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MileCheck Highway Report, September 2026
Updated October 13, 2026. Alerts a feed carried for another state's road were removed, and each state is now compared with its own earlier months instead of with other states.
What state DOT feeds published in September 2026, in all 50 states and British Columbia. Crashes, closures, roadwork, border waits, Seattle's drawbridges and wildfires.
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Crashes
DOT feeds published 2,143 unique crash alerts from 43 states and provinces in September. States publish crashes differently. California's count includes Highway Patrol dispatch logs, for example. Each state's page lists the routes with the most crash alerts in that state.
7 crashes were marked fatal by the reporting DOT.
- California, I-10 — September 2
- California, I-80 — September 6
- California, CA-118 — September 6
- California, CA-91 — September 6
- New York, NY-9A — September 11
- California, CA-78 — September 12
- California, CA-58 — September 28
Closures and roadwork
DOT feeds published 5,089 closure alerts and 23,045 roadwork alerts in September. Each state's page lists the routes with the most alerts inside that state.
Live alerts on the major interstates are on the corridor maps.
Compared with earlier months
7 states have at least two full months in MileCheck's archive. Each line compares a state with itself.
- Alaska — July 19, August 6, September 4
- Arizona — July 815, August 594, September 576
- Colorado — July 900, August 837, September 990
- Montana — July 57, August 48, September 50
- Oregon — July 737, August 692, September 620
- Utah — July 163, August 161, September 147
- Washington — July 1,191, August 1,093, September 993
For the other 44, September is the first full month in MileCheck's archive. Next month's report compares them with September.
Border waits
Waits to enter the United States in standard passenger lanes, September, from hourly U.S. Customs and Border Protection readings. Averages use every valid hourly reading. Dates are local to each crossing.
- Tecate (California) — 5 hr, September 8
- San Ysidro (California) — 4 hr, September 8
- Otay Mesa (California) — 4 hr, September 27
- Calexico / West (California) — 4 hr, September 7
- Eagle Pass / Bridge II (Texas) — 3 hr 30 min, September 15
- Calexico / East (California) — 3 hr 20 min, September 15
- Tecate (California) — 2 hr 5 min average
- San Ysidro (California) — 1 hr 48 min average
- Otay Mesa (California) — 1 hr 32 min average
- Calexico / West (California) — 1 hr 3 min average
- Eagle Pass / Bridge I (Texas) — 53 min average
- Calexico / East (California) — 51 min average
Live waits for all 85 crossings are at milecheckapp.com/borders.
Seattle drawbridges
Seattle's drawbridges opened 843 times in September.
- Fremont Bridge — 382 openings, typically 6 minutes, longest 12
- Ballard Bridge — 272 openings, typically 4 minutes, longest 10
- Montlake Bridge — 102 openings, typically 6 minutes, longest 12
- South Park Bridge — 49 openings, typically 6 minutes, longest 14
- 1st Ave S Bridge — 38 openings, typically 10 minutes, longest 24
Live status is on the drawbridge map.
Wildfires
320 wildfires were on the national wildfire list as of Sept. 30, 4 PM Pacific, in the states and provinces we track. Many are mostly or fully contained.
- Oregon — Rowe Creek Complex (Wheeler County), 373,929 acres, 99% contained
- Oregon — Crosswhite (Wheeler County), 342,923 acres, 99% contained
- Washington — Little Giant (Chelan County), 172,896 acres, 93% contained
- Washington — Sinlahekin (Okanogan County), 166,007 acres, 93% contained
- Idaho — Tartar (Washington County), 158,027 acres, 100% contained
- Idaho — Cascade (Idaho County), 7,475 acres, 80% contained
- British Columbia — French Bar Creek, 150,858 acres, containment not published
- British Columbia — Felker Fire, 10,421 acres, containment not published
- Colorado — Aspen Acres (Custer County), 102,004 acres, 82% contained
- Colorado — Gold Mountain (Ouray County), 39,747 acres, 92% contained
- Nevada — Mouse Meadow (Nye County), 52,000 acres, 100% contained
- Nevada — McConnell (Humboldt County), 33,762 acres, 99% contained
- Montana — Sand Creek (Beaverhead County), 35,520 acres, 83% contained
- Montana — Davis Coulee (Big Horn County), 15,470 acres, 100% contained
- California — Plaskett (Monterey County), 29,993 acres, 100% contained
- California — Timber (Monterey County), 25,349 acres, 88% contained
Thank you to the firefighters and crews who worked these fires all season.
Live fire perimeters and the closures near them are at milecheckapp.com/fire.
Winter closures
Some mountain roads close every winter. These states have them, and each state page lists the roads, their usual closing and reopening times, and the agency source. We update the list each month through winter.
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By state
Each state and province has its own page with the same measures.
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- British Columbia
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
What's new at MileCheck
In the app
- Live road alerts now cover Alberta and Manitoba, alongside all 50 states and British Columbia.
Cameras
- More than 44,000 DOT cameras in 39 states and 3 provinces.
- New camera pages for British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.
- New state pages for Tennessee, Texas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, West Virginia and Montana.
Roads and closures
- Pages for 14 roads that are closed for months, with the posted dates and a map.
- Road conditions for every state.
- Mountain pass pages draw each alert along the road, with a printable map sheet.
- An I-40 corridor map.
In other languages
- Driving in the US, in Spanish, French and Brazilian Portuguese.
- Florida traffic cameras in Spanish and Portuguese.
- Crossing into Canada and back, and whether your phone works there, in English and Quebec French.
- Mile marker and location pages in Punjabi.
For businesses
- Sponsor the next Highway Report.
- The MileCheck data API, for businesses that want our mile markers and road alerts in their own systems.
- A page for fleets.
- Early access list for a dash display that shows your mile marker.
The live version is in the app.
MileCheck shows state DOT feeds for crashes, closures, and delays in all 50 states, British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba as they are published, with your nearest mile marker.
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