Two closed county bridges over Choctaw and Harris creeks are due back by month's end, while Craft Road stays shut into December

Drivers who have been detouring around two rural Grayson County bridges may get them back within days.

The Texas Department of Transportation's Paris District road report for the week starting Monday, Oct. 26, lists the replacement bridges on OB Groner Road over Choctaw Creek and on Plainview Road over Harris Creek as shut to all traffic until the end of October. The report does not give an exact reopening day.

Until then, the agency points OB Groner Road traffic to Rockport Road and Friendship Road. For Plainview Road, it lists Naylor Lane, Enterprise Road, Wright Road and Lawrence Road as the ways around the work. Closure signs are posted on the roads leading to both sites.

Craft Road waits longer

A third replacement, where Craft Road crosses Choctaw Creek, is not on the same timeline. That crossing stays shut to all traffic until December, the report says, with Smith Oak Road or Washburn Road suggested as alternate routes.

Nearly finished

Two other county bridge jobs are mostly done and open to traffic:

• Prescott Road, Southmayd: the new bridge between Johnny Watson Road and Jelley Road is carrying traffic, with occasional lane closures while crews finish the last items.
• Calf Creek Lane: the bridge at Calf Creek is open, but the contractor may close the road for short periods to wrap up minor work.

Daytime lane closures on two highways

TxDOT maintenance crews also plan daytime lane closures for level-up paving on U.S. 377 between U.S. 82 and FM 902, and on the northbound lanes of U.S. 69 north of the FM 84 intersection. Flaggers and pilot cars will guide traffic through both work zones, and the agency tells drivers to expect delays.

Over in Bells, the bridge deck repair on the U.S. 69 overpass at U.S. 82 is complete and all lanes are open, though occasional lane closures may return while minor work is finished.

Sources

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