Construction is under way for a new transportation infrastructure project in Austin.
The design-build Oak Hill Parkway project was awarded to Balfour Beatty in April 2020 by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to reconstruct and widen seven miles of the U.S. 290 and State Highway (SH) 71 in Travis County. The project aimed to improve long-term mobility and safety as well as reduce traffic in one of the most congested roadways in the state.
As part of a joint venture with Fluor Corp., Balfour Beatty will design and construct an upgraded interstate highway along U.S. highway 290 from the east end of Circle Drive to Loop 1 (MoPac Expressway) and SH 71 from US 290 to Silvermine Drive. The project will consist of widening the main lanes from two to three lanes as well as adding two to three frontage-road lanes in each direction.
An overpass for the US 290 main lanes over William Cannon Drive will also be delivered, along with full reconstruction of the US
