Beaumont TX Road Construction

Old Jun 29th, 2005, 06:47 PM
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Beaumont TX Road Construction

Any advice for route around road construction on I10 West near Beaumont / Orange? Or internet site that might recommend alternative route? We're driving in that direction now from Lafayette LA and husband said he heard the construction delays are terrible at night.
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Old Jun 29th, 2005, 11:42 PM
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I've always used TX62/73/87 instead of I-10 between Winnie and Orange.

From Lafayette to Houston, get off at Exit 873. Make a left onto TX62/73 at lights.

Go straigh for about 6 miles (one light in middle) to end of road. Bear right onto TX73/87. You'll pass through Bridge City with 3 traffic lights. It's a wide 3-lane each way there, but speed limit is only 45mph. Don't speed.

After that it's almost all freeway, through Port Arthur, then one ramp and I believe one traffic light on TX73. Just follow the "Houston" signs. TX73 rejoins I-10 in Winnie, bypassing all the construction as well as Beaumont.

Traffic is much much lighter than I-10, and distance is about 3-4 miles longer. Even if there's no construction, I'd still go this way because of light traffic. Between Port Arthur and Winnie, one can really relax for about 25 miles.
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Old Jun 30th, 2005, 06:11 AM
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Good advice, rkkwan. I thought I was the only one who took that route.
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Statia - So, you must be in the only other vehicle I see on TX73...
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Yep, I'm that other car you see. I take that route to my grandmother's house in Pt. Arthur. I always knew as a kid that we were FINALLY getting closer once we took that TX73 cut off at Winnie.
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