Design Flaws Found on Bridges on $1.4B North Texas Toll Road

August 26, 2014

Officials in North Texas will have to repair faulty bridge beams on the new $1.4 billion Chisholm Trail Parkway after an inspection found design flaws.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that the North Texas Tollway Authority will spend $900,000 to replace beams on the Trinity River and just west of downtown Fort Worth.

The beams were determined to be too weak for the bridges, which had not yet been opened.

The tollway authority has opened most of the parkway, which runs from near downtown Fort Worth to U.S. Highway 67 in Cleburne.

Officials say toll receipts on the parkway are already higher than they originally anticipated.

Topics Texas

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  • August 26, 2014 at 4:38 pm
    Stop Booger from Posting says:
    I am so sick and tired of Booger littering IJ with his sick, immature dribble. He has no intelligence whatsoever and cannot say anything that is meaningful. He must work in ... read more
  • August 26, 2014 at 4:32 pm
    CTC says:
    In other news, the NTTA is raising tolls... Shouldn't the engineers who designed these pay for the repairs? It's working for our stadium in Allen...
  • August 26, 2014 at 12:59 pm
    Agent says:
    Oh Lordy. When will we ever get this stuff straightened out. I know we are a dumb people down here. First we build homes on cliffs, our governor is going to get slam danced... read more

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