Announced to Baylor students via newsflash email in the evening of Sept. 15, the closures begin with a full shutdown of the eastbound 18th Street, which will reopen by 7 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19. Following the removal of the 18th Street bridge, the email said that westbound 17th Street will be closed from Sept. 21-24. The highway itself will remain open throughout the removal of the bridges, the email stated.

The plan states that South University Parks Drive will be widened from two to four lanes to add more pedestrian infrastructure to “address a high number of total and severe crashes and provide safe bicycle and pedestrian facilities along the corridor.”