Both projects will proceed under the agency’s design–bid–build delivery, with CP&Y Inc. serving as the department’s designer for SH 71, a spokesperson said in an email.

On U.S. 90 between Interstate 410 and Loop 1604 in Bexar County, San Antonio-based Jordan Foster will fully reconstruct 2.55 miles of main lanes, widening the roadway from four to six lanes. The scope includes expanded frontage roads; major storm-drainage improvements; box culverts; mechanically stabilized earth retaining walls; concrete and asphalt paving; lighting and upgraded signals; and a flyover connector from westbound U.S. 90 to northbound Loop 1604. 

Daily traffic on U.S. 90 is projected to rise from about 78,300 vehicles per day to 107,900 by 2045, the spokesperson added.

To maintain flow, the main lanes will never be reduced below two lanes per direction except during occasional nighttime operations; frontage-road segments must be completed before main-lane reconstruction begins, TxDOT said.

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A 206-day closure milestone applies to the Hunt Lane bridge reconstruction, but no major daytime interruptions are expected for the direct connector. Work is slated to begin in late 2025 and reach “substantial completion” by fall 2029.

In Bastrop County, a throughway to Austin, the SH 71 contract will convert the signalized intersection at Tucker Hill Lane into a grade-separated overpass, introduce one-way frontage roads, build four new bridge structures, and expand bicycle and pedestrian accommodations to improve connections to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. 

“The Tucker Hill intersection will remain open at all times except during critical operations such as beam setting and paving,” the spokesperson said. Construction is scheduled to start later this year.

Jordan Foster will self-perform earthwork, drainage, retaining walls, subgrade preparation, bridge construction and concrete paving, the spokesperson said. Major subcontractors for US 90 include Lone Star Paving for asphalt paving; The Levy Co. for electrical and intelligent-transportation-systems work; and Beaird Drilling for drilled shafts. Third Coast Electric, Texas Materials and Texas Highway Walls will supply specialty services for the SH 71 project.

The SH 71 project contract uses federal funds and has formal DBE or SBE goals, while US 90 does not. However, the Jordan Foster spokesperson stated that the company has committed to working with multiple disadvantaged and small business enterprises with which it already has relationships. TxDOT public information offices will manage community outreach, including public meetings and traffic updates.

“Many of our employees live in these neighborhoods or commute on these roads; so when we build something new, something that didn’t exist before, it’s not just about infrastructure," John Goodrich, president of Jordan Foster’s infrastructure group, said in a release, adding that the company considers infrastructure projects as a way to “improve lives.” 

Correction: A previous version of this story stated that neither project used federal funds or had formal DBE or SBE goals.