TxDOT outlines multi‑year 146 expansion at Red Bluff; residents push for new noise study

TxDOT engineers at a Seabrook town hall on Oct. 12 outlined ongoing work to widen State Highway 146 from Red Bluff to Spencer and described plans and timelines for the Red Bluff overpass and adjacent feeder roads. The agency said the overpass work is expected to be structurally complete in June or July 2025 and that the larger project — about 5.8 miles — began in the first quarter of 2022 and is projected to finish in the third quarter of 2028.

Why it matters: The work will change local access patterns and has prompted persistent concerns from neighborhoods such as Lake Cove about traffic noise and long detours while ramps are reconfigured.

TxDOT’s Southeast area engineers said the project includes widening multiple overpasses, full structural replacement of several bridges and constructing two one‑direction frontage roads with a shared pedestrian and bike path. "Widening of the overpasses is gonna be over the Red Bluff, Shore Acre Boulevard and ... the structure itself will be completed in a few months," said Jamal Elahi, Southeast Harris Area Engineer, TxDOT. He said the northbound feeder road work was…