Work is now progressing rapidly on overpass and roadway construction that will extend the State Highway 35 freeway and serve the new TPCO America Corp. pipe manufacturing plant.

Work began in May 2011 and is now more than 60% complete with bridge structures in place. The project that extend the freeway by 1.5 miles and improve safety at the busy intersection northeast of Gregory. The $11.9 million project is being built by Haas-Anderson Construction.

The project includes an overpass/underpass at the intersection of SH 35 and FM 136 and will provide access improvements to the TPCO site. There is no highway access to the plant site from State Highway 361 because of the Union Pacific rail yard which will also provide rail service to TPCO. All truck and employee traffic will enter and exit from the SH 35 frontage road. The new underpass at FM 136 will allow traffic to U-turn and get back to US 181 heading either to Corpus Christi or to the northwest toward Sinton.