TxGearhead wrote:
If you are eventually going northbound on either US59 (I-69) or I-45, take US69/287 north from Beaumont then US105 westbound through Sour Lake to Cleveland or on to Conroe.
Small correction. You mean take TX-105 (a state highway, not a US highway) west in Beaumont from US-69/287. Also note that there is a FM-105 (a Farm to Market road in Texas) heading north around I-10 exit 861 in Vidor that you SHOULD NOT TAKE. The identical numbers get some people confused. Note the highway signs and turns around Cleveland to stay on TX-105 and use the loop bypassing the town. There is also a loop to bypass downtown Conroe for access to I-45.
TxGearhead's advice is good and will bypass the temporary delay and most of the Houston metropolitan area. Since I live north of Houston now, I rarely use I-10 between Houston and Beaumont.