Courtesy of Texas Dept. of Transportation
Jordan Foster will reconstruct 2.55 miles of U.S. 90 from IH-410 to Loop 1604, widening it from four to six lanes and adding a westbound flyover. Additionally, the project will convert the SH 71/Tucker Hill intersection in Bastrop County into a grade-separated overpass. The TxDOT work is valued at $183.3 million.
The Texas Dept. of Transportation awarded Jordan Foster Construction two contracts totaling $183.3 million to widen U.S. Highway 90 in Bexar County near San Antonio, and improve State Highway 71 in Bastrop County.
Both projects will proceed under the agency’s design–bid–build delivery, with CP&Y Inc. serving as the department’s designer, a spokesperson said in an email.
On U.S. 90 between Interstate 410 and Loop 1604 in Bexar County, San Antonio-based Jordan Foster will fully reconstruct 2.55 miles of main lanes, widening the roadway from four to six lanes. The scope includes expanded frontage roads; four new bridge structures; major storm-drainage improvements; box culverts; mechanically stabilized earth retaining walls; concrete and asphalt paving; lighting and upgraded signals; and a flyover connector from westbound U.S. 90 to northbound Loop 1604.
Daily traffic on U.S. 90 is projected to rise from about 78,300 vehicles per day to 107,900 by 2045, the spokesperson added.
To maintain flow, the main lanes will never be reduced below two lanes per direction except during occasional nighttime operations; frontage-road segments must be completed before main-lane reconstruction begins, TxDOT said.
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A 206-day closure milestone applies to the Hunt Lane bridge reconstruction, but no major daytime interruptions are expected for the direct connector. Work is slated to begin in late 2025 and reach “substantial completion” by fall 2029.
In Bastrop County, a throughway to Austin, the SH 71 contract will convert the signalized intersection at Tucker Hill Lane into a grade-separated overpass, introduce one-way frontage roads and expand bicycle and pedestrian accommodations to improve connections to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
“The Tucker Hill intersection will remain open at all times except during critical operations such as beam setting and paving,” the spokesperson said. Construction is scheduled to start later this year.
Jordan Foster will self-perform earthwork, drainage, retaining walls, subgrade preparation, bridge construction and concrete paving, the spokesperson said. Major subcontractors include Lone Star Paving for asphalt paving; The Levy Co. for electrical and intelligent-transportation-systems work; and Beaird Drilling for drilled shafts. Third Coast Electric, Texas Materials and Texas Highway Walls will supply specialty services.
Although neither contract involves federal funds—and has no formal DBE or SBE goals—Jordan Foster has committed to engage multiple disadvantaged- and small-business enterprises with which it has existing relationships, the spokesperson said. TxDOT public information offices will lead community outreach, including public meetings and traffic alerts.
“Many of our employees live in these neighborhoods or commute on these roads; so when we build something new, something that didn’t exist before, it’s not just about infrastructure,” John Goodrich, president of Jordan Foster’s infrastructure group, said in a release, adding that the company considers infrastructure projects as a way to “improve lives.”
Bryan Gottlieb is the online editor at Engineering News-Record (ENR).
Gottlieb is a five-time Society of Professional Journalists Excellence in Journalism award winner with more than a decade of experience covering business, construction, and community issues. He has worked at Adweek, managed a community newsroom in Santa Monica, Calif., and reported on finance, law, and real estate for the San Diego Daily Transcript. He later served as editor-in-chief of the Detroit Metro Times and was managing editor at Roofing Contractor, where he helped shape national industry coverage. Gottlieb covers breaking news, large-scale infrastructure projects, new products and business
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