TxDOT Road Projects
Posted/updated on: October 13, 2015 at 2:13 am
TYLER – Here’s a look at work planned in the district during the Week of Oct. 12. These schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure or other unforeseen issues.
Motorists who use Farm Road 2658 in Rusk County for their commutes will have to take alternate routes when the contractor closes a portion of the roadway starting Monday. The closure is necessary to complete the tie-in of a new section of roadway to the existing section. Traffic is being detoured to Farm Road 3231 for the next several weeks.
Concrete repair work continues on Interstate Highway20 in Smith County on Monday. Motorists should expect slower moving and sometimes stopped traffic along the eastbound inside lanes at Mile Markers 568 to 569. Work is planned from 7:00am to 6:00pm. Starting Wednesday crews will move the operation to Interstate Highway 20 in Gregg County. Motorists are reminded to slow down and pay attention when driving through these work zones. Law enforcement is providing assistance at these locations.
District wide Seal Coat Operations continue with the contractor fog sealing Farm Road 756,
Farm Road 14 and Farm Road 2767 in Smith County this week. Elsewhere, crews are placing final striping on roadways in Anderson, Cherokee, Rusk, Van Zandt, and Wood counties. Expect lane closures.
SMITH COUNTY – Tyler Maintenance is placing an overlay on FM 1253 and conducting
edge repairs on FM 1805. Expect lane closures with flaggers providing traffic control at both locations.
Smith County construction projects updates:
FM 1253 Widening Project
* Limits: From County Road 462 south, 1.3 miles north of FM 857 south to FM 1805
* Contractor: Longview Bridge and Road, Ltd., of Longview
* Cost: $7.5 million
More drainage work on tap for this roadway. The project includes widening, sealing and surfacing FM 1253.
Loop 323 West Widening
* Limits: Tyler’s West Loop and SH 31
* Contractor: Longview Bridge and Road, Ltd., of Longview
* Cost: $12 million
Temporary detours remain in place as work on the retaining walls and the new bridge
continues. Motorists should use caution when traveling through this work zone as crews and heavy equipment are working close to the travel lanes. Expect lane closures. Motorists are encouraged to take alternate routes to avoid delays. The project includes widening Loop 323 from SH 31 to Shaw Street. The speed limit on Loop 323 in the work zone has been reduced to 45 mph from SH 64 to Shaw Street. Construction is in full swing with an expected completion date in early 2016.
Loop 323 Northeast Project
* Limits: From American Legion Road (@ the Loop 323 Extension to US 271) south to Commerce St.
* Contractor: Reynolds and Kay, LTD.
* Cost: $3.4 million
The contractor expects to begin applying the final surface on this portion of Loop 323. The project includes culvert extensions, base repair, level-up and placing an overlay. Expect lane closures. Completion expected in November.
SH 31E Widening Project
* Limits: From FM 757 to FM 2012
* Contractor: Reynolds & Kay, LTD
* Cost: $7.8 million
Shoulder closures continue as crews place embankment on the north side of this project designed to add passing lanes for multiple sections of roadway in both the eastbound and westbound directions. Once the widening is complete, a seal coat and final surface will be applied. A daily construction speed limit of 60 mph is in place when work is being performed on this 18-month job.
SH 31E Widening Project
* Limits: From FM 850 to FM 757
* Contractor: East Texas Bridge, Inc.
* Cost: $3.4 million
This project to widen SH 31E east of Tyler includes adding passing lanes for multiple sections of the roadway in both directions. The new passing lanes are open with final work ongoing. Expect shoulder closures.
Off-System Bridge Replacement Project
* Limits: County Roads (CR) 452 and 481
* Contractor: Pierce Construction
* Cost: $560,000
Both roads are closed to through traffic requiring motorists to use alternate routes to reach their destinations. Mow strip and topsoil work continue this week. Completion expected later this month.
SH 64
* Limits: from Chapel Hill to Arp
* Contractor: Drewery Construction of Nacogdoches
* Cost: $3.9 million
The hot mix surface is being applied on the roadway. This job is adding passing lanes between FM 2607 and Arp. Motorists are urged to use extra caution and expect lane closures when traveling through this area.
GREGG COUNTY – Longview Maintenance continues work to build an emergency crossover on Interstate Highway20 just west of the Sabine River Bridge. Expect lane closures in the eastbound and westbound lanes. Other work is planned for State Highway 42 at the I-20 intersection where crews will be laying asphalt on bridge approaches. Expect lane closures with flaggers providing traffic control.
Gregg County construction projects updates:
Interstate Highway 20 Total Maintenance Contract
*Limits: Gregg, Smith and Van Zandt counties
*Contractor: Fireman Excavating
The contractor will begin laying hot mix asphalt on the eastbound and westbound mainlanes in Smith County. Expect lane closures and delays during this work.
State Highway 31 Landscape Project
*Limits: 0.3 miles north of FM 2205 (Grace Creek) to 0.2 miles south of U.S. 80 (Cotton) in Longview
*Contractor: South Texas Illuminations, LLC
*Cost: $281,249.70
Final work continues for this project which comes as a result of the city winning one of 10 Governor’s Community Achievement Awards presented by Keep Texas Beautiful in partnership with TxDOT which allocates $2,000,000 a year as landscape incentives to competing communities based on population and efforts in litter prevention and cleanup, public awareness, beautification and property improvement, solid waste management, illegal dumping and enforcement, and education. No traffic impacts.
Farm Road 2275 George Richey Extension (Segments II & III)
*Limits: McCann Road to US 259
*Contractor: East Texas Bridge, Inc.
*Cost: $12.8 million
This project is constructing a new roadway from McCann Road to U.S. Highway 259. Clearing between Judson and Airline roads continues with excavation, embankment, bridge
construction, subgrade treatment, storm drain and other work between McCann and Judson roads. The contractor recently began paving operations. While this is a new location project that generally doesn’t impact traffic motorists should plan to take other routes to get around Airline Road which is closed through March 2016.
Farm Road 449
*Limits: US 259 to FM 2751
*Contractor: Madden Contracting Company, LLC
This project consists of widening the road and adding shoulders. Contractor will begin installing sedimentation control in the ROW and placing temporary pavement widening in work areas. Traffic can expect some delays as construction begins.
Farm Road 3135
*Limits: County Road 222 to County Road 262
*Contractor: Madden Contracting Company, LLC
This project consists of widening the road and adding shoulders. Contractor will begin installing sedimentation control in the ROW and placing temporary pavement widening in work areas. Traffic can expect some delays as this job gets underway.
Loop 281 at Farm Road 2087 Overpass
*Limits: SH 31 to approximately one mile south of SH 31
*Contractor: Longview Bridge and Road, Ltd., of Longview.
*Cost: $13.2 million
This project to build a new overpass is in Phase III of construction with traffic moved off the existing loop onto the detours. The contractor continues forming and pouring bridge rail. Expect delays during the peak evening hours. Caution advised in detour areas.
State Highway 42
*Limits: From SH 31 north to I-20
*Contractor: Reynolds & Kay, Ltd.
*Cost: $3.7 million
The contractor plans to start laying hot mix asphalt this week. The project is constructing a left turn lane at Hillcrest Road along with storm drain and curb and gutter. It should be finished this fall. Expect lane closures.
Interstate Highway 20 PFC Project
*Limits: SH 31E to the Harrison County line
*Contractor: Madden Contracting Company, LLC
*Cost: $5,584,277
No work planned this week. The project consists of applying a porous friction course (PFC) surface overlay, shoulder texturing, and pavement markings as well as work on the I-20 on ramps.
Porous friction courses (PFC) consist of placing hot mix asphalt mixtures at the surface of a pavement structure in a thin layer to produce benefits for the traveling public such as safety, economy and the environment.
Landscaping Project
*Limits: Intersection of SH 31 at SH 42
*Limits: Intersections of I-20 at Estes Parkway; and I-20 at Eastman Road
*Contractor: South Texas Illuminations, LLC
*Cost: $400,000
This is a landscaping project to enhance various intersections throughout Gregg and Rusk counties. Crews are working at the intersection of SH 42 and SH 31 as well as I-20 and Estes Pkwy and Eastman Road. The majority of the work is outside the travel lane in the median and should have little impact on traffic. The travelling public should be cautious of construction vehicles entering and leaving the project sites.
