Expect I-35W traffic headaches throughout the weekend

Well this sounds familiar.

As part of the reconstruction of Interstate 35W, various stretches of freeways, on-ramps and connecting lanes will be closed in Fort Worth through the weekend.

What’s closed

9 p.m. Saturday through 5 a.m. Sunday

Connecting lanes from westbound Texas 121 to southbound I-35W will be closed and traffic will be directed to Carver Avenue.

9 p.m. Saturday through 8 a.m. Sunday

Three right lanes of northbound I-35W will be closed at Spur 280.

7 p.m. Sunday through 5 a.m. Monday

Three right lanes of northbound I-35W will be closed at Spur 280.

9 p.m. Sunday through 5 a.m. Monday

▪ 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.

9 p.m. Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday

▪ Southbound on-ramp from Meacham to I-35W will be closed and traffic will be directed to Mark IV Parkway.

▪ All northbound lanes of I-35W at Meacham will be closed and traffic will be directed to U.S. 377.

▪ Connecting lanes from I-35W to eastbound and westbound 820 will be closed and traffic will be directed to U.S. 377.

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 11, 2015 at 6:28 PM with the headline "Expect I-35W traffic headaches throughout the weekend."