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The Horseshoe Project was a $798 million [1] highway project that upgraded the congested Mix Master interchange in Downtown Dallas, Texas, connecting Interstate 35E (I-35E) and Interstate 30 (I-30). Construction began during the spring of 2013 and ended in 2017.
The Texas Legislature created the Texas Highway Department in 1916 to administer federal highway construction and maintenance. In 1975, its responsibilities increased when the agency merged with the Texas Mass Transportation Commission, [3] resulting in the formation of the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation. [4] [5] [6]
The High Five Interchange is one of the first five-level stack interchanges built in Dallas, Texas.Located at the junction of the Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway (Interstate 635, or I-635) and the Central Expressway (U.S. Highway 75, or US 75), it replaces an antiquated combination interchange constructed in the 1960s.
In 1992, the 3,200 miles (5,100 km) of Interstate Highway System in Texas was completed with the opening of a six-mile (9.7 km) section of I-27. In 1997, the Texas Turnpike Authority was merged with TxDOT and independently, the North Texas Turnpike Authority became responsible for toll projects in Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant counties. [6]
U.S. Route 80 (also known as U.S. Highway 80 and US 80) is a U.S. highway that begins in the state of Texas in Dallas at an interchange with I-30.US 80 runs in an east–west direction for most of its length from Dallas to Louisiana.
Farm to Market Road 700 (FM 700) is located in Howard County.It runs from Business I-20 in Big Spring to US 87 north of Big Spring.. FM 700 was designated on November 8, 1946, from US 80 (now Business I-20) west of Big Spring to the north boundary of the U.S. Air Force Training School area (later Webb Air Force Base).
Jul. 10—In early July, TxDOT published the draft 2025 Unified Transportation Plan for public comments. This year the only additions were projects either added through utilization of locally ...
The Texas Turnpike Authority (TTA) began construction on the state's first toll road, the Dallas–Fort Worth Turnpike, in 1955 and opened the road in 1957. Original plans were for the bonds on the Turnpike to be retired in 1995; however, the bonds were retired in 1977 (17 years ahead of schedule) and tolls were then removed from the road ...