{"id":202018,"date":"2026-03-12T22:12:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/202018\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T22:12:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:12:37","slug":"plano-begins-4-2m-repairs-on-29-bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/202018\/","title":{"rendered":"Plano begins $4.2M repairs on 29 bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tConstruction is underway on a $4.2 million project to repair 29 bridges in Plano, according to a city news release.<\/p>\n<p>Work on the first bridge to be repaired, Custer Road at Spring Creek, began March 2.<\/p>\n<p>City officials estimate construction on the project will be complete by spring 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The details<\/p>\n<p>Repairs will address the surface of the bridges, including the deck and railings, as well as possible damage to structures underneath the bridges from wear and erosion.<\/p>\n<p>Officials choose which bridges to repair every two to three years based on the Texas Department of Transportation\u2019s biennial inspections.<\/p>\n<p>Voters approved funding for the project as part of the city\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plano.gov\/2337\/2025-Bond---Prop-A---Street-Improvements\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2025 bond election<\/a>, which included $14 million for bridge repair and replacement.<\/p>\n<p>In similar news<\/p>\n<p>Work on a separate project to replace the bridge on Parker Road across Pittman Creek will start March 23, per the news release.<\/p>\n<p>Crossovers near the bridge will be closed, the median will be used for traffic and streetlights will remain off until the project is complete.<\/p>\n<p>The replacement will cost $1.8 million, mostly made up of federal funding, and is expected to be complete in 10 months.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Construction is underway on a $4.2 million project to repair 29 bridges in Plano, according to a city&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202019,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[10666,1494,79638,160,79639,162,161,51530,840],"class_list":["post-202018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-bridges","tag-construction","tag-general-obligation-bond","tag-plano","tag-plano-2025-bond-election","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-roadwork","tag-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}