The big picture<\/p>\n
The William Cannon Bridge will be blocked off for construction crews to set beams for elevated lanes as part of the I-35 Capital Express South Project.<\/a><\/p>\n The bridge will be closed during the following times:<\/p>\n June 12 at 10 p.m. through June 15 at 5 a.m.June 19 at 10 p.m. through June 22 at 5 a.m.There will also be lane reductions on the main lanes and frontage roads in both directions.<\/p>\n The details<\/p>\n Drivers traveling eastbound on William Cannon Drive will turn right on the I-35 frontage road to access southbound I-35 or use the U-turn at Slaughter Lane to head north, according to a news release from TxDOT.<\/p>\n Drivers traveling westbound will turn right on the I-35 frontage road to access northbound I-35 or use the U-turn at Stassney Lane to head south.<\/p>\n TxDOT created a detour video<\/a> to help commuters.<\/p>\n Construction on the I-35 Capital Express South Project began in 2022.<\/a> The total cost is $548 million, which was funded by the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization<\/a> and TxDOT, according to TxDOT\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n The project will add two high-occupancy-vehicle lanes, a southbound bypass lane and pedestrian and bicycle paths. TxDOT officials anticipate completing the project in late 2028.<\/p>\n “><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor’s note: This story has been updated from a previous version to reflect changes to the construction timeline.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,23192,4775,112870,9237,112869],"class_list":["post-330021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-capital-area-metropolitan-planning-organization","tag-i-35","tag-i-35-capital-express-south-project","tag-texas-department-of-transportation","tag-william-cannon-bridge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330021","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=330021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Drivers](\"https:\/\/assets.communityimpact.com\/uploads\/images\/2026\/05\/28\/426244.jpg\")
Drivers should follow signage and expect delays during the bridge closure. (Courtesy TxDOT)The project<\/p>\n