- What interim improvements were made to improve congestion?
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Actual program construction began in Summer 2011, but the Texas Department of Transportation had already brought some relief to the US 290 Corridor. In Summer 2010, TxDOT completed a series of Traffic System Management (TSM) improvements along US 290. Details of these improvements are as follows:
TSM Improvements - First Project
- Westbound approach to Senate Ave
- Pavement widening to add left turn lane storage along frontage road
- US 290 from Little York to East of Fairbanks N. Houston
- Eastbound and Westbound mainlane pavement widening to add auxiliary lanes
- US 290 from Jones Road to West of FM 529
- Restripe existing eastbound and westbound mainlane pavement to add auxiliary lanes.
TSM Improvements - Second Project
- WB Frontage Road at Jones Road
- Pavement widening to add auxiliary lane along frontage road
- Construction of new entrance ramp
- Relocation of existing exit ramp
- Conversion of existing 1 lane exit ramp to a 2 lane exit ramp
- Intersections: Senate Ave, Gessner Drive, Fairbanks N Houston Road, Hollister Drive, W. 43rd Street, Antoine Drive and 34th Street
- Median modifications and pavement widening to allow left-turns from current u-turn only lanes.
- W. 43rd Street
- Median modifications
- Pavement widening for the addition of turn lane storage
- Conversion of 1 lane exit ramp to a 2 lane exit ramp
- Eastbound and Westbound Frontage Roads
- Restripe frontage roads between Jones Road and Dacoma
View photos of completed TSM work.
For information regarding construction closures associated with this and other projects in the Houston District please visit: http://traffic.houstontranstar.org/construction/construction_report.aspx
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