SAN ANTONIO – The construction project expanding Highway 281 on the city’s North Side is expected to start five weeks from Monday.

Texas Department of Transportation crews will begin work on July 17.

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The goal is to turn the north-south highway that bisects the city a six-lane expressway between Loop 1604 and Stone Oak Parkway, a heavily congested part of the highway.

The $192 million project will take more than three years to complete, TxDOT officials said.

Officials also said they will do their best to keep the same number of lanes open that are open now.

Planned lane closures are limited to overnight hours between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., Monday through Thursday. There will be no overnight closures on Fridays. Officials said there will be occasional weekend-long closures, however.

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