Exit ramp, westbound lanes of 290 at Beltway 8 reopen after police incident

A man standing on a guardrail on US-290 shut down the in the exit ramp and all westbound lanes of at Beltway 8 Tuesday, police said.

Several officers were called to the area just before 4:30 a.m.

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The man got in a vehicle and drove away just after 5 a.m.

It is unclear why the man was standing in the road.

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