UPDATE: Wreck cleared from state Highway 19 near Airport Road

UPDATE — All lanes were cleared by 11:09 a.m. after a wreck on state Highway 19 near Airport Road.

Earlier story is below.

PORT TOWNSEND — All lanes are blocked on state Highway 19 near Airport Road after a collision at 10:33 a.m. today (Friday).

The collision near Port Townsend was in the northbound lane at Milepost 13, the state Department of Transportation said.

On the opposite side of the North Olympic Peninsula, a wreck on U.S. Highway 101 near Lower Hoh Road was cleared by 10:55 a.m.

The wreck south of Forks was at 7:34 a.m. in the southbound lane of the highway, Transportation said.

It blocked both lanes briefly before traffic was allowed to move alternating in one lane.

No other information is available now about the wrecks.

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