Some Northeast Texas Roadways will be getting new surfaces next year.

About 185 miles of Northeast Texas highways will receive new surfaces during the summer of 2015 with a contract awarded in September by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).

The Texas Transportation Commission approved a bid of $7.4 million from Missouri Petroleum Products Company out of Mountain View, Mo. to seal coat highways in nine counties located within the Atlanta District.

"Seal coating a highway involves placing a layer of hot asphalt over the old pavement and then covering it with crushed stone," said Robert H. Ratcliff, District Engineer inAtlanta.  "This is a relatively inexpensive process that makes the roadway surface watertight and improves skid resistance."

In an effort to help keep used tires off Texas landscapes, the district is requiring that about half of the asphalt used to be mixed with "crumb rubber" made from grinding up old tires.

"Using crumb rubber in our asphalt has proved to be an excellent process for seal coating our highways.  The rock is less likely to pull loose, there are fewer occurrences of the asphalt bleeding through the rock, it can be used at lower temperatures and on a wider variety of surfaces," Ratcliff said.

The following highways are scheduled to be resurfaced during the summer of 2015:

Texas Department of Transportation

The Texas Department of Transportation is responsible for maintaining 80,000 miles of road and for supporting aviation, rail, and public transportation across the state. TxDOT and its 12,000 employees are committed to working with others to provide safe and reliable transportation solutions for Texas by maintaining a safe system, addressing congestion, connecting Texas communities, and being a Best in Class state agency. Find out more at www.txdot.gov. “Like” us on Facebook, www.facebook.com/txdot ; and follow us on Twitter, www.twitter.com/txdot .

SEAL COATING CONTRACT FOR 2015

 

COUNTY

 

HIGHWAY

 

LIMITS

 

MILES

 

BOWIE

 

SH 8

 

FROM: ARKANSAS STATE LINE

TO: IH 30

6.6

 

BOWIE

 

US 259

 

FROM: 0.3 MILE SOUTH OF FM 44

TO: MORRIS COUNTY LINE

 

12.5

 

BOWIE

 

IH 369 NB FRONTAGE

 

FROM: SH 93

TO: US 82

 

2.9

 

BOWIE

 

IH 369 SB FRONTAGE

 

FROM: SH 93

TO: US 82

 

2.9

 

BOWIE

 

FM 992

 

FROM: FM 44 SOUTH

TO: US 82

 

2.3

 

BOWIE

 

FM 989

 

FROM: FM 2516

TO: US 59

 

2.9

 

CAMP

 

SH 11

 

FROM: US 271

TO: 0.9 MILE EAST OF US 271

 

0.9

 

CASS

 

SH 77

 

FROM: FM 1841

TO: 0.5 MILE EAST OF FM 1635

 

3.9

 

CASS

 

SH 155

 

FROM: SH 49

TO: MARION COUNTY LINE

 

3.9

 

HARRISON

 

SH 43

 

FROM: FM 2682

TO: US 59

 

10.6

 

HARRISON

 

FM 31

 

FROM: 0.1 MILE NORTH OF IH 20

TO: FM 2625

 

4.8

 

HARRISON

 

FM 1997

 

FROM: FM 3001

TO: LOOP 390

 

6.6

 

HARRISON

 

FM 2625

 

FROM: FM 31

TO: FM 9

 

8.6

 

MARION

 

FM 2208

 

FROM: FM 134

TO: HARRISON COUNTY LINE

 

8.4

 

MARION

 

SH 155

 

FROM: CASS COUNTY LINE

TO: UPSHUR COUNTY LINE

 

5.3

 

MARION

 

FM 729

 

FROM: SH 155

TO: SH 49

 

17.3

 

MORRIS

 

US 67

 

FROM: US 259

TO: TITUS COUNTY LINE

 

4.7

 

MORRIS

 

US 259

 

FROM: BOWIE COUNTY LINE

TO: IH 30

 

0.8

 

MORRIS

 

SH 49

 

FROM: US 259

TO: 0.2 MILE EAST OF FM 144 SOUTH

 

5.2

 

PANOLA

 

SPUR 572

 

FROM: SH 149

TO: BUS 59 D

 

1.2

 

PANOLA

 

FM 999

 

FROM: FM 10

TO: US 59

 

5.2

 

PANOLA

 

SH 315

 

FROM: FM 1970

TO: RUSK COUNTY LINE

 

9.0

 

PANOLA

 

FM 123

 

FROM: FM 31 NORTH

TO: US 79

 

3.0

 

PANOLA

 

FM 959

 

FROM: SH 149

TO: US 79

 

4.1

 

TITUS

 

US 67

 

FROM: FM 1402

TO: MORRIS COUNTY LINE

 

8.0

 

UPSHUR

 

US 80

 

FROM: WOOD COUNTY LINE

TO: SH 155 SOUTH

 

1.6

 

UPSHUR

 

US 259

 

FROM: MEDLIN CREEK

TO: 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF SH 155

 

1.7

 

UPSHUR

 

US 259

 

FROM: SH 154

TO: 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF FM 3245

 

1.4

 

UPSHUR

 

SH 154

 

FROM: WOOD COUNTY LINE

TO: 0.2 MILE WEST OF FM 1795

 

6.1

 

UPSHUR

 

SH 154

 

FROM: FM 1650

TO: 0.7 MILE WEST OF SH 154

 

6.7

 

UPSHUR

 

SH 155

 

FROM: FM 1404

TO: 0.5 MILE NORTH OF UPRR

 

3.1

 

UPSHUR

 

FM 2088

 

FROM: WOOD COUNTY LINE

TO: US 271

 

13.2

 

UPSHUR

 

SH 300

 

FROM: US 271

TO: 3.0 MILES NORTH OF FM 726

 

5.3

 

UPSHUR

 

FM 726

 

FROM: SH 300

TO: FM 1650

 

4.0

 

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