The view of the overturned tanker on 495.

Fairfax Fire and Rescue / Twitter

Update, 3/29/19: The lanes on the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway reopened just before 3 a.m. on Friday morning.

The closure of the roadway, due to an overturned tanker truck around 2 p.m., created a ripple effect of intense traffic throughout the region for approximately 13 hours.

Even Nationals player Trea Turner was caught up in the bumper-to-bumper traffic while leaving the team’s opening day.

Original:

Commuters, take heed. Anyone intending to take the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway today needs to contend with a tanker truck that overturned near the American Legion Bridge around 2 p.m.

While the driver of the truck was not injured in the crash, there was a minor injury from one of the cars, according to Fairfax Fire and Rescue.

Further complicating the response is that the overturned tanker was holding 8,500 gallons of fuel and was actively leaking. A total of 100-200 gallons leaked, but Fairfax Fire and Rescue says that the fuel has been “has been contained and does not appear to have made it into the Potomac River.”

While traffic on the Outer Loop has also been impacted, the lanes reopened right before the Montgomery County line around 4 p.m., according to the Maryland State Highway Administration.

This dashboard video captured the moment the truck overturned:

https://twitter.com/LAMillennium/status/1111345425087385601

There’s a whole lot of red currently on Google Maps, indicating an traffic jam.

This post has been updated.

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