TYLER COUNTY, TEXAS (September 29, 2023) – Pulice Construction, Inc. is awarded the US-69 Corridor: Gateway to the Big Thicket highway widening project.
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) proposed improvements to an approximately 13-mile stretch of the United State’s Highway (U.S.) 69 from the south at Farm-to-Market Road (FM) 1003 within the Town of Kountze (Hardin County), to the north at FM 1943 in the Town of Warren County (Tyler County).
The project will improve the roadway to include two 12-foot travel lanes in each direction, 4-foot inside shoulders, a 10-foot outside shoulder on the southbound lanes, a 12-foot outside shoulder on the northbound lanes that will serve as an evaculane, and an approximately 100-foot-wide vegetated median. Evaculanes are roadway shoulders that may be used as travel lanes during times of significant congestion (e.g., mandatory evacuations).
The design will create separation from the two travel directions, reduce conflict points per mile, and increase capacity and safety for the traveling public.
About Pulice Construction
Pulice Construction, Inc. (www.pulice.com) is a heavy civil contractor and construction manager, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dragados S.A., one of the world’s largest heavy civil contractors. Pulice has built successful projects for both public and private owners, under Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, Construction Manager at Risk, and Public-Private-Partnership (P3) delivery methods. Pulice has extensive project experience inclusive of work across several market sectors including Bridges, Highways, Dams, and Aviation. Pulice performs work throughout the southwestern United States, with regional offices located in Arizona and Texas. The 67-year-old firm employs, develops, and promotes great builders and has a project management team that excels at constructability reviews, value engineering, cost estimating, project scheduling, and subcontractor management.
