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Current US 81 Traffic Conditions
US 81 Traffic Delays
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Kansas US 81
218mi From Belleville to Caldwell
3 hours 30 mins travel time instead of 3 hours 11 mins
19 minutes Delay -
Nebraska US 81
198mi From city to Belvidere
3 hours 26 mins travel time instead of 3 hours 13 mins
13 minutes Delay -
North Dakota US 81
165mi From city to Fargo
2 hours 34 mins travel time instead of 2 hours 21 mins
13 minutes Delay -
Oklahoma US 81
255mi From Caldwell to Terral
4 hours 11 mins travel time instead of 3 hours 58 mins
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South Dakota US 81
231mi From Sisseton to city
3 hours 31 mins travel time instead of 3 hours 24 mins
7 minutes Delay
Live Reports from the DOT's Twitter
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2 days ago Nebraska511 US 81: Exit ramp closed because of an overturned semi trailer at Exit ramp to I-80 WB. https://t.co/kpSIhKwPpo
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2 days ago Nebraska511 US 81 NB/SB: Bridge work from MM 17 to MM 20 (3 to 4m N of Hebron). Head to head traffic on the roadway. https://t.co/1k6EiMyRZX
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3 days ago Nebraska511 US 81 SB: Road maintenance operations from 827th Road (near Madison) to 822nd Road (4m N of Humphrey). Right lane closed. https://t.co/ah3R72OGkd
DOT Accident and Construction Reports
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US 81 News Reports
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- source: Bing
- 2 views
- Jan 15, 2026 2:36pm
81 TOWN OF LAFAYETTE, New York (WWNY) - The weather is getting the blame for a 30-vehicle pileup on Interstate 81 south of Syracuse on Thursday. State police say 7 people were rushed to area hospitals. Read More
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- source: Bing
- 3 views
- Jan 15, 2026 2:24pm
81 LaFayette, N.Y. - About 30 vehicles, including three tractor-trailers, crashed in a massive pileup on Interstate 81 South in LaFayette on Thursday afternoon. Read More
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- source: Bing
- 2 views
- Jan 14, 2026 04:24am
81 According to PennDOT a truck fire shut down Interstate 81 north in Schuylkill County Wednesday morning. The Interstate was closed while crews cleaned up the incident in Schuylkill County. According to ... Read More
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Homicide by vehicle charge filed in crash that killed school van driver in Westmoreland County
- Pennsylvania
- Route 819
- source: Bing
- 6 views
- Jan 12, 2026 1:44pm
819 In March, 60-year-old Rene C. Davis, 60 of Hempfield Township was killed in a crash involving a tractor-trailer and another car near the intersection of Route 22 and Route 819. Read More
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Tanker full of toxic chemical crashes in southeast Nebraska
- Nebraska
- US 81
- source: Bing
- 6 views
- Jan 07, 2026 1:42pm
81 LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) - A semitrailer carrying a tank full of anhydrous ammonia crashed in southeast Nebraska on Wednesday. Around 6:30 a.m., first responders were sent to Highway 81 on the east side ... Read More
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Utica resident, 32, killed in collision on Highway 81
- Nebraska
- US 81
- source: Bing
- 0 view
- Jan 02, 2026 07:19am
81 The victim had pulled over to the side of the highway to check his trailer when he was struck by a pickup driven by a Columbus man, deputies say. Read More
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Missing elderly Kansas woman found in north-east South Dakota
- South Dakota
- US 81
- source: Bing
- 4 views
- Jan 02, 2026 04:39am
81 LAKE NORDEN, S.D. (KFGO-KWAT) - An elderly Kansas woman who'd been reported missing was found in Hamlin County in north-east South Dakota Thursday afternoon. A sheriff's deputy stopped a vehicle on ... Read More
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- source: Bing
- 0 view
- Dec 30, 2025 3:24pm
81 The Madison County Sheriff's Office says deputies received a call around 10:00 a.m. saying that a northbound car on Highway 81 was swerving all over the road and the driver appeared to be falling ... Read More
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Fatal collision on US 81 claims life of 6-year-old
- Oklahoma
- 110878 US Highway 75
- source: Bing
- 28 views
- Dec 24, 2025 12:34pm
GRADY COUNTY, Okla. ( KFOR) - A 6-year-old from Comanche was killed in a crash on Tuesday afternoon on U.S. 81 in Grady County. Read More
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OHP: 6-year-old child killed in multi-vehicle crash on US 81 in Grady County
- Oklahoma
- 21550 State Highway
- source: Bing
- 38 views
- Dec 24, 2025 11:02am
Authorities say a 6-year-old child from Comanche was killed in a multi-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon on a Grady County highway. Read More