Drivers heading north on Interstate 45 this weekend from Montgomery County should prepare for a headache.
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Both I-45 northbound and southbound will be closed near New Waverly as part of an ongoing construction project to reroute FM 1374 in Walker County underneath I-45. Currently, FM 1374 runs over the highway, but plans to widen I-45 to six lanes dictate that the farm-to-market road should run at surface level with the highway bridging over the road.
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For this weekend, I-45 will be closed from 8 p.m. Friday until 4 a.m. Monday at the latest as crews work around the clock to demolish the existing bridge.
Northbound drivers will be routed on the frontage road just south of FM 1375 until they are able to get back on the highway north of FM 1374. Likewise, southbound drivers will be routed to the frontage road just before FM 1374 and will be allowed back on after FM 1375.
However, northbound drivers wishing to travel north can also take Texas 75 from Willis into New Waverly and then re-enter the highway north of FM 1374.
