HOUSTON — Drivers leaving the Galleria area will face a new traffic headache as the Texas Department of Transportation closed the Westheimer southbound entrance ramp to the 610 West Loop Tuesday night.
TxDOT closed the ramp at 9 p.m. as part of the I-610 West Loop/ I-69 Southwest Freeway interchange project. The closure will last until this fall.
Traffic will need to keep right and take the entrance ramp onto the IH 69 Southwest Freeway southbound main lanes. Then drivers will need to take Fountain View Drive, exit, and U-turn at Fountain View Drive.
Then drivers will need to take the next entrance ramp onto IH 69 Southwest Freeway northbound main lanes. After that, then take the connector to IH 610 West Loop southbound main lanes.
This is not the only closure taking effect this month regarding the interchange project.
According to Houston Transtar, the 610 West Loop southbound frontage road will be closed at Hidalgo Street at 9 p.m. on Jan. 10.
Drivers will have to access Hidalgo Street from the 610 West Loop southbound exit ramp to Hidalgo Street/Richmond Avenue.
Check out our interactive traffic map to see this and other trouble spots across the Houston area:
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