HENDERSON COUNTY – Crews are rehabilitating FM 1615 about seven miles south of SH
19. Expect lane closures. Watch for flaggers in place to direct traffic through the
work zone.
ANDERSON COUNTY – Palestine crews will continue to work on U.S. Highway 79South in Long Lake at the Trinity River Bridge. Repairs are being made on the northbound side bridge deck and require closing the outside northbound lane to traffic. Flaggers will be stationed at the US 79/SH 294 intersection providing traffic control and assistance to dump trucks entering and leaving the worksite. Crews are also repairing base
failures on State Highway 155 between Farm Road 2267 and Frankston. Expect reduced lanes and delays at both locations.
Anderson County construction projects updates:
U.S. Highway 79 New Lane Construction
*Limits: 1.6 miles southwest of Loop 256 in Palestine south to .4 mile southwest of FM 645
*Contractor: Longview Bridge and Road, Ltd., of Longview.
*Cost: $42,740,365.19
The project is progressing with the contractor performing flex base on the south end of the job. Work in the southbound lanes includes concrete paving south of Farm Road 645 and surface mix. Sanderson Blvd. remains closed for the next few weeks with traffic detoured to Florence Street. Expect lane closures.
U.S. Highway 79 – Night Work Repairs
*Limits: Loop 256 in Palestine southwest to 1.4 miles southwest of FM 1990 (Tile Factory Road)
*Contractor: Big Creek Construction of Hewitt, TX
*Cost: $2,374,737.51
Daytime striping activities implemented last week are finished and project completion expected this month.
State Highway 19 Widening in Anderson County
*Limits: 3.6 miles north of FM 837 (Henderson Co. line) south to .4 mile north of FM 321 at Montalba
*Contractor: Big Creek Construction of Hewitt
*Cost: $12,487,715.87
Work is ongoing to widen SH 19 in this area. Lane closures and delays are to be expected as flex base and cement treat operations progress. Flaggers and a pilot car providing traffic control.
Off-System Bridge Replacement Project
*Limits: County Road (CR) 453 at Beaver Creek
*Contractor: Highway 19 Construction of Sulphur Springs, Texas
*Cost: $256,312.87
CR 453 remains closed at Beaver Creek while the new bridge is built. Use alternate routes to reach your destinations as the contractor conducts final inspections to close out the job later this month.
Off-System Bridge Replacement Project
*Limits: County Road (CR) 471 at Box Creek
*Contractor: Longview Bridge and Road, Ltd., of Longview
*Cost: $817,412.15
CR 471 at Box Creek is closed to through traffic as a new bridge is built. Completion set for November.
CHEROKEE COUNTY – Crews are placing overlays on the shoulders of U.S. Highway 79East between Jacksonville and New Summerfield. Slow down and pay attention to flaggers providing traffic control to assist you through the work zone. Expect lane closures.
TxDOT contractor, Striping Technology, Inc., will have a crew adding striping on roadways in Cherokee County. Milled rumble strips will also be added to Farm Road 347 on Monday as part of the district-wide safety project to add centerline rumble strips. Expect lane closures.
Farm Road 22 Widening Project
*Limits: From US 69 south of Jacksonville going SW to 1.5 miles west of FM 768 (Gallatin area)
*Contractor: Madden Contracting Company, LLC
*Cost: $7.7 million
Culvert work is set to start on October 26. This is a safety project designed to widen the roadway from 20′ to 24′ along a 4.2 mile section.
U.S. Highway 69 Widening and Resurfacing
*Limits: From Loop 456 in Jacksonville going south to just north of Loop 62 in Rusk
*Contractor: Madden Contracting Company, LLC
*Cost: $11 million
Culvert and median work set to start on October 19. This project includes adding 2′ edge treatment and resurfacing the roadway.
