Traffic impacts
Feb. 11 through Feb. 15, 2013
Between France and Penn Avenues
- Construction crews will begin closing eastbound and westbound lanes on I-494 at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 11
- Eastbound I-494 will be reduced to a single lane at 10 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11 and Tuesday, Feb. 12 and will reopen at 6 a.m. on the following days
- Westbound I-494 will be reduced to a single lane at 10 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13 and Thursday, Feb. 14 and will reopen at 6 a.m. on the following days
- Motorists should watch for intermittent full closures of up to 15 minutes on both directions of the freeway construction crews set bridge beams spanning the roadway. These short-term full closures will occur during the overnight hours
- Southtown Drive will close between the Wells Fargo property and Cowboy Jack’s, and Xerxes Avenue will close between American Boulevard and Southtown Drive, at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10 and will re-open by 5 a.m. Wednesday, Feb 13. Motorists should follow the posted detours to access area businesses
Spring/summer 2013
- Ramp closures TBD
- Close I-494 inside shoulders in both directions between 24th Ave and Portland Ave and shift traffic to the outside as needed
- Close I-494 inside shoulders in both directions between Portland Ave and I-35W and shift traffic to the outside as needed
- Close I-494 inside shoulders in both directions between I-35W and just east of Xerxes Ave and shift traffic to the outside as needed
- Close I-494 inside shoulders in both directions between just east of Xerxes Ave and west of France Ave and shift traffic to the outside as needed
- One weekend closure of eastbound I-494 between Hwy 77 and I-35W
- One weekend closure of westbound I-494 between Hwy 77 and I-35W
- Overnight lane closures in both directions of I-494 between Hwy 77 and 24th Ave
- One weekend closure of eastbound I-494 between I-35W and Hwy 100
- One weekend closure of westbound I-494 between I-35W and Hwy 100