AUSTIN, Texas — Motorists driving on and around State Highway 29 will see a new traffic pattern starting on Tuesday.
The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA) announced a new traffic shift is scheduled to be implemented on Tuesday, Feb. 28. This new traffic shift, which will close part of SH 29 near US 183, will allow "excavation and construction of a new bridge."
Although the four lanes of traffic that move throughout SH 29 will continue, drivers are advised to use extra caution while traveling through the intersection.
The bridge is part of Phase Three of the 183A project. This project entails extending the 10-mile 183A Toll Road by 5.3 miles north from Hero Way to north of SH 29. Once completed, the project will have two tolled lanes in both directions, which will be located "primarily within the existing median of the US 183 corridor" in addition to an "adjacent shared use path from Hero Way to Seward Junction Loop," CTRMA said.
According to the project's website, the closure of SH 29 will remain in place "indefinitely" until the first phase of the project is completed. In addition to the closure of SH 29, the northbound to southbound U-turn south of SH 29 and the pedestrian crosswalks at the intersection of SH 29 and US 183 will be closed.
Drivers wanting to use the U-turn are instead advised to use the turnarounds at Seward Junction Loop or north of SH 29 to access southbound US 183.
Officials with the project stated on March 30 that the project is about halfway done. Construction extending the toll road north from Leander to Liberty Hills started about two years ago.