After Years of Waiting, Construction Finally Starts at the US-59 Empty Lot Outside Nacogdoches

Every day I drive on US-59, soon to be I-69, twice a day. In the morning I'm heading south to Lufkin, and in the evening, I'm returning north to Nacogdoches. And every day I pass a "Coming Soon" sign promising a new Chevron gas station that sits on a cleared piece of land near the Junction Antique Mall and the DPS weigh station.

I know that that particular piece of land has been cleared for at least five years, with nothing but a paved driveway on it. You can see this via Google Maps. However, this week, movement finally started happening.

Construction Work Finally Begins on Chevron Outside of Nacogdoches

Earlier this week when I drove by that empty lot, I almost missed some big changes taking place because I'm so used to seeing the empty lot by itself. But this particular time there was construction equipment and workers on-site.

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This is what I saw:

Q107, Mark Cunningham

Yes, the dirt work is just beginning, and they've got a LONG way to go before this is anywhere near complete. However, it's forward progress, and it's something new that's on the way.

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Naturally, it brings up a lot of other questions. Questions like, "How big is this going to be?" or "Is it going to have a restaurant of some kind built into it?" which obviously brings up this question: "Which restaurant is it?" These are the things that I think of, and that will be answered in due time.

Until then, all that we can do is speculate, and keep an eye on the progress. I'm curious to see if it gets done before the interstate road construction gets done. Looks like this could be a race to see which one gets done first!