Interstate 35 drivers, beware: The Texas Department of Transportation plans major nighttime closures on the highway in the coming days.
TxDOT will close the highway’s southbound lanes between the exit ramps at North Walters Street and North New Braunfels Avenue, on the East Side near Fort Sam Houston, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Thursday night.
The entrance ramp for I-35 southbound before North Walters Street will also be closed during those hours, as well as the exit ramp at North New Braunfels Avenue.
TxDOT also said it will close the ramp linking southbound I-35 to southbound Loop 410, as well as the ramp from northbound I-35 to the frontage road for southbound Loop 410, from 9 p.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Sunday.
During those hours, the agency will also close the frontage road for I-35 northbound at its interchange with Loop 410.
Also, the frontage road for I-35 southbound will be closed south of Rittiman Road from 9 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday.
Detours will be available for the closures.
The closures are being made as part of TxDOT’s $3 billion I-35 NEX project, which is expanding the interstate from eight to 14 lanes along the Northeast Side. The project includes the construction of two elevated structures along I-35 on the Northeast Side that will support two new regular lanes and one carpool lane going in each direction.