Location US 90 from Loop 1604 to Loop 410 and Loop 410 from US 90 to
SH 151
Status Complete
Description Originally
a single project, this project was divided into two phases due
to funding limitations. The first consisted of
a package of improvements for US 90 between the
loops. Those improvements included expanding US 90 to six lanes
between Hunt Lane and Loop 1604 (the additional lane technically being
a very long auxiliary lane), converting the access roads to
one-way, straightening the access roads near Hunt Lane, reconfiguring
the westbound access road intersection at Hunt Lane, adding a new exit
ramp from westbound US 90 for Hunt Lane, and moving the entrance ramp
to
westbound US 90 from Loop 410 past Hunt Lane. A turnaround for
westbound to eastbound US 90 was constructed at Loop 1604, and a
second right-turn lane to northbound Loop 1604 was added. This phase
has been completed.
The
second phase constructed the first two connectors (flyovers) of an
eventual
fully-directional
interchange at Loop 410 and US 90. Specifically, this phase built
the eastbound US 90 to northbound Loop 410 and southbound Loop 410 to
westbound US 90 flyovers. The original iteration of this project only included the
eastbound to northbound connector. Additional funding was
subsequently allocated to add the southbound to westbound connector.
In
addition, on
northbound Loop 410, the exit ramp to Marbach was moved further
south to avoid conflicting with the new connector from US 90, and the
entrance ramp from Marbach and the exit ramp
to SH 151 was reversed (i.e. the exit to SH 151 now precedes
the entrance from Marbach.) On southbound Loop 410, the entrance
ramp from Marbach was moved further south to after the exit for US
90.
How
this
project will help Adding the elevated direct
connector from eastbound US 90 to northbound Loop 410 removes that
traffic from the current overburdened cloverleaf. Doing so has
significantly reduced the weaving on the eastbound collector road
in the interchange, thus making the
connection from southbound Loop 410 to eastbound US 90 flow more
smoothly. Moving the entrance and exit
ramps on Loop 410 near Marbach eliminated the conflicts caused
by traffic entering the freeway prior to traffic exiting for SH 151 and
US 90.
Timeline This project is complete. The eastbound to
northbound connector opened on November 2nd, 2018. The
southbound to westbound connector opened sometime around February 14th,
2019. Click here for
the latest status.
Schematic Click
on
the image below to open the detailed schematic for this
project from TxDOT with my own annotations added to help clarify and
explain the various elements. The schematic will
open in a new window that you can scroll and zoom. Note
that the southbound to westbound connector was added to this project
after this schematic was rendered; I have added it in its approximate
location.
(Note: the
schematic is somewhat large and may take a few seconds to open.)
Click
on image above to see larger schematic
Videos Below
are driver's view videos of the interchange flyovers shortly after
opening.
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