Expect months of construction at this busy southwest Fort Worth intersection
Fort Worth expects to begin roughly 10 months of construction at the intersection of South Hulen Street and West Risinger Road on May 5, city officials announced during a virtual presentation April 24.
The 2022 bond project promises several upgrades to the busy junction: repositioned left-turn lanes; new signals, ramps and pavement markings; and revamped crosswalks and sidewalks. The entire undertaking will cost the city $2.8 million, according to the project webpage.
City analysts estimated in 2023 that 30,000 vehicles passed through the intersection every day, making the crossing, in engineer speak, “heavily trafficked.” The roads converge in between several built-out subdivisions; North Crowley High School is a two- to four-minute drive south.
The intersection’s layout and activity produced almost 18.8 crashes a year between 2018 and 2022, according to city calculations. Engineers hope to minimize collisions by creating “positive offsets” for all of the crossing’s left-turn lanes — separating them slightly from other lanes to make turning vehicles easier to spot from other directions.
The city had planned to begin construction last fall. Now slated to begin work early next month, construction crews are scheduled to finish the project by Feb. 28, 2026. They plan to work 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday to meet their target.
This story was originally published April 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM.
