TRAFFIC COUNTS According to projections from the North Central Texas Council of Governments, the traffic in the I-35W corridor near the Alliance area of Fort Worth will nearly double by 2045. Vehicles traveling north of North Tarrant Parkway on I-35W in: 2022 = 2,000 cars = Projected traffic 2045*
FOLLOW THE SIGNS The road work on I-35W from US 81/US 287 to Eagle Parkway will add express lanes to the configuration as the road is being expanded. Road configuration Key
Existing lanes New lanes TEXpress entrance/exit ramps
Frontage road
Main lanes
Frontage road
99,000 per day
187,000 per day
*NOTE: 2045 NUMBERS ARE PROJECTIONS.
SOURCES: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS/COMMUNITY IMPACT
one of the partners working on the Interstate 35W Improvement Project. Road work underway According to TxDOT officials, the stretch of I-35W from I-30 north to Eagle Parkway, just north of Perot Field Alliance Airport, is ranked sixth on the state’s most congested roadways list. But TxDOT and other transportation entities have made significant headway in that corridor. That section of I-35W is the third phase of the North Tarrant Express project, which is dedicated to improv- ing mobility along I-35W, northeast I-820 and SH 121/183 Airport Freeway. It is broken up into three segments:
3A extends from I-30 to I-820; 3B runs from I-820 to US 81/US 287; and 3C is the portion from US 81/US 287 to Eagle Parkway. Construction is com- plete on segments 3A and 3B. According to a TxDOT project tracker, 13% of Segment 3C is com- plete. The first bridge beams have been installed, and work continues on the future I-35W main lanes at North Tarrant Parkway. According to business owners in the Alliance Town Center area, relief from the construction cannot come soon enough. There are four closures in Segment 3C that have various opening times in 2023, according to TxDOT’s website.
First, the on-ramp to southbound I-35W from Golden Triangle Boule- vard will be closed until March 15. Traffic will be redirected to the next entrance at Heritage Trace Parkway. Second, the on-ramp to southbound I-35W from Westport Parkway will be closed until March 31. Traffic will be redirected to the next entrance at SH 170. Third, the on-ramp to south- bound I-35W from Alliance Boulevard will be closed until April 30. Traffic will be redirected to the next entrance at Westport Parkway. Fourth, the off- ramp from southbound I-35W to SH 170 will be closed until Sept. 30. Traf- fic will be redirected to the previous exit at Westport Parkway.
Multiple long-term lane closures are also affecting traffic in Segment 3C, and motorists should expect delays through September. “The groups that are here feel like [the construction] has hurt their sales just because it’s been a lot more dif- ficult to get in and out in terms of getting off the highway,” Miller said. “Once it gets done, I think we all feel like it’s going to be way better. Peo- ple can get in easier and get back out easier. It will be much easier to navigate.”
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