UPDATE: Highway 16 Re-Opens Between Terrace and Kitwanga After a Vehicle Incident Closed it for Nearly 9 Hours

UPDATE 3 (10:00 pm):

Highway 16 has now fully re-opened between Terrace and Kitwanga.

More information on the incident will be available in the coming days.

UPDATE 2 (8:00 pm):

A vehicle incident between Terrace and Kitwanga has roughly 70 kilometres of Highway 16 facing significant delays.

That incident has the road reduced to single-lane alternating traffic between the Chimdemash Loop, roughly 22 kms east of Terrace, and Kitwanga.

A complete closure along that same stretch had been in place for nearly 6 hours.

DriveBC is currently expecting the road to re-open at around 9:00 this evening.

Check DriveBC for up-to-the-minute traffic condition updates.

No information regarding the incident itself or any possible damage or injuries has been released at this time.

Original Story (2:30 pm):

A vehicle incident between Terrace and Kitwanga has closed roughly 70 kilometres of Highway 16.

That incident has the road closed between the Chimdemash Loop, roughly 22 kms east of Terrace, and Kitwanga.

DriveBC is currently expecting the road to re-open at around 7:00 this evening.

Check DriveBC for up-to-the-minute traffic condition updates.

No information regarding the incident itself or any possible damage or injuries has been released at this time.