Best Highway/Bridge & Best Safety: North Tarrant Express (NTE) Segments 1 &2W
Bluebonnet Contractors led design and construction on the $2.1-billion North Tarrant Express (NTE), the reconstruction of a 13-mile, east-west highway corridor in Tarrant County. To complete the project on time, the team had to develop an aggressive construction schedule while minimizing impacts on drivers, business and workers.
The project rebuilt Interstate 820 and State Highways 121/183 and included the demolition and rebuilding of 18 bridges and 52 off-ramps and on-ramps, along with new continuous frontage roads as well as rebuilding main lanes and the addition of four tolled, managed lanes. NTE, completed nine months ahead of schedule, was the first public-private partnership to reach completion in North Texas.