June 2003

(San Benito, Texas) – Zachry Construction broke ground on a new project that will ease increasing international truck traffic on U.S. Highway 77. The $68 million project calls for expanded roadway that will eventually become part of the NAFTA Superhighway --a planned 1,600-mile interstate connecting Mexico to Canada.

Zachry is responsible for widening the existing four-lane freeway to six lanes between SH 345 and the Business 77 interchange in San Benito. Zachry will also construct new bridges, approaches, frontage roads, drainage improvements and retaining walls. These upgrades will also improve the highway's ability to handle increased traffic flow during hurricane evacuations.

Zachry plans to complete work in 2006 --several months earlier than required by TxDOT.

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