What you need to know
The Texas Department of Transportation announced March 13 that the northbound side of Hwy. 146 had opened, and the southbound side opened March 8.
While the express bridge is open for traffic, TxDOT still needs to complete smaller project updates along the highway, including frontage roads, signals, railing, sodding and drainage, public information officer Bambi Hall said in an email.
Due to the construction, north- and southbound frontage roads between Red Bluff Road and NASA Parkway will experience lane closures, Hall said.
The backstory
The widening project, which began in 2019, was slated for completion in December, but the opening date kept getting pushed back due to delays tied to weather conditions, Community Impact previously reported.
The $201 million project sought to widen the highway from six to 12 lanes and widen the expressway bridge from two to six lanes, Hall said.
One more thing
TxDOT is scheduled to complete the additional construction by the second quarter of 2024, Hall said.
