The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is planning to spend $125.5 million reshaping a major stretch of Interstate 20 that runs through Abilene.
The high-traffic stretch of I-20 between FM 600 and State Highway 351 north of Abilene Christian University is among the state’s busiest commercial corridors. The plan includes widening a 5.39-mile portion of I-20 to six lanes — three in each direction — while reconstructing the main lanes and frontage roads and adding modern storm drains, retaining walls, new bridge structures and updated traffic signals.
TxDOT also intends to build a new overpass at Judge Ely Boulevard and has listed San Antonio-based Pape-Dawson Engineers as the project’s designer.
According to state filings, preliminary timelines show the project taking nearly three years to complete, with a Nov. 3 start and an Oct. 16, 2029, completion.
Detailed phasing and traffic-control plans will be released as the project moves into the contract phase, TxDOT said.
The project is one of several major highway overhauls that are either ongoing or scheduled to begin in 2026. Others include:
- The ongoing $4.5 billion I-35 Capital Express Central Project, which is advancing with reconstruction of bridges over Lady Bird Lake and the installation of major drainage infrastructure, including 22-foot-diameter tunnels.
- Phase I of the he $473 million U.S. 90 expansion in West Bexar County is underway in West Bexar County to widen the highway to six lanes on the stretch of road from I-410 to 1604, with construction expected to continue through 2030.
- Widening the Grand Parkway from four to six lanes in west Harris County (I-10 to Highway 290), with construction projected to begin in summer 2026.
- Eight flyovers at the I-10/Loop 1604 interchange in San Antonio, which are expected to be complete by the end of 2026.
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