Road & Highway Crossings in Greater Houston
The standard crossing here runs 80 to 400 feet under pavement that floats on the same wet clay as everything else. The bore is routine for a crew that drills this ground daily; the preparation is the job — city or county ROW permits (and this metro has dozens of jurisdictions plus unincorporated Harris County's own rules), TxDOT's utility-installation process on state corridors, and potholing everything the locate paint claims plus whatever it missed.
Straight talk for property owners: open-ground runs on your own lot trench cheaper than they bore, and we'll tell you that on the first call rather than sell you a rig you don't need. Where a public road forces the issue, a real crossing project starts at a $10,000 minimum — mobilization, locates, traffic control, and a crew have a floor.
For utilities and GCs: alignment, product spec, and the authority-of-record gets you a quote with the permit scope, traffic control, and vac-ex hours already counted.
Straight answers
Do you handle unincorporated-county road crossings?
Yes — unincorporated Harris County and the surrounding counties each permit their own roads, and the county packages differ from the cities'. We prepare the right one for the road you're actually crossing.
What about crossing a drainage ditch along the road?
Roadside ditches that belong to the drainage network bring the district into the permit picture even on a short shot. We flag it at scope so the review time is in the schedule, not a surprise.