Emergency crews working to clear semi truck crash on Missouri Boulevard

The Missouri Department of Transportation is warning drivers to avoid a semi truck crash in Jefferson City on Wednesday afternoon.

Mo-DOT tweeted out around 4:10 p.m. that the northbound Highway 179 ramp to eastbound Missouri Boulevard is closed.

Jefferson City Traffic Alert:
Northbound Hwy 179 ramp onto Eastbound Missouri Boulevard is CLOSED. Semi truck is blocking the ramp and one lane of eastbound Missouri Boulevard. pic.twitter.com/YEO4xJS8Iv

— MoDOT Central Dist (@MoDOT_Central) August 8, 2018

The semi truck is blocking the ramp and a lane of eastbound Missouri Boulevard.

An ABC 17 News crew is on their way to the scene.

We’ll update this story once new information is released about this crash.