Safety Features to be Added to Several Area Highways

Eleven highways in two area counties scheduled for new features

April 29, 2021

ATLANTA — Safety features will be added or enhanced along 11 sections of highways in Northeast Texas this coming year, according to plans approved in April by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).

“This project is designed to reduce the severity of traffic incidents where vehicles leave the roadway,” said Paul Wong, Area Engineer for TxDOT in Texarkana. “We are looking at installing additional safety features on driveway culverts and drainage structures along several sections of highways in Cass and Marion Counties.

H. V. Caver, Inc. of Atlanta was awarded the contract for the construction on these projects with a bid of $2.7 million.

Work on the projects should begin in July of this year and take about 16 months to complete, Wong said.

Highways scheduled to receive the drainage safety improvements are:

CountyHighwayLimits
CassFM 248From: SH 43To: Marion County Line
CassFM 250From: SH 77To: FM 130
CassFM 2888From: SH 77To: FM 250
CassFM 125From: SH 43To: Louisiana State Line
CassFM 251From: FM 1841To: FM 125
CassFM 9940From: FM 1766To: SH 77
CassFM 130From: FM 250To: SH 11
CassFM 1766From: SH 77To: FM 994
CassFM 1841From: SH 43 SouthTo: FM 249
CassFM 1841From: US 59To: SH 43 North
MarionFM 248From: Cass County Line To: SH 49