Phase 2 of the I-69 Brazos River Bridge project begins, closing southbound lanes of Southwest Freeway near University Boulevard

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- If your weekend plans include taking the Southwest Freeway in Fort Bend County, be on the lookout, as a portion of it will be closed starting Friday at 9 p.m., according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

The main area affected will be the southbound lanes between University Boulevard and Greatwood Parkway. They will reopen on Monday, June 9.

Officials said three lanes will shift to the right to the newly constructed southbound mainland bridge.

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The HOV and one additional southbound main lane will shift left around the work zone.

TXDOT says this closure is partly due to phase 2 of the $53 million project to extend the I-69 Brazos River Bridge and the feeder lanes nort