north tarrant expressway texas

The North Tarrant Expressway was needed to ease traffic around Fort Worth. TDOT commissioned WSP to design the highway adjacent to the existing highway

Location

Texas, USA

Client

Texas Department of Transportation

New highway eases Fort Worth metro traffic

Located in north central Texas, Fort Worth is part of a sprawling metropolitan area that includes Dallas and Arlington. The three cities combine for a total of 6.7 million inhabitants.

Challenge
Traffic was congested in Fort Worth, and in smaller cities to the east—North Richland Hills, Haltom City, Hurst, Bedford and Euless. A new highway, the North Tarrant Expressway, was needed to ease the flow of traffic.

Solution
The Texas Department of Transportation commissioned WSP to undertake the highway design, which involved the insertion of a new 2+2 toll lanes expressway (with possible extension to 3+3) adjacent to the existing toll-free highway.

The works were completed along the IH 820, IH 35W and SH 183 corridors. The Spanish Construction Company Ferrovial was responsible for construction, maintenance and operation of the infrastructure. The existing highway route was altered to allow space for new toll lanes. Frontage road routes were also amended.

The completed project included: