Eastbound I-10 to close this weekend

Eastbound Interstate 10, between DeZavala and Huebner roads, will be closed for all or part of this weekend for construction.

The closure starts at 9 p.m. Friday, said Texas Department of Transportation spokeswoman Laura Lopez. The road is officially scheduled to reopen at 5:30 a.m. Monday but officials hope the work could be done by late Saturday.

After the work is done, eastbound I-10 from about DeZavala to Huebner will be reduced to two lanes for about 70 days while crews reconstruct a bridge in the area, said TxDOT spokesman Josh Donat.

Starting Monday and throughout the summer, eastbound traffic headed to USAA can no longer take the frontage road exit to Fredericksburg Road, Donat said. Instead, those motorists will have to take the Huebner Road exit.

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