{"id":474512,"date":"2026-10-23T13:34:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T13:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/474512\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T13:34:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T13:34:58","slug":"houston-south-loop-total-closures-to-snarl-ih-610-traffic-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/474512\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston South Loop total closures to snarl IH 610 traffic this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drivers hitting the road<\/a> this weekend might want to start planning their alternate routes if their plans involve heading to the city’s southwest side.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here’s what drivers need to know:<\/p>\n

The eastbound frontage road at Kirby Drive will be completely closed from 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, to 5 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24.<\/p>\n

Drivers will need to make a U-turn at Kirby Drive, continue westbound on the frontage road to Buffalo Speedway and U-turn again before continuing eastbound toward the Buffalo Speedway entrance ramp.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The eastbound frontage road between Buffalo Speedway and Kirby Drive will be closed during the same period, from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Drivers should use the Buffalo Speedway U-turn, continue westbound on the frontage road to Stella Link Road and U-turn before continuing eastbound.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The northbound connector ramp from the 610 South Loop to I-45 Gulf will close nightly from 9 p.m. to noon, Friday, Oct. 23, through Sunday, Oct. 25.<\/p>\n

Drivers will be directed to take the I-45 southbound exit, make a U-turn at Broadway Boulevard\/Park Place Boulevard and continue onto I-45 northbound.<\/p>\n

This is the big one if you’re traveling through the area over the entire weekend.<\/p>\n

The westbound 610 South Loop will be completely closed from 9 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26, between Broadway Street and Telephone Road.<\/p>\n

Drivers should exit at Broadway Street, continue along the frontage road and use the next entrance ramp to get back onto the freeway.\u00a0<\/p>\n

TranStar also warns that all closures are tentative and could change because of weather, emergency work or other events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drivers hitting the road this weekend might want to start planning their alternate routes if their plans involve…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1836,1704,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-474512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-chronnews","tag-chronstaff","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474512","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=474512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}