Austin Traffic Monday PM: I-35 Drops to One Lane at Night All Week Between Ben White and SH 45
The evening drive itself is clear of posted work — but at 8 p.m. the I-35 mainlanes between SH 71/Ben White and SH 45 Southeast narrow again, with ramps closed, every night through Thursday.
AUSTIN — Monday's evening drive runs ahead of the week's biggest road work: the Texas Department of Transportation's Austin district has I-35 under varying nightly lane closures between SH 71/Ben White Boulevard and SH 45 Southeast, from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., Sunday night through Thursday night, November 8-12.
In some areas the interstate is reduced to one lane, and multiple entrance and exit ramps are closed along the stretch, according to TxDOT Austin's alert. Tonight, Monday, is the second night of the five-night run — drivers heading south after 8 p.m. should expect the squeeze between Ben White and SH 45 Southeast and plan a frontage-road or alternate-route option.
Downtown has its own nightly item: the south-to-north I-35 U-turn under the Lady Bird Lake bridge is closed nightly over the same November 8-12 window, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., for drainage work. A separate northbound closure between Airport Boulevard and 12th Street, with the 12th Street entrance ramp closed, ran Sunday night from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
None of the posted work touches the evening rush itself — the first closures bite at 8 p.m. — but late-evening and overnight drivers get the full pattern every night through Thursday. The Traffic Desk's morning file will carry any changes TxDOT posts overnight.
