LUFKIN – Work on US 59 South between Lufkin and Diboll will continue next week as contractors begin night work.Crews are scheduled to continue joint repairs beginning Sunday night through Tuesday night in preparation for an $8.3 million construction project to begin. Work is scheduled to alternate between night and day until project completion and will include north and southbound lanes. Motorists should expect lane closures and possible delays as this work progresses.
The project includes the resurfacing US 59 South from FM 3482/Whitehouse Drive to 1.1 mile north of FM 1818 near Diboll. It includes planing the existing pavement, applying a hot mix level up course and a final permeable friction course that will repel water and reduce surface noise.
Moore Brothers Construction, Lufkin, is contractor for the project that began June 26 and is scheduled to be completed by May, 2019, weather permitting.
Motorists should reduce speed to the posted speed limit and obey all traffic control devices. It is illegal to drive around a TxDOT barricade, cones or barrels. Stay alert to moving equipment and workers near the lanes of traffic as this project progresses.
For more information, contact Rhonda.Oaks@txdot.gov or (936) 633-4395.
