UPDATED: TxDOT to close I-35E from Loop 12 to Harry Hines Boulevard November 15-18

Updated 10:23 a.m., November 8, 2009

by PegNews wire

DALLAS — Update: I-35E will not be closing down Sunday and Monday nights for Orange Line Construction. These closures have been postponed to November 15 and 16 (northbound lanes of I-35E between Regal Row and Loop 12 closed 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.) and November 17 and 18 (southbound lanes of I-35E from Loop 12 to Regal Row closed 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.).

The closure is necessary to set/erect bridge girders over I-35E.

TxDOT asks motorists to drive carefully through the work zone, and has placed electronic message boards to notify the public of the scheduled closures. Police officers will also be present to monitor traffic during the closure. Motorists traveling southbound on I-35E will be rerouted to Loop 12, Highway 114, and then north on Storey Lane/Spur 482, underneath I-35E to southbound Harry Hines and back onto I-35E. Motorists traveling northbound will be re-routed to Harry Hines and then Northwest Highway back to I-35E.

DART is constructing the Orange Line to North Irving/DFW. This portion includes a bridge structure from the junction with the Green Line at the Bachman Station over Harry Hines Boulevard and I-35E, then along Storey Lane/Spur 482, finally across the Trinity River, landing alongside the southbound Spur 482 frontage road.

For additional information about this project go to http://www.dart.org/about/expansion/orangeline.asp.

Source: TxDOT