I-10 at U.S. 69 getting road fix

Contractors for the Texas Department of Transportation have begun work on a project that department spokesman Marc Shepherd said had prompted a lot of telephone calls.

Just about where the U.S. 69 North exits is on eastbound Interstate 10, there's a large crack in the pavement.

Shepherd said the crack formed after the retaining wall beneath the interstate shifted. This, in turn, caused the soil supporting that section of roadway to shift as well.

"It left a void underneath the pavement, causing it to drop down 2 to 3 inches," he said.

In December, the department accepted bids on the $791,166.90 project that involves repairing the retaining wall, leveling the road and the repairing the crack. The work requires a couple of stages and crews now are working on the first stage, Shepherd said.

For the next month, workers from Gibson and Associates will be burying and attaching support beams to the wall that runs parallel to frontage road, near where it intersects with Harrison Avenue. These beams will prevent the wall from slipping any further.

Once the wall is stabilized, the work will move onto the road itself.

The department will begin shutting down U.S. 69 North at night, drilling into the pavement and injecting an expanding polymer into the dirt beneath the roadway. The polymer will expand and level the depressed concrete, allowing crews to permanently repair the crack. Shepherd said this work will be done at night to minimize the interference with traffic and increase safety for the workers.

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I-10 at U.S. 69 getting road fix