{"id":30165,"date":"2025-04-27T04:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T11:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/granite-reaps-80m-texas-farm-to-market-highway-job\/"},"modified":"2025-04-27T04:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T11:05:09","slug":"granite-reaps-80m-texas-farm-to-market-highway-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/granite-reaps-80m-texas-farm-to-market-highway-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Granite reaps $80M Texas farm-to-market highway job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/images\/audio_icon.svg?482016190122\" alt=\"-\"><\/p>\n<p>        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">2 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dmgi9movl\/video\/upload\/q_1\/v1745504823\/news\/text_to_speech\/granite-texas-farm-to-market-highway-texas_tzs4zf.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ed-secondary-content-box ed-secondary-content-box--expandable\">\n<p><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Award: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span><span><span>Rural roadway improvement<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Value:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span><span><span>$80 million<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Location:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span><span><span>Forney, Texas<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Client: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span><span><span>Texas DOT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Granite Construction has cemented a contract with the Texas DOT to improve one of the state\u2019s historic \u201cfarm-to-market\u201d highways.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The $80 million infrastructure project on <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/investor.graniteconstruction.com\/news-and-events\/press-releases\/year\/2025\/04-17-2025-0\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Farm to Market Road 548 near Forney<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> will transform the existing asphalt into a paved concrete roadway while adding travel lanes and drainage upgrades, according to a Granite news release. Project funding will come from the state.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Scope extends from U.S. 80 to Windmill Farms Boulevard and includes over 200,000 square yards of 10-inch-thick concrete pavement and over 40,000 linear feet of new storm drain.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The makeover and widening will increase traffic capacity to help relieve congestion in rapidly growing Forney, located about a half hour east of Dallas, particularly in its busiest commercial section downtown, according to the release.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Farm-to-market roads, which grew up across the country in rural areas during the mid-20th century to bring food to population centers, are particularly emblematic of Texas.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>By the 1980s, more than half of the state\u2019s highway miles \u2014 41,000 of 73,000 \u2014 fit into the category, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/being-texan\/texas-primer-the-farm-to-market-road\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>according to Texas Monthly magazine<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, which wrote \u201cthe farm-to-market road is to Texas what the freeway is to California.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The state set up specific funding for the road network in 1949 and contributes money today via a fuel tax and its Highway Transportation Fund. Farm-to-market roads also benefit from federal funding administered by the Texas DOT.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>But over the years, Texas\u2019 population growth has strained this network of straight-shot and meandering byways which often conform, without grading, to the existing lay of the land, according to Texas Monthly. FM 548, for example, originally opened in 1945 as a two-lane rural roadway.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>For that reason, Granite said the project will contribute to the growth and development of Forney and surrounding Kaufman County, supporting the area&#8217;s economic expansion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Construction is expected to begin in July and be completed in March 2027.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/granite-texas-farm-to-market-548-forney\/746253\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. 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