WALKER COUNTY – Weather permitting, beginning at 8:00 PM Monday, March 25, 2024, the IH 45 Northbound Exit 115 to Avenue S will be closed. This closure is expected to last through September 2024 and reopen at the beginning of October 2024. Motorists needing to access Exit 115 will need to utilize Exit 114 during this timeframe. The closure is needed to safely construct a new retaining wall between the proposed IH 45 main lanes and the northbound frontage road. In order to implement the closure, the northbound IH 45 right lane will be closed beginning at 8:00PM on Monday, March 25, 2024, and will reopen by 5:00 AM Tuesday, March 26, 2024.
To alert drivers to the change, changeable message signs will be placed in advance of the area where this change will occur. The speed limit is reduced to 60 MPH on IH-45 main lanes throughout the limits of the project and 40 MPH and 45 MPH on the frontage roads in the detour area.
This temporary traffic pattern is part of the $200 Million reconstruction of IH-45 that involves replacing the four-lane freeway with a six-lane freeway with concrete median in southern Walker County. The project is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2027.
