{"id":192493,"date":"2026-03-06T00:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/192493\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T00:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:10:08","slug":"txdot-provides-loop-88-progress-update-says-main-lanes-will-soon-be-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/192493\/","title":{"rendered":"TxDot provides Loop 88 progress update, says main lanes will soon be open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; More than four years after groundwork began, Loop 88 is moving into a new phase you\u2019ll actually be able to drive on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">TxDot\u2019s Dianah Coronado says crews are finishing sections 3A and 3B of segment three, which stretches from Avenue U to Chicago Avenue.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Sections 3A and 3B stretch from Avenue U to Chicago Avenue\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/F2BTSCRFQRHOBFJWDKGOTV53BE.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"729\" \/>Sections 3A and 3B stretch from Avenue U to Chicago Avenue(TxDot)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe are very close to opening up the main lanes on Loop 88,\u201d Coronado said. \u201cWe\u2019re anticipating maybe mid to late April when those lanes will be opened and traffic will be allowed to be placed on there, but we do still have some work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">That last round of work includes lighting and large overhead guide signs, and while there is more work to do, it\u2019s all wrapping up months ahead of the original November deadline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThat area of Lubbock has been growing for years,\u201d Coronado said, \u201cand so hopefully with the new lanes opening up, it will help with traffic congestion and mobility. It will help people who drive in that area, live in that area, work in that area, have a safer drive to that destination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Up next will be phase 3C. That will begin where this current project ends at Avenue U and extend all the way to I-27 and includes the US 87 interchange. TxDot plans on accepting bids for this portion this October and construction is expected to begin in early 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe\u2019re almost there,\u201d Coronado said, \u201cand we\u2019re very excited that within the next month, month-and-a-half, we will be able to do that and get traffic on those main lanes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; More than four years after groundwork began, Loop 88 is moving into a new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[53366,76353,1494,4140,13518,319,66,76352,168,170,169,3174,271],"class_list":["post-192493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-avenue-u","tag-chicago-avenue","tag-construction","tag-dylan-villa","tag-highway","tag-kcbd","tag-local","tag-loop-88","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-road","tag-txdot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192493","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=192493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}