5:43 UPDATE:
Parts of Interstate 30 in central Arkansas have reopened after wrecks shut down traffic for about 40 minutes during rush hour Friday evening, the Arkansas Highway and Transportation said.
In advisories sent minutes apart, the agency said the closures at Broadway in North Little Rock and at I-630 in Little Rock were over as of 5:43 p.m.
EARLIER:
Traffic was at a standstill on interstates in downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock during the evening rush hour Friday, according to the state Highway and Transportation Department.
In two separate advisories, the agency alerted motorists of eastbound lane closures on I-30: one reported around 4:50 p.m. at Broadway in North Little Rock and another sent around 5 p.m. for a closure at I-630 in Little Rock.
Authorities said the eastbound middle and "fast" lanes were closed on I-30 at I-630 because of an accident. The middle and "slow" lanes of I-30 at Broadway were also reported to be at a standstill as a result of a second crash.
Arkansas Online’s traffic map showed travel slowed throughout much of the affected areas as of about 5:20 p.m.
A call to a spokesman for the Highway Department was not successful Friday evening.