I-190/290 Interchange Re-Opens BUFFALO (wned) - The heavily traveled I-190/!-290 interchange has reopened after being closed for several hours Wednesday morning when a tractor-trailer overturned and spilled its load of metal.

Police say the accident occurred around 4 a.m. Wednesday on an elevated ramp leading from Interstate 290 to southbound Interstate 190 in the Town of Tonawanda.

Authorities say the truck's load spilled onto I-190 below, forcing the closure of the north and southbound lanes between exits 15 and 16. The southbound lanes reopened around 6:30 a.m. and the northbound lanes about three hours later.

Police say the driver wasn't hurt.

The accident forced drivers to find alternate routes to work and school. © Copyright 2012, wned