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The big picture
Traffic counts along roads with expansion projects 1 Spur 399 (near Medical City Drive)
Future Current Construction project key:
75
5
Roadwork is underway in southeast McKinney to expand Spur 399 with a vision to eventually extend the highway around the city. The Texas Department of Transportation broke ground on a $157 million project this summer to expand the existing Spur 399 from four to six lanes. The project is one of three separate segments that aim to connect Spur 399 to US 380, TxDOT Public Information Officer Madison Schein said. Construction of the extension is estimated to cost $983 million in total to “address the congestion and improve mobility” in eastern Collin County, she said in an email. The second and third segments will construct an eight-lane freeway with frontage roads along McKinney National Airport’s east side. Officials expect to award a construction contract for the second segment in a few years, Schein said. Council member Justin Beller, whose district includes East McKinney, said construction is moving fast on the first segment. “They are aggressive with it, which is a good thing and a bad thing for those that live around it and those that have to drive through it,” he said. “But it means that they’re working to get this done as quick as possible, which will be a big relief for all of us who have to deal with the effects.”
W . U N I V E R S I T Y D R .
POWER HOUSE ST.
2024 2023 2022
36.2K 35.8K
New Hope
32.6K
N. MCDONALD ST.
2 Spur 399 (south of Harry McKillop Boulevard)
McKinney
380
2024 2023 2022
46.8K 46.4K
5
ELM ST.
40.4K
3
ELDORADO PKWY.
4 SH 5 (near intersection with Elm Street) 3 Industrial Boulevard 25.7K 25.4K 28.2K 2024 2023 2022
4
399
2
MEDICAL CENTER DR.
INDUSTRIAL BLVD.
546
HARRY MCKILLOP BLVD.
1
2024 2023 2022
23.2K 22.9K 22.1K
5
5
Fairview
5 South McDonald Street (south of Spur 399/SH 5) 2024 11K 2023 12.5K 2022 10.3K
S. MCDONALD ST.
75
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SOURCES: CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Zooming out
current projects in McKinney, Beller said. “Thoroughfares like this are what’s going to make all that possible,” he said. “Gridlock is going to slow that down, and so this is a vital corridor for Collin County.”
Spur 399 and US 380 in the coming years, TxDOT officials said. Spur 399’s extension and the US 380 bypass are “massive” in providing access to communities like Princeton and Farmersville while supporting
The Spur 399 extension isn’t the only major project planned in Collin County. TxDOT officials are also planning the US 380 bypass, an eight-lane controlled access freeway through north McKin- ney. More than $8 billion is planned for projects on
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