Plan Development

The responsible state (Table
3
-1) will prepare preliminary and final plans, specifications, and estimates of cost subject to the approval of the State of Texas and FHWA.
  • Each state will pay one-half of the cost of the bridge, as well as the full amount of its respective approach roadway costs on its respective side of the state line.
  • A separate control-section-job (CSJ) number for the bridge and each approach (three total) is required.
  • For federally funded projects with state oversight, a Federal Project Authorization and Agreement (FPAA) must be signed before obligation of preliminary engineering funds.
  • Each state will, at no cost to the other state, secure necessary right-of-way, relocate all utilities, and identify and remove all known hazardous materials to accommodate that portion of the project on the respective side of each state.
  • Bank protection, jetties, or similar work required to protect the bridge or its approaches or to hold the river channel to its present course will be considered as a part of maintenance of each bridge, whether such work may be located wholly in one state or the other.
  • The project must be environmentally cleared.