I-45 & US 75 North - The Central Expressway - Dallas - Texas - 4K Highway Drive

I-45 northbound into Dallas, TX where it ends and continues as The Central Expressway (US 75) through the northern suburbs. Includes the iconic "High-Five Interchange" with I-635.
Filmed: January 2023
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From Wikipedia:
Central Expressway is a north-south highway in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex in Texas (USA) and surrounding areas. The best-known section is the North Central Expressway, a name for a freeway section of U.S. Highway 75 between downtown Dallas and Van Alstyne, Texas. The southern terminus is south of the Woodall Rodgers Freeway at exit 284C of "hidden" Interstate 345 (signed as Interstate 45 southbound and US 75 northbound). From there, Central Expressway becomes the South Central Expressway, the northernmost portion of which was renamed César Chávez Boulevard on April 9, 2010.
Time Stamps:
Hutchins: 0:00
Dallas: 2:13
Richardson: 19:50
Plano: 24:39
Allen: 29:09
Fairview: 31:52
McKinney: 34:10
Melissa: 40:19

[@jonthegamerboy]

I love how TXDOT makes their entire freeway concrete, not just the overpasses, it’s so satisfying to listen to! Awesome drive btw!

[@MarcBookPro]

Houston and Dallas do, but Austin and San Antonio are pretty asphalt-heavy cities.

[@jonthegamerboy]

@@MarcBookPro I’m from Texas and there is some concrete between San Antonio and Austin, and the Austin Bypass is concrete as well

[@MarcBookPro]

And 183 in Austin is as well.

[@MasonColemanWright1234]

I 10 in San Antonio and Houston

[@GamingWithLondon]

@@jonthegamerboy Agreed. Not saying that he's wrong

[@leehines1260]

I wish I was back in Dallas like right now. Thanks for the memories.

[@PelicanGuy]

This highway from the Woodall-Rogers Freeway northward has aged well. Yet it's insane how much traffic it carries.

[@crollwtide9452]

Nicely done...and a great way to wrap up the trip too.

[@Rockett16]

Central expy was awarded for being one of the best urban highways in the country.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Well deserved. It's impressive how well it moves traffic with the population of the area.

[@Rockett16]

@Mileage Mike Travels I think you happened to driving during non rush hour because normally it's backed up solid from downtown to 635

[@stevengolden9009]

I lived in Dallas in the early 1970s and Central Expressway was horrible and dangerous in the day. KZbin has some video of it from a news report back then. Our family had moved away before they did the redesign.

[@swinde]

@@stevengolden9009 True. I drove on it in the early 1970s and the ramps were very short and difficult to use safely.

[@Graphics_Card]

I was just looking to see if you were going to do a Dallas video day before this was uploaded haha! You deliver!

[@MileageMikeTravels]

More to come!

[@MarsNeedsGuitars1]

Thanks for stopping at Buc_Eee's, I went in to see the Wall Of Jerky 🤣🤣

[@flydragon7256]

The High 5 is to Dallas as the Katy Freeway is to Houston and the Downtown Connector is to Atlanta. Everyone who records roads in these cities have those roads featured in the videos.

[@ScottMorrisIV]

The world famous High Five Stack Interchange.

[@JUSAGUYNKY]

2:30 BIG💙D‼️‼️

[@burnnotice5086]

14:59 The twin Gold Towers Business park at the Double Tree Hotel . Was the Campbell Center . Now, The Glide. Where Dallas was filmed CV liff Barnes Office .

[@dvferyance]

I noticed in parts of Plano and Allen they got rid of the median lights and replaced them with those big light towers.

[@bullinmd]

S. Central Expressway is TX 310 and is also known as S. M. Wright Expressway. I-45 is Julius Schepps Freeway. Central Expressway is routed across I-45 near the former JCT with US 175 to downtown Dallas where it splits into one-way streets. The opposite direction downtown is Pearl Expressway. Both one-way streets come back as a freeway right at the north end of I-345.

[@michaelepley1767]

Fantastic drive Mike, really enjoyed this video. If this highway was in North Carolina it definitely would be a interstate.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Oh yeah you know it. No freeway is safe from becoming an interstate in NC.

