Project Update: Airport Freeway, I-820 and I-35WTownhall Meeting for State Representatives Stephanie

Klick and Jonathan SticklandMonday, May 12

Rebuilding existing general purpose lanes

Improving/expanding frontage roads

Adding TEXpress lanes

Project Overview

• Improved mobility along the most congested corridors in Texas

• Road capacity nearly doubled- Reconstructed main

lanes (free)- Expanded frontage

roads- Four new managed

toll lanes (two in each direction)

Project Benefits

• Managed lane network to extend from North Dallas to downtown Fort Worth

• 2,100 workers along the corridor• 160 companies• 190+ DBE contract awards• $1.299 billion spent on construction• $1.5 million spent per day (avg.)• Spurring new economic development

throughout corridor

Economic Impact

New Outback Steakhouse in Hurst

• Ordinary maintenance, cleaning and mowing

• Assistance to motorists in need

• Snow and ice removal

• Incident response

Operations & Maintenance

PROGRESS• Project is approximately 90% completed• Roadway will open in late 2014 – six

months ahead of schedule• Opened new WB Grapevine

Hwy. 26 on-ramp• Re-opened EB Iron Horse on-ramp• Re-opened WB Iron Horse off-ramp• Re-opened EB off-ramp to Industrial Blvd.• Final pavement placed along eastbound

and westbound frontage roads Central Dr. to Murphy Dr./Westpark Way

Segments 1 & 2Airport Freeway & Loop 820

Beach Street

Riverside Drive bridge

UPCOMING ACTIVITY• Placing final layers of asphalt along main

lanes and frontage roads• NOTE: Traffic shifted to TEXpress lanes

between Grapevine Hwy. 26 and Riverside Dr. in June

• Opening final configuration of Brown Trail• Opening final configuration of Forest

Ridge Dr.• Opening new eastbound Brown Trail

on-ramp

Segments 1 & 2Airport Freeway & Loop 820

Brown Trail

SH 121/183 Split

FINAL CONFIGURATIONThis map can be found at www.NTETEXpress.com

Segments 1 & 2Airport Freeway & Loop 820

I-35W Today

PROGRESS• Official groundbreaking: May 1• Right-of-way acquisition underway• Pre-construction work started• Geotechnical surveys being completed• Start heavy construction in 3Q 2014;

complete in 2018• Existing main lanes, frontage roads,

interchanges, bridges, ramps and overpasses will be reconstructed

• New TEXpress Lanes added in both directions

• Segment 3B construction underway

Segment 3AI-35W – Downtown Fort Worth to I-820 interchange (6.5 miles)

Project Website: www.NorthTarrantExpress.com

Information Hotline: 1-888-NTE-2015

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