Safe Detour Keeps Major Route Open During Highway Construction in Texas

In rural Texas, an aging bridge on State Highway 21 was slated for replacement. The route carries commercial and non-commercial traffic, including many tourists drawn to the year-round attractions in the area, and is a designated Hurricane Evacuation Route, required to be open to two lanes of traffic at all times. After exploring other options, and based on the success of prior projects within the same DOT district that had successfully utilized Acrow detour bridges, a modular steel solution from Acrow was selected. Acrow’s single-span bridge has an overall length of 130 feet and a roadway width of 24 feet to accommodate two lanes of traffic. The modular steel structure was assembled on site beginning in September 2022 and installed in October using a full cantilever launch with an 80-foot launching nose.

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