HOUSTON – The Texas Department of Transportation is warning drivers to pack their patience or avoid Highway 290 near Beltway 8 in the overnight hours for the rest of the week.
Three weeks of weekend rain delays is forcing construction crews to carry out overnight road work during the week. This means all lanes will be closed starting at 8 p.m. nightly. There will also be closures on the connecting ramps from Beltway 8.
That is, if rain doesn't impact the work again.
“These closures are necessary to allow the contractor to open the US 290 westbound mainlanes from Pinemont to W. Little York in their final configuration, providing five mainlanes between I-610 and W. Little York,” stated TXDoT.
Work gets underway first on the westbound lanes starting Tuesday night. The eastbound lanes will also be impacted starting Wednesday night.
DETAILS FROM TXDOT:
Nightly closures are now scheduled from Tuesday, September 25, through Monday, October 1. The order is shown below:
• US 290 westbound mainlanes from Gessner to FM 529 will be closed nightly from 8 p.m. Tuesday, September 25, to 5 a.m. Thursday, September 27. Motorists will be detoured to the Gessner exit, continue on the westbound frontage road and re-enter the mainlanes after FM 529.
• US 290 eastbound mainlanes from FM 529 to the entrance ramp from Gessner will be closed nightly from 8 p.m. Wednesday, September 26, to 5 a.m. Friday, September 28. Motorists will be detoured to the FM 529 exit ramp, continue on the eastbound frontage road and re-enter the mainlanes after Gessner.
• Beltway 8 north-and southbound direct connectors to US 290 eastbound will be closed nightly from 8
p.m. Wednesday, September 26, to 5 a.m. Friday, September 28. Northbound motorists will be detoured to the W. Little York exit, continue on the Beltway 8 northbound frontage road, right on US 290 eastbound frontage road and enter the mainlanes after Gessner. Southbound motorists will be detoured to the West Road exit, continue on the Beltway 8 southbound frontage road, left on US 290 eastbound
frontage road and enter the mainlanes after Gessner.
• US 290 westbound mainlanes from Fairbanks to FM 529 will be closed overnight from 8 p.m. Thursday, September 27, to 5 a.m. Friday, September 28. Motorists will be detoured to the Fairbanks exit, continue on westbound frontage road and re-enter the mainlanes after FM 529.
• US 290 westbound mainlanes from Bingle to the entrance ramp from Fairbanks North Houston will be closed continuously from 9 p.m. Friday, September 28, to 5 a.m. Monday, October 1. Motorists will be detoured to the Bingle exit, continue on the westbound frontage road and re-enter the mainlanes after Fairbanks.
• US 290 eastbound mainlanes from the Fairbanks exit to Pinemont will be closed continuously from 9
p.m. Friday, September 28, to 5 a.m. Monday, October 1. Motorists will be detoured to the Fairbanks exit, continue on the eastbound frontage road and re-enter the mainlanes after Hollister.