By LYNETTE SOWELL
Cove Leader-Press
The Texas Department of Transportation Waco District announced on Monday that the long-awaited widening project of the U.S. 190 bypass around Copperas Cove will begin next week on Feb. 16.
The six-mile project will widen the highway from Clarke Roade to the Lampasas County Line, from two lanes to a four-lane divided highway.
The project also includes construction of an overpass at the intersection of Highway 190 and F.M. 2657.
There will be lane closures throughout the project, which is scheduled to end in early 2029, said Jake Smith, with TxDOT.
The contractor for the approximately $107.5 million project is James Construction Group.
The development of Interstate 14 is also going to push westward, after the U.S. 190 bypass is widening, into Lampasas County, which is part of the TxDOT’s Brownwood District.
Preparing U.S. Highway 190 to interstate highway standards is part of that process.
It will extend from the intersection of F.M. 2657/Coryell County Line, to F.M. 2808.
This future project involves dividing the highway with a 24-foot median and center concrete barriers and installing one-way frontage roads on each side of the highway.
Also, overpasses would be constructed over the intersection of Big Divide Road and the intersection at Great Hills Drive. One of the design alternatives includes a third overpass at the intersection of F.M. 2808.
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