HOUSTON — Heads up, weekend drivers! There’s another major construction closure on the West Loop-Southwest Freeway interchange.
Beginning at 8 p.m. Friday, the southbound lanes of the West Loop will close at the Southwest Freeway. They’re scheduled to stay closed until Monday morning at 5 a.m.
So how do you get around the closure?
If you’re on West Loop heading southbound, take the 59 Southbound ramp, exit at Fountain View and make a U-Turn. Drivers heading northbound from Bellaire, take the ramp to 59 northbound, exit at Weslayan and U-Turn, then take the next entrance ramp onto the Southwest Freeway and take that until you get to Fountain View. Take the Fountain View exit, U-turn and get on the northbound lanes of the Southwest Freeway. From there, you can get on the 610 West Loop southbound.
On the east side of town, I-10 will be closed between Mercury and the East Loop from 10 p.m. Friday until 4 a.m. Monday. The westbound entrance ramps to Mercury and Holland/John Ralston will also be closed.
To get around the closure, I-10 traffic westbound will be detoured to 610 North to Wallisville Road, where drivers will take the exit and U-turn onto 610 southbound. From the southbound frontage road, drivers will get back on the main lanes of 610 southbound and head to the I-10 westbound lanes.
Three inbound lanes of the Gulf Freeway northbound between Broadway and 610 will be shut down daily between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. until July 17.
You'll want to avoid these trouble spots if your commute takes you into this area.
Check out our interactive traffic map to see this and other trouble spots across the Houston area:
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