U.S. Highway 69 Widening and Resurfacing
*Limits: From 0.028 mile south of FM 343 in Rusk southward to just north of SH 21 in Alto
*Contractor: Madden Contracting Company, LLC
*Cost: $9.3 million
No work is scheduled for this project at this time.
HENDERSON COUNTY – Crews are rehabilitating Farm Road 1615 about seven miles south of State Highway 19. Expect lane closures. Watch for flaggers in place to direct traffic through the work zone.
Henderson County construction projects updates:
State Highway 31 Repair Project
*Limits: .09 miles west of FM 317 eastward to .34 miles west of FM 773
*Contractor: Big Creek Construction, Ltd., of Hewitt
*Cost: $3.6 million
Work to place a new overlay on this part of SH 31 should be finished in late October. The contractor is currently milling the existing surface for replacement. Expect lane closures for the duration of the project.
U.S. Highway 175 Widening Project (Phase I)
*Limits: 0.1 miles southeast of FM 804 near Baxter southeast to 1.1 miles east of Loop 60E at Larue
*Contractor: A.L. Helmcamp, Inc. and Big Creek Construction
*Cost: $39.2 million
The project expands US 175 from two lanes to a four-lane divided with a depressed median. A traffic switch now has eastbound motorists driving on the new detour. Drivers should expect one lane carrying two-way traffic throughout the project limits as well as occasional day time lane closures. Dirt and drainage work around Loop 60E in Larue to near Baxter is ongoing. The speed limit in the construction zone has been set at 55 mph so slow down because traffic fines double when workers are present. Phase I construction started April 6, 2015 and has an anticipated completion date in November 2018.
U.S. Highway 175 Widening Project (Phase II)
*Limits: 1.1 miles east of Loop 60B to 0.85 mile east of FM 315
*Contractor: Sundt Construction, Inc., of San Antonio
*Cost: $37.8 million
Construction is underway on this Phase II project to expand US 175 from two lanes to a four-lane divided with a depressed median. Drivers should anticipate two-way traffic throughout the project limits which stretch 3.4 miles ending just east of FM 315 in Poynor. The speed limit has been set at 55 mph. A portion of this phase will be built on new location around the south side of Poynor. This like Phase I, is a mobility project to add capacity and improve safety, and includes adding one lane in each direction. It is a two-year project.
Farm Road 315/Farm Road 1616 Widening Project
*Limits: From FM 314S to CS End at County Road 4325, 4224, etc.
*Contractor: Big Creek Construction, LTD, of Hewitt, Texas
*Cost: $3.07 million
Work is set to start this month to add shoulders on FM 315. Drivers should anticipate two-way traffic throughout the project limits with daily lane closures starting October 19, 2015. Completion expected in summer 2016.
Farm Road 316 Widening Project
*Limits: From FM 1256 south to FM 3080
*Contractor: Big Creek Construction, Ltd., of Hewitt
This project is included with the SH 198 widening project in Van Zandt County. Culvert work and pavement widening continues. Expect lane closures.
Farm Road 317 Widening Project
*Limits: From FM 314 to FM 607
*Contractor: Big Creek Construction, Ltd., of Hewitt
Clean up activities continue on this project to widen FM 317 from FM 314 to FM 607. Expect lane closures.
Off-System Bridge Replacement Project
*Limits: Cardinal Drive at Little Duncan Creek in Murchison
*Contractor: Hartbeat Construction of Tyler
*Cost: $314,919.44
Cardinal Drive is closed to through traffic as a new bridge is built. Completion set for November.
RUSK COUNTY – Crews return this week to the hot mix overlay job on Farm Road 225 between U.S. Highway 84 and the Nacogdoches County line. Expect lane closures and delays with one lane carrying two-way traffic controlled by a pilot car.
TxDOT contractor, Striping Technology, Inc., will have a crew adding striping on various roadways in Rusk County as part of the district-wide safety project to add centerline rumble strips. Expect lane closures.
