PATIENCE ASKED FOR ON HIGHWAY 36 CONSTRUCTION

  

 TXDOT is asking Brenham residence and travelers through Brenham on Highway 36 to be patient with their demolition of a highway overpass and the construction of a new intersection in that area.

Bob Colwell with the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) said that once the debris is cleaned up, it will begin work on a new and improved intersection. The cost is to be an estimated $3.6 million dollars.

Road crews demolished the overpass at Highway 36 and Business 36 just north of Brenham Wednesday, and spent Thursday breaking apart what was left.

The original interchange was built in 1964, and Colwell said it didn’t allow drivers to easily access Highway 36 from Business 36. Colwell says that driving conditions have changed a lot since the original overpass was built, and that, “we had no idea we’d have as much traffic as we do now through that area.”

The new intersection will come with a traffic signal that will allow drivers to turn in any direction without making a u-turn.

Colwell says the project should be finished by the summer of 2015