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Happened as dated, per the source[1]: "the groundbreaking event was held at Pitch 25 in East Downtown Houston near the start of the project's first phase." Completion: TxDOT's NHHIP 'Construction timeline & phasing' chart (txdot.gov[2][4] project-timelines page, Sep 2026; "All estimated dates shown are preliminary and subject to change") runs the last independent projects - 2B (I-45 managed lanes to I-10) and 1A (Segment 1 managed lanes) - to the 2038 gridline, i.e. through the end of 2037 (a reading of the chart; TxDOT's 2023 estimate was 2042).Texas kicked off construction on its $13 billion North Houston Highway Improvement Project, a decades-long rebuild of one of America's deadliest interstates.
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