary a brick in sight.