Part of Eastbound I-20 Closed for Repairs — BDC archive

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Motorists are reporting long delays due to work on part of eastbound Interstate 20.

One woman estimated that she’d been in traffic for about two hours and that hundreds of other vehicles also are backed up.

Motorists traveling from Texas to Louisiana on I-20 are being urged to find a different route tonight and Monday morning.

A portion of eastbound I-20 at Exit 3 at Greenwood was closed for repairs starting at 8 p.m. sunday, the Louisiana highway department reports.

That work is expected to take until about 6 a.m. Monday to be completed.

Meantime, eastbound I-20 is closed and all eastbound traffic is being detoured via U.S. Highway 80.

This is the same area where westbound I-20 was closed for emergency repairs in late February.

And starting Monday, there will be intermittent lane closures on Interstate 220 between U.S. Highway 71 (North Market Street) and Louisiana Highway 173 (Hilry Huckaby III Avenue).

All are related to work on Segment K-2 of the Interstate 49 Segment K2 project in Shreveport.

These closure will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.

These closures come on the heels of closures this weekend in neighboring Bossier Parish.

Authorities urge motorists to drive with caution in the construction zones and to be mindful of work crews and their equipment.

http://www.ksla.com/2019/03/17/part-eastbound-i-be-closed-repairs-tonight-monday-morning/