{"id":422521,"date":"2026-09-01T04:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T04:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/422521\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T04:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T04:54:12","slug":"txdot-to-close-2-flyovers-on-i-35-in-austin-heres-where-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/422521\/","title":{"rendered":"TxDOT to close 2 flyovers on I-35 in Austin. Here&#8217;s where"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Central Texas travelers driving on Interstate 35 should brace for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/local\/traffic\/article\/i35-closures-22402856.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">upcoming closures ahead of Labor Day weekend<\/a>.\u00a0The Texas Department of Transportation has issued a traffic alert this week for two I-35 flyovers in Austin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eastbound and westbound State Highway 71\/Ben White Boulevard\u00a0to southbound I-35 flyovers will be closed nightly from Sunday, August 30 to Thursday, September 3, according to TxDOT. These closures will be from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., for bridge column work as part of the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.txdot.gov\/mymobility35\/projects\/capex-south.html\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">I-35 Capital Express South project<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Over the next few days,\u00a0TxDOT is encouraging drivers to use Ben White Boulevard to access southbound I-35 at night.\u00a0TxDOT&#8217;s I-35 Capital Express South Project will expand an 8-mile\u00a0stretch from SH 71\/Ben White Boulevard to SH 45 Southeast by adding non-tolled high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes and elevated managed lanes.<\/p>\n<p>The project broke ground in 2022 and is estimated to be completed by late 2028, depending on the weather. As a result, TxDOT\u00a0advised drivers to expect delays and remain aware when traveling through the I-35 work zone as traffic tends to slow in those areas.<\/p>\n<p>Closures are subject to change at any time. TxDOT said\u00a0the I-35 Capital Express expansion project is designed, &#8220;to improve mobility, enhance safety and help reduce congestion for all users.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Central Texas travelers driving on Interstate 35 should brace for more upcoming closures ahead of Labor Day weekend.\u00a0The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,820,59494],"class_list":["post-422521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-mysastaff","tag-mysatranspo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422521","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=422521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}