{"id":275269,"date":"2026-05-01T23:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/275269\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T23:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:46:20","slug":"txdot-breaks-ground-on-loop-360-project-near-rm-2222","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/275269\/","title":{"rendered":"TxDOT breaks ground on Loop 360 project near RM 2222"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTexas Department of Transportation<\/a> officials broke ground on the Loop 360 at Courtyard Drive\/RM 2222<\/a> project April 29.<\/p>\n

About the project <\/p>\n

According to TxDOT officials, the project is part of TxDOT’s slate of projects along 14 miles of Loop 360 in West Austin, and part of the Texas Clear Lanes<\/a> congestion relief initiative.<\/p>\n

Per officials, this segment will include:<\/p>\n

Removing the traffic signal from the Loop 360 mainlanes at Courtyard Drive, and construct an overpassReconfiguring RM 2222 at Loop 360 to a diverging diamond interchange, or DDIAdding shared-use paths and sidewalksFunding for the $68.4 million project will come from TxDOT and the city of Austin’s 2016 mobility bond<\/a>, as previously reported<\/a> by Community Impact.<\/p>\n

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Looking ahead<\/p>\n

According to TxDOT, construction will take place on weekdays between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., and on Saturdays between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Construction is expected to be complete by 2029.<\/p>\n

The northbound Loop 360 exit ramp to RM 2222 remains closed, and following completion of Phase 1, which included constructing waterlines and excavating cliffs, the next steps will include:<\/p>\n

Phase 2: construct the new northbound and southbound connector roads, drainage systems, braided ramps and Courtyard Drive bridge, and start shared-use pathsPhase 3: construct the RM 2222 DDI and complete the shared-use pathsPhase 4: perform final paving and striping and open permanent traffic patternsAlso of note<\/p>\n

The other Loop 360 project underway is the Westlake Drive\/Cedar Street<\/a> segment, which will remove traffic signals from the main lanes, create an underpass beneath both cross streets, and add shared-use paths and sidewalks. The $72.1 million project is expected to be complete in 2026.<\/p>\n

Construction on the Lakewood Drive\/Spicewood Springs Road<\/a> segment could begin by 2029, while the MoPac to Bee Cave Road<\/a> and Bee Cave Road<\/a> segments are contingent upon funding, according to TxDOT information.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas Department of Transportation officials broke ground on the Loop 360 at Courtyard Drive\/RM 2222 project April 29.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,25756,95380,133,101945,93069,24009,101941,101935,101943,101937,101932,101939,67795,101947,101944,101940,101933,25761,101936,9237,101948,101938,101931,101946,101934,101942],"class_list":["post-275269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-infrastructure-projects","tag-austin-mobility-bond-2016","tag-austin-news","tag-austin-roadwork-updates","tag-austin-sidewalk-improvements","tag-austin-traffic-improvements","tag-courtyard-drive-bridge-construction","tag-diverging-diamond-interchange-texas","tag-lakewood-drive-spicewood-springs-project","tag-loop-360-congestion-relief","tag-loop-360-courtyard-drive-construction","tag-loop-360-exit-ramp-closure","tag-loop-360-overpass-project","tag-loop-360-traffic-signal-removal","tag-mopac-rm-2244-corridor","tag-rm-2222-ddi-project","tag-rm-2222-interchange-project","tag-shared-use-paths-austin","tag-texas-clear-lanes-initiative","tag-texas-department-of-transportation","tag-texas-highway-construction-news","tag-txdot-construction-schedule-austin","tag-txdot-loop-360-project","tag-txdot-west-austin-projects","tag-west-austin-road-construction","tag-westlake-drive-cedar-street-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275269","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=275269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}