Closures & Construction

Last Updated: August 7, 2025

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East 6th St. Barricade Installation Road Closures

The Downtown Austin Alliance, City of Austin and East Sixth Street PID are partnering to replace and enhance the existing Sixth Street barriers through a barricade beautification effort. Working with local designer Emily Eisenhart, this beautification effort will take place along East Sixth Street between August 11 and August 29. There will be rolling road closures during this installation period.

Traffic Impacts

• August 11-12: Transportation and Public Works (TPW) will remove the existing water barricades. Expect 1-2 vehicle lanes closed on East Sixth (between San Jacinto and Neches).
• August 13-14: TPW will install new concrete barricades. Expect 2 vehicle lanes closed on East Sixth (between San Jacinto and Neches).
• August 15-29: Designer and Installation team will paint the barricades. Expect 1 vehicle lane closed on East Sixth (between San Jacinto and Neches).

Stay up to date on day-to-day traffic updates for the East 6th St. Barricade Installation by texting ATX CONSTRUCTION to 512-890-3099.

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MLK Bridge & Northbound I-35 Closure

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will temporarily close the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard bridge at I-35 for continued demolition of the north side of the bridge as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard bridge segment. Pedestrian access will be maintained on the bridge during these nightly closures.

The bridge will be closed to vehicles during the following nights over the weekend:

• Friday, Aug. 8, from 10 p.m. to 10 a.m.

• Saturday, Aug. 9, from 9 p.m. to 10 a.m.

Traffic Detours: 

• Northbound I-35 will be closed for several hours each night. Drivers will be detoured to the northbound I-35 frontage road.

• Eastbound MLK traffic will detour to the southbound I-35 frontage road and U-turn at 15th Street.

• Westbound MLK traffic will detour to the northbound I-35 frontage road and U-turn at Clyde Littlefield Drive/Manor Road.

Drivers should remain alert for trucks and equipment in the area. Law enforcement officers will be on site to direct traffic.

Stay up to date on traffic impacts by following @TxDOTAustin on X and visit mymobility35.com to learn more about the I-35 Capital Express Central project.

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Lady Bird Lake North Shore Pedestrian Access

Crews are constructing northbound and southbound Riverside Drive bypass lanes at I-35 and are currently excavating and installing soil nail walls along the corridor. In early June, the project team started reconstructing and installing a new shared-use path along the southbound I-35 frontage road from Woodward Street to SH 71/Ben White Boulevard. The newly constructed shared-use path is anticipated to be complete in fall 2025.

Traffic Impacts  

Below is a list of recent or upcoming long-term road closures associated with the Lady Bird Lake segment:

• Southbound I-35 Woodland Avenue exit (232) closed. Drivers on southbound I-35 will use the Riverside Drive exit (233).
  • Through early 2026.

• Northbound I-35 Cesar Chavez entrance ramp will be closed. Drivers on northbound I-35 frontage road will use the entrance ramp between 8th Street and 11th Street.
  • Through early 2026.

• Access will be limited under the Lady Bird Lake bridge, along the north shore of the lake, so crews can store equipment and materials. Pedestrians and bicyclists may continue their path around the staged equipment. This closure of the under-bridge area will be effective on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025.
  • Through Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025.

Stay up to date on traffic impacts by following @TxDOTAustin on X and visit mymobility35.com to learn more about the I-35 Capital Express Central project.