Cold Snap Forces TxDOT To Postpone Total I-45 Closure

THE WOODLANDS, TX — The Texas Department of Transportation has postponed a planned total closure of Interstate 45 this weekend, due to forecasted weather conditions, officials said.

The closure is now scheduled for 9 p.m., Friday, Jan. 25 to 5 a.m., Monday, Jan. 28, pending favorable weather conditions. Forecasted weather conditions this weekend are too wet and cold to lay concrete.

TxDOT officials are now planning a total closure next weekend instead. Motorists using the southbound I-45 lanes from evening Jan. 25 through the early morning of Jan. 28 will need to exit the interstate at the Rayford/Sawdust roads exit, drive southbound on the feeder road, and re-enter the interstate at the on-ramp about a half mile south of Sawdust Road.

The u-turn lanes underneath the overpass will also be closed during the construction project.

Find alternate routes and/or plan enough time to make it to your destination. This will be a major closure and Drivers are urged to use alternate routes to get to their destination.

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