I-35 improvements from RM 1431 to FM 3406, northbound
The project is designed to improve safety and mobility on I-35’s northbound frontage road as well as its exit ramp between RM 1431 and FM 3406. Work on the expanded frontage road will widen it from two to three lanes, relocate the exit ramp, and add an extended exit lane between RM 1431 and FM 3406.
Status: utility work underway; crews are building out the left lane northbound frontage road
Timeline: July-late 2020
Cost: $10.4 million Funding sources: Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, Texas Department of Transportation
Hwy. 79 improvements at Brushy Creek Plant Road
The project will include intersection improvements and traffic signal upgrades as well as new and extended turn lanes at Harrell Parkway and Brushy Creek Plant Road. The project will also feature a new crossing of the Union Pacific Corp. railroad tracks to provide access to Kalahari Resorts & Conventions.
Status: work is underway at railroad crossings
Timeline: anticipated completion in early spring 2020
Cost: $6.9 million
Funding source: city of Round Rock Type B funding
The city of Round Rock, Williamson County and TxDOT are partnering on the RM 620 project, which will feature improvements from Deep Wood Drive to I-35. The project will add frontage road lanes as well as constructing a bridge over the railroad crossing at Chisholm Trail Road and adding a roundabout underneath the bridge. To help maintain access to businesses and residential spaces in the area, access roads will be built between Lake Creek Drive and Chisholm Trail Road. A second bridge will be constructed to carry RM 620 traffic over Lake Creek Drive.
Status: TxDOT let the project for bidding in August
Timeline: construction expected to begin in February
Cost: $27.4 million
Funding sources: TxDOT, Williamson County, city of Round Rock
The first phase of the McNeil Road extension, which is currently under construction, will extend McNeil from the Mays Street bridge to Burnet Street, ultimately replacing East Bagdad Avenue. At its total completion the project will serve as a bypass road for downtown Round Rock.
Status: construction is underway
Timeline: anticipated completion in spring 2020
Cost: $3 million
Funding source: city of Round Rock budgeted/Type B funding
Work is also ongoing with Round Rock's railroad quiet zones project, described below:
Railroad quiet zones
Construction includes city of Round Rock and Union Pacific Corp. railroad work at street and railroad intersections. Crossings are being brought up to compliance with federal standards regarding quiet-zone requirements. Crossings are electronically controlled by the train, which triggers traffic signals and clears the tracks of motorists. Union Pacific has installed signals at Burnet Street and St. Williams Street, though both are currently inactive. Status: Phase 1 awaiting a letter of authorization from Union Pacific for the contractor to begin work; Phase 2—Burnet to Red Bud Lane—is progressing, and crews are working on the Hwy. 79 railroad crossing
Cost: $4.4 million
Funding sources: city of Round Rock, Texas Department of Transportation
The project will include intersection improvements and traffic signal upgrades as well as new and extended turn lanes at Harrell Parkway and Brushy Creek Plant Road. The project will also feature a new crossing of the Union Pacific Corp. railroad tracks to provide access to Kalahari Resorts & Conventions.
Status: work is underway at railroad crossings
Timeline: anticipated completion in early spring 2020
Cost: $6.9 million
Funding source: city of Round Rock Type B funding
RM 620 improvements
The city of Round Rock, Williamson County and TxDOT are partnering on the RM 620 project, which will feature improvements from Deep Wood Drive to I-35. The project will add frontage road lanes as well as constructing a bridge over the railroad crossing at Chisholm Trail Road and adding a roundabout underneath the bridge. To help maintain access to businesses and residential spaces in the area, access roads will be built between Lake Creek Drive and Chisholm Trail Road. A second bridge will be constructed to carry RM 620 traffic over Lake Creek Drive.
Status: TxDOT let the project for bidding in August
Timeline: construction expected to begin in February
Cost: $27.4 million
Funding sources: TxDOT, Williamson County, city of Round Rock
McNeil Road extension, Phase 2
The first phase of the McNeil Road extension, which is currently under construction, will extend McNeil from the Mays Street bridge to Burnet Street, ultimately replacing East Bagdad Avenue. At its total completion the project will serve as a bypass road for downtown Round Rock.
Status: construction is underway
Timeline: anticipated completion in spring 2020
Cost: $3 million
Funding source: city of Round Rock budgeted/Type B funding
Work is also ongoing with Round Rock's railroad quiet zones project, described below:
Railroad quiet zones
Construction includes city of Round Rock and Union Pacific Corp. railroad work at street and railroad intersections. Crossings are being brought up to compliance with federal standards regarding quiet-zone requirements. Crossings are electronically controlled by the train, which triggers traffic signals and clears the tracks of motorists. Union Pacific has installed signals at Burnet Street and St. Williams Street, though both are currently inactive. Status: Phase 1 awaiting a letter of authorization from Union Pacific for the contractor to begin work; Phase 2—Burnet to Red Bud Lane—is progressing, and crews are working on the Hwy. 79 railroad crossing
Cost: $4.4 million
Funding sources: city of Round Rock, Texas Department of Transportation
