Oak Hill Parkway over halfway to nish line From the cover
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The 7-mile stretch of highway connecting Austin to Dripping Springs has been undergoing a $677 million facelift since 2021, turning the four-lane, undivided roadway into a six-lane divided highway with new frontage roads and 14 miles of shared-use paths. The project is over halfway complete, with a nish date set for mid-2026, said Christiana Astarita, Texas Department of Transportation project manager. Over the fall, TxDOT will perform quality checks, overseeing nal tasks, such as any nal layers of paving, lane striping and tra c signal installation. Astarita noted that crews have removed more than 2 million cubic yards of dirt— enough to ll over 600 Olympic-sized swimming pools—to lower the roadway beneath the planned bypass, completing about 80% of the total excavation and marking a major milestone in the overall construction.
Oak Hill Parkway updates The following improvements are underway: 1 New intersections at Convict Hill Road, RM 1826, Scenic Brook Drive and Circle Drive 2 An overpass over William Cannon Drive and new yovers between Hwy. 290 and Hwy. 71 3 The overpass along Hwy. 71 will extend past Scenic Brook Drive where the road will transition to three northbound lanes and two southbound lanes
Other projects include: • U-turns along intersections (in progress) • Shared-use paths and sidewalks for bicycles and pedestrians (in progress)
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Westbound Hwy. 290 to RM 1826 RM 1826 to westbound Hwy. 290 Work zone
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The project will bring an overpass to “the Y” at the intersection of Hwy. 71 and Hwy. 290. RENDERING COURTESY TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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Crews erect bridge piers near William Cannon Drive.
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