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June 2008
Road Closure
Anyone traveling northbound at the intersection of South First Street and Raguet near Wright Motor Company will need to take an alternate route starting Monday. An overlay project from South First Street to Loop 287 which includes concrete joint repair and replacing broken concrete slabs will require road closures. The closure should last until July 8. Following this, overlay work will then begin on the northbound and southbound lanes of South First Street to Loop 287. The project should take six weeks to complete and will be done at night.
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One Lane Roads
The eastbound lanes on Loop 287 from U.S. Highway 59 South at the Loop to just past Tulane Drive were reduced to only one lane Wednesday as Zachry Construction began work on the eastbound frontage road. Barriers were set up Thursday.
Work on the southbound and northbound frontage roads continues as well as work on widening the Whitehouse/Daniel McCall Drive underpass.
Another project has a lane closed from South First Street to Loop 287. A contractor is doing concrete joint repair and replacing broken concrete slabs. After this, the contractor will begin an overlay of that part of the road. Work during the overlay will only be done at night and is expected to take six weeks to complete.
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Bridge Project Back On
The bridge project at the Angelina and Neches River Railroad bridge (Kelty’s railroad overpass) is back on for Friday, June 27. Beginning Friday at 6 p.m. Lufkin Police officers will be on hand to redirect traffic. All traffic will be detoured from the northbound lanes of North Loop 287/SH 103 and moved to the southbound lanes.
Anyone driving at this area from Friday evening through Saturday morning should expect delays. TxDOT is asking motorists to try to take other routes.
The project, being done by Ajax Construction, involves raising and painting the bridge along with replacing a damaged beam on the northside of the bridge.Ajax Construction expects it to take about two months.
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Wide load gets through town
Brittony Lund/The Lufkin Daily News
A truck carrying large equipment kept southbound traffic backed up for about three hours on Loop 287 on June 16.
The truck entered Loop 287 from Hwy. 103 West around 7 a.m., blocking both lanes of traffic as it moved south to Houston from Tyler, according to TxDOT spokeswoman Kathi White.
White said the company transporting the load got a special permit to bypass the construction on U.S. 59.
Lufkin Police Department assisted with the transportation on the loop.
Andy Adams/The Lufkin Daily News
A crane works on the U.S. 59 South bridge of Loop 287 during lunch hour in Lufkin on June 16.
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No Night Work
Night work on the Whitehouse/Daniel McCall underpass has been cancelled and will not occur this week.
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Road Closure Cancelled
The northbound lane of Loop 287 at the Kelty’s Railraod Bridge will remain open until further notice. This lane was scheduled to be closed from 6 p.m. tonight until tomorrow morning. Work was to be done on a damaged beam, but the northbound lane will remain open until proper tet reports on the steel used for the beam replacement come in.
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Daniel McCall reopens
The entrance from the southbound exit ramp at Daniel McCall to Wal-Mart opened at noon yesterday. Drivers now have three points of access to the Wal-Mart shopping center: the Whitehouse/Daniel McCall Bridge, the entrance in front of Sam’s and Tractor Supply and the entrance off of 819 coming in from behind UFO Pizza.
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Loop 287 Re-route
The northbound lanes of Loop 287 at the Angelina and Neches River Railroad bridge will be closed Friday evening starting at 6 p.m. Ajax Construction will need this time to replace a damaged beat on that side of the bridge. Lufkin police officers will reroute traffic Friday night to the southbound lanes. Work should be complete and the lane reopened Saturday morning.
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Closing US 59 main lanes
US 59 main lanes and the Whitehouse/Daniel McCall bridge will close at 8 p.m. tonight and reopoen at 6 a.m. tomorrow morning. In order to prepare to widen the bridge Zachry Construction Corporation has decided to close the bridge during these times each night starting tonight and going through Thursday night. Tuesday through Thursday night June 17-19 the US 59 main lanes will be closed again for nighttime work from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m..
TxDOT encourages motorists to take alternate routes during these times. All traffic will be diverted to the northbound and southbound ramps.
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Friday morning update …
Information from TxDOT: Due to the rain (Thursday) and unexpected contractor delays the opening of the Whitehouse/Daniel McCall underpass has been moved to Monday, June 9. The Texas Department of Transportation and its contractor, Zachry Construction Corporation of San Antonio, are working diligently on preparations to re-open the facility to the traveling public as soon as feasible. Once it opens, preparations will continue for widening and adding separate U-turn bridges north and south of the bridge.
