US 59/Spur 527 project proceeding ahead of schedule
KPRC-2 reports some very good news for motorists who use the Southwest Freeway near downtown:
The end is in sight for drivers who are slowed down by what seems like constant construction along Highway 59 near downtown Houston, KPRC Local 2 reported Monday.
About 200,000 commuters drive between Spur 529 and the Shepherd exit on the Southwest Freeway every day.
But the Texas Department of Transportation said all the lanes on Highway 59 should be open soon, meaning an end to the construction.
"(Construction will be done) this summer … we're excited about that," TxDOT engineer Quincy Allen said.
That part of the freeway was completely shut down this weekend so crews could demolish the temporary road installed on the new Montrose arched bridge.
"In order to remove that, we had to drop the existing bridge into the roadway below and we certainly didn't want to do that with the cars and the traffic there," Allen said.
The final piece of the $71 million project is the completion of five southbound lanes on Highway 59, as well as two high-occupancy-vehicle lanes.
The northbound side is finished. The southbound lanes are estimated to be completed in June.
KPRC does not report that the construction is proceeding well ahead of schedule. Early estimates had the construction lasting until February 2007, and a later estimate revised the completion date to December 2006.
How often do road construction projects finish ahead of schedule in this city?!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/24/06 12:14 AM | Print |
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