[@donavanjohnson409]

Yep right at interstate 30 interstate 45 ends and continues as us highway 75 Dallas's high five interchange 18:42

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Love that interchange

[@donavanjohnson409]

​@@MileageMikeTravels i been to Dallas but I have not seen it in person before

[@MasonColemanWright1234]

I been to Houston for day trip about 2 and 1/2 3 weeks ago

[@vidpie]

17:27... On either side, you can see the approaches of a 201-foot-long pedestrian/bicyclist bridge yet to be completed. They built the center section behind one of the retail strip centers, then wheeled and lifted it into place. Video of the 800,000 pound Northaven Trail Bridge being placed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIDTYoqJl5Vla80

[@markmoore8399]

40:33 Buc-ee's Blvd!!! 🤣

[@ace20016]

1)The Central Expressway between its southern terminus and the Dallas High Five Interchange with I-635 is one of the best looking urban highways if not the best. 2)All those destroyed traffic delineators from lane diving. Yikes

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Lol I've learned in Dallas to avoid that far left lane when possible. That's where all the craziness happens.

[@chrismartin4502]

R.I.P Mo3

[@vibrantgleam]

BRO THAT BUCEE'S IS LIKE 15 MINUTES FROM MY HOUSE LMAO

[@uzin0s256]

its just sprawl

[@dylan.2050]

Can u do Austin TX & San Antonio

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Soon

[@W-KeyTev_YT]

You should drive thru Oklahoma City

[@W-KeyTev_YT]

I’m not saying driving thru Dallas is a bad idea

[@Flawless_Shooter]

I have never been to Buc-ee’s

[@MasonColemanWright1234]

I have

[@ace20016]

If you ever in a state that has one, definitely check it out. Buc-ee’s have been expanding outside of Texas. I live in Florida. But the closes one to me is 60 miles north of where I live at.

[@MasonColemanWright1234]

@@ace20016 they’re building a Bucees about 80 miles which is an hour northwest of Orlando

[@ace20016]

@@MasonColemanWright1234 Florida getting another one? I know about the two off of I-95 in Volusia County and St John’s County.

[@NWIndianaElevators]

@@ace20016 Yup, there's going to be one in Ocala on I-75...

[@Paul_inDC]

Yo TX DOT: Y’all need to re-deck that viaduct where I-45 ends - 8:36 - that thing is patch city. Giving TX roads a bad name. Which is hard to do.

[@PelicanGuy]

They really do need to work on that.

[@case139]

@Paul_inDC TXDOT has a plan to depress that transition section under ground level in the future. Not sure if they have a timetable set for construction, but there are plans. I've seen the designs and it's all going to be good.

[@vidpie]

May 26, 2023: Dallas City Council Approves TxDOT Plan for I-345 Remodel After over a decade of debate, a major thoroughfare is set to be rebuilt after a vote by City Council. The city of Dallas is moving forward with a Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) plan to remodel Interstate 345. The expressway bridge dividing downtown and Deep Ellum will be torn down and rebuilt as a below-grade, six-lane trench with overpasses and a new deck park. -------- Part of the delay was due to some people advocating with doing away with that stretch of highway completely and replacing it with a street level boulevard. Not practical. "TxDOT said replacing I-345 with a boulevard would create more traffic and break the north-south connection, and the city would be on the hook for the construction costs. The removal could also cause potential civil rights violations and affect the city’s ability to get certain funding and support from the state and federal government, according to TxDOT."

[@ianp1745]

Why does that HOV barrier look so terrible? Do Texas drivers really suck that much?

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Lane diving appears to be the norm in these parts.

[@mistershaf9648]

Pls speed up ur vids

[@MileageMikeTravels]

There's an option to choose higher speed in your KZbin settings.

[@mistershaf9648]

TY very much

[@garyd.7372]

I watched this one at 2x speed; it didn't seem all that fast to me. Perhaps most Texas drivers drive at double the posted speed. Given the distances, you have to drive "briskly" to get anywhere in a decent amount of time. I knew a guy with the City of Dallas who synchronized the lights on city streets (signed for 35mph) to be optimized for their normal 50mph traffic flow. Then I moved to San Francisco which has streets (signed for 30mph) optimized for 20mph traffic flow. Yuck.