New Speed Limit On Highway 385 in Ector County

There is a new speed limit for those who head south out of Odessa down US Highway 385 toward Crane.

According to NewsWest 9, the speed limit on Highway 385 will be decreasing to 55 on the stretch of 385 from Interstate 20 to about a mile south of the Ector County Detention Center.

The second change will drop the speed limit down to 70 from a mile south of the detention center to the Crane County line.

The signs are expected to be put up on Friday.