Beginning Friday, September 8, 2023, at 8 p.m., the SH495 underpass at I-2 will be close through the end of the year, while a new ‘Harlingen to Edinburg’ connector (DC1) is constructed.

The intent of the closure is to enhance traffic flow for drivers traveling on a temporary detour route, merging from westbound I-2 (US 83) to northbound I-69C (US 281). Meanwhile, drivers traveling eastbound and westbound on SH 495 will be temporarily detoured at this location.

To access the new temporary route, motorist

• Eastbound drivers (west of I-69C) will yield to southbound I-69C frontage road traffic and loop around under the connectors to the northbound I-69C frontage road and then go east on SH 495 (Ferguson Avenue).
• Westbound drivers (east of I-69C) will yield to northbound I-69C frontage road traffic and take the Sioux Road turnaround to the I-69C southbound frontage road and then go west on SH 495.