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Lone Star Constructors Progressing On I-35E By Irwin Rapoport
Lone Star Constructors (LSC), a joint venture of Fluor Heavy Civil LLC and Austin Bridge & Road, is working to deliver Phase 2 of the I-35E corridor project in Dallas and Denton counties.
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The multi-billion-dollar plan to upgrade the entire 28-mi. I-35E corridor in Dallas and Denton counties is progressing with Phase 2 (valued at $709 million), which began in spring 2022, expected to be delivered in late 2025. This portion of the project, part of the Texas Clear Lane Initiative, is reconstructing and widening a 6.39-mi. southern section of I-35E in Dallas County from I-635 to the Denton County line. The work will fully reconstruct and widen this section of the general-purpose lanes from six to eight and improve intersections and frontage roads to decrease congestion and improve safety for motorists. The existing Toll Managed Lanes (MLs) that are being reconstructed will remain as two lanes. The design-build project is being constructed by Lone Star Constructors (LSC), a joint venture of Fluor Heavy Civil LLC and Austin Bridge & Road. Fluor has led the delivery of successful design-build projects for TxDOT and Austin LP has built Texas highways, many in the Dallas District.
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Scope of Work To this point, the JV has completed the following elements: majority of design, substantially complete on utility relocations, nearly complete with the proposed southbound frontage road and more than 50 percent of the proposed project drainage. Over the next few months, the work effort will focus on constructing the remaining proposed southbound general-purpose lanes (including four overpass bridge structures), continued construction of the proposed northbound frontage roads and cross street intersection construction. In a few locations, the JV has ample space to operate to construct frontage roads, bridges and install underground infrastructure. Having such sites ensures that crews do not have to worry about traffic and that materials can be brought in and taken out easily. As construction has ramped up, a considerable number of loaders were arriving and departing see CONSTRUCTORS page 12
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