McCarthy Breaks Ground on Houston METRO Harrisburg Overpass

HOUSTON — McCarthy Building Cos., and the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) have broken ground on the METRO Harrisburg Overpass project located in Houston’s East End. The project will be the final piece of METRO’s Green Line, which travels through downtown to the Magnolia Transit Center. The $27 million project will involve construction of a 2,400-linear-foot grade separation at the Houston Belt and Terminal (HBT) and Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) railroad tracks located west of Hughes Road. It will include a bridge structure with aesthetic architectural features, two 16-foot wide vehicular traffic lanes, a 26-foot LRT guideway located in the center of the bridge structure, and two five-foot wide emergency walkways on each side of the bridge. The overpass is set to be complete in 12 months.