Northbound Highway 6 shuts nightly between Harvey Mitchell Parkway and Harvey Road through Friday for Big 6 work

Drivers heading north on Highway 6 through College Station after dark this week will be forced off the freeway for one stretch. The Texas Department of Transportation plans a full closure of the northbound main lanes between Harvey Mitchell Parkway and Harvey Road every night from Sunday, Nov. 1, through Friday, Nov. 6.

Each closure runs from 7:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. the next morning, according to the agency's construction schedule for the Big 6 project. Northbound drivers will be routed off at the Harvey Mitchell Parkway exit and can rejoin the freeway at the on-ramp just south of Harvey Road.

Two other northbound on-ramps, one below Harvey Mitchell Parkway and one below Southwest Parkway, will be shut during the same hours.

Other overnight closures this week

The northbound detour is not the only restriction on the schedule:

Southbound main lanes, Harvey Road to Harvey Mitchell Parkway: the left lane closes overnight Sunday through Thursday, first for paving and then for earthwork.
Northbound frontage road, Harvey Road to University Drive: the left lane closes overnight Sunday through Wednesday and again Friday. On those nights drivers also lose the University Drive exit and the on-ramp below University Drive, and frontage road traffic can get back onto the freeway below Briarcrest Drive.
Northbound main lanes, University Drive to Briarcrest Drive: the left lane closes Tuesday night so crews can adjust traffic barrier.
Northbound frontage road, Barron Road to Midtown Drive: the right lane closes Thursday night for drainage work, and the Rock Prairie Road exit going north is shut. TxDOT says drivers can reach Rock Prairie Road by taking the Barron Road exit instead.

All of the listed closures run on the same 7:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. schedule.

About the project

The Big 6, formally the SH 6 Central BCS Expansion, covers 11.5 miles of Highway 6 from State Highway 21 in Bryan to William D. Fitch Parkway in College Station. It will widen the main lanes from two to three in each direction, rebuild interchanges and add shared paths for people on bikes and on foot.

Fluor Heavy Civil won the $671 million construction contract in March 2025, and work started Dec. 1, 2025.

Plans for the University Drive interchange call for a diverging diamond, the same design already in use where Raymond Stotzer Parkway meets Harvey Mitchell Parkway. TxDOT says it will keep two lanes open each way on the freeway for the length of construction, with most of the work over the next six months focused on the main lanes, temporary pavement and retaining walls.

Questions about the project can go to TxDOT's Bryan District office at 979-778-9701, and the agency offers email and text alerts on its Big 6 page.

Sources

TxDOT

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