Causeway widening project draws closer





The widening of the State Highway 334 causeway connecting Gun Barrel City and Seven Points is scheduled to begin within two years at a cost of $32 million, according to Texas Department of Transportation officials.


Chief Engineer Bill Hale told a delegation of Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce officials Feb. 7, 2017, that the environmental impact study is complete, and that all permits are approved for the construction project, according to the Athens Daily Review.


The bridges will be widened to four lanes, and they will be raised to allow boat traffic underneath them.

The Cedar Creek Lake delegation traveled to Austin to visit elected representatives for Cedar Creek Lake and Athens Day. They met with Rep. Lance Gooden, Rep. John Wray and Sen. Robert Nichols.


The project has been planned for more than a decade. The bridges were built in the 1960s. Increased traffic have made the bridges dangerous. Accidents and lane closures with long traffic delays are common.




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GOOD. Water slightly stained; 85 degrees; 0.26 feet above pool. Big numbers of white bass and several trophy-class hybrid stripers have hit the deck. We are consistently finding the best action in 15–22 feet of water. Good go-to setups include a variety of slabs, sometimes paired with 2–3 jigs above, and the always-reliable yellow bladed jig using the proven saw tooth retrieve technique. Trolling spoons at 3 mph in 13–17 feet of water absolutely crushed the white bass. Water temperatures are currently holding around 83 degrees and will continue to rise as summer heats up over the next couple of weeks. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck’s Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. Fishing patterns remain consistent. Catfish are good anchoring on humps in 12-24 feet using small shad or cut shad on the bottom, or drifting larger cut carp, drum or big gizzard shad on flats in 10-25 feet all around the lake. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

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