Semi-truck stuck blocking traffic at W 59th St and S Halsted St, Chicago IL

Traffic

Reported: 10/31/2025 07:14 AM

W 59th St & S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60621

A semi-truck became stuck under a divider near 59th Street and Halsted Street in Chicago, blocking traffic. Police units were dispatched to manage and reroute traffic around the obstruction.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 06

03:14

Transcript:

00:00

All right, 11[1], back at you. I got a guy on the 18 wheel is stuck at the right-up, near 59th and Halsted.

00:07

Thank you.

00:16

732. 732.

00:20

732.

00:22

32, I got Burbank asking if you could attempt to locate a white Chevy track, Freddie A, I'm sorry,

00:32

Freddie Eddy,

00:34

25971. It was involved in a burglary this morning,

00:38

possibly more than one occupant. The owner's reporting is stolen. It's still currently clear in Leeds.

00:44

They're asking to hold any in our occupants and the vehicle 6936 South Yale.

00:50

Frank Eddy 259-7-1 on a white Chevy track.

00:56

3299.

01:01

1331 for info.

01:03

31.

01:06

A lot of cars been found at 6942 Yale in the parking out of the apartment building.

01:15

Okay, at 694-2 yield. Okay, 32, you copy that information.

01:20

All right,

01:24

good night.

01:28

7-81.

01:30

Good morning, can you show me headed to Rosebud and Holman in the gun run?

01:37

Good morning, ten four.

01:39

11[1].

01:42

11[1].

01:44

Can we get another kind of block traffic? He's wide center.

01:48

Pretty good.

01:51

All right.

01:57

All right. 7-Eleven needs another car if anybody's supposed to help with some traffic near 59th and Halsted. Got a semi-trucked under divider.

02:10

Okay,

02:17

thanks.

02:18

11[1], we're going to block northbound traffic from near Halsted. If someone could go to near Halsted, block 9-pound traffic.

02:28

All right, 2-4, can you go to near Halsted?

02:38

You may want to reroute CPA as well.

02:46

Rerout, northbound or southbound?

02:52

Northbound. All right,

02:54

and then the unit that's going over to help, can you block near houses?

03:02

Ten-four.

03:09

711[1] CTA has been out of

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W 59th St & S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60621

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