Somewhere around 2 p.m. today we got word the planned shut-down of all lanes of I-35 at FM 3009 Wednesday night and Thursday night will be delayed about a week.
Details aren't clear, but the likely cause is availability of the materials.
The highway is being shut down while bridge building crews set massive bridge support beams across the main lanes. These beams will hold up the new turnaround bridges, currently under construction, allowing traffic on the frontage roads to change directions without moving through the signals of the intersection.
Over the last several weeks crews have closed the left lanes of I-35 at FM 3009 in both directions to rebuild the center median, fitting it to the new support columns that will hold up the beams. Crews finished forming and pouring the columns and shelf-like column caps in the last week and a half.
The closures, when they happen, will begin at 11 p.m. and be removed by 5:30 a.m.
We hope to know exact times for the closures Thursday afternoon.
