AUSTIN, Texas — Austin drivers should expect delays this weekend along the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Bridge.

On Friday and Saturday, the bridge at Interstate 35 will be shut down to traffic as a demolition project is underway. The closure is set to last from 10 p.m. Friday to 10 a.m. Saturday and again from 9 p.m. Saturday to 10 a.m. Sunday.

According to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), impacted roadways include I-35 heading northbound, as well as for eastbound and westbound traffic on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

During this time, a detour will be available from northbound I-35 to northbound I-35 frontage road. Drivers heading eastbound will be detoured to I-35 southbound, where they can turn around along E. 15th St. Those driving westbound can instead take t

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