![Safety Features to be Added to Area Roadways](http://townsquare.media/site/171/files/2016/09/RS5624_118322709-scr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Safety Features to be Added to Area Roadways
Safety features in the form of texturized center lines and shoulders will be added to 13 area highways during coming months.
This according to plans approved in April by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).
“We are looking at installing texturized pavement methods to center line areas of these highways to help prevent crossover crashes and along the shoulders to prevent run-off-the-road crashes,” said Rebecca Wells, director of Traffic Operations for TxDOT in Atlanta. “The texturized pavement methods make noise when vehicle tires run over them, alerting drivers that they are getting out of their traffic lane.”
Stripe-A-Zone of Grand Prairie was awarded the contract for the construction on these projects with a bid of $1.1 million.
Work on the projects should begin in July of this year and take about three months to complete, Wells said.
Highways scheduled to receive the improvements are
County | Highway | Limits | Miles |
Bowie | US 259 | From: Oklahoma State Line To: US 82 | 12.3 |
Bowie | FM 558 | From: FM 2516 To: 3.6 miles south of FM 2516 | 3.6 |
Bowie | FM 2148 | From: US 67 To: I-30 | 4.0 |
Bowie | FM 3287 | From: Presley Road To: FM 989 | 1.3 |
Camp | FM 2454 | From: FM 556 To: Upshur County Line | 0.6 |
Cass | SH 77 | From: FM 250 To: FM 2065 | 5.5 |
Cass | SH 43 | From: FM 248 To: Marion County Line | 10.2 |
Harrison | FM 134 | From: FM 1999 To: FM 1998 | 5.1 |
Marion | FM 3001 | From: Harrison County Line To: FM 726 | 6.6 |
Morris | FM 997 | From: FM 144 To: 3.8 miles south of FM 144 | 3.8 |
Panola | SH 315 | From: Rusk County Line To: US 79 | 17.3 |
Titus | US 67 | From: Franklin County Line To: US 271 | 7.7 |
Upshur | FM 2454 | From: Camp County Line To: FM 2088 | 7.1 |
More From Power 95.9
![Child Car Seat Giveaway at Back-to-School Bash in New Boston](http://townsquare.media/site/152/files/2023/08/attachment-child-seat.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![This Road at I-30 in Texarkana Will be Closed Beginning on Monday, January 23](http://townsquare.media/site/152/files/2023/01/attachment-Untitled-design-2023-01-20T130410.473.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Atlanta State Park Employees Recognized for State Program](http://townsquare.media/site/152/files/2023/01/attachment-AAH-Group-of-the-Year-ATL-State-Park.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Watch For a New Traffic Light on Highway 82 in Bowie County](http://townsquare.media/site/152/files/2022/11/attachment-Untitled-design-2022-11-28T111347.657.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Detours and Railroad Crossing Closures Across Texarkana This Week](http://townsquare.media/site/152/files/2022/09/attachment-traffic-detour.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![TxDOT Pumps More Funding For Texarkana’s T-Line Systems](http://townsquare.media/site/152/files/2022/07/attachment-T-Line-Urban-Transit-District-2-Texarkana.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![East Texas Roadwork Scheduled for the Week of May 22 – May 28](http://townsquare.media/site/152/files/2022/05/attachment-leroy-evans-_P-hKe5H_o4-unsplash11.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Texarkana Businesses – Show Us Your Brightest & Most Beautiful Christmas Displays](http://townsquare.media/site/170/files/2023/11/attachment-GettyImages-1354023239.jpg?w=980&q=75)