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Beltway 8/I-10 Closures (Friday, May 9 - Friday, May 16)
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  • **NEW** The I-10/Katy Freeway eastbound to Beltway 8-West southbound direct connector ramp will close effective 5 AM, Sunday, May 4 until October 2008.I-10 eastbound traffic destined to Beltway 8 southbound will be detoured to continue eastbound and take the Gessner exit, U-turn to the I-10/Katy Freeway westbound frontage road and take the new I-10/Katy Freeway westbound direct connector ramp to Beltway 8 northbound , exit at Hammerly, U-turn to the Beltway 8 southbound frontage road and enter the Beltway 8 southbound mainlanes from Hammerly.
  • The I-10/Katy Freeway eastbound direct connector ramp to Beltway 8-West northbound will be closed until June 2008. I-10 eastbound traffic destined to Beltway 8 northbound will be detoured to continue eastbound and take the Gessner exit, U-turn to the I-10/Katy Freeway westbound frontage road and take the new I-10/Katy Freeway westbound direct connector ramp to Beltway 8 northbound.
  • The I-10/Katy Freeway westbound direct connector ramp to Beltway 8-West southbound will be closed until August 2008. I-10 westbound traffic destined to Beltway 8 southbound will detour via the new I-10 westbound direct connector ramp to Beltway 8 northbound, exit Hammerly and U-turn to the Beltway 8 southbound frontage road and enter the Beltway 8 mainlanes via the entrance ramp from Hammerly.
  • There will be a TOTAL CLOSURE of northbound and southbound BELTWAY 8 between MEMORIAL and WESTVIEW beginning 10 PM, Friday, May 9 until 5 AM, Monday, May 12. Traffic will be detoured to the respective frontage roads. Law enforcement will be stationed throughout the area to facilitate the movement of traffic.
  • The I-10/Katy Freeway eastbound frontage road between Wilcrest and Beltway 8 will be closed beginning 9 PM, Friday, May 9 until 5 AM, Saturday, May 10. Traffic will detour to the I-10/Katy Freeway eastbound mainlanes. Apartment complex access in the area will be maintained.
  • The temporary I-10/Katy Freeway eastbound exit ramp to Beltway 8 will close permanently effective 9 PM, Friday, May 9. Motorists destined to the Beltway 8 northbound or southbound frontage roads or mainlanes will now continue eastbound and take the Gessner exit, U-turn to the I-10 westbound frontage road, and either (1) take the I-10 westbound frontage road to the Beltway 8 frontage road or (2) take the new I-10 westbound direct connector ramp to Beltway 8 northbound. Northbound traffic will continue north while southbound traffic will exit at Hammerly, U-turn to the Beltway 8 southbound frontage road and enter the Beltway 8 southbound mainlanes from Hammerly. Please be advised the new I-10/Katy Freeway eastbound exit ramp to Wilcrest is expected to open by Friday, May 16.
 



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