News Release provided by Tim Monzingo – Public Information Officer for Texas Department of Transportation, Lufkin District – Phone: (936) 208-5651 – Email: timothy.monzingo@txdot.gov
Lufkin District Construction Updates
Good afternoon,
Below is a description of the work planned for June 29 through July 3 in the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) Lufkin District.
Project timelines are subject to change due to weather conditions and material availability.
TxDOT will have reduced staff on Friday, July 3. Be sure to celebrate America’s 250th birthday safely!
District Wide Projects
Sealcoat operations are ongoing in Angelina, Houston, Trinity, and Polk counties. San Jacinto County is the next phase. Weather permitting, this project is expected to be completed by July 10.
This is a moving operation requiring lane closures.
Area Office Projects
Lufkin Area Office (Angelina, Houston, and Sabine counties)
Angelina County
- US 59, Redland Project.
Dirt and embankment work will continue, as will work on drill shafts at the northbound main lane. - FM 324, bridge replacement and roadway rehabilitation.
Concrete bridge caps will be poured by the contractor. - US 69, cable median barrier.
Cable-barrier installation will occur. - State Loop (SL) 287, auxiliary lanes and turn lanes.
Contractors will lay hot mix behind the concrete traffic barriers. Continued driveway work will require shoulder closures. Scenic Acres Drive and Brentwood Drive at SL 287 will close during the day and reopen at the end of each day’s work.
Houston County
- SH 7 (Houston and Leon counties), Trinity River bridge and reliefs.
Placing sod, mowing and seeding will continue. - SL 304 overlay.
Slope and shoulder work will occur, requiring intermittent lane closures. - FM 2076, rehabilitation and roadway widening.Widening work will occur outside SL 304, requiring daily lane closures.
- County Road (CR) 4700 bridge at Lee Creek
Sod will be placed.
Livingston Area Office (Polk, San Jacinto, and Trinity counties)
Polk and San Jacinto counties
- US 59, cable median barrier.
Cable-barrier installation in the median will continue between Leggett and Livingston, and silt fence will be removed between Corrigan and Livingston.
Polk County
- US 59, Corrigan Relief Route.
Crews will: set expansion joints and tie reinforcing steel for the main lane US 287 bridge; set deck pannels and tie steel for on the north railroad bridge; perform concrete and shoulder work on the at the southbound exit north tie-in; perform dirt work and install culverts at the south tie-in; continue tying steel forms and cutting concrete for various locations; and drill shafts for overhead signage. - FM 2610 at Menard Creek.
Work will continue on the bridge rail and pavement; riprap installation will occur. - County road bridge projects.
- Piney Creek on Carmona Road: bridge-cap forms will be built.
- Piney Creek on Nine Bridges Road: filter fabric and stone riprap will be placed.
- Long King Creek on Old Bearing Road: filter fabric and riprap will be installed.
San Jacinto County
- US 59, Shepherd to Cleveland upgrade to interstate standards.
Crews will pour the deck for the Tarkington Bayou bridge; install wall panels in various locations; and level retaining walls and perform embankment work. - SH 156, Stephen Creek bridge replacement.
Seal coating will occur. - SH 150 sidewalk project.
Riprap will continue to be installed.
Nacogdoches Area Office (Nacogdoches, San Augustine, and Shelby counties)
Nacogdoches County
- US 59 intersection improvements at SL 224.
Crews will continue demolishing the old pavement. - SH 7 and CR 724, Moral Bayou bridge project.
Guardrail will be installed on the SH 7 bridge.
Sabine County
- US 96, road rehabilitation
The contractor will be installing driveways, which will require daily lane closures.
Reminder to Motorists
Drivers are urged to remain alert in work zones, obey posted traffic controls, and watch for construction crews and equipment. Remember to move over or slow down to 20 mph below the posted speed limit when passing or approaching TxDOT vehicles, law enforcement, and other vehicles with activated overhead lights on the side of the road.
Please remember to buckle up, stay sober, and Drive like a Texan: Kind, Courteous, Safe.