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® August 10 2025 Vol. XXVI • No. 16
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Williams Bros. Delivers I-610 Project On Time By Irwin Rapoport
Brothers Construction Co. Inc. is wrapping up the fourth and final phase of the latest Texas Clear Lanes Project, and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 1, 2025, to celebrate its $117 million Interstate 610/Cambridge project in the southcentral area of Houston. The transformational, multi-year project began in early 2020. Williams Brothers reconstructed main lanes and frontage roads and built a freeway overpass with eight direct connect tieins at Interstate 610/State Highway 288 to relieve traffic congestion and offer increased mobility. The project is being delivered several months ahead of schedule. “The reduction in the overall timeline can be attributed to the commitment by both TxDOT and the contractor to deliver this project in as timely of a manner as possible,” said Bambi Hall, TxDOT public information officer. “Particularly when the IH-610 eastbound main line connectors to SH-288 northbound and southbound were closed for reconstruction, there was a great sense of urgency and diligence to get them reopened ASAP to decrease impacts to the commuters.
A portion of the Interstate 610/Cambridge project takes shape.
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see I-610 page 48
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Paving Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23-37
USDOT Grows Its Construction Credit Assistance Program for State Projects
TIFIA Helps Ease Financing Burden of Significant Surface Backhoes Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49-55 Transportation Projects Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66-69
Saying it’s “common sense to allow all eligible projects the same access” to low-interest financing, Sean Duffy, U.S. secretary of transportation, announced in July an update to the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA). This move will allow the financing of up to 49 percent of costs on all types of transportation infrastructure projects.
By Lucy Perry
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Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
see CREDIT page 38
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