Staff photo by Tim Barber/ A truck heading westbound on Interstate 24, lower right, behind sign, sits upright after overturning at exit 181 Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019.UPDATE at 4:30 p.m.: Crews continue working to clear the scene where a tractor trailer flipped and spilled battery acid onto the interstate. TDOT has pushed back the estimated time the roadway is expected to be cleared until 6 p.m.
Traffic is delayed in both directions.
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UPDATE at 2:05 p.m.: The overturned tractor trailer on I-24 West leaked battery acid onto the roadway after batteries it was transporting were damaged in the wreck, according to Chattanooga Fire Department battalion chief David Thompson.
The acid has since been cleared off the roadway by an outside company, he added.