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The railway operated from 1908 to 1948. The station stood vacant until the City of Plano renovated it into the Interurban Railway Museum in 1990. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 10, 2005. The museum also displays Car 360, a restored railcar of the Texas Electric Railway, on the grounds.
Plano is Texas's largest city without an interstate highway. Plano opened a new interchange at Parker Rd. and U.S. 75 in December 2010. The single-point interchange is the first of its kind in Texas. The design is intended to reduce severe congestion at this interchange. According to reports, traffic congestion has been reduced by 50-75%.
1902 - Star-Courier newspaper begins publication. [3]1908 - Plano Station, Texas Electric Railway built. 1913 - Palace Theater in business. [4]1923 - City hall building constructed.
Plano Parkway, 15th Street: Access to CityLine/Bush station; 15th Street is former FM 544: 15.7: 25.3: 28B: Pres. George Bush Turnpike: Northbound entrance includes direct exit ramp onto 15th Street (exit 29) Plano: 16.5: 26.6: 29: Park Boulevard, 15th Street: No northbound exit; access to Medical Center of Plano; 15th Street is former FM 544: ...
However, most commuters at Parker Road simply switched to parking at Bush Turnpike station, which regularly approached capacity in the months following the change. [ 12 ] After the initiative failed to make a profit, DART opted to end it on April 2, 2014 when its contract with the private operator expired. [ 13 ]
Dubbed "Super Saturday", the event offered a free preview service between the Bush Turnpike, Downtown Plano, and Parker Road stations, as well as a Christmas parade. The ceremony also commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Northern Texas Traction Company , the first interurban in the modern-day Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex .
The highway runs northeast through industrial areas of Lewisville and turns to the north at an interchange with FM 3040 (Round Grove Road)/Denton Tap Road. Bus. North of here, SH 121-H runs by many residential areas before meeting I-35E. North of I-35E, the highway runs just south of the city's central business district and turns in a northeast ...
Southfork Ranch is a conference and event center in Parker, in the US state of Texas, 25 mi (40 km) north of Dallas. It includes the Ewing Mansion, the setting for the television series Dallas . A variety of tours are offered to the location.