In October 2017, Zachry Construction was awarded a $550 million, three-phase cable-stayed bridge contract by the Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA). A joint-venture partnership with Traylor Brothers, a firm that specializes in bridge structure, complements Zachry's civil approach. Click here for more info.

Construction work is now restarting on the Houston Ship Canal Bridge in Texas. The bridge has been the subject of considerable controversy after construction was halted on the project over safety concerns.

The approval has been given for the work to restart, however the project is now likely to cost up to $300 million more than what had been planned originally. Construction on the bridge was halted due to concerns over the safety of the design. Changing the design means removing some of the base structures that have already been erected, accounting for approximately $50 million of the extra $300 million now needed to build the bridge.

The replacement of the 40-year-old road bridge with a new bridge forms part of a wider project to widen the tolled route on either side of the Houston Ship Canal. The work is now expected to cost in excess of $1.3 billion.

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PARIS, TX – Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) officials announce that work on the US 75 project in Grayson County has started.

The contractor, Zachry Construction Corporation, was awarded the contract for the four-mile US 75 Project, valued at more than 154.6 million, which is designed to provide long-term transportation and operational improvements on US 75 and US 82 in Grayson County. It follows TxDOT's US 75 Corridor Study, which assessed safety, maintenance and system efficiency, congestion and freight reliability, environmental sustainability, transportation choices and economic vitality along US 75.

The project will widen the four-lane roadway to six-lanes-divided from FM 1417 to State Highway 91. It will also create continuous frontage roads along the roadway, add U-turn lanes at major intersections and reconfigure and improve the intersection and US 75 and US 82. The project will also reconstruct the bridge at South Travis Street and adjust the main traffic lanes of US 75 between Lamar and Washington Streets to remove them from the 100-year flood-plain.

The changes to this important highway are designed to improve safety, address traffic congestion and improve traffic operations and address deficiencies in this aging roadway. Roadway changes and improvements will be constructed in phases as the project progresses, officials said.