SH 180/Lancaster Avenue from I-35W to I-820

The virtual meeting will consist of a pre-recorded video presentation and will include both audio and visual components. The presentation will be posted on this page by Thursday, September 25, 2025, at 10 a.m. 

Thursday, September 25, 2025
Come and go anytime from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Polytechnic Senior High School Band Hall
1300 Conner Avenue
Fort Worth, TX 76105
South parking lot off E. Rosedale Street – Entrance door #8

TxDOT is providing an in-person option for individuals who would like to participate in person instead of online. The in-person option will be held in an open house format. In-person attendees will be able to view the same presentation delivered in the online public meeting which will be playing on a screen, review hard copies of project materials, ask questions of TxDOT staff and/or consultants, and leave written comments.

The proposed project is located on SH 180/East Lancaster Avenue in Fort Worth, TX. It would extend for approx. 4.66 miles from I-35W to I- 820. The goal of this project is to enhance bicycle and pedestrian mobility and safety by widening sidewalks and constructing illuminated 8- to 12-foot wide shared-use paths (SUPs) along both sides of the roadway within various sections of the project limits. The SUPs width near Riverside Drive at the western project limit would transition to the existing sidewalk. The proposed project would reconstruct the six travel lanes to 11 feet wide and narrow the raised-curb median to accommodate the SUPs with minimal right-of-way acquisition. A 4- to 9-foot-wide buffer area on the outside of the roadway would continue to accommodate bus stops throughout the project corridor, with some bus stops potentially being relocated within the project corridor. To enhance safety and provide additional crossings for pedestrians, the project would install five new traffic signals at Hudson Street, Sanderson Avenue, Mount View Avenue, Roseland Street, and Grandview Drive.

 Additional improvements include:

• An additional left-turn and right-turn lanes would be added to westbound SH 180 at the Riverside Drive intersection. A right-turn lane would be added to westbound SH 180 at the Edgewood Terrace intersection.
• The Beach Street access roads would be rebuilt to a single 12-foot-wide lane in each direction with 6-foot-wide shoulders and a variable-width buffer on either side. The through lanes would be rebuilt to 11 feet wide each and have 1-foot-wide inside and outside shoulders.
• The width of the sidewalks on both sides of Harwood Street would increase to 6 feet at the SH 180 underpass, and 8 feet on either side of the underpass.
• All bridges along the corridor are anticipated to be replaced, along with the adjacent retaining walls. No height changes are anticipated.

Although minimal additional right of way would be required (0.02 acres), no residential or non-residential structures are anticipated to be displaced at this time. 

The proposed project is anticipated to impact the following properties protected under Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act of 1966: conjoined 1928/1938 bridges that carry SH 180/Lancaster Avenue over Sycamore Creek, the conjoined 1928/1932 bridges that carry SH 180/Lancaster Avenue over Conner Avenue, and the Bankhead Highway Historic District.

The virtual public meeting and in-person option will be conducted in English. If you need an interpreter or document translator because English is not your primary language or you have difficulty communicating effectively in English, one will be provided to you. If you have a disability and need assistance, special arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs. If you need interpretation or translation services or you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend and participate in the virtual public meeting or in-person option, please contact Flávia Paulino, Fort Worth District Public Engagement Specialist, at (817) 370-3559 no later than 4 p.m. CT, of Friday, September 19, 2025. Please be aware that advance notice is required as some services and accommodations may require time for the Texas Department of Transportation to arrange.

La reunión pública se llevará a cabo en inglés. Si usted necesita un intérprete o un traductor de documentos porque su idioma principal no es el inglés o tiene alguna dificultad para comunicarse eficazmente en inglés, se le proporcionará uno. Si usted tiene alguna discapacidad y necesita ayuda, se pueden hacer arreglos especiales para atender la mayoría de las necesidades. Si usted necesita servicios de interpretación o traducción o usted es una persona con alguna discapacidad que requiera una adaptación para asistir a y participar en la reunión pública, por favor póngase en contacto con Flávia Paulino, Especialista de Participación Pública del Distrito de Fort Worth, al número (817) 370-3559 a más tardar a las 4:00 p.m. hora central del Viernes, 19 de septiembre de 2025. Por favor sepa que es necesario dar aviso con anticipación, ya que algunos servicios y adaptaciones pueden requerir tiempo para que TxDOT los organice.

• Notice
• Aviso
• Fact sheet

You may provide comments in the following ways:

• Email as shown in the notice
• Mail:
  Ft. Worth District Office 
  2501 Southwest Loop 820
  Fort Worth, TX 76133
• Online comment form
• Comment form (PDF)

All comments must be received on or before Friday, October 10, 2025.