I-14 in Texas

[sprjus4]

Unless I missed something in the presentation, I didn't see any mention about improving the I-35/Loop-363 interchange on the South side of Temple. That really has to be turned into a directional stack, and a pretty big one at that since I-35 would have separate express and general purpose lanes. Come to think of it, they'll also have to improve the I-14/I-35 interchange too.

If this proposal gets approved a whole bunch of commercial properties next to I-35 will have to be bought and cleared.

https://www.txdot.gov/projects/hearings-meetings/waco/2024/i14-extension-i35-from-loop121-in-belton-to-loop363us-190sh-36-in-temple.html

The website linked above has proposed schematics, although not fully detailed. But they give us a general idea of what TxDOT is considering. For the mainline widening, there's an option to either acquire right of way to the east or to the west of the highway.

For either end of the I-14 overlap, interchanges improvements are proposed. The southern interchange would have a direct connector added from I-14 East to I-35 South, and the northern interchange would two flyovers added for the I-14 movements only, and would be to the southeast of the actual interchange area, allowing traffic to transition at full interstate speeds since it's apart of the mainline I-14. That will require significantly takes though.

[longhorn]

Thank you for the link, guess have to wait to see how I-35 goes through the Belton I-14 interchange.