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.

Continuous closure, beginning 4 a.m.

Saturday, July 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 14

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

Crews will be relocating barriers.

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 7 to Friday, July 11

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

  • Americas Avenue (frontage road) southbound right lane between North Loop Drive and UPRR
    Bridge
  • Americas Avenue (frontage road) southbound left lane between Pan American Drive to Zaragoza
    Entrance Ramp

Crews will be working on installing driveways and copings

Monday, July 7 to Thursday, July 10

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, June 30 to Friday, July 25

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 & Aesthetic Project

Saturday, July 5

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

  • 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 concrete riprap.

Monday, July 7 to Friday, July 11

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

  • Gateway West Boulevard at Barranca Drive right shoulder and lane closure
  • Gateway West Boulevard at Chito Samaniego Drive right shoulder closure
  • I-10 westbound at Lee Trevino Drive right shoulder and lane closure
  • I-10 westbound at Lee Trevino underpass right shoulder and lane closure
  • 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 light for sun structure, placing
steel reinforcement & formwork for concrete riprap, drilling/excavating
through concrete riprap, and placing concrete riprap.

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 closures between US 62/180 and I10
    (Van Horn)

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

Continuous closure until further notice

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

  • US 62/180 west- and eastbound alternating lane closures between Hudspeth/Culberson
    County lines and Texas/New Mexico state line

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

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 (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 03, 2025