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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$226,672,605

Department of Transportation·Federal Highway Administration

to TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WORK BEGAN2026-06-24·LATEST ACTION2026-07-06·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_693JJ22630000Y001TX2B26054_069
Award description

PROJECT TITLE: CONVERT NON FREEWAY ON US 59. :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: US 59 FROM FM 961 TO CR 456 PIERCE, UPGRADE TO RURAL FREEWAY, FUTURE I 69 CORRIDOR, CONSTRUCT MAIN LANES, FRONTAGE ROADS AND STRUCTURES TO CONVERT 4 LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY TO 6 LANE DIVIDED FREEWAY WITH 2 LANE FRONTAGE ROADS IN EACH DIRECTION.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Upgrade US 59 to a 6-lane divided freeway with frontage roads as part of the Interstate 69 corridor project.

Sub-sectors
highway-constructionfreeway-upgradei69-corridor
Why this matters

Part of I-69 corridor, a major US-Mexico trade route; enhances regional freight mobility and economic competitiveness.

Supply-chain signal

Highway upgrade supports efficient movement of goods and materials across the US-Mexico trade corridor.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-07-07. Cost: $0.014173.

Period of performance
Start
2026-06-24
End
2037-02-02
Status
activein 3857 days
Sources

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