More road closings coming (again) on I-35W, Loop 820

Someday the orange barricades and construction workers will be gone, a distant memory of time lost on Interstate 35W.

But for now, as the reconstruction project moves along in high gear, the traffic tie-ups in north Fort Worth will continue, including this weekend.

What's closed

9 p.m. Friday through 10 a.m. Saturday

▪ Northbound and southbound lanes of I-35W at Northside Drive/Yucca Avenue will be subject to rolling closures.

▪ Northbound and southbound lanes of I-35W from Watauga Road to 28th Street will be subject to rolling closures.

▪ The connector from westbound Loop 820 to northbound I-35W will be closed and traffic will be directed to Farm Road 156.

9 p.m. Saturday to 10 a.m. Sunday, and 9 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday

▪ The connector from westbound Loop 820 to northbound I-35W will be closed and traffic will be directed to Farm Road 156.

▪ Eastbound Loop 820 at the I-35W/820 interchange will be subject to rolling closures.

▪ The connector from southbound I-35W to eastbound Loop 820 will be closed and traffic will be directed to FM 156.

For 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 Interstate 30 near downtown Fort Worth to just north of the U.S. 287 "Decatur Cutoff," just south of North Tarrant Parkway.

The project is scheduled to be completed in 2018.

This story was originally published October 15, 2015 at 2:47 PM with the headline "More road closings coming (again) on I-35W, Loop 820."