CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — Thursday morning's heavy rain has forced Texas Department of Transportation to shut down the loop that connects Interstate-37 to the Crosstown Expressway.
TxDOT announced the closure just before 10 am.
Crews are on site removing debris and directing traffic to continue along the frontage road.
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Here are the detours for those drivers:
- Drivers heading southbound on US 181 to southbound SH 286 will be detoured to take the Port Ave/Nueces Bay Blvd exit, make a U-turn at Nueces Bay Blvd, and continue southbound on I-37 to the direct connector ramp for southbound SH 286.
- Drivers leaving the Bayfront area to southbound SH 286 will continue northbound on I-37, take the Port Ave/Nueces Bay Blvd exit, make a U-turn at Nueces Bay Blvd, and continue southbound on I-37 to the direct connector ramp for southbound SH 286.
If you have to go through the I-37 and SH 286 interchange, you're asked to take extreme caution and be prepared for additional closures if flooding persists.