The Texas Department of Transportation will be adding safety features to a list of roadways in Northeast Texas, including some in both Bowie & Cass Counties.
Here is the Press Release from TxDOT:
Safety features in the form of texturized centerlines and shoulders will be added to 41 area
highways during coming months, according to plans approved in August 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 prevent run-off-the-road crashes,” said Rebecca Wells, Director of Traffic Operations 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.”
Strip-A-Zone of Grand Prairie was awarded the contract for the construction on these projects with a bid of $3.5 million. Work on the projects should begin in October of this year and take about 10 months to complete, Wells said.
Highways scheduled to receive the improvements are:
Bowie County
Bowie US 67 From: FM 2149 To: FM 2148 8.7
Bowie US 82 From: Spur 86 To: FM 1398 4.4
Bowie US 59 From: Arkansas State Line To: 1.5 miles north of I-30 4.0
Bowie FM 44 From: Red River County Line To: FM 992 7.7
Bowie FM 992 From: US 82 West in De Kalb To: US 82 East in New Boston 22.0
Bowie FM 1398 From: US 82 West To: US 82 East 10.5
Bowie FM 1701 From: Red River County Line To: US 259 6.6
Bowie SH 98 From: US 82 To: FM 1840 2.5
Cass County
Cass FM 251 From: FM 785 To: FM 125 14.7
Cass FM 74 From: Loop 236 To: FM 251 2.5
Cass FM 96 From: FM 2791 To: US 59 8.8
Cass FM 130 From: FM 250 To: SH 11 13.3
Cass FM 1766 From: SH 77 To: FM 994 6.6