Road work continues along I-35W in north Fort Worth

July 25,2015

Road closures began Friday night on and around Interstate 35W in north Fort Worth and will continue through the weekend.

What’s closed

Through 10 a.m. Saturday

▪ All eastbound and westbound lanes of Meacham Boulevard at I-35W will be closed. Eastbound traffic will be directed to 28th Street, and westbound traffic will be directed to Mark IV Parkway.

▪ The exit ramp from northbound I-35W to Meacham will be closed.

5 a.m. Saturday through Aug. 8

▪ All southbound lanes of the I-35W frontage road will be closed from Dewey Street to 28th Street. Traffic will be directed to Deen Road.

▪ The exit ramp from southbound I-35W to 28th Street will be closed, and traffic will be directed to the Northside Drive/Yucca Avenue exit.

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

▪ All eastbound lanes of Loop 820 will be closed west of I-35W, and traffic will be directed to Meacham Boulevard.

▪ The direct connectors from northbound and southbound I-35W to eastbound 820 will be closed, and traffic will be directed to Meacham.

9 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday

▪ All northbound lanes of I-35W will be closed north of Meacham.

▪ The direct connector from northbound I-35W to eastbound and westbound Loop 820 will be closed.

▪ The on-ramp from McMillan Parkway to northbound I-35W will be closed, and traffic will be directed to U.S. 377.

▪ The on-ramp from northbound I-35W to the eastbound Loop 820 TEXpress lanes will be closed, and traffic will be directed to the next on-ramp at U.S. 377.

Alternative routes

Your best bet is to avoid I-35W during the work, but really, it’s pretty much a mess from downtown Fort Worth to the U.S. 287 cutoff in north Fort Worth.

Other possible routes include using Main Street out of downtown Fort Worth through the Stockyards to Loop 820.

Beach Street, Sylvania Avenue and Riverside Drive are viable options, especially if you want access to areas just north of Loop 820.

For more information, go to www.northtarrantexpress.com, where you can view an Alternate Route Map. The closings are subject to the weather, but the forecast calls for sunny skies for the foreseeable future.

The project

The North Tarrant Express I-35W project is a $1.4 billion effort to modernize the corridor from I-30 near downtown Fort Worth to just north of U.S. 287 near Heritage Trace Parkway. The stretch of freeway is one of the most congested in Texas.

The project, which will improve the main lanes and add toll lanes, is scheduled to be completed in 2018.