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Dallas County

Dallas

Southerly view from the Hall Street overpass towards Downtown Dallas and the Woodhull Rodgers Freeway (Spur 366) interchange.

Dallas County

Dallas

Northerly view from the Hall Street overpass.  Residential towers, like the one situated to the east of the freeway in this photo, are uncommon in Texas.

Dallas County

Dallas

Southerly view from the Lemon Avenue overpass towards Downtown Dallas.

Dallas County

Dallas

Two views looking northerly from Lemon Avenue overpass.  The pictured concrete lattice work was erected as a means of improving freeway aesthetics along the Central Expressway corridor.  TxDOT pays particular detail to aesthetics along modern urban freeways.

Dallas County

Dallas

Southerly view approaching Downtown Dallas along the Central Expressway.

Dallas County

Dallas

View looking northerly approaching the Southwestern Boulevard overpass.

Dallas County

Dallas

Southerly view from the Southwestern Boulevard overpass.  The DART elevated guideway is visible to the left of the freeway.  DART's Red Line runs parallel to US-75 between Downtown Dallas and Plano.

Dallas County

Dallas

Northerly view from the Southwestern Boulevard overpass

Dallas County

Dallas

Southerly view from the Caruth Haven Lane overpass.  The Central Expressway was rehabilitated and widened to its current configuration during a series of contracts that took place in the 1990s.  Before that, the Central Expressway was constructed in the late 1940s and early 1950s and was severely substandard and chronically congested.

Dallas County

Dallas

Two views looking northerly from the Caruth Haven Lane overpass towards the Northwest Highway interchange.  The ramps to and from the Northwest Highway by-pass the US-75 frontage roads.

Dallas County

Dallas

This view looks northerly from north of the Park Lane overpass.

Dallas County

Dallas

Approaching the Park Lane interchange from the north.

Dallas County

Dallas

US-75 South descends a long shallow grade between Forest and Royal Lanes.

Dallas County

Dallas

Northerly view approaching the High-Five interchange between US-75 and I-635.

Dallas County

Dallas

This view looks northerly along US-75 at the northbound off-ramp to I-635.  When this photo was taken, there was a traffic collision in the southbound lanes of US-75 causing traffic delays on some of the High-Five ramps.

Dallas County

Dallas

Southerly view from the Churchill Road overpass.  Between Downtown Dallas and the High-Five interchange, US-75 maintains a consistent eight-lane cross-section.

Dallas County

Dallas

A series of three views looking northerly from the Churchill Road overpass towards the High-Five interchange.

Dallas County

Dallas

View looking northerly through the High-Five interchange.  From this interchange northerly, US-75 has a separated HOV lane.  Traffic bound for the HOV lane is directed to the frontage road where access is then provided to the median of the freeway via an overhead structure.

Dallas County

Dallas

This view looks towards the High-Five interchange from the northeast frontage road intersection.  The Frontage Roads for both US-75 and I-635 are the second level of the High-Five interchange.

Dallas County

Dallas

Two views looking northerly along US-75 from the westbound I-635 frontage road.

Dallas County

Dallas

View driving southerly through the High-Five interchange.  A photographer could take an infinite number of photographs of this interchange and still not accurately capture its massive scale.

Dallas County

Dallas

Northerly view from the high-level ramp that links I-635 East to US-75 North.

Dallas County

Dallas

Southbound signage at the I-635 interchange.  TxDOT often paints route markers along the pavement of the freeway at large systems interchanges.  In my opinion, this greatly improves navigation through an interchange.

Dallas County

Dallas

View looking southerly underneath the wishbone structure that links the southbound HOV lane to the southbound Frontage Road.

Dallas County

Dallas

Two southerly views from the Midpark Road overpass.  The High-Five interchange is somewhat hidden beyond the HOV wishbone structure.

Dallas County

Dallas

Northerly view from the Midpark Road overpass.  US-75 has a Managed (HOV) Lane in each direction northerly through Richardson and Plano for over 10 Miles.  The Managed Lane in the US-75 Corridor was achieved by eliminating the inside freeway shoulders and restriping it as a lane.

Dallas County

Dallas

Advanced signage for the I-635 High-Five interchange.

Collin County

Richardson

View looking southerly approaching the Gatalyn Parkway overpass.  Note that the interchange sequence sign along the right side of the freeway includes distances to major freeway junctions only.  "IH" is a standard abbreviation for an interstate highway in Texas.

Collin County

Richardson

This view looks southerly from just south of the President George Bush Turnpike interchange.  The fifth southbound (general purpose) lane ends just beyond the exit to the frontage road.

Collin County

Richardson

Southerly view approaching the President George Bush Turnpike interchange.  The interchange with the President George Bush Turnpike was opened to traffic in 1997.

Collin County

Richardson

Northbound view at the signage for the President George Bush Turnpike interchange.

Collin County

Richardson

Northerly view at the President George Bush Turnpike.  The mainline lanes of the President George Bush Turnpike are the top level of this four-level stack interchange.

Collin County

Plano

Two views looking southerly towards the President George Bush Turnpike interchange.  Probably the most striking feature about this stack interchange is its compactness.  All of the ramp connections have only a single lane, and the ramp geometry is best described as tight.

Collin County

Plano

Southbound signage for the President George Bush Turnpike interchange.  Unlike some of the other area toll roads, this tollway is not signed with a distinctive shield.  The signs for the Turnpike are fairly non descript compared to other Dallas area arterial roads.

Collin County

Plano

Southerly view approaching the Parker Road interchange in Plano

Collin County

Plano

Northerly view north of Legacy Drive.

Collin County

Allen

Approaching the Bethany Drive interchange along US-75 North.  The end of the Managed Lane ahead is the first egress point from the lane since the High-Five interchange in Dallas.

Collin County

Allen

Advanced signage for the Sam Rayburn Tollway.  The Sam Rayburn Tollway was originally conceived as a freeway alignment for Texas 121.  Due to mounting budget concerns, the highway was instead tolled and is now operated by the North Texas Tollway Authority (NNTA).  Texas 121 follows the tollway's frontage roads.

Collin County

Allen

Signage for the Sam Rayburn Tollway interchange at the Ridgeview Drive overpass.

Collin County

Allen

Southerly view along US-75 from the Ridgeview Drive overpass. 

Collin County

Allen

Two views looking northerly from the Ridgeview Drive overpass towards the large four-level stack interchange between US-75 and the Sam Rayburn Tollway.  This interchange was completed and fully opened to traffic in 2011.

Collin County

Allen

Driving northerly through the Sam Rayburn Tollway interchange at the ramp to the Eldorado Parkway.