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Amarillo Area Lane Closures for Next Week

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The following list of Amarillo area lane closures is for the week of December 12, 2021, and was provided by the Texas Department of Transportation.

  • On Monday, Dec. 13, I-40 eastbound will be closed for approximately six hours beginning at 8 a.m. while the contractor finishes replacing glare screens through the construction zone. Traffic will be detoured to the frontage road at Helium Road and re-enter the interstate at Soncy Road.

  • On Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 13 and 14, I-40 eastbound will be reduced to one lane from Western Street to Crockett Street.

  • The eastbound I-40 entrance ramp from Paramount Boulevard will be closed Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 13 and 14, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.

  • Monday through Friday, Dec. 13 – 17, the right lane of the I-40 westbound frontage road will be closed from Airport Boulevard to Whitaker Road from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. for milling and hot mix operations. Once the right lane is paved, the lane closure will move to the center and left lanes.

  • On Tuesday, Dec. 14 the left lane of US 87 southbound will be closed at the railroad bridge, just south of Amarillo Creek, while crews make patching repairs.

  • On Tuesday, Dec. 14, the left and center lanes of I-40 westbound will be closed at Coulter Street for patching repairs.

  • On Wednesday, Dec. 15, the right and center lanes of Buchanan Street will be closed at 15th Avenue going into downtown for bridge deck repairs.

  • On Wednesday, Dec. 15, crews will make patching repairs on northbound State Loop (SL) 335, just past the SH 136 exit ramp.

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