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The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT / ˈ t ɛ k s. d ɒ t /) is a Texas state government agency responsible for construction and maintenance of the state's immense state highway system and the support of the state's maritime, aviation, rail, and public transportation systems.
In 1921, Congress amended the Federal Aid to Roads Act of 1916 to require the states to take control of road design, construction, and maintenance of state highways by 1925. As a result, on January 1, 1924, the Texas Highway Department took full control of maintaining the state highways from the counties within which they resided.
The North Tarrant Express (NTE) project is a total highway reconstruction of the Interstate 820 (I-820) and State Highway 121/State Highway 183 (SH 121/SH 183, Airport Freeway) corridor between I-35W and Industrial Boulevard in Northeast Tarrant County, Texas. The NTE and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) anticipate the new highway ...
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is the agency responsible for the day-to-day maintenance and operations of the Interstate Highways in Texas. The Interstate Highway System in Texas covers 3,239.7 miles (5,213.8 km) and consists of twelve primary routes , seven auxiliary routes and Interstate 35 (I-35) which is split into two ...
Texas Highways was founded in 1953 when the Texas Department of Transportation changed the name of its employee publication from Maintenance and Construction Bulletin.The magazine originally centered on highway design, construction, and maintenance, but in 1962, editor Frank Lively began adding stories about history and travel.
Tentative master plan for Dallas-Fort Worth outer loops, as released by the North Central Texas Council of Governments Metropolitan Transportation Program in 2009. Loop 9, as defined by TxDOT, is highlighted in red; it is unknown whether the remainder of the loop would receive this designation.
The TTC was hoped to be a multi-use, statewide system that would have included new and existing highways, railways, and utility rights-of-way.According to the Houston Chronicle, on January 6, 2009, "In response to public outcry, the ambitious proposal to create the Trans-Texas Corridor network has been dropped and will be replaced with a plan to carry out road projects at an incremental ...
In February 2023, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) assumed responsibility for the maintenance and operation of the corridor, [9] and the SH 84 designation was applied to it on May 25, 2023. [1] Construction began in November 2022. Entering fall 2024, the project is 80% complete and completion is estimated to be finished December ...