Interstate 20 detours coming to west Fort Worth this weekend. Here’s what to know.
The Texas Department of Transportation this weekend will shut down sections of Interstate 20 to move forward with the construction of a bridge at Bentley Road.
The agency announced in an email this week that it planned to rope off I-20 eastbound from the highway’s divergence with Interstate 30 until Markum Ranch Road. The segment will be closed to traffic from 7 p.m. March 7 until 6 a.m. the following morning; the agency plans to reroute traffic around I-30 and Loop 820 in the meantime.
TxDOT intends to shut down the westbound stretch of I-20 — from Markum Ranch to the I-30 split — from 7 p.m. Mar. 8 until 6 a.m. March 9, redirecting vehicles along a similar path as the night prior.
The Bentley Road bridge is one component of a $540 million overhaul of the intersecting interstates, an undertaking designed to accommodate population swells on Fort Worth’s western outskirts. The first phase of the project, launched in 2023, will add lanes and new interchanges at Bentley and Walsh Ranch Parkway. TxDOT expects to wrap up the first of the project’s three phases by early 2026.
This story was originally published March 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM.
