I-45 closure planned near downtown: 8 lane closures to avoid in Houston this weekend, May 19-21 | Community Impact

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I-45 closure planned near downtown: 8 lane closures to avoid in Houston this weekend, May 19-21

By Hannah Zedaker | 4:04 PM May 18, 2017 CDT

Drivers throughout the Greater Houston area can expect delays as construction work is scheduled this weekend, according to the Texas Department of Transportation and the Harris County Toll Road Authority.

I-45 northbound main lanes between I-10 and Quitman Street will be closed daily from 5 a.m.-9 p.m. May 20 and 5 a.m.-9 p.m. May 21. Motorists will need to take I-10 eastbound to I-69 northbound to Loop 610 W. to access I-45 northbound.

The Travis Street northbound entrance ramp to I-45 northbound will be closed daily from 5 a.m.-9 p.m. May 20 to 5 a.m.-9 p.m. May 21. Motorists will need to turn left on Commerce, left of Milam and right on Walker to access the I-45 northbound entrance ramp.

I-10 westbound direct connector to I-45 northbound will be closed daily from 5 a.m.-9 p.m. May 20 and 5 a.m.-9 p.m. May 21. Motorists will need to take I-69 northbound to Loop 610 W. to access I-45 northbound.

The I-10 westbound Taylor exit will be closed daily from 5 a.m.-9 p.m. May 20 and 5 a.m.-9 p.m. May 21. Motorists will need to detour to the Heights/Yale exit, turn left on Heights and turn left to the I-10 eastbound frontage round to access Taylor.

The I-10 eastbound and westbound connector ramp to Loop 610 W. northbound will be closed from 7 p.m. May 20 to 5 a.m. May 22. Motorists will need to detour to I-610 southbound, exit Woodway and U-turn to Loop 610 northbound.

Two inside lanes on I-10 Katy eastbound from Studemont Street to Houston Avenue will be closed from 9 p.m. May 19 to 5 a.m. May 22.

Hwy. 290 eastbound from Tidwell to Hollister roads will be closed 9 p.m. May 19 to 1 a.m. May 21. Motorists will need to detour to the frontage road at the Tidwell exit and re-enter Hwy. 290 past Hollister Road.

FM 1960 northbound and southbound at Hwy. 290 will be closed from 9 p.m. May 19 to 5 a.m. May 22. Motorists will need to detour to the Hwy. 290 frontage road and U-turn.

By Hannah Brol

Editor

Hannah joined Community Impact as a reporter in May 2016 and is the editor of the Spring-Klein and Lake Houston-Humble-Kingwood editions. She previously covered city government, education and business news as a reporter for The Woodlands edition prior to becoming an editor in 2019. A lifelong Houstonian, Hannah attended Cy-Fair ISD schools and graduated from Sam Houston State University in 2016 with a bachelor's degree in multiplatform journalism.