ST9904-CS 951208From: To: Ken Griffin ~ Date: 12/14/95 Time: 20:21:03 ~ Page 2 of 5
Note: Section
drawings.
TxDOT S.H. 121 TASK FORCE REPORT
numbers in narrative below correspond
December 8, 1995
to numbers on
S.H. 121 CAPACITY
A. Section 1:
B. Section 2:
C. Section 3:
D. Section 4:
E. Section 5:
F. Section 6:
IMPROVEMENTS (STAGE I)
Tarrant/Dallas County Line to North of
Denton Creek (4-lane divided highway with
2-lane frontage roads)
Completed - July 1992
North of Denton Creek to I.H. 35E (4/6
lane divided highway)
(CSJ 0364-03-078 & 0364-03-077)
Completed - November 1993
I.H. 35E to East of F.M. 1171 (6-lane
divided highway)
Completed - June 1991
East of F.M. 1171 to East of the Elm Fork
of the Trinity River (bridges)
Completed - July 1988
East of the Elm Fork of the Trinity River
to West of the Burlington Northern
Railroad (4-lane divided highway)
(CSJ 0364-03-042)
Completed - February 2, 1994.
Crider Road Project (0364-03-079)
Project is open to traffic.
West of the Burlington Northern Railroad
to East of Legacy (4-lane divided highway)
(CSJ 0364-03-043)
Completed - March 29, 1994
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Section 7:
East of Legacy to East S.H. 289
divided)(including the S.H.
intersection)
(CSJ 0364-04-028 & 0364-04-032)
(4-lane
289
Completed - May 3, 1995
Section 8:
S.H. 289 to U.S. 75 (4-lane divided)
(CSJ 0364-04-022)
On "hold" status in the 1995 PDP. The Dallas
District requested that this project be elevated to
Priority 2 authority in the 1996 PDP Update. This
project was not selected by the Commission.
2. Category 3A - National Highway System Mobility.
II.
S.H. 121 {SPUR 553) LEWISVILLE BYPASS {STAGE I)
(See attached for right of way status)
A. Section 9:
North of Denton Creek to Denton Tap Road
(3-lane frontage roads)
(CSJ 3547-03-002 & 3547-02-003)
Category 13 - State Funded Mobility. This project
was authorized in the 1996 PDP as approved by the
Texas Transportation Commission on October 26, 1995.
It has been given Priority 1 status with a 1996
scheduled year. As a result, the project has been
placed in the draft FY 96-98 TIP for fiscal year
1996.
2. Estimated letting date is July 1996.
3. Construction plans are 79% complete.
4. Estimated construction cost is $14,000,000.
Bo
Section 10:
Denton Tap Road to Lake Vista (3-lane
frontage roads)
Completed 1988
Co
Section 11:
Lake Vista to I.H.
roads)
(CSJ 3547-01-002)
35E (3-lane frontage
1. This project let on April 13, 1994. H.8. Zachry
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Company was awarded the contract with a bid of
$10,165,798.
2. Construction began on July 6, 1994.
3. Project is 85% complete and on schedule.
4. Estimated open to traffic - April 1996.
Section 12:
I.H. 35E to Existing S.H. 121 Near P.M.
544 (3-lane frontage roac~s, freeway
constructed where frontage roads are not
proposed)
(CSJ 3547-01-004)
Category 13 State Funded Mobility. This project
was authorized in the 1996 PDP as approved by the
Texas Transportation Commission on October 26, 1995.
It has been given Priority 1 status with a 1996
scheduled year.
TxDOT has placed this project in the draft FY 96-98
TIP for fiscal year 1996. This project, at the
request of the TxDOT Austin office, is scheduled for
a January 1996 letting subject to approval of the
TIP.
3. The final plans are 99% complete.
4. Estimated construction cost is $52,000,000.
III.
121 FREEWAY IMPROVEMENTS {STAGE II)
Section 13: Tarrant County Line to North of Denton
Creek (conversion to freeway)
(CSJ 0364-02-017 & 0364-03-064)
This project was elevated from feasibility status to
Level I authority in the 1995 PDP. The TxDOT Dallas
District will request Long Range Planning (LRP)
authority in the 1996 PDP.
2. Category 3A - National Highway System Mobility.
Section 14: Existing S.H. 121 Near Denton Creek to
Existing S.H. 121 Near F.M. 544
(Lewisville Bypass)(Mainlanes)
(CSJ 3547-03-003, 3547-02-004, &
3547-01-005)
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On "held" in the 1995 PDP. This project was not
selected for Priority 2 authority by the Commission.
2. Category 3A - National Highway System Mobility.
Section 15:
F.M. 544 to U.S.
(Mainlanes)
(CSJ 0364-04-023,
0364-03-067)
75
0364-03-066,
1. On "hold" status.
Candidate for Category 4E:
could become eligible
Mobility).
STP Urban Mobility (Note:
for Category 3A NHS
The Dallas District requested in the 1995 PDP update
that authority be given te allow for State
participation in right-of-way acquisition up to $70
million en the section ef S.H. 121 between S.H. 289
and U.S. 75. This was net included in the PDP
update; therefore local governments have indicated
they will prepare a formal request te secure TxDOT
uight-of-way funding.
RIGHT-OF-WAY STATUS S.H. 121 BYPASS
December 8. 1995
Same as last month.