News from the North Texas Tollway Authority - Chisholm Trail Parkway Update

Chisholm Trail Parkway is a 27.6-mile toll road that will extend from Tarrant County to Johnson County, starting from Fort Worth's central business district at Interstate 30 and continuing to U.S. 67 in Cleburne. The NTTA began initial construction in April 2010 on Section 2C, one of the northernmost sections of the project, located in Fort Worth near Union Pacific Railroad's Davidson Yard. In March 2010, the Texas Department of Transportation began construction of Section 3A, a $117 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act project. Section 3A consists of local access improvements to Interstate 20/State Highway 183 (Southwest Boulevard) at CTP. Construction of the remaining project sections is underway. The entire CTP project is anticipated to open to traffic in spring 2014.
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Upcoming closures

Road Work Ahead Sign As work continues on the demolition of the older Hulen Street bridge, Vickery Boulevard between the Hulen Street to Vickery Boulevard connector and Micki Lynn Avenue will be closed nightly from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, through the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 21. Detours are noted below:

* Eastbound traffic will be detoured north onto Micki Lynn Avenue, west on Kilpatrick Avenue, north on Eldridge Street, east on Donnelly Avenue, south on Hulen Street and back east on Vickery Boulevard.

* Westbound traffic will be detoured north on Hulen Street, west on Donnelly Avenue, south on Eldridge Street, east on Kilpatrick Avenue, south on Micki Lynn Avenue and back west on Vickery Boulevard.

Upcoming meeting

I-30/downtown Fort Worth Business Information Group meeting

2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22

Fort Worth Botanic Garden Center, Camellia Room

3220 Botanic Garden Blvd.

Progress in Pictures

Excavation work continues for the future Chisholm Trail Parkway that will run underneath FM 917 in Johnson County. This is the view looking north with FM 917 in the middle of the photograph.

Crews assemble a reinforced steel cage

for the Trinity River bridge foundation.

NTTA and City of Fort Worth working together for TCU homecoming

As TCU prepares for its homecoming festivities this weekend, the NTTA and the City of Fort Worth are working together to ensure CTP-related construction traffic impacts are minimized. One adjustment includes minimizing work along the major routes to TCU's stadium. The NTTA will continue to coordinate with the City of Fort Worth, and its other local partners, the Texas Department of Transportation and Tarrant County, throughout the Horned Frogs' season.

NTTA opens Western Extension of Bush Turnpike in Grand Prairie

The President George Bush Turnpike Western Extension opened to traffic Saturday, Oct. 13.

The project will open in phases; the first phase was two main lanes in each direction from north of Interstate 30 south to I-20, along with a four-level interchange connecting I-20 to the Western Extension main lanes. Six of the eight direct-connector ramps and bridges at the I-30 interchange also opened to traffic.

Two I-30 direct connectors are scheduled to open in early 2013:

* Westbound I-30 to southbound Western Extension

* Westbound I-30 to northbound Western Extension

The SH 161 frontage road at grade railroad crossings between Main and Jefferson streets in Grand Prairie are scheduled to open at the end of the year.

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