Project Status Update 10/2023

WOW - Have seen the bridge structure growing over night? It's making amazing progress. YES - traffic is horrible - I drive this area, too! And I want to share some information.

Q) WHY ARE THE LANES CLOSED AND THERE'S NO WORK BEING DONE???

A) The lanes are closed for night work on the bridge. The southbound THROUGH Lane by the hospital is closed to allow a staging area for bridge beam delivery. You've likely seen this done on highway projects. The turn lanes that are closed are to prevent two lanes merging into one lane.

A) This is a Temporary Traffic Control. Setting up/tearing down the lane closures every day is not advantageous and can actually cause problems for high traffic areas by creating unpredictable traffic patterns and increasing confusion/delays and higher risks

Q) WHY DOES THE WORK HAVE TO BE AT NIGHT OR SUNDAYS???

A) Night work increases safety and convenience for the Katy Trail users and for all of the traffic in the area.

A) Night work allows the DCTA train to keep its schedule.

A) Traffic needs to be intermittently STOPPED to allow beam delivery trucks to enter/exit the site and requires flaggers. There is significantly less traffic at night (10pm to 4am). If the work was scheduled during the day, the intermittent traffic stops would cause FURTHER delays as well as increase driver confusion, traffic delays, safety/operation risks for workers and drivers.

Q) WHEN WILL ALL OF THIS BE OVER?

A) The bridge beam work is expected to be complete by November (that date is always subject to change if there's bad weather or unforeseen complications). So far, the Mayhill Phase 2 contractor is making great progress and staying on schedule. Once they are complete with the work on the southside of DCTA/Katy Trail, the lane closures at Colorado Blvd. and Mayhill Rd. will be removed.

Q) WHAT's NEXT? - Northside!

A) The purpose of the bridge is to span over Mayhill DCTA Rail and Katy Trail to eliminate vehicle-train and vehicle-pedestrian/bicycle crossings. All of the current beams are being set from the DCTA Rail south towards IH 35. Once the south side is complete, the crane and equipment will need to move to the north side of the DCTA Rail.

A) There are no lane closures planned for the work on the northside. All beam deliveries are expected to come from Mayhill Road from the north and they will enter the site.

Work over DCTA Rail and Katy Trail (Sunday)Last Beam for Day 1


Last Beam Day 2
Night Work