Round Rock Edition | October 2024

Paving Kenney Fort From the cover

The big picture

Kenney Fort Boulevard segments 1 Completed: June 2013 2 Estimated completion: November 2024 3 Estimated completion: November 2024 4 Roadway completed and fully opened in June 2024 5 Estimated completion: FY 2028-29 6 Estimated completion: FY 2030-31 7 In early stages of planning with no construction dates set or funding allocated at this time

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Kenney Fort Boulevard gets its name from the Republic of Texas-era fort built in the 1830s— the rst permanent settlement to oer settlers a place of refuge in what is now Williamson County. Earlier this year, Round Rock Preservation installed a historical marker for the old fort. In the years to come, Round Rock ocials envision the structure’s namesake to eventually be a high-capacity roadway that gives residents an alternative to nearby high-trac roads. The six-lane divided roadway is made up of seven segmented projects, in various stages of completion, running north to south on Round Rock’s east side. With the rst segment of Kenney Fort completed over a decade ago, city ocials said that the project has “come a lot slower over the years.” But once actualized, the road will oer residents and commuters an alternative to I-35.

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Round Rock

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A.W. GRIMES BLVD.

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JOE DIMAGGIO BLVD.

FOREST CREEK DR.

SAM BASS RD.

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A closer look

A.W. Grimes Blvd. Kenney Fort Blvd.

Red Bud Lane

and SH 130. This redundancy in Round Rock’s roadway network is a good thing, ocials said. “We expect some trac to shift onto that arterial and lessen congestion on other routes,” said Brian Kuhn, Round Rock planning engineering assistant director. “It gives people alternatives.” Other routes face more trac while helping to support the north-south corridor. Red Bud Lane has seen an average of 16,000-18,000 cars daily since 2016. The Kenney Fort extension aims to lessen the burden on the supporting four-lane roads.

Although the Kenney Fort road extension was envisioned over 40 years ago, the plan has stuck pretty close to the original design, Pohlmeyer said. When the Texas Department of Transportation planned to establish SH 130 along a portion of where Kenney Fort is now, Round Rock voted to shift the highway to the east. Two arterial roads—Kenney Fort Boulevard and A.W. Grimes Boulevard—were constructed to make up for the shift. Kenney Fort almost parallels A.W. Grimes, I-35

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