{"id":1517922,"date":"2026-06-24T07:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T12:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1517922"},"modified":"2026-06-24T08:53:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:53:29","slug":"changes-made-to-county-bridge-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1517922","title":{"rendered":"Changes made to county bridge project"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"TYLER – In order to help with the construction required to reopen the North Northeast Loop 323 extension to U.S. Highway 271, Smith County commissioners approved on Tuesday allowing Texas Department of Transportation workers to enter a portion of Camp Ford. Due to excessive rainfall in May 2024, a culvert washed out, closing that portion of Loop 323 to traffic for more than two years. There, a bridge will be constructed by the Texas Department of Transportation. In the coming weeks, construction is anticipated to start. Commissioners authorized a temporary construction easement for TxDOT workers to help build the bridge during their Tuesday meeting. <\/p>\n

Since the easement will be at the rear of the property, it will not affect any displays or exhibits at Camp Ford, according to Smith County Judge Neal Franklin.<\/p>\n

Smith County Pct. 3 Commissioner J. Scott Herod stated, “They are not really taking any ownership; we are just giving them access to the back of Camp Ford for the construction process.” “They will not be accessing the front of it, which is what most people see and are familiar with, where the monuments are and the structures that will be untouched by TxDOT.”<\/p>\n

Depending on weather conditions, the bridge should be finished by early 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TYLER – In order to help with the construction required to reopen the North Northeast Loop 323 extension to U.S. Highway 271, Smith County commissioners approved on Tuesday allowing Texas Department of Transportation workers to enter a portion of Camp Ford. Due to excessive rainfall in May 2024, a culvert washed out, closing that portion … Continue reading Changes made to county bridge project<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3908,"featured_media":1473582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1517922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 09:57:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517922","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\/3908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1517922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1517923,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517922\/revisions\/1517923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1473582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1517922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1517922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1517922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}