Railroad Crossing in Maud Closed This Sunday, August 14
Notice from the Texas Department of Transportation: The railroad crossing located at US 67 and State Highway 8 in Maud will be closed this Sunday.
If you normally travel SH 8 at US 67 in Maud on Sundays then you will need to find an alternate route this Sunday, August 14. Union Pacific Railroad will be conducting maintenance work on their RR crossing there at State Highway 8. As a result, the area will be closed to through-traffic on this date.
Passenger vehicles will be detoured via Main Street to Fincher Drive. Truck traffic will have to use alternate routes while the work is taking place.
Portable message boards will be placed around the railroad crossing before Sunday to warn area motorists of the scheduled road closure. The construction schedule and road closure can is also subject to inclement weather or other unforeseen problems.
For questions about the road closure, detour routes or construction work, call the Texas Department of Transportation Texarkana Area Office at (903) 838-8574.