{"id":136927,"date":"2026-01-24T22:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T22:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/136927\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T22:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T22:48:07","slug":"u-s-62-180-remains-closed-between-el-paso-and-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/136927\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. 62\/180 remains closed between El Paso and New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) &#8211; U.S. Highway 62\/180 remains closed between El Paso and New Mexico as hazardous weather conditions continue to impact the region.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Texas Department of Transportation, TxDOT crews are actively monitoring conditions and treating and patrolling roadways throughout the district. <\/p>\n<p>Officials say updates are being shared through the agency\u2019s X account as conditions change.<\/p>\n<p>The complete closure affects U.S. 62\/180 eastbound and westbound from Mile 46 to Mile 148. <\/p>\n<p>Motorists are advised to seek alternate routes, as no estimated time for reopening has been provided.<\/p>\n<p>Additional closures remain in effect, including:<\/p>\n<p>FM 1111 to the state lineState Highway 54 to the state line<\/p>\n<p>Travel is strongly discouraged, and drivers are urged to stay home if possible until conditions improve.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Motorists can monitor current road conditions, live cameras, and updated closure information by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/drivetexas.org\/?ch=C&amp;fh=C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DriveTexas.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CLOSURE MAP; TXDOT\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/577554c6-d07c-4b4d-a9ae-9f7318f3a54f-621681905_1403242678269944_2761925548467474864_n.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) &#8211; U.S. Highway 62\/180 remains closed between El Paso and New Mexico as hazardous&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":{"0":"post-136927","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-headlines","10":"tag-el-paso-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136927","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=136927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}