Mural of West's Czech culture included in I-35 expansion - West, TX
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A mural celebrating West’s Czech heritage is the first in a coming series of highway art projects to appear along Interstate 35 in Central Texas.
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Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/28/2017
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Waco Trib
The mural, which depicts a couple dancing to a three-piece polka band, went up this month on a retaining wall near the northwest intersection of I-35 and Oak Street.
“You can see where it breaks up the wall and the monotony of that brick,” Mayor Tommy Muska said, pointing at the mural on a recent morning. “It gives it a little personality.”
The Texas Department of Transportation is incorporating the art as it expands I-35 to six lanes through the Waco district, which extends from Hillsboro south to Salado.
Murals also are planned in Abbott, Bruceville-Eddy, Troy and Salado as the project progresses, each designed with help from local residents and an eye toward evoking a sense of place, said Jodi Wheatley, a TxDOT spokeswoman.