Rusk County construction projects updates:
U.S. Highway 79 Repair Project Night Operations
*Limits: From FM 225 going north to the Traffic Star (intersection of US 79/SH
64/SH 43/US 259)
*Contractor: Madden Contracting Company
*Cost: $5.2 million
Current work includes laying asphalt in the mainlanes. The project consists of grinding five inches into the existing pavement next to the curb and replacing it immediately with five inches of new hot mix asphalt and sealcoat. Most work will be conducted at night, from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday through Thursday for the duration of the project to minimize impacts to traffic. Crews will work in one-mile sections, beginning at FM 225 going north. They will then turn around and continue work in the southbound lanes. Two lanes in one direction will be affected at a time. The project is expected to be completed this fall providing motorists a smoother, safer ride. Watch for flaggers, message signs, cones and barricades, and plan for brief delays in this work zone.
State Highway 64 Widening Project
*Limits: 0.173 miles west of BU 64E (N. Marshall St.) east to 0.2 miles west of U.S. 79 (Traffic Star)
*Contractor: Lonestar Equipment Company, Inc.
*Cost: $2.1 million
Motorists should expect periodic delays on this SH 64 construction project in Henderson as the contractor works to widen the roadway. Construction of the retaining wall and widening of the roadway continues adjacent to the travel lanes. The signal at Mill St. will remain but will be upgraded. Use caution through this work zone.
The project started in August 2013 and consists of widening the existing two-lane roadway and constructing a four-lane facility along with a continuous Left Turn Lane with the majority of work being performed outside the existing travel lanes.
VAN ZANDT COUNTY – Crews are conducting overlay operations on US 80 between Grand
Saline (FM 857) and Silver Lake (FM 1255). Expect lane closures with flaggers providing traffic control.
Van Zandt County construction projects updates:
SH 64 Widening Project
* Limits: From FM 858 near Ben Wheeler to FM 314
* Contractor: A.L. Helmcamp, Inc., of Buffalo
* Cost: $7.4 million
Expect daily lane closures as final hot mix surface and striping are applied to the
roadway prior to opening the newly completed shoulders and passing lanes to traffic.
This project to improve safety and mobility on SH 64 began in December 2012 and has
an expected completion date of December 2015.
SH 198 Widening Project
* Limits: from SH 243 in Canton southwest to 0.4 miles northeast of FM 316 near
Phalba
* Contractor: Big Creek Construction, Ltd., of Waco
* Cost: $5 million
Work to widen the pavement on this project continues. Expect lane closures.
FM 314 Widening Project
* Limits: from I-20 to the Van Zandt/Henderson County line
* Contractor: A.L. Helmcamp, Inc., of Buffalo
* Cost: $11.9 million
Clean up and erosion control activities continue south of Edom. Expect lane closures.
I-20 Project
* Limits: From 1.6 miles east of FM 16 to 2.9 miles east of FM 314
* Contractor: APAC-Texas, Inc.
* Cost: $2.4 million
Clean up activities continue. Expect daily lane closures. No project work occurs on Friday’s.
Purtis Creek State Park Road Improvements Project
* Limits: Within Purtis Creek State Park to just off FM 316
* Contractor: Construction Companies Group, LLC
* Cost: $90,549.00
Rehab work continues on this project designed to make upgrades to Park Road which
runs .573 miles inside the park. It should take about a month to complete.
WOOD COUNTY – Special Jobs join Mineola crews for mill and inlay work on the
westbound, outside lane of US 80 near FM 2869 as well as at the SH 154/FM 515
intersection. Expect lane closures with flaggers conducting traffic control.
Wood County construction projects updates:
SH 37 Roadway Repair
* Limits: from FM 2088 in Quitman to 0.4 miles south of FM 515 in Winnsboro
* Contractor: Longview Bridge and Road, Ltd., of Longview
* Cost: $7.7 million
Work on driveways and pavement edges scheduled on this project from just south of FM
313 in Winnsboro southward toward FM 2088. Expect lane closures.
FM 2869 Project
* Limits: From FM 852, south of Winnsboro going south to FM 2088
* Contractor: Longview Bridge and Road, Ltd., of Longview
The contractor is installing driveway pipe and working on structures within the project limits. Widening activities expected from FM 852 southward to County Road 4530. Expect lane closures.
