The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is scheduled to close northbound Upland Avenue, at US 62/82 (Marsha Sharp Freeway), to traffic beginning Tuesday, Jan. 17. The closure will allow crews to safely rebuild the intersection under the new Upland bridge.

Starting tomorrow morning, northbound Upland Avenue motorists will not be able to cross the intersection and will have to use the frontage roads and Milwaukee Avenue to reconnect with Upland. Due to lane width restrictions, westbound Marsha Sharp Freeway large commercial vehicle traffic will not be able to turn left onto southbound Upland through the intersection.

All other southbound Upland Avenue traffic will continue to have access across the intersection.

The intersection is expected to remain closed to northbound traffic for 3 – 4 weeks. The closure and work will take place weather permitting.

For more information, contact Dianah.Ascencio@txdot.gov or (806) 748-4472.

(News release from TxDOT, Lubbock District)