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Exciting news! The Texas Department of Transportation has reported that the roadwork on the I-610 West Loop and I-69 Southwest Freeway interchange project was completed ahead of schedule over the weekend. TxDOT made the announcement on Sunday, surprising drivers who were anticipating significant traffic disruptions at the busy I-610 West Loop and I-69 interchange. Originally, all southbound lanes of the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — After years of planning, studying, and designing, followed by public protests and a county lawsuit, the expansion of I-45 through downtown is on the horizon. The Texas Department of Transportation said it’s are nearing the start of construction for the North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP). The massive, nearly $9 billion project to widen I-45 from downtown, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The extreme heat is causing problems for drivers on Houston’s northeast side. Repairs are underway on the I-10 East Freeway entrance ramp Wayside Drive and eastbound feeder road. Crews worked overnight to fix the road buckle issue on I-10 East Freeway eastbound frontage road at Wayside. The I-10 eastbound frontage road at Wayside and the I-10 entrance …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A hazmat incident that was feared to have blocked the outbound North Freeway into the Monday evening commute has been cleaned up, the Texas Department of Transportation said. Multiple lanes of northbound I-45 North Freeway were blocked between West Road and Aldine Bender, Texas Department of Transportation tweeted at 2:19 p.m. TxDOT told that it wasn’t the …

Not everyone has to like it, but a crash that cropped up Monday afternoon involving a truck that was carrying corn and other canned vegetables caused traffic delays on U.S. Highway 75 in Richardson. Shortly before 5 p.m. Monday, the Dallas office of the Texas Department of Transportation tweeted that the north and southbound HOV lanes of the highway near …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — All southbound mainlanes are now open on I-69 Eastex at Townsen Blvd. after a heavy truck crash in north Harris County.

More than 4,480 people died on Texas roadways in 2021, according to the Texas Department of Transportation, marking the second-deadliest year of traffic fatalities since the agency began tracking them in 1940. TxDOT logged 3,896 fatalities in 2020. The deadliest year on record is 1981, with 4,701 fatalities, TxDOT said in a prepared statement. Nov. 7, 2000, is the last time no deaths …

More than 4,480 people died on Texas roadways in 2021, according to the Texas Department of Transportation, marking the second-deadliest year of traffic fatalities since the agency began tracking them in 1940. TxDOT logged 3,896 fatalities in 2020. The deadliest year on record is 1981, with 4,701 fatalities, TxDOT said in a prepared statement. Nov. 7, 2000, is the last time no deaths …

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 …