editor Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 UPCOMING I-10/KATY FREEWAY TRAFFIC CHANGESIN THE VICINTY OF BELTWAY 8"WB Shifts Traffic onto the New I-10 Westbound Mainlanes"(Houston) - Drivers on I-10/Katy Freeway in the vicinity of Beltway 8 should expect traffic changes over the course of this upcoming weekend. Friday, July 29 Williams Brothers Construction (WB) will be shifting the existing I-10 westbound mainlanes traffic onto the new westbound mainlanes pavement between east of Beltway 8 and west of Wilcrest. In order to perform this traffic switch, alternate lanes of I-10 westbound between Gessner and Kirkwood and the corresponding entrance and exit ramps will be closed beginning 9 PM, Friday, July 29 until 5 AM, Monday, August 1. (The Beltway 8 northbound and southbound to I-10 westbound direct connector ramps will remain open during this time).When the I-10 westbound mainlanes are fully re-opened to traffic, motorists making the connection to I-10 westbound from Beltway 8 northbound and southbound will be entering traffic from the left-hand side of the mainlane traffic, rather than the right-hand side as it is today. Additionally, motorists destined to Beltway 8 northbound and southbound from I-10 westbound will exit to the left.The switch of traffic onto the new I-10 westbound mainlanes in the vicinity of Beltway 8 marks the successful completion of the first of fifteen major and interim milestones on the I-10/Betway 8 Interchange reconstruction contract (Contract D). By successfully completing this milestone ahead of schedule, WB will capture the full amount of the incentive, equal to $600,000, for early completion of the new I-10 westbound mainlanes. For more information on the Katy Freeway Reconstruction Program including up-to-date information regarding other lane closures along the I-10 corridor, please visit the Katy Freeway website at www.katyfreeway.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 That left exit thing is going to cause some problems in the interim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Somebody wake me up when they finish the Katy Freeway.On second thought, don't bother. I'll probably be long gone by that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 At the rate they are moving you could blink a couple of times and they'll be done.This is one of the fastest highway projects I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirzania Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 On second thought, don't bother. I'll probably be long gone by that time. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Are you talking about the I-10 expansion or the LightRail expansion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Plastic Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 At the rate they are moving you could blink a couple of times and they'll be done.This is one of the fastest highway projects I've seen.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Fast? It won't be finished till atleast 2008. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirzania Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Fast? It won't be finished till atleast 2008.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Let's see.. It's "fast" because have you ever seen any construction in any other state? I lived in the Lehigh Valley for five years. They were working on the same stretch of 209 from the day we moved in until the day we moved out. On a well-traveled side road off a heavily used main street in Lexington, all they had to do was shift two supporting posts for a railroad 6 inches to the right and it took them four years. In the meantime, they blocked one of the two lanes - BOTH directions for the entire time. It took them two years later to finish rennovating the look of the retaining walls. The look not the actual wall! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Let's not forget the Gulf Freeway.....are they STILL working on that? I can't get over how fast they are doing this freeway. I bet dollars to donuts they finish it by 2007. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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