El Paso District east area project, maintenance closures
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El Paso District east area project, maintenance closures

Purple Heart 375 Widening Project

Sunday, June 29 to Thursday, July 31

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

  • Purple Heart Highway (Loop 375) north- and southbound alternate lane closures between Montana Avenue and Spur 601

Crews will be paving and boring in median.

Advance Notice

Continuous closure, beginning 4 a.m. Saturday, August 2 to 5 a.m. Monday, August 4

  • Purple Heart Highway (Loop 375) northbound main lanes closed from Spur 601 to Montana Avenue

Crews will be relocating barriers for northbound traffic switch.

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.

Loop 375 Widening Project

Monday, July 21 to Friday, July 25

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

  • Americas Avenue (frontage road) southbound left lane between Pan American Drive to Zaragoza Entrance Ramp

Crews will be working on installing T-551 concrete barrier

Monday, July 21 to Thursday, July 24

Nightly, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

  • Loop 375 southbound main lanes between North Loop Exit Ramp and Pan American Entrance Ramp

Crews will be painting.

Horizon/Darrington Reconstruction Project

Monday, July 21

5 a.m. to 10 a.m.

  • Horizon Boulevard eastbound right shoulder and lane closure from Darrington Road to Breaux Street

Crews will be adjusting driveway opening with barriers.

Tuesday, July 22 to Friday, July 25

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

  • Horizon Boulevard east-and westbound left shoulder and lane closure between Horizon Crossing Street and Breaux Street

Crews will be removing barriers.

Monday, June 30 to Monday, August 4

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

  • Emigrant Road will be closed between Darrington Road and Rodman Street

Crews will be working on subgrade and driveway.

Continuous closure until December 2025

  • 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 and Aesthetic Project

Monday, July 21 to Friday, July 25

Daily, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

  • Gateway West Boulevard at Barranca Drive right lane closure
  • I-10 westbound between Lomaland Entrance Ramp and Yarbrough Exit Ramp right lane and shoulder closure
  • I-10 westbound Lomaland Entrance Ramp closed
  • I-10 westbound between Lee Trevino Exit Ramp and Lee Trevino Entrance Ramp right lane and shoulder closure
  • I-10 westbound Lee Trevino Entrance Ramp closed
  • Gateway West Boulevard passing Zaragoza Road left lane closure
  • Gateway East Boulevard before Zaragoza Road left lane closure
  • Gateway East Boulevard at Zaragoza Road turnaround complete closure

Crews will be placing electrical service poles, placing lighting and sun panels for sun structure, placing steel reinforcement & formwork for concrete riprap, and placing concrete riprap.

Montana Widening Project

Tuesday, July 22 to Thursday, July 24

Nightly, 8:30 p.m. to 6 a.m.

  • Montana Avenue eastbound frontage road full closure between Saul Kleinfeld Drive and Joe Battle Boulevard

Crews will be placing pavement.

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.

PROJECTS WITH CONTINUOUS CLOSURES

Preventive Maintenance Project

Continuous closure until further notice

Daily, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

  • State Highway 54 north- and southbound alternating lane closures between US 62/180 and I10 (Van Horn)
  • US 62/180 west- and eastbound alternating lane closures between Hudspeth/Culberson County lines and Texas/New Mexico state line
  • RM 1111 north-and southbound alternating lane closures between US 62/180 and I10 (Van Horn)
  • FM 2249 west-and eastbound alternating lane closures between Wood Drive and FM 1576
  • US 62/180 west- and eastbound alternating lane closures between Border Patrol Inspection Station and RM 2317

Crews will be performing mobile operations on removing and replacing roadway paving markings.

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 (US 62/180) 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
July 18, 2025