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U.S. Department
of Transportation
Federal Highway
Administration

Associate Administrator
John Baxter
202-366-9494
john.baxter@dot.gov
www.fhwa.dot.gov/flh/

Federal Lands Highway
provides planning,
design, and engineering
services to support the
highways and bridges
that provide access to
and within federally
owned lands.

Federal Lands Divisions

Central
Federal Lands

Central Federal Lands

Division Engineer
Ricardo Suarez
720-963-3448
ricardo.suarez@fhwa.
dot.gov
www.cflhd.gov

September 2007
See FLH website for sources

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Fact Sheet

 

Texas FLHP

TX FLHP road miles: 1,306
Funding Authorized FY 98 – 07: $36,140,000
Federal land acreage as percentage of total state area: 1.4%*
TX population: 23,507,783

Texas State

  • National Park Service (14 units)

  • U.S. Forest Service (1)

  • Bureau of Indian Affairs/ Tribal Governments (3)

  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (17)

  • This percentage includes Federal lands that are not part of the FLHP core program and not depicted on the map

A photo of the Big Mineral Arm of Lake Texoma The Federal Lands Highway Program in Texas. Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge lies on the Big Mineral Arm of Lake Texoma, on the Red River between Oklahoma and Texas. In 2003, Central Federal Lands Highway Division (CFLHD), in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), began project development activities on the reconstruction of one bridge and the replacement of three bridge decks and one culvert. During the project scoping, CFLHD observed an additional structure failure in another culvert and warned FWS to prevent any vehicle from crossing until repair or replacement has occurred. As part of the design process, the Refuge completed the required environmental compliance and applied for the needed permits. A $1.7 million contract was awarded and completed in 2005. The bridges and the culvert were raised approximately four feet to accommodate high flood waters. The bridge approaches were ramped down to the existing roadway that will be raised in the future. The elevation raise required CFLHD to mitigate wetland impacts by the use of retaining walls.

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