Interstate 35E near State School Road in Denton reopened this afternoon after a tanker truck overturned with a load of phosphoric acid, officials said.

The road was reopened shortly after 1 p.m., more than eight hours after a pickup lost control and struck the tanker on the southbound lanes of I-35E, Denton officials said.

The tanker, which carried a chemical that is used to remove rust from metal and can be caustic to skin, did not rupture and came to rest on its side on a concrete median.

“We’ve had everyone involved checked out, and everyone is OK,” Denton police spokesman Ryan Grelle said. “There were no leaks, so we don’t have a hazardous materials situation.”

All lanes of the highway near the accident scene were shut down this morning so crews could offload the phosphoric acid into another tanker. An entrance to the highway was shut down at Loop 288 southbound and at Corinth Parkway northbound.

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