MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — An overturned tractor-trailer shut down a ramp lane Monday in south Charlotte, according to NCDOT.

Charlotte emergency personnel reported that I-485 /I-77 North Exit 2 was closed for much of the afternoon due to an accident involving a tractor-trailer. HAZMAT was at the scene Monday assisting.

NCDOT said the ramp lane was closed near Westinghouse Blvd.

Charlotte Fire was asking that drivers seek an alternate route. The area was reopened Monday afternoon.