Northpark Reopened After 3 Day UPRR Closure
3/7/25 at 6 PM – Northpark reopened this afternoon after a three-day closure to let the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) insert a single 200-foot section of track weighing 55,000 pounds into their track across the major traffic artery.
The closure tangled traffic throughout Kingwood as tens of thousands of commuters and shoppers struggled to find alternative ways to get to their destinations.
What a welcome relief it is to have Northpark open again. I just made the roundtrip to Northpark and 494 in 20 minutes. However, yesterday, it took two hours…in the middle of the afternoon.
I took this picture at 5:30 PM. And it says it all.
As I drove west to capture this shot, I saw traffic streaming by me heading east. And I knew that Northpark reopened.
What a beautiful sight! And it will be even more beautiful when this project is complete.
The Northpark expansion project has two major goals: accommodate a growing volume of traffic and create an all-weather evacuation route for 78,000 Kingwood residents.
Please try to patronize the merchants along Northpark. The last three days have been brutal for them.
For More Information
See the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority project web pages. For more about the closure, see these related posts on ReduceFlooding.
- 25/03/07 UPRR Almost Finished
- 25/03/06 UPRR inserts New 200-Foot Section of Track Across Northpark
- 25/03/05 Northpark closed for 3 Days as UPRR Replaces Track
- 25/02/26 Northpark Will Close at UPRR Tracks One Week from Today for Three Days
- 25/02/21 UPRR Getting Rails Ready for Northpark Closure
- 25/02/14 Northpark Closure Announced from March 5-7
Posted by Bob Rehak on 3/7/25 at 6PM
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