Texas Department of Transportation

Business Wire - Tue June 18, 2019

TxDOT Awards Sterling $33M Kaufman Highway Project

Sterling Construction Company Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Texas Sterling Construction Co. , was selected by the Texas Department of Transportation to reconstruct an 8-mi. portion of Texas State Highway 34 near Kaufman, Texas....

Fluor Corporation - Tue June 18, 2019

Fluor JV Wins $1.7B I-635 LBJ East Infrastructure Project

Fluor Corporation announced that the Fluor-led joint venture company composed of Fluor and Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Inc. was selected by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to design and construct the I-635 LBJ East Project in Dallas....

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue May 21, 2019

$127M Flyover Project Links 290, SH130

In an effort to ease congestion, the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA) and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) are overseeing construction of three flyovers at the convergence of 290 Toll and SH 130....

TxDOT - Tue May 21, 2019

TxDOT Releases FONSI, Final Assessment for FM 723 Project

TxDOT has issued a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for the proposed FM 723 roadway widening project from Avenue D to FM 1093 in Fort Bend County, Texas. The proposed FM 723 roadway widening project would include four 11-ft....

Katherine Devlin – CEG Editorial Assistant - Wed May 08, 2019

JR Ramon Demolition, OilQuick Meet Deadline With Time to Spare

Phase I of TxDOT's Loop 1604 Bridge over Pat Booker Road replacement project was on a tight schedule. Plans call for the removal of the inside lanes of both north and southbound mainlanes of Loop 1604....

Associated Press - Wed April 24, 2019

Key New Mexico, Texas Oil Highways Receiving Upgrades

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) A key highway in southeastern New Mexico and another West Texas are getting much-needed upgrades to accommodate the rise in traffic from the region's oil and gas boom. In New Mexico, the state's Department of Transportation is working to renovate U.S....

TxDOT - Tue April 23, 2019

State Asks Feds for Fair Share of Transportation Funding

Texas congressional leaders are urging fellow congressional lawmakers to address a longstanding inequity in the share of federal transportation funding Texans receive compared to what the state contributes in federal fuel taxes....

AASHTO Journal - Tue March 26, 2019

TxDOT Tests 'X-Ray Gun' to Measure Asphalt Quality

TTI's "X-Ray Gun," developed after two years' of research, quickly identifies the chemical composition of asphalt pavement materials, whatever their form — solid, liquid, etc. — and can also sometimes be used to determine the thickness and composition of layers and coatings....

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue February 26, 2019

TxDOT Replaces State's Last Swing Bridge in $43M Project

At a cost of $43 million, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is replacing the FM 457 swing bridge in Sargent with a concrete corkscrew bridge that will span the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW)....

Texas DOT - Tue February 26, 2019

New Lanes to Be Constructed on U.S. 183 North From MoPac to RM 620

Additional capacity will be added to U.S. 183 North from MoPac to RM 620. The Texas Transportation Commission authorized the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA) to fund and construct two tolled managed lanes in each direction in the median of U.S....