Drivers traveling through Lewisville on Interstate 35 this weekend can expect delays in the evenings and through late morning each day due to closures for bridge work.
The Texas Department of Transportation will close I-35E in Lewisville in both directions from Valley Ridge Parkway to Fox Avenue at 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights through 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday mornings. Crews will remove the two northern lanes of the FM 1171/Main Street bridge.
Traffic on northbound I-35E beginning near Corporate Drive will be detoured via Exit 451 at Main Street and Fox Avenue. All northbound entrance ramps coming from Corporate Drive, Business 121 and Fox Avenue will be closed, with officers at the Business 121 and Main Street intersections assisting with traffic control.
Southbound I-35E traffic north of Justin Road will be detoured via Exit 452. The southbound entrance ramp coming from Justin Road will be closed.
Normal traffic patterns are expected to resume Monday morning.
Drivers in Denton County will also see single-lane nightly closures on U.S. 380 from FM 1385 to east of Legacy Drive starting Friday. The closures will occur nightly from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. through Sept. 14 as part of a major traffic switch to construct new intersections. When complete, westbound traffic will move to the south side of US 380.
Drivers can find updated information on road conditions and closures at DriveTexas.org.
