The Texas Department opf Transportation reports that two key ramps that connect eastbound and westbound Interstate 10 to Ciudad Juárez at the Spaghetti Bowl will close nightly as construction crews prepare to remove parts of them to make way for new direct connector ramps being built as part of the I-10 Connect project.
Additionally, traffic from westbound I-10 to Juárez will be impacted first by overnight ramp closures. Eastbound impacts will begin in the coming weeks. Then, both ramps from I-10 to Juárez will close for 24 hours a day for approximately nine months.
Monday, June 17, through Thursday, June 20
Nightly 9:00 pm to 5:00 am, continuing for several weeks
- Ramp F, which connects westbound Interstate 10 to Juárez, will close all traffic.
- Detour: From westbound I-10, take Exit 22B (US 54/Alamogordo/Juárez/Fort Bliss) to northbound US 54, take Exit 23 (Cassidy Road/Fort Bliss), take exit 22B (Pershing Drive), use the newly widened turnaround at Pershing Drive, re-enter southbound US 54 and follow signs to Juárez.
- Gateway Boulevard East will be closed to all traffic near Lincoln Center.
- Detour: Enter eastbound I-10 east of Loop 478 (Copia Street) and take Exit 23A (Raynolds Street).
- Crews will be completing prep work on ramps.
Wednesday, June 19, and Thursday, June 20
Nightly 9:00 pm to 5:00 am
- Eastbound I-10 will be closed to all traffic at US 54.
- Detour: All traffic will take Exit 22B (US 54/Alamogordo/Juárez/Fort Bliss) to northbound US 54, take exit 22B (Pershing Drive), use the newly widened turnaround at Pershing Drive, re-enter southbound US 54 and follow signs to Juárez or eastbound I-10.
- Crews will be working on a drilled shaft in the median of I-10 to support a column for one of the new direct connectors linking southbound US 54 and Juárez.
- Crews will be placing concrete barriers.
On-going closures that will continue during the week of June 16:
- Ramp E, which connects Gateway Boulevard South to southbound US 54 at Yandell Drive, remains closed until further notice.
- Intermittent lane closures will be in place on Gateway Boulevard East from Piedras Street to US 62/180 (Paisano Drive).
- Intermittent lane closures will be in place on Gateway Boulevard West from Boone Street to Palm Street.
- Ramp T, which connects Gateway Boulevard North to northbound US 54 north of US 62 (Paisano Drive), remains closed until further notice.
- Both turnarounds between Gateway Boulevard North and Gateway Boulevard South under US 54 at US 62 (Paisano Drive) remain closed until further notice.
- Turnaround from Gateway Boulevard East to Gateway Boulevard West under I-10 at Trowbridge Drive remains closed until further notice.
- Lane closures are in place on eastbound and westbound US 62 (Paisano Drive) at US 54 until further notice.
- Lane closures are in place on Ramp D, which connects southbound US 54 to eastbound I-10, until further notice.
- Intermittent lane closures on Gateway Boulevard South between Findley Avenue and US 62 (Paisano Drive).
- All closures are subject to change due to weather or field conditions. On-ramps and off-ramps may close up to an hour before stated times.
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