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El Paso District east area project, maintenance closures

Purple Heart 375 Widening Project

Saturday, April 26 to Friday, May 30

Daily, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

  • Purple Heart Highway (Loop 375) north- and southbound alternate lane closures between Montana Avenue and Iron Medics Drive
  • Purple Heart Highway (Loop 375) southbound Iron Medics Exit Ramp closure

Crews will be paving and boring in median.

Continuous Advance notice closure, beginning 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 13 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 16

  • Purple Heart Highway (Loop 375) northbound Iron Medics Entrance Ramp closure

Crews will be demolishing.

Continuous closure until further notice

  • Purple Heart Highway north- and southbound shoulder closures from Montana Avenue to Spur 601

Crews will be widening main lanes and constructing north and southbound frontage road.

Horizon/Darrington Reconstruction Project

Monday, May 19 to Friday, May 23

Daily, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

  • Horizon Boulevard eastbound right lane closure at Darrington Road
  • Horizon Boulevard eastbound right shoulder closure at Darrington Road

Crews will be installing light poles.

Continuous closure, beginning 5 a.m. Monday, May 12 to 7 a.m. Monday, May 26

  • Breaux Street north- and southbound at Horizon Boulevard

Crews will be working on slotted drain system.

Continuous closure until May 2025

  • Horizon Boulevard eastbound complete closure between Horizon Crossing to Breaux Street.

Crews will be working on final subgrade, pavement operations and excavating ponding areas

Continuous closure until December 2025

  • Darrington Road southbound lanes will become two lanes two-way traffic.
  • Pete La Rue Circle will follow detour entrance at Roslyn Drive and Exit Jasper Drive.

Crews will be working on final subgrade, pavement operations and milling.

I-10 Landscape & Aesthetic Project

Saturday, May 17

Daily, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

  • I-10 westbound right lane closure at Zaragoza Road

Crews will be painting concrete riprap, landscaping, placing concrete riprap, and placing decorative metalwork.

Monday, May 19 to Friday, May 23

Daily, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

  • Gateway West Boulevard alternating left lane and right lane closures between Zaragoza Road and Henry Brennan Drive
  • IH-10 eastbound right lane closure at Zaragoza Road
  • IH-10 westbound various right lane and shoulder closures between George Dieter Drive and Yarbrough Drive
  • IH-10 westbound Entrance Ramp closure before Lee Trevino Drive and Lomaland Drive

Crews will be painting concrete riprap, landscaping, placing concrete riprap, and placing decorative metalwork

I-10 Metal Beam Guard Fence Project

Monday, May 19 to Wednesday, May 21

Daily, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

  • I-10 eastbound right lane and Eastlake Exit Ramp closure

Monday, May 19 to Wednesday, May 21

Daily, 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.

  • I-10 eastbound right lane closure between Eastlake Exit Ramp and Horizon Entrance Ramp

Thursday, May 22 to Friday, May 23

Daily, 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.

  • I-10 West right shoulder closure at Eastlake Exit Ramp
  • I-10 Eastbound right shoulder closure between Eastlake
  • Exit Ramp and Horizon Entrance Ramp

Projects with continuous closures

Montana Widening Project

Continuous closure until Friday, December 26, 2025

  • Montana Avenue eastbound frontage road reduced to one lane from Lee Boulevard to Tierra Este Road
  • Montana Avenue and Joe Battle Boulevard intersection, northbound and southbound of Joe Battle through lanes closed
  • Montana Avenue westbound frontage road reduced to two lanes from Tierra Este Road to Joe Battle Boulevard

Crews will be working on building underpass.

I-10 Hudspeth Safety Rest Area

Continuous closure until Friday, July 25

  • I-10 east- and westbound shoulder work between Fort Hancock and McNary

Crews will be working on surface grading.

Median Concrete Barrier Project

Continuous closure until further notice

  • Montana Avenue (US62/180) east and westbound complete left lane closure between RM 124 and RM 126 (Guadalupe Peak)

Traffic will be reduced to one lane in work areas.

Closure is necessary for installation of median concrete barrier.

RM 652 Full Widening Project

Continuous closure until further notice

  • RM 652 westbound lanes reduced to one lane two-way traffic from FM 3541 to Kimble Draw Bridge

Closure is necessary for the reconstruction of the roadway.

RM 652 Full Depth Rehabilitation Project

Continuous closure until further notice

  • RM 652 east and westbound alternating lane closure 8.36 miles east of FM 3541 to Reeves County Line

Continuous two-way traffic, one-lane work zone requiring traffic to be alternating onto one lane and controlled by Temporary Traffic Signals with a 13-foot lane width restriction

Closure is necessary for the construction of new roadway consisting of full depth rehabilitation.

Please follow the detour signs in place on all projects. All work is dependent upon weather conditions.

Media contact
Lauren Macias-Cervantes
May 15, 2025