More road closures in store for Loop 820-I-35W interchange

The mess that is Interstate 35W and Loop 820 in north Fort Worth is about to be a little messier.

Thank goodness most of us will be asleep while the work is being done.

What’s closed

9 p.m. Wednesday through 5 a.m. Thursday

▪ All eastbound lanes of Loop 820 at the I-35W interchange will be closed and traffic will be directed to Meacham Boulevard.

▪ Connecting lanes from northbound and southbound I-35W to 820 will be closed and traffic will be directed to Meacham.

▪ There will be rolling closures of I-35W at Northern Cross Boulevard.

More information

Go to www.northtarrantexpress.com, where you can view an Alternate Route Map.

The project

The North Tarrant Express I-35W project is a $1.4 billion effort to modernize the corridor from I-30 near downtown Fort Worth to just north of U.S. 287 near Heritage Trace Parkway. The stretch of freeway is one of the most-congested in Texas, which is not news to anyone who drives it regularly.

The project, which will improve the main lanes and add toll lanes, is scheduled to be completed in 2018.

This story was originally published September 8, 2015 at 4:21 PM with the headline "More road closures in store for Loop 820-I-35W interchange."