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The Texas Department of Transportation is reminding motorists that closures will affect Interstate 30 traffic in both directions this weekend.
Different stretches of eastbound and westbound I-30 will be shut down between State Highway 360 and the Bush Turnpike through 5 a.m. Monday, TxDOT said.
The closures will allow crews to demolish a frontage road bridge on northbound SH360 and an underpass at I-30 and Six Flags Drive, TxDOT said.
Val Lopez, a spokesman for the agency’s Fort Worth office, said the work is part of a $233 million project to add interchange ramps that will better connect I-30 and SH360. The interchange is near AT&T Stadium, Globe Life Park, Six Flags Over Texas and Hurricane Harbor.
“This is a crossroads of the metroplex — I-30 and SH 360 — with all those features and venues out there,” Lopez said. “So there was a very strong demand for this type of upgrade.”
Lopez said this is the fourth time TxDOT has had to close parts of I-30 in both directions for the project. The agency also expects it to be the last, he said.
Eastbound I-30 traffic will exit at Six Flags Drive, travel under SH360 and get back on I-30 once east of SH360, TxDOT said. Westbound motorists will detour south along the Bush Turnpike, go west on Main Street to North Collins Street, then return north to I-30, it said.
Delays are expected in the area, and TxDOT urges drivers to seek alternate routes.