A section of Interstate 40 in Crittenden County was closed for a little more than four hours Saturday afternoon while workers contained a chemical spill near the Tennessee border, according to tweets from the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
The hazardous spill involved “organic peroxide” and resulted in the closure of I-40 between the state line and Exit 279A in West Memphis between about noon and 4:30 p.m., the tweets stated.
Traffic was diverted to Interstate 55 in the meantime, the tweets state. The tweets did not offer further details on the spill.