What's going on at this intersection? I usually bypass this area on my way to work, but drove down Stemmons from Vista Ridge the other day and noticed that some sort of overpass is being built. Any ideas what this is and where it's going?
In article <332iqs$...@search01.news.aol.com>, unipac...@aol.com
(UniPacker) writes:
It's probably 190. I think it it will run from at least Irving to Plano. It will be great when it is done. Unfortunately I heard it has been taken over by the Texas Turnpike Authority so it will cost you to use it.
In article <332npu$...@search01.news.aol.com>, jnsae...@aol.com (JNSAEGER) writes:
>It's probably 190. I think it it will run from at least Irving to Plano.
Someone e-mailed me that this is just going to give Frankford access to south-bound I-35... Seems like a lot of $$$ and time just to add another ramp to Stemmons...
Hey -- just on an off chance... Are you John Saeger? As in John Saeger who used to work for M/A/R/C in Irving? If so, I'm one of your old co-workers. If not, then never mind...
I'm rarely over there but it's probably the 190/I35 interchange.
The 190 (George Bush Freeway) will loop around from I35 from around Frankford along the Plano/N Dallas, Plano/Richardson lines and then through Richardson down to I30. There is talk of making it a toll road so it can be finished sooner.
In article <3334ql$...@lovecraft.convex.com>, wilk...@sabre.convex.com
(Richard Wilkins) writes: >The 190 (George Bush Freeway) will loop around from I35 from around >Frankford along the Plano/N Dallas, Plano/Richardson lines and then >through Richardson down to I30.
Is it really going to be called the George Bush Freeway??? I hadn't known that. Aren't you supposed to be DEAD before they name a freeway for you???
: In article <3334ql$...@lovecraft.convex.com>, wilk...@sabre.convex.com
: (Richard Wilkins) writes:
: Is it really going to be called the George Bush Freeway??? I : hadn't known that. Aren't you supposed to be DEAD before : they name a freeway for you???
... or at least an o.k. president. Maybe the half destroyed central expy should be called Bush Freeway. Of course, then they'd have to cut all funding to any art projects in north dallas... and raise the property taxes on Galleries along the access road.
In a previous article, unipac...@aol.com (UniPacker) wrote:
>Is it really going to be called the George Bush Freeway??? I >hadn't known that. Aren't you supposed to be DEAD before >they name a freeway for you???
You have to be dead before they put you on a stamp. George Bush Drive was in College Station not too long after Bush was elected. Part of the successful attempt to gain the George Bush Presidential Library which is currently located in an old bowling alley.
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:: In article <3334ql$...@lovecraft.convex.com>, wilk...@sabre.convex.com
:: (Richard Wilkins) writes:
:: Is it really going to be called the George Bush Freeway??? I :: hadn't known that. Aren't you supposed to be DEAD before :: they name a freeway for you???
:... or at least an o.k. president. Maybe the half destroyed central expy :should be called Bush Freeway. Of course, then they'd have to cut all :funding to any art projects in north dallas... and raise the property :taxes on Galleries along the access road.
I think George Bush is an appropriate name because: * it goes around in circles * there's nothing in the middle * if it ever gets finished, it'll cost you an arm and a leg to use it.
Hmm... Perhaps the Bill Clinton Frwy might be more appropriate.
(flames to /dev/null -- I didn't vote for either of them.)
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UniPacker (unipac...@aol.com) wrote: > In article <332npu$...@search01.news.aol.com>, jnsae...@aol.com (JNSAEGER) > writes: > >It's probably 190. I think it it will run from at least Irving to Plano. > Someone e-mailed me that this is just going to give Frankford > access to south-bound I-35... Seems like a lot of $$$ and time > just to add another ramp to Stemmons...
It is needed. The reason is because they are going to have to shut down the Trinity Mills interchange at some point to completely remake it and they need an alternative. The reason Trinity Mills will be remade is because 1) that is where 190 really will be and 2) it gets flooded out every time there is a heavy rain.
jmsc...@setex.august.com (John Mason Scott) writes: :Will Frankford be extended to 35, through Carrolton? :Where will 190 run, east to west, north of Frankford from Carrolton :to 75?
It will follow Trinity Mills from I-35 to Kelly, then cut northeast, crossing Marsh north of Frankford,, and finally hitting Preston just south of Plano Pkwy. Then it will cut east to hit Coit near Frankford (that intersection is being built right now). THen over 75 and into Garland where it's already open.
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Making SR-190 a toll road is a great idea, right! I can see it now the LBJ Freeway being backed up for miles and SR-190 having little traffic. If you do not believe this, then take a look at Beltway 8 in Houston. I-610 is like Central Expressway (distressway) during rush hours and Beltway 8 has a very low traffic flow.
I do admit the Dallas North Tollway is now being used more frequently, but the traffic flow on either Stemmons or Central is much higher. Too bad that the State of Texas, Carrollton, Plano and Dallas have lost sight of the main purpose of SR-190, that is, to fix LBJ. Also, SR-190 is going to be sorely need, when they get to fixing the broken LBJ/Central interchange (malfunction junction).
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In article j...@lovecraft.convex.com, wilk...@sabre.convex.com (Richard Wilkins) writes:
>I'm rarely over there but it's probably the 190/I35 interchange.
>The 190 (George Bush Freeway) will loop around from I35 from around >Frankford along the Plano/N Dallas, Plano/Richardson lines and then >through Richardson down to I30. There is talk of making it a toll >road so it can be finished sooner.
More than talk. The Texas Turnpike Authority was busy handing out survey cards on the entrance and exit ramps on Central near the 190 interchange last week. Dollars to donuts they were collecting data to support conversion to a toll road. My responses won't support this, however; 190 will not affect my Frisco-to-Richardson commute. Now, if they want to talk about expanding Custer from 121 to Legacy...
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UniPacker <unipac...@aol.com> wrote: >Is it really going to be called the George Bush Freeway??? I >hadn't known that. Aren't you supposed to be DEAD before >they name a freeway for you???
Maybe they'll solve that by getting him down here for a dedication AFTER the highway opens ... ;-)
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In article <1994Aug22.08105...@rhine.is.rice.edu>, Nick Metrowsky writes: > Someone listed several reason for naming SR-190 after George Bush, here's > another one: So people can run him over everyday, like they do to LBJ now!
What do you mean "run over"? LBJ is an oversized parking lot - isn't it?
Jim Pritchett
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