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Houston’s HOT and HOV lanes to remained closed until Friday

Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle

Updated 3:45 pm, Thursday, January 18, 2018

Photo: Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle

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Interstate-45 southbound traffic is slowed down near the Interstate-10 ramps on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, in Houston.

Swipe through to see reader photos submitted during winter storm Inga.

Interstate-45 southbound traffic is slowed down near the Interstate-10 ramps on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, in Houston.

Swipe through to see reader photos submitted during winter storm Inga.

Photo: Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle

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A small amount of sleet is visible on a Pearland truck bed cover Thursday morining. (Photo by Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle)

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Daisy checks out sleet on deck in Spring on Thursday morning. (Photo by Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle)

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Carla Lujan, Salyers Elementary President, with her pirate snowman this morning before heading to school. (Submitted by Blanca Lujan)

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Snow on a vehicle, submitted by an anonymous reader.

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Submitted by Sam Caldwell.

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Sleet in Klein, submitted by Annarose Harding.

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Ice collects on a car in Spring early Thursday morning. (Photo by Mark Gladstone/Houston Chronicle)

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Light snow and sleet falls in The Woodlands Thursday morning. (Photo by Billy Smith/Houston Chronicle)

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Light snow and sleet falls in The Woodlands Thursday morning. (Photo by Billy Smith/Houston Chronicle)

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Submitted by Sam Caldwell.

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Ice collects in Northwest Houston early Thursday morning. (Twitter pic by @MrsFrenchie81)

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Ice collects on the ground in Spring early Thursday morning. (Twitter pic by @rocksinnature)

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Ice collects in Northwest Houston Thursday morning. (Photo by Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle)

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Ice collects on a car in Garden Oaks Thursday morning. (Photo by James Neilsen/Houston Chronicle)

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Sleet pellets are shown in Cypress near Barker Cypress and Hwy. 290 on Thursday morning. (Twitter pic by @viggler19)

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Sleet falls in Spring early Thursday morning. (Twitter pic by @oddoilfieldwife)

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Ice is shown in northwest Houston early Thursday morning. (Twitter pic by @SunshinePickle)

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Sleet collects on a car in Houston Thursday morning. (Twitter pic by @sararodz_83)

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Ice collects in Oak Forest Thursday morning. (Photo by Veronica Flores-Paniagua/Houston Chronicle)

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Ice collects on a car in Garden Oaks Thursday morning. (Photo by James Neilsen/Houston Chronicle)

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Ice collects on a car in Garden Oaks Thursday morning. (Photo by James Neilsen/Houston Chronicle)

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Ice collects in Oak Forest Thursday morning. (Photo by Veronica Flores-Paniagua/Houston Chronicle)

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Ice collects in Oak Forest Thursday morning. (Photo by Veronica Flores-Paniagua/Houston Chronicle)

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METRO Houston's HOT and HOV lanes will remain closed through Thursday afternoon because of lingering icy conditions left over by a winter storm Inga.

METRO announced the continued closure around 1 p.m. Thursday, in what will likely affect the afternoon rush hour. The closure includes the HOT and HOV lanes on Interstate 45 North, I-45 South, U.S. 59 North, U.S. 59 South and U.S. 290.

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The service hopes to have the lanes reopened by Friday morning.

METRO's bus, METROLift and rail services are operational, however.

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