Roads
Mexican Road Construction
Recently, work was completed on 35 miles of highway between Ojinaga and Manuel Benavides. This roadway is a two-lane highway with 12-foot wide lanes and 10-foot shoulders and will help to open new traffic to La Entrada Al Pacifico from rural areas of Chihuahua.
Work also continues on the Ojinaga relief route which will provide more direct access to the Presidio and Ojinaga Ports of Entry without requiring trucks to go through downtown Ojinaga. Approximately 25 percent of this project has been completed.
Mexican Road Construction
The States of Chihuahua and Sinaloa continued with aggressive improvements to the La Entrada al Pacifico Corridor in Mexico, along with various connectivity projects that will benefit the corridor and surrounding rural communities.
Progress on State Highway 349
The Texas Department of Transportation continued their work this past year on the planning and environmental review of the expansion of SH 349 to a four-lane, divided roadway.
The segment of SH 349 targeted for expansion stretches from the SH 349 Relief Route in Midland to the planned SH 349 Connection to the US 87 Relief Route in Lamesa.
Progress Continues on US 385
TXDOT recently completed the initial round of public hearings for the expansion of US 385 to four lane divided construction. The results of the initial planning were submitted to the Federal Highway Administration for review.
The project is part of the La Entrada al Pacifico corridor, but is also part of the route studied and recommended for upgrade as part of the Lubbock to I-10 Study in 1997.
State Highway 349 Reliever Route
2009 marked major accomplishments on the SH 349 Relief Route in Midland and Martin Counties. Construction was completed on the first phase of the new construction roadway from its connection to the existing SH 349 to SH 158.
