commentNorthGate Constructors started construction on the DFW Connector, one of the largest transportation projects North Texas has seen.
A groundbreaking ceremony for the DFW Connector. TxDOT executive director Amadeo Saenz, Jr. told the crowd the project will require 1.6 million sq yds of concrete paving.
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It is expected to be the first project to fully open with managed lanes in the area.
The $1.02-billion, 8.4-mi project uses $250 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding. It will affect areas around IH-635 and SH 114, 121 and 360. Construction is scheduled to be complete in 2014. As a design-build project, the project can be completed in less than five years. Plans call for an ultimate 14.4-mi, $1.6-billion project. Funds for the remaining phases have not been identified.
At the widest point along SH 114, the highway corridor will be 24-lanes wide.
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