{"id":428419,"date":"2026-09-07T01:20:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T01:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428419\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T01:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T01:20:15","slug":"hays-county-granted-39-million-for-railroad-overpass-along-centerpoint-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428419\/","title":{"rendered":"Hays County granted $39 million for railroad overpass along Centerpoint Road"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN (KXAN) \u2014 Hays County was recently awarded a $39,228,602 federal grant to build an overpass over one of the county\u2019s main railroad crossings. <\/p>\n

According to the county<\/a>, the grant will cover 80% of the cost of Hays County\u2019s Centerpoint Crossing Elimination and Safety Project in San Marcos, which will cost a total of approximately $49,035,753. The federal funding comes from the\u00a0Federal Railroad Administration\u2019s Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program. <\/p>\n

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\n\t\tFirm says Austin-San Antonio passenger rail line viable, for $13.5 billion\t<\/a><\/p>\n

The rest of the project\u2019s cost, about $9,807,151, will come from matching\u00a0funds from the county and Union Pacific Railroad, according to the county. <\/p>\n

The project will build an overpass along Centerpoint Road from I-35 to Hunter Road. <\/p>\n

\"\"Plans for Centerpoint Road overpass at the Union Pacific Railroad crossing in San Marcos. (Hays County Photo)<\/p>\n

According to the county, plans call for an overpass across the railroad with two lanes in each direction, a widened roadway with a median, shoulders, and shared-use\u00a0paths on both sides. <\/p>\n

The county\u2019s press release said the project \u201caims to reduce train-related traffic delays, improve emergency response, and provide a safer connection between I-35 and Hunter Road for drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians as San Marcos and western Hays County continue to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

A preliminary engineering report and schematic design for the overpass were already completed by the county, while right-of-way acquisition and final designs are underway.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery day, drivers, school buses and emergency responders traveling on Centerpoint Road can be delayed by\u00a0passing trains. That is not only a traffic concern, but it is also a public safety issue,\u201d Precinct 3 Commissioner\u00a0Morgan Hammer said in the release. \u201cElevating the roadway over the tracks would eliminate that conflict and improve safety and\u00a0mobility.\u201d<\/p>\n

Project information, schedules and public engagement opportunities are available at HaysCoRoads.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN (KXAN) \u2014 Hays County was recently awarded a $39,228,602 federal grant to build an overpass over one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-428419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428419","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=428419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}