2K22 (EP 43) US-75 in Dallas, Texas: The Central Expressway, “High Five” Interchange, & More

[@Mark-xl1ze]

Btw, DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) light rail runs under Central Expressway from Mockingbird to downtown Dallas.

[@tonylagergren5417]

Texas sure does have the most interesting interchanges.

[@InterstateKyle]

I agree 100%

[@donavanjohnson409]

The high five interchange is so nice

[@InterstateKyle]

My favorite interchange!

[@freewayelliott8083]

Texans really has the best interchanges in the world!

[@InterstateKyle]

Yes! I could drive through them everyday and never get tired of it!

[@SigmaRho2922]

Interstate 45 was planned to be extended from Dallas to Tulsa over Interstate 345 and US-75, but the segment in Oklahoma was never built aside from a few interchanges.

[@georgerogers1166]

If they allow tolls on the Oklahoma Portion it would be built.

[@gsnman]

Downtown McKinney is awesome! I love going to Arcade92.

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

This is literally my favorite stretch of freeway in the Dallas side of the Metroplex.

[@InterstateKyle]

Mine too and it’s not even an interstate.

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

@@InterstateKyle, yeah, I agree. One of the best non interstates out there. Others are TX 114 in the Metroplex and TX Spur 366, just to name a few.

[@khagemann7462]

121 and 408 are pretty good too

[@mattwiser8406]

Good one again! Never been on U.S. 75 in the Dallas area, so thanks for showing it. How many more do you have for the D/FW area?

[@InterstateKyle]

Thank you! Next weeks episode is the last one from DFW.

[@trevorjameson3213]

If you come to Dallas, you should do the drive on U.S.75 from the High-Five interchange, south to downtown Dallas. MUCH more impressive views that direction, especially as you get within visual range of downtown. Another great drive with excellent views of downtown and uptown is IH-35E heading south into the downtown area. Of course there are plenty of other great routes to see in this area too.

[@dwood78part23]

The "High Five Interchange" is the highlight here. A shame our road tour of Texas will be coming to a close soon

[@InterstateKyle]

Next weeks episode is the last full episode in Texas.

[@paulkieferjr5178]

I sometimes wish that I-45 had been extended past Dallas down US 75 northward.

[@interstate4528]

I need to be extended by replacing US 75 from downtown Dallas to I-44 in Tulsa. JS....

[@eblu_]

The High Five is a wonder of infrastructural engineering right up until you try to drive through it during rush hour, in which it becomes the bane of your existence and begins a personal shift towards advocating against car-centric infrastructure

[@Mark-xl1ze]

This part of Central Expressway used to be one of, if not the worst freeway section in the country IMO. Used to be four lanes with constant traffic until they finally expanded the freeway in the '90s.

[@ryanphillips8562]

What's the last song used?

[@MarkAHoltz]

What's preventing TxDOT from renaming I-345 to I-45 and co-signing this section as US-75/I-45?

[@InterstateKyle]

I heard I-345 is being demolished sometime in the future, so that could be a big reason why.

[@chrisengrace]

@@InterstateKyle 345 will be rebuilt like US 75 here, sunken and lower than the the ground. TXDOT is now saying that the demolition of the freeway and subsequent conversion to boulevards will be detrimental to the flow of traffic due to high car volumes

[@freewayelliott8083]

@@InterstateKyle They’ll probably sink the freeway far below in a trench so it would be out of sight of the residents, or better yet a tunnel once the viaduct goes down. Certainly a boulevard wouldn’t help with the high traffic volumes in the area.

[@MATTMEISTER1]

DFW NOW OVER 8 MILL.HOUSTON UNDER 3

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