Highway Improvements

ATLANTA – Safety features in the form of texturized centerlines and shoulders will be added to 18 area highways during coming months, according to plans approved in September by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).

“We are looking at installing texturized pavement methods to centerline areas of these highways to help prevent crossover crashes and along the shoulders to avoid run-off-the-road crashes,” said Rebecca Wells, district traffic engineer for TxDOT in Atlanta. “The texturized pavement methods make noise when vehicle tires run over them, alerting drivers that they are getting out of their traffic lane.”

Highways scheduled to receive the improvements are:

County	Highway	Limits	Miles
Bowie	FM 991	From: US 67 West To: US 67 East	5.8
Bowie	SH 8	From: Arkansas State Line To: US 67	17.4
Bowie	FM 1397	From: 6.4 miles north of I-30 To: 0.8 miles north of I-30	5.7
Bowie	FM 2516	From: US 59 To: FM 558	6.5
Cass	SH 155	From: US 59 To: Marion County Line	17.5
Harrison	FM 450	From: FM 1968 To: FM 449	6.2
Harrison	FM 450	From: Marion County Line To: FM 726	2.7
Harrison	FM 1968	From: Marion County Line To: FM 450	3.9
Harrison	FM 968	From: Gregg County Line To: US 80	18.5
Marion	SH 49	From: Cass County Line To: FM 881	13.2
Marion	SH 155	From: Cass County Line To: Upshur County Line	5.5
Marion	FM 1968	From: Harrison County Line To: FM 726	0.3
Marion	FM 450	From: Upshur County Line To: Harrison County Line	2.0

 

 

 

County	Highway	Limits	Miles
Marion	FM 726	From: Harrison County Line To: FM 729	9.2
Titus	FM 1734	From: US 67 West To: US 67 East	8.9
Upshur	FM 450	From: US 259 To: Marion County Line	1.3
Upshur	FM 1404	From: SH 155 To: FM 2685	6.7
Upshur	FM 726	From: SH 300 To: FM 1650	4.1

Stripe-A-Zone of Grand Prairie was awarded the contract for the construction of these projects with a bid of $2.3 million.

 

Work on the projects should begin in November of this year and take about nine months to complete, Wells said.