DFW: US 380 freeway in Collin and Denton counties

[Anthony_JK]

That would make it more like a "Jersey freeway" like what Alt US 90 is in southwest Houston. Would that be a suitable makeshift solution until a full freeway is affordable? 

[Bobby5280]

The approach of just doing grade separations at intersections will have to suffice for the time being. And they're going to need to grade-separate at least half a dozen or more intersections between the US-377 split and DNT to get US-380 functioning more like a free-flowing corridor. Even once all the grade separation projects under construction are completed US-380 will still have too many traffic signaled intersections.

Hopefully any utility relocation work they've already done have shifted things far enough out of the ROW in order to allow for a future Interstate quality upgrade.

[Road Hog]

I used to take First Street/Fishtrap Road as an E-W alternate but I'm glad to say 380 is much better now ... as long as you stay east of Gee Road/720. Still a bunch of lights west of there.

[Plutonic Panda]

Update. Not much but fortunately getting closer and closer to construction:

https://collincountyjournal.com/posts/collin-county-txdot-us-380-land-sale-2026/?fbclid=IwdGRleARuUatleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEebF5O-zMRQ6sXYjXujaolYrCDmrE2Sx8_OeR8QBiHtbtNYdGpqY3PK0hIxwk_aem_ygOkaxi9fd6o-S7uueWlRQ