The Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) closure of OSR, which was originally scheduled to take place Wednesday, has been pushed back to Jan. 18 due to high water, the agency announced.

“The (TxDOT) contractor will close OSR at the Navasota River Bridge and Relief Bridges, which is located between FM 1940 and FM 1452,” TxDOT announced in a Dec. 31 press release. “This closure will allow the contractor to replace the existing bridges at the Navasota River.”

A detour sign will be instilled to direct traffic to use FM 2223 to FM 974 to SH 6 to SH 21 to FM 39 to FM 1452. This section of OSR will reopen to through traffic in March after the project’s completion.

“TxDOT encourages drivers to plan for extra travel time through this area or to seek alternate routes,” stated the press release. “TxDOT and their contractor thank everyone for their patience during this work.”

The construction is part of a $57 million project on OSR in Brazos County includes the reconstruction of 25 miles of roadway and replacement of seven bridges. This project is contracted to Big Creek Construction, LTD. out of Hewitt and is expected to be completed by August 2022.