TxDOT - Tue January 09, 2024
TxDOT's Atlanta District, Missouri Petroluem Win Seal Coat Top Honor
A Texas Department of Transportation project covering several counties in northeast Texas won top honors at the Texas Asphalt Pavement Association's annual meeting in San Antonio. TxDOT's Atlanta District, along with the contractor, Missouri Petroleum of Bullard, Texas, won the Region Four Dr....
TxDOT - Tue January 09, 2024
TxDOT Creates Task Force to Address Roundabout Needs
TxDOT is looking to build more roundabout intersections to increase safety on Texas roads. There are approximately 500 across the state and more are coming. Instead of traffic signals, roundabouts allow traffic to circulate (literally — counterclockwise) using only yield signs....
TxDOT - Tue January 09, 2024
TxDOT Designates Second South Padre Island Causeway Project as State Roadway
The second South Padre Island causeway project is moving forward in development as the Texas Transportation Commission added the future roadway, SH 104, to the state highway system. The designation opens additional funding sources to accelerate development and construction of the new bridge and roadway, to be built between FM 106 and Park Road 100 on South Padre Island....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed December 13, 2023
Williams Brothers Creating Connecting Points in Houston
Williams Brothers Construction Co. Inc. continues to make strides on the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) Interstate 610/Cambridge project in the south-central area of Houston, a $117 million Texas Clear Lanes initiative that is reconstructing mainlanes, frontage roads and adding a freeway overpass with eight direct connect tie-ins at I-610/SH 288....
TxDOT - Wed November 29, 2023
Texas Connector Ramp Closes as Construction Set to Start Up
As part of the ongoing Texas Clear Lanes project at I-610 /Cambridge Street, the Texas Department of Transportation will have a continuous closure at the north and southbound State Highway 288 connector ramp to I-610 South Loop eastbound until Feb....
TxDOT - Wed November 29, 2023
TxDOT Awards Extra Mile Honor to Pair of Employees
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) awarded the Extra Mile Awards at their annual Texas Transportation Short Course in College Station. The Extra Mile Award recognizes employees who have acted heroically to help a fellow Texan in need....
TxDOT - Wed November 29, 2023
Williams Brothers Begins Clear Lanes Project in Houston
The Texas Department of Transportation was joined by Texas Transportation Commissioner Robert C. Vaughn, Houston City Councilwoman Carolyn Evans-Shabazz and other elected officials, local leaders, community members and TxDOT staff to celebrate the beginning of the Texas Clear Lanes project at State Highway 35 from Griggs Road to Interstate 45/Spur 5....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 29, 2023
Allen Butler, Webber Lead 'Top Priority' Amarillo Job
Crews from Allen Butler Construction Inc. (ABCI) and Webber LLC are working hard to complete sections of the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) Loop 335 project in the city of Amarillo, an initiative that has spent $210 million so far to upgrade aging highway infrastructure, improve traffic flow and safety....
TxDOT - Mon November 27, 2023
Construction of New Wildlife Crossings Making Texas Area Safer
TxDOT has been constructing animal crossings under highways in critical areas to help protect all Texans safe, both people and animals — including endangered species, like the ocelots who live in South Texas near the Mexico border....
Construction Broadsheet - Wed November 15, 2023
AECOM to Lead $700M Design-Build Project in Texas
Construction, engineering and industry consulting firm AECOM recently said it has been named lead designer for Lone Star Constructors' $700 million design-build contract for the Interstate (I)-35 Northeast Expansion (NEX) South project in San Antonio (Bexar County), Texas....
