New Tonight on I-35: The Frost Bank Center Drive Right-Turn Lane Closes at 9 P.M. Monday Until Shortly Before Thanksgiving
A longer-term restriction joins San Antonio's construction map Monday night: the designated right-turn lane from the northbound I-35 frontage road onto Frost Bank Center Drive closes at 9 p.m. and stays closed until shortly before Thanksgiving — passenger cars keep access, big trucks take the Salado Creek detour.
The weekend closures lifted at 5 a.m. Monday, but the I-35 corridor adds a new, longer restriction tonight. Starting Monday, November 2, at 9 p.m., the designated right-turn lane from the northbound I-35 frontage road onto Frost Bank Center Drive is scheduled to close, and the restriction is expected to continue until shortly before Thanksgiving, according to the TxDOT closure reporting read by the desk this cycle.
The arena itself stays reachable. Passenger vehicles will still be able to access Frost Bank Center Drive, the reporting says; the squeeze falls on larger commercial vehicles — delivery trucks and tractor-trailers — which may not have room to make the normal right turn safely without the dedicated lane. Those vehicles take the posted detour: north along the frontage road to the Salado Creek turnaround, then back south on the frontage road for a left turn onto Frost Bank Center Drive.
The timing matters for event traffic: the lane closes the same night the Spurs host Utah at Frost Bank Center (7:30 p.m. tip), so postgame and delivery traffic meets the new pattern first. The desk advises drivers heading to arena events over the next several weeks to approach with the frontage-road pattern in mind, watch for posted detour signs, and check DriveTexas for changes — construction schedules can shift with weather or conditions.
