THOSE LANE CLOSURES ON BOTH NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND I-25 AT PASEO IN ALBUQUERQUE ARE BACK OPEN THIS HOUR. THE CLOSURES CAUSED MAJOR TRAFFIC NIGHTMARES OVER THE WEEKEND. TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN PHIL GALLEGOS TELLS US CREWS SPENT THE WEEKEND WORKING ON A BRIDGE, HANGING GIRDERS ON THAT PART OF THE INTERSTATE. THOSE ARE THE STEEL BEAMS THAT KEEP TRAFFIC FROM CROSSING OVER INTO THE OPPOSING DIRECTION LANES.
A LOT OF DRIVERS WERE UNAWARE THAT I-25 WAS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AT PASEO AND GOT CAUGHT IN LONG LINES WITH LONG WAITS … UP TO HALF AN HOUR IN SOME CASES. DRIVERS WERE DETOURED OFF AT PASEO, BUT THOSE HEADED NORTHBOUND COULDN'T GET BACK ONTO I-25 UNTIL ALAMEDA.
