Doing the splits! Watch for new lane configurations this fall on I-10 in the Broadway Curve area
Doing the splits! Watch for new lane configurations this fall on I-10 in the Broadway Curve area
Sometimes splitting up is hard to do. Other times it’s the best for everyone in the long run. And the latter is what’s happening this fall with the lanes 
Drivers on I-10 will see two new traffic configurations go into place beginning at the end of October for work related to the I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project.
Over the last weekend in October, crews shifted the eastbound I-10 lanes between 40th Street and Broadway Road to be split with roadway barrier and work zone in between. Two lanes now go the left and three lanes go to the right of the work zone. Drivers who plan to exit to eastbound US 60 are encouraged to stay in the right lanes. However, if you can’t make it over in time, there will be an opportunity after the split lanes merge back together to merge right for the US 60 exit.
Next, crews will put in a new westbound I-10 lane configuration between Broadway Road and 40th Street in November.
Westbound I-10 is scheduled to be closed between US 60 and 40th Street over the weekend of Nov. 17-20. When the freeway reopens on Nov. 20, westbound I-10 drivers can expect the existing lanes between Broadway Road and 40th Street will be split with roadway barrier and work zone in between. Drivers wishing to exit onto northbound State Route 143 should select the right two lanes. Drivers wishing to exit onto 40th Street should select the middle two lanes. Those staying on I-10 through the Broadway Curve area may wish to stay in the left lanes.
These temporary lane configurations will reduce the need for full freeway closures and will allow the Broadway Curve Constructors to complete constructing the new bridges that will eventually connect SR 143 to the interstate.
Drivers can expect these lane configurations into 2024. The project is expected to open the final lane configuration later the same year.
