PROJECT STATS

• Location

  Harden & Tyler Counties

• SERVICES

  Transportation

• 12

  mile hike & bike trail

• 12

  mile reconstruction

• 6

  year contract

PROJECT OVERVIEW

The US 69 corridor is a 12-mile segment that runs through the Big Thicket National Preserve.  The existing road is a two-lane, undivided roadway with limited shoulders and no median. TxDOT wants to widen the roadway to enhance mobility and create a sense of place that promotes ecotourism and attracts visitors to the Big Thicket National Preserve.

SERVICE DETAILS

Our team worked with the community to create a signature corridor that focuses on environmentally conscious design. We performed preliminary engineering, schematics and environmental planning (PS&E) and researched expansion solutions that would avoid impacting residents and local business.

This is a first-of-its-kind project from TxDOT. Once complete, the corridor will include two 12-foot travel lanes in each direction that are divided by a forested median. To help create a sense of place, the corridor will also include signature signage, a signature arch bridge, and a 12-mile hike and bike trail along an old railroad corridor nestled in the national preserve.