Texas Department of Transportation

Chuck Harvey - Tue August 15, 2017

TxDOT's $158M 'Go-10' Project Adds New Lanes in El Paso

Interstate 10 in El Paso will add 5.75 mi. of collector-distributor lanes from North Mesa Street to Executive Center Boulevard as part of a $158-million project called “Go 10.”Go 10 is an infrastructure reconstruction of Interstate 10 on El Paso's Westside....

Tue July 18, 2017

TxDOT Makes Plans to Replace Two Bridges on U.S. 271

Two narrow bridges on U.S. 271 in northwest Titus County will be replaced over the next couple of years, according to plans approved in June by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). “We will be replacing the bridges crossing Ripley Creek and Ripley Creek Relief,” said Bill Compton, area engineer of TxDOT in Mount Pleasant....

Wed May 24, 2017

TxDOT Sets in Motion $264M Southern Gateway Project

North Texans will soon begin seeing improvements to one of the state's most congested roadways, due to the decision by the Texas Transportation Commission to select Pegasus Link Constructors as the design-build contractor for The Southern Gateway project....

Tue May 02, 2017

TxDOT Celebrates 100 Years of Service to Texans

The Texas Department of Transportation turned 100 years old on April 4, and celebrated with an employee event at its downtown Austin headquarters office located in the DeWitt Greer building at 125 E. 11th Street....

Kelsey Bradshaw - MySanAntonio - Thu April 06, 2017

Texas DOT Spends $809.2 Million For Bridge Replacement

Crews broke ground last week on the $809.2 million Harbor Bridge replacement project, a structure that, by 2020, will will be the new link from downtown Corpus Christi to North Beach and attractions like the U.S.S....

Jennifer Rupp - Thu February 02, 2017

I-35 Austin — A Small Piece of the Big Puzzle

Interstate 35 is a hot topic from north Texas to the Mexican Border. As the state continues to grow and traffic congestion increases, so do the number of accidents. The 50-year old highway currently carries 200,000 vehicles per day and saw 4,950 accidents in 2015....

Sun December 11, 2016

USDOT Awards $285M Loan for 35Express Project from Dallas to Denton

The Texas Department of Transportation has received a $285 million federal loan to help finance the reconstruction and expansion of one of the most congested highways in the state. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the award of a Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to finance a section of I-35E known as the 35Express project from Denton to Dallas....

Sun December 11, 2016

TxDOT Preparing for Winter: Maintenance Sections Ordering Supplies, Checking Equipment

TxDOT is gearing up to protect the traveling public and roadways for the upcoming winter. The Childress District's 13-county maintenance sections are busy testing winter weather roadway equipment, such as snow plows, material spreaders, safety lighting and other necessary equipment, and are ready if and when inclement weather occurs....

Fri September 16, 2016

AASHTO Names Project Finalists for 2016 Awards

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, AAA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, announced the finalists in the 2016 America's Transportation Awards competition. Twelve projects from 10 state departments of transportation are competing for the national Grand Prize and the People's Choice Award....