Garza, Hale, Lubbock county bridges part of maintenance project

LUBBOCK -A $922,390 maintenance project to replace bridge joints and make deck and concrete repairs to various bridges in Garza, Hale and Lubbock counties is schedule to begin on Tuesday, Dec. 17 on the 42nd Street bridge at I-27 in Lubbock. Project contractor is ICOS Management, LLC, of Frisco, TX.

Starting Tuesday, the bridge will be closed to all traffic to give work crews the space needed to stage equipment and safely make the repairs. Traffic will be detoured to 34th and 50th streets. The bridge is expected to reopen to traffic before the Christmas holiday.

Seven area bridges are included in the project:

Garza County-FM 669, south of Post

Hale County-SH 194 at Running Water Draw

• I-27 at Callahan Draw
• I-27 frontage road turnaround in Hale Center

Lubbock County-42nd Street at I-27

• 50th Street at I-27
• Erskine Street at I-27

The project is scheduled to wrap-up in summer 2025.