November 30, 2016 – Traffic will be switched this week on US 96 at Ayish Bayou, marking the completion of a new bridge in San Augustine County.

Beginning this week, Longview Bridge & Road, contractor for the $3.9 million construction project, will move traffic from the existing bridge to the newly constructed bridge on US 96 that spans Ayish Bayou. Motorists will be confined to one lane during the traffic switch. Two-way traffic is expected to be restored once the traffic switch has been completed.

October 28, 2016 – Motorists should prepare for a traffic switch in a major construction project beginning next week on US 59 near Spradley Street in Nacogdoches.

Contractors will be moving US 59 southbound traffic to the newly constructed concrete pavement near the Spradley Street area. Cross traffic at Spradley will remain closed and Webber Construction, contractor for the $14 million project, will be working to construct the intersection at Spradley.

October 13, 2016 Lufkin – A Trinity County TxDOT Maintenance employee is a recipient of the Texas Department of Transportation’s Extra Mile Award after he helped a woman who was trapped in floodwaters recently.

October 10, 2016 -  Southbound motorists can expect intermittent lane closures and delays throughout the week from 2.1 miles south of SL 224 in Nacogdoches County to the Angelina River Bridge.

Workers will be placing hot mix asphalt to resurface the roadway in the southbound lanes that will require the lane closures. Moore Brothers, contractor for the $1.6 million project, will continue the paving operations for about two more weeks.

September 29, 2016 - As Election Day draws near, the Texas Department of Transportation is reminding political parties, candidates and their supporters that the law dictates where campaign signs can be placed along Texas roadways.