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TxDOT outlines I‑10/Eastex interchange demolition, weekend freeway closures and detours in Beaumont
Summary
TxDOT updated the Beaumont City Council on major corridor work including demolition at the Eastex interchange that will require full I‑10 closures on two weekends; traffic will be detoured to frontage roads and the agency says public outreach materials are posted.
Richard Bradley, Beaumont assistant area engineer for the Texas Department of Transportation, told the Beaumont City Council the agency is advancing multiple highway projects in the city and plans two weekend freeway closures to remove bridge segments at the Eastex interchange.
Bradley said the contractor will “remove this portion of the bridge as it crosses over the eastbound and westbound main lanes of I‑10,” and that the work will require shutting down the freeway. The first closure is scheduled “from this Friday, at 8PM all the way until Monday at 5AM,” with a subsequent closure planned the following weekend for the other bridge segment.
The closures mean through traffic on I‑10 will be routed to the frontage roads, with eastbound traffic diverted at the Calder exit and westbound traffic exiting at Gladys, Bradley said. He described local detour routing: drivers will use the frontage road to Eleventh Street and the on‑ramps near…
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