{"id":439854,"date":"2026-09-18T10:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/439854\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T10:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:44:10","slug":"txdot-closes-several-lanes-of-i-35-in-san-antonio-for-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/439854\/","title":{"rendered":"TxDOT closes several lanes of I-35 in San Antonio for construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brace yourself for more traffic headaches this weekend. Another major closure is coming to a San Antonio interstate as part of a $1.5 billion state project.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is shutting down several main lanes on southbound I-35 from Judson Road to O&#8217;Connor Road, beginning Friday, September 18, at 9 p.m., according to a media release. Commuters won&#8217;t have access to the three right lanes along this stretch on Saturday, September 19, until noon, weather permitting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the off-ramp from southbound I-35 to O&#8217; Connor Road will be closed. Only the left lane will remain open to drivers during this period, likely causing a temporary standstill in the area. Residents traveling near Live Oak and Windcrest could be the most heavily affected by the planned detours.<\/p>\n<p>TxDOT says the closure is needed so that crews can perform bridge cap concrete work along the route.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CityofLiveOakTX\/posts\/pfbid02idALzCHAKzfDrs6sZmoADcjCn9uW3q23R4ngAQ4j6z9LMCixSK8ApUy1R5x17S8ql?rdid=rY1M8v1GMI0hAreC\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">City of Live Oak<\/a>, vehicles will be directed to the next available exit at Weidner Road.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Motorists should expect delays,&#8221; a post from the city read.<\/p>\n<p>This closure is part of the larger I-35 Northeast Expansion (NEX) development. Its primary purpose is to expand approximately 20 miles of I-35 from N. Walters Street to FM 1103 across Bexar, Comal\u00a0and Guadalupe counties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The I-35 NEX Central project, the first of five I-35 NEX projects, has been under construction since June 2022,&#8221; TxDOT&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.txdot.gov\/35nex.html\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">website<\/a> states. &#8220;Construction on the I-35 NEX South Phase 1 project started in the summer of 2024. The anticipated completion date for the Central project is late 2027; the South Phase 1 project completion date is targeted for late 2028. The remainder of the NEX projects, South Phase 2 &amp; 3 as well as North, are currently under design.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brace yourself for more traffic headaches this weekend. Another major closure is coming to a San Antonio interstate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[820,59494,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-439854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-mysastaff","tag-mysatranspo","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439854","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=439854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}