CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A portion of Interstate 37, north and southbound lanes, will be closed this weekend due to the Harbor Bridge Project, and drivers will want to find an alternate route.
From 9 p.m. Friday until noon Sunday, all northbound and southbound IH 37 mainlanes will be closed from Port Avenue to Staples Street.
"The weekend closure is necessary to switch traffic onto new IH 37 mainlanes and continue progressing with the new interchange construction," a statement from project officials said.
Here's how you can get around the closure:
- Motorists heading northbound on IH 37 from US 181 can access southbound SH 286 or continue towards Calallen by taking the Port Avenue exit and remain on the Martin Luther King Drive frontage road to reenter IH 37 at Stillman Avenue.
- Motorists heading northbound on IH 37 from the Bayfront area will follow the detour signs to Chaparral Street, Belden Street, N Tancahua, and remain on the Martin Luther King Drive frontage road to reenter IH 37 at Stillman Avenue.
- Motorists heading southbound on IH 37 to southbound SH 286 will follow the detour signs to Port Avenue, Comanche Street, and the SH 286 frontage road.
- Motorists heading southbound on IH 37 to the Bayfront area will follow the detour as written above to southbound SH 286, make a U-turn at Tarlton Avenue, and head northbound on SH 286 to the northbound US 181 and Staples Street exit.
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