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Denton TX: US 380 (University Dr) recent modifications

Started by Brian556, October 14, 2013, 11:55:04 PM

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Brian556

Google satellite and streetview has updated to show the change. I had no idea that this had already been done. I was very surprised that they made the improvements in such a "jerry-rigged" fashion. This is no the usual for TxDOT. Normally they would completely reconstruct the roadway with all new comcrete in order to increase capacity.

https://maps.google.com/?ll=33.229631,-97.15343&spn=0.001593,0.00313&t=h&z=19


Road Hog

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Quote from: Brian556 on October 14, 2013, 11:55:04 PM
Google satellite and streetview has updated to show the change. I had no idea that this had already been done. I was very surprised that they made the improvements in such a "jerry-rigged" fashion. This is no the usual for TxDOT. Normally they would completely reconstruct the roadway with all new comcrete in order to increase capacity.

https://maps.google.com/?ll=33.229631,-97.15343&spn=0.001593,0.00313&t=h&z=19

TxDOT did something along those lines in west McKinney, along US 380 between Lake Forest and Custer Road. They just laid a curb along the shoulder, kept the original asphalt in the original lanes and turned the shoulder into a third lane each way.

bassoon1986

It's pretty weird. The worst is heading west when you leave the median at Cornell St. The lanes shift a good bit and if you don't immediately move left, you're straddling the rightmost and center lanes.

I also wish they would reduce the eastbound 380 two turning lanes to NB Bonnie Brae St. back to one turning lane. As it is now with the updates, the 3 lanes reduce to 2 crossing Bonnie Brae, then the third one returns. It's like the "added" lanes didn't help that intersection at all.



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