NASA Rd 1 to close at I45

NASA Rd 1, which is now officially called NASA Parkway will be closed at I45 on March 4 for about 2 months. From the Galveston County Daily News:

During the demolition, the Gulf Freeway from just north of League City to Bay Area Boulevard will be closed. I-45 is expected to reopen at 5 a.m. March 9.

This is to complete the construction of the NASA Rd 1, uh... NASA Parkway bypass which has already greatly helped the traffic from NASA towards I45 during rush hour. But for the next three months, it will be a disaster for traffic.

NASA Rd 1 was renamed, for unknown reasons, in the 78th Legislation session, filed by State Representative John Davis and State Senator Mike Jackson. The original bill renamed NASA Rd 1 from 146 all the way to Hwy 35 in Alvin, but was modified to exclude the Ralph I Lowe Parkway portion in Friendswood. As simple as this sounds, it required money to change the road signs and all the businesses had to change their addresses.

NASA Rd 1 is still used today as it was used when NASA was created. The only thing that is different is that it will be closed for 2 months at I45.