Austin Traffic Monday: I-35 Night Closures Run Monday Through Thursday, With Daytime Work on U.S. 183 and RM 2222
Monday's drive is mostly clear of daytime interstate closures, but the week brings a steady night pattern on I-35 in Travis and Williamson counties, daytime lane work on U.S. 183 and RM 2222, and single-lane nights on MoPac.
AUSTIN — Austin's Monday morning drive opens without a daytime I-35 main-lane closure on the published TxDOT-area schedule, but drivers will meet daytime work in three places: the southbound right lane of U.S. 183 between Bolm Road and Gardner Road closes from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, the left lane of RM 2222 closes in both directions between Mesa Drive and Mt. Bonnell Road from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and MoPac's southbound frontage road narrows at Steck Avenue on weekdays.
The heavier pattern starts tonight on I-35 in Travis County and repeats Monday through Thursday nights: the northbound auxiliary lane between Oltorf Street and the Woodland Avenue exit closes from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., the southbound two left lanes between Powell Lane and U.S. 290 close from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., and the northbound left lane between U.S. 290 and Rutherford Lane closes from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
North of the city, Williamson County's I-35 is reduced to one southbound lane between the Bell County line and Texas 130 from 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. Monday through Thursday nights, with alternating ramp closures. On U.S. 183, the southbound Cameron Road exit closes from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. on the same nights.
MoPac (Loop 1) carries single-lane closures in both directions between Davis and South Bay lanes from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Thursday nights. The Traffic Desk's standing advice holds: the night closures reward an early frontage-road decision, and the desk updates the file on the PM-drive cycle.
