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Amarillo Area Lane Closures (August 27, 2018)

The following list of Amarillo area lane closures is for the week of August 27, 2018 and was compiled by the Texas Department of Transportation.

·        On Monday, Aug. 27, the I-40 westbound frontage road and the west to eastbound turnaround at Georgia Street will be closed for concrete work.

·        On Wednesday, Aug. 29, the left and center lanes on I-27 northbound will be closed from 45th Avenue to Washington Street for patching repairs.

·        SL 335 (Hollywood Road) will be closed under I-27 from 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30 to 6 a.m. Friday, Aug. 31. for bridge work. Traffic will detour using Sundown Lane for eastbound traffic and Bell Street for westbound traffic.

·        Watch for various lane closures on Airport Boulevard as crews perform patching repairs on the I-40 westbound frontage road.

·        The southbound left lane of the I-27 frontage road will be closed at the Bell Street exit for dead tree removal.

·        I-40 Lane Closures at Whitaker Road, Lakeside Drive and Pullman Road

o   Frontage roads (lane closures will remain for the next few months):

§  The left lane of the eastbound frontage road is closed 3/4 of a mile east of Eastern Street to the Whitaker Road exit ramp.

§  The left lane of the eastbound frontage road is closed 3/4 of a mile east of Whitaker Road to the Lakeside Drive exit ramp.

o       I-40 (eastbound and westbound lane closures will remain the same for the next six months):

§  Eastbound I-40 is reduced to two lanes from Eastern Street to the I-40/US 287 interchange.

§  Westbound I-40 is reduced to two lanes from a half mile east of Pullman Road to a half mile west of Pullman.

·        The left lane of the I-27 southbound frontage road will be closed from 26th Avenue to 34th Avenue during the day to allow crews to safely work on the slope.

·        Various lanes will be closed on Amarillo Boulevard from Taylor Street to Buchanan Street for work on ADA-compliant sidewalks and ramps.

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