{"id":482525,"date":"2026-10-31T17:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/482525\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:00:54","slug":"13-alert-traffic-houston-road-closures-planned-on-us-59-sh-288-east-beltway-8-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/482525\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Alert Traffic: Houston road closures planned on US-59, SH-288, East Beltway-8 this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KTRK logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793466054_909_origin-ktrk.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, October 31, 2026 3:55PM<\/p>\n<p>Houston drivers should expect weekend closures on US-59, SH-288, and the East Beltway-8 that could impact travel near downtown and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; As you head out on this busy weekend, if any of your plans take you through or to downtown, this major closure could impact your drive.<\/p>\n<p>Near downtown HoustonTwo inside southbound lanes on US-59 Southwest from Elgin to Main Street will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30 to 5 a.m. Monday, Nov. 2<br class=\" \"\/>The SH-288 northbound ramp to US-59 southbound will be closed, and all traffic will detour to exit at Southmore <br class=\" \"\/>All southbound mainlanes on SH-288 at Elgin will close each night this weekend from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.East Beltway-8All northbound mainlanes on the East Beltway-8 from Pine Street to SH-255 will close each night this weekend from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Sign up for traffic alerts that are sent straight to your phone through our ABC13 app. Manage your notifications from the settings tab.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/traffic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Live traffic map<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday, October 31, 2026 3:55PM Houston drivers should expect weekend closures on US-59, SH-288, and the East Beltway-8&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[162511,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-482525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-162511","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482525","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=482525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}