Northbound 59 Near Loop 287 Closed Due to 18-Wheeler Crash, Fire Persons traveling on Highway 59 northbound near the Walmart Shopping Complex should be ready for delays as emergency responders and clean up crews are working to clear up the debris from an early morning wreck and fire. The northbound side of Highway 59 is closed from Whitehouse Drive to South Medford Drive due to an accident involving an 18-wheeler that caught fire. The accident happened around 6 a.m., when the 18-wheeler driver had a head-on collision with a concrete barrier leading to the Highway 59 flyover. Investigators do not know what caused him to hit the barrier. The driver of the truck was hauling two trailers that were carrying tractor tires.