Eastbound Interstate 10 in Benson will be closed for an hour or longer on Sunday night to allow an over-sized load to travel about one mile between state routes 90 and 80.
The closure will allow the load to travel west in the eastbound lanes. The closure could begin as early as 10 p.m. Sunday and end as late as 2 a.m. Monday; the extremely slow speed of the over-sized load makes it difficult to estimate exactly when the truck will reach I-10.
The over-sized load is expected to be on I-10 for about one hour, entering at exit 303 and leaving the freeway at exit 302.
A possible alternate route for drivers on eastbound I-10 is south on SR 90 about 18 miles to SR 82, then east to SR 80 and north to I-10. It’s not clear that taking the alternate route would save drivers considerable time.