{"id":1248965,"date":"2023-08-04T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1248965"},"modified":"2023-08-06T04:05:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T09:05:57","slug":"txdot-working-to-expand-old-jacksonville-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1248965","title":{"rendered":"TxDOT working to expand Old Jacksonville Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1248966\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/TXDoT-175x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/TXDoT-175x171.jpg 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/TXDoT-179x175.jpg 179w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/TXDoT-359x350.jpg 359w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/TXDoT.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>TYLER &#8212; TxDOT is getting ready to begin a major project on Old Jacksonville Highway and they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re already in the process of clearing trees along portions of the roadway. According to our news partner KETK, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all to expand the road to accommodate busy traffic, improve safety and mobility. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Section from FM 346 in Flint stretching south toward Bullard and U.S. 69 will extend that roadway from a two-lane into four lanes, it will have a continuous left turning lane,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Jeff Williford, Tyler TxDOT district public information officer.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>East Texans have recently noticed trees being taken down. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Maybe they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll plant more trees,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Jentrie Adams, stylist at Oh! Farrah Hair Studio. Oh! Farrah Hair Studio, in Bullard, along Old Jacksonville Highway sees the bright side of widening the roadway. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153As far as getting to work it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been nicer because we can see the salon,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Adams. Employees at the hair studio shared that customers would often get turned around because their location was not visible. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153But now we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re completely visible you can actually see us from miles up the road on either side so, I think that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a good thing,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Farrah Fasang, Owner of Oh! Farrah Hair Studio.<\/p>\n<p>TxDOT is working on clearing the land and then they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be planning for the bigger expansion from Loop 323 south to FM 2813. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Also, in addition of sidewalks and bike lanes, on that portion again so improving not just mobility for vehicles but for pedestrians and bicyclists out there,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Williford.<\/p>\n<p>This is just the beginning of future road work, the project will take some time, but residents are hopeful.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153In the end, it ends up being worth, you know, completely worth it, and with all of the improvements everyone ends up being really happy about it, \u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Adams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; TxDOT is getting ready to begin a major project on Old Jacksonville Highway and they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re already in the process of clearing trees along portions of the roadway. According to our news partner KETK, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all to expand the road to accommodate busy traffic, improve safety and mobility. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Section from FM 346 in Flint &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1248965\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TxDOT working to expand Old Jacksonville Highway<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":1248968,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/TXDoT-175x171.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"TxDOT working to expand Old Jacksonville Highway","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1248965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-08 17:02:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/08\/TXDoT-175x171.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"TxDOT working to expand Old Jacksonville Highway","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1248965"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1248969,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248965\/revisions\/1248969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1248968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1248965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1248965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1248965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}