Atlanta District Engineer

Bill Hale, P.E., is the interim district engineer for TxDOT's Atlanta District.

The district includes nine counties: Bowie, Camp, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Panola, Titus and Upshur.

Hale has served TxDOT for more than four decades. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. Hale’s TxDOT career began in the Ellis County Area Office in 1983. He went on to become the Ellis County Assistant Area Engineer and was appointed the Southeast Dallas County Area Engineer in 1992. Hale was appointed Abilene District Engineer in 1999, and in 2003, he was promoted to the post of Dallas District Engineer. In 2014, he was appointed TxDOT Chief Engineer. Hale received the 1996 Luther DeBerry Award for his contributions to Texas transportation and is a member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers.

Hale retired from TxDOT in 2022 and returned to the agency in 2023 to work on special projects. He agreed to serve as the interim Atlanta District Engineer effective July 29, 2025.