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ATLANTA –Safety features in the form of texturized centerlines and shoulders will be added to five 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 1840 | From: IH 30
To: SH 8 |
5.6 |
| Camp | SH 11 | From: US 271
To: Titus County Line |
3.8 |
| Camp | FM 3384 | From: US 271 North
To: US 271 South |
4.6 |
| Camp | FM 556 | From: FM 3042
To: Upshur County Line |
7.3 |
| Cass | SH 11 | From: FM 130
To: SH 49 |
9.4 |
| Cass | SH 49 | From: SH 11
To: SH 155 |
7.7 |
| Cass | SH 77 | From: Morris County Line
To: FM 250 |
6.8 |
| Cass | SH 77 | From: 0.2 mile east of FM 1841
To: Louisiana State Line |
9.4 |
| Cass | FM 250 | From: FM 130
To: SH 11 |
4.7 |
| Marion | SH 49 | From: SH 43
To: Louisiana State Line |
8.0 |
| Marion | FM 728 | From: 3.6 miles north of SH 49
To: SH 49 |
3.6 |
| Marion | FM 729 | From: Morris County Line
To: SH 49 |
18.7 |
| Marion | FM 3001 | From: FM 726
To: Harrison County Line |
6.6 |
| Morris | FM 250 | From: Cass County Line
To: US 259 |
5.2 |
| Titus | US 67 | From: US 271
To: Franklin County Line |
7.7 |
| Titus | FM 1735 | From: SH 49
To: SH 11 |
8.2 |
| Upshur | FM 556 | From: FM 2088
To: Camp County Line |
3.5 |
TxDOT awarded the contract for the construction of these projects with a bid of $1.9 million to Stripe-a-zone of Grand Prairie. Work on the projects should begin in November of this year and take about nine months to complete, Wells said.