{"id":667174,"date":"2017-11-05T14:32:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T20:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=667174"},"modified":"2017-11-06T16:00:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T22:00:03","slug":"txdots-weekly-roadwork-update-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=667174","title":{"rendered":"TxDOT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Weekly Roadwork Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/12\/TxDOT-sign-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/12\/TxDOT-sign-2-150x123.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"123\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-431217\" \/><\/a>TYLER &#8211; Here&#8217;s a look at work planned in the district during the Week of November 6th. These schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure or other unforeseen issues.<\/p>\n<p>In Smith County, motorists can expect daily lane closures on I-20 eastbound and westbound at Toll 49 for the next couple of weeks as the contractor for the Lindale Relief Route conducts work to install deck panels and overhangs of the Toll 49 Mainlane Bridge. Work will progress from south to north through about November 17th. The contractor will be closing lanes starting with the eastbound outside lane. Another closure is planned for November 9 from 2:00 to 5:00am to place concrete for the bridge deck at FM 16. Traffic will be stopped in both directions. Local law enforcement will be on site to assist with traffic control. No lane closures are allowed after noon on Friday&#8217;s.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A traffic switched will soon be conducted on the US 175 Phase II project from Larue to Poynor to change traffic from a two-lane configuration to a four-lane divided traffic pattern. The contractor is currently conducting hot mix operations in the westbound travel lanes with seal coat expected to begin on November 8. Westbound traffic is expected to be moved to the new westbound lanes on November 15. Eastbound traffic will remain in the current traffic pattern. The speed limit will be set at 60 mph with construction continuing on both ends of the project. Additional information is available in the Henderson County section of this release.<\/p>\n<p>Big changes are ahead for the US 79 Expansion Project in Palestine as work continues on the FM 645 Bridge. The change is expected to occur by the end of the week and will mean changes in traffic pattern for local traffic as well as employees at the prison and Walmart. Additional information is forthcoming on these changes. You can go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.txdot.gov\/inside-txdot\/media-center\/local-news\/tyler\/055-2017.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.txdot.gov\/inside-txdot\/media-center\/local-news\/tyler\/055-2017.html<\/a> and see the project update for TxDOT&#8217;s Tyler District.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8211; Here&#8217;s a look at work planned in the district during the Week of November 6th. These schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure or other unforeseen issues. In Smith County, motorists can expect daily lane closures on I-20 eastbound and westbound at Toll 49 for the next couple of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=667174\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TxDOT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Weekly Roadwork Update<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":431217,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-667174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 13:20:56","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\/667174","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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=667174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":667175,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667174\/revisions\/667175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/431217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=667174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=667174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=667174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}