Segment 3B-2 construction photos

Crews install a large 12’ x 12’ storm sewer box underneath Hamilton Street at Pierce Street. These large boxes will help store and move stormwater during heavy rain events. Once work is complete in this area there will be new storm sewer underneath Hamilton all the way from Clay Street to Gray Street.

Here crews use an excavator to place a 96-inch diameter storm sewer pipe into the ground just north of Cleburne Street, west of SH 288. During heavy rains, the pipes being installed here will take stormwater south to a system built along SH 288 that drains into Brays Bayou.

Video from the east looking west at where the Alabama Street bridge over I-69 once stood, recorded on Saturday, May 9, 2026. This demolition was necessary since the I-69 mainlanes under the bridge will be lowered, meaning the bridge foundations need to be lower as well.

Construction on the new Alabama Street bridge over I-69 is anticipated to be completed by February 2027.

Crews use excavators with attachments to demolish the Alabama Street bridge over the I-69 northbound mainlanes on Saturday, May 2, 2026. 

The demolition took two weekends to complete. The contractor will then build a new Alabama Street bridge over I-69 which is anticipated to be completed by February 2027.