{"id":417734,"date":"2026-08-27T00:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T00:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/417734\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T00:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T00:06:11","slug":"help-coming-for-congested-rail-crossing-in-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/417734\/","title":{"rendered":"Help coming for congested rail crossing in Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PHi_j0039(15).JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"A train sits for several minutes near the corner of Peach Street and Grant Street north of downtown, Thursday February 18, 2010. Fort Worth will get federal grant money to partially cover the cost\u00a0of an above-grade railroad crossing on the city\u2019s north side.\" alt=\"A train sits for several minutes near the corner of Peach Street and Grant Street north of downtown, Thursday February 18, 2010. Fort Worth will get federal grant money to partially cover the cost\u00a0of an above-grade railroad crossing on the city\u2019s north side.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A train sits for several minutes near the corner of Peach Street and Grant Street north of downtown, Thursday February 18, 2010. Fort Worth will get federal grant money to partially cover the cost\u00a0of an above-grade railroad crossing on the city\u2019s north side.<\/p>\n<p>                RODGER MALLISON<\/p>\n<p>            Star-Telegram file<\/p>\n<p>Fort Worth will get federal grant money to partially cover the cost of a $98 million project to create an overpass above train tracks the city\u2019s north side.<\/p>\n<p>The funding will go toward an above-grade railroad crossing at Northeast 23rd Street, Decatur Avenue, and Samuels Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/city-news-tpw-railroad-crossing-federal-grants.png\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" title=\"city-news-tpw-railroad-crossing-federal-grants.png\" alt=\"The city of Fort Worth is set to receive federal grant money for a $98 million above-grade railroad crossing project.\"\/>                                                                                    The city of Fort Worth is set to receive federal grant money for a $98 million above-grade railroad crossing project.                                                                                                                                                                        City of Fort Worth                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>The city of Fort Worth, a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fortworthtexas.gov\/news\/2026\/8\/railroad-grants\">press release<\/a> from Aug. 25 said, is one of three recipients of $755 million in federal grant funding awarded to the Texas Department of Transportation for statewide projects.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of the $98 million project will be divided among TxDOT, the city of Fort Worth, and the federal grant money.<\/p>\n<p>TxDOT will cover 10% of the cost, the city will cover another 10%, and the federal funds will cover the remaining 80%, according to Kelly Porter, Fort Worth\u2019s Assistant Director of Regional Transportation and Innovation.<\/p>\n<p>The project will be designed and delivered by TxDOT in partnership with the city of Fort Worth, Porter said.<\/p>\n<p>The new crossing, according to the city\u2019s press release, would eliminate seven at-grade railroad crossings.<\/p>\n<p>Above-grade crossings allow vehicles to cross railroad tracks without waiting for trains to pass.<\/p>\n<p>The project will likely not break ground until 2028, Fort Worth Mayor Pro Tem Carlos Flores told the Star-Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRail is an important part of our economic engine,\u201d Flores said. \u201cWe have to find ways to facilitate it, and this is certainly one way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/312659437\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787789171_316_STAFF_Emily Holshouser.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Emily Holshouser\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/312659437\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emily Holshouser<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Emily Holshouser is a local news reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A train sits for several minutes near the corner of Peach Street and Grant Street north of downtown,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-417734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417734","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=417734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}