{"id":111420,"date":"2026-01-05T15:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/111420\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T15:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:53:12","slug":"txdot-begins-work-on-u-s-62-82-from-lubbock-to-ropesville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/111420\/","title":{"rendered":"TxDot begins work on U.S. 62\/82 from Lubbock to Ropesville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; The Texas Department of Transportation has started a project to make safety improvements to almost 13 miles of U.S. 62\/82, from 73rd Street in Lubbock to the city of Ropesville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to TxDot, workers will install cable median barriers along the US 62\/82 corridor in Lubbock and Hockley counties and is expected to enhance the overall safety of the roadway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To increase safety and reduce traffic conflict points, the project will also remove a crossover along the project limits. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Officials say highway traffic will see various shoulder and inside lane closures throughout the project\u2019s duration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Motorists are advised to drive with caution when entering the work zone, slow down, pay attention and watch out for workers and equipment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The project\u2019s completion date is scheduled for December of 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; The Texas Department of Transportation has started a project to make safety improvements to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1494,24527,13518,319,168,170,169,7561,49481,272,271,18235],"class_list":["post-111420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-construction","tag-delays","tag-highway","tag-kcbd","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-roads","tag-ropesville","tag-traffic","tag-txdot","tag-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}