DFW CONNECTOR

Zachry, a joint venture member of NorthGate Constructors, worked with TxDOT to design, build, and maintain more than $1 billion worth of improvements to the State Highway 114/121 corridor north of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). Under a comprehensive development agreement, the DFW Connector consisted of 8.4 miles of roadway, including four highways, two interchanges, five overpasses, 37 bridges, new direct-connect ramps, and continuous frontage roads. At its widest point, the new SH 114 highway spans 24 lanes. Major quantities include 1.6 million square yards of concrete paving, 130,000 linear feet of drainage installation, 2.9 million cubic yards of excavation, 2.1 million cubic yards of embankment, and 725,000 square feet of mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) wall installation.

In June 2013, NorthGate Constructors was awarded a Deferred Work Component to design and reconstruct approximately one mile of FM 2499, from the town of Flower Mound to the City of Grapevine. This portion of the project was completed in 2017.

TxDOT continues to help ease and reduce traffic congestions and air pollution from the substantial number of vehicles traveling the DFW Connector roads daily. In December of 2017, TxDOT approved another $371 million for design-build work on the SH121 interchanges at Interstate Highway 635 and FM 2499 with potential additional contracts for surrounding roadways and interchanges.

In 2014, the DFW Connector project received an FHWA Excellence Award for Project Development for demonstrating the ability to plan and design surface transportation projects involving complex utility coordination. The project has also been awarded the 2011 Transportation Development Foundation’s PRIDE Award by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and 2011 Workforce Solutions Employer of the Year by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC).

US 29/US 74 BRIDGE REPLACEMENT OVER CATAWBA RIVER

The North Carolina Department of Transportation selected Zachry Construction Corporation as the prime contractor for the U.S. 29/U.S. 74 bridge replacement over the Catawba River and the associated N.C. 7/U.S. 74 improvements in Gaston and Mecklenburg counties. The $78 million project will strengthen a critical transportation connection between Gaston and Mecklenburg counties while improving capacity, mobility and multimodal connectivity along Wilkinson Boulevard/U.S. 29-74. The corridor also serves as an important regional alternate route when emergencies divert traffic from Interstate 85. The project replaces the existing Catawba River crossing with a new 11-span, 1,145-foot-long bridge with six 12-foot-wide travel lanes and…

HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL BRIDGE EXPANSION

Ship Channel Constructors LLC (SCC), a joint venture between Zachry Construction Corporation and Traylor Bros., Inc., is constructing twin landmark cable-stayed bridges across the Houston Ship Channel while maintaining traffic on one of the region’s busiest roadways and waterways. The new bridges are designed to remove bridge foundations from the channel, supporting future widening and deepening of the waterway to accommodate larger vessels and strengthen the long-term capacity of the Port of Houston and the region’s maritime industry. Construction is being completed in phases, beginning with the new southbound bridge adjacent to the existing structure. The main span incorporates composite…

TXDOT IH35 WIDENING AT RED RIVER BRIDGE

This is an eight-mile joint venture project with Austin Bridge & Road consisting of three new bridges over Red River and BNSF Railroad, adding mainline bridges over FM1202, drainage improvements, more than 500,000 square feet of various types of retaining walls, and adding additional lanes with a complete rebuild extending one mile into Oklahoma. There is also installation of a 500 ft. work Trestle spanning the Red River for Bridge Construction.