Interstate 635 - LBJ Express West

A left side ramp departs the LBJ Express lanes for an access road linking the tolled IH 635 lanes with TI Boulevard. TI Boulevard connects the LBJ Freeway with the corporate headquarters of Texas Instruments.

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Trailblazers for the LBJ Express lanes feature an IH 635 shield on a gold background.

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Passing under the access road linking the tolled lanes with TI Boulevard.

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A set of transponder readers collect tolls from westbound drivers along the LBJ Express as IH 635 passes through the Dallas High Five Interchange with U.S. 75 (Central Expressway).

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Exit 20 departs from the LBJ Freeway main travel lanes for Park Central Drive south and Hillcrest Road in North Dallas.

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The Dallas High Five Interchange was constructed between 2002 and December 2005 at a cost of $261 million. It replaced directional cloverleaf interchange between IH 635 and U.S. 75.

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A reversible ramp connects the LBJ Express lanes with the HOV lanes of U.S. 75 (Central Expressway).

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A concrete barrier separates the two westbound lanes of the LBJ Express from the four lane IH 635 west mainline in this scene at Coit Road.

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Another ingress point from the LBJ Freeway mainline provides access to the LBJ Express lanes in one half mile. Exit 21 leaves otherwise for SH 289 (Preston Road) and Montfort Drive at Valley View Center mall.

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The next westbound off-ramp of the LBJ Express lanes joins the LBJ Freeway service road ahead of SH 289 (Preston Road). SH 289 runs 53.70 miles from Loop 12 in south Dallas to Sh 56 in Southmayd. Preston Road parallels the Dallas North Tollway south to University Park and Highland Park.

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Passing over Hillcrest Road, the LBJ Express lanes advance one half mile to the slip ramp for SH 289 (Preston Road) and the Dallas North Tollway (DNT). A toll schedule sign displays the variable rates west to IH 35E and the TEXpress Lanes and the IH 635 mainline west to the President George Bush Turnpike (beyond IH 35).

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Dropping into the LBJ Canyon, the tolled IH 635 lanes split with the ramp for Preston Road (SH 289) and the DNT. The north-south toll road links IH 35E (Stemmons Freeway) in central Dallas with U.S. 380 at Prosper.

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A second toll collection point follows the Preston Road off-ramp.

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The entrance ramp for motorists emanating from Coit Road and the general travel lanes of the Central Expressway (U.S. 75) joins the LBJ Express lanes here.

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The IH 635 main travel lanes pass partially overhead as the LBJ Express lanes enter the LBJ Canyon below Preston Road (SH 289).

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The LBJ Express expands to six overall lanes west from Preston Road.

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The toll lanes pass below Montfort Drive on this stretch while speed limits are set at 70 miles per hour.

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Drivers emerge from the LBJ Canyon to pass to the cloverleaf interchange linking the LBJ Freeway with the Dallas North Tollway.

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C/d roadways connect IH 635 with the DNT, while Dallas Parkway travels above all lanes as the service road companions of the toll road.

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The tolled lanes sink back into the LBJ Canyon west from the DNT to Webb Chapel Road.

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Motorists continued uninterrupted west to Webb Chapel Road. Welch Road passes over the LBJ Freeway just beyond the depressed freeway beginning.

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Interstate 635 curves southward along the Farmers Branch and Dallas city line from the DNT to IH 35E (Stemmons Freeway).

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Reassurance marker for Express Toll IH 635 posted as the managed lanes pass below Midway Road.

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Valley View Lane veers west across the LBJ Express lanes toward Brookhaven College.

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Two miles remain along the LBJ Express lanes to the exchange with IH 35E (Stemmons Freeway) and the TEXpress Lanes.

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A slip ramp follows in one quarter mile for Webb Chapel Road north to Farmers Branch and south to the Koreatown neighborhood of Dallas.

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The Webb Chapel Road off-ramp joins the westbound service road ahead of Dallas Medical Center. Webb Chapel Road comprises a multi lane arterial north to Belt Line Road at Carrollton and south to Bachman Lake.

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Interstate 635 passes under Marsh Lane by this shield assembly.

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Scene along the LBJ Express lanes west of Marsh Lane.

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Approaching the Webb Chapel Road over crossing. The tolled lanes include full outside shoulders.

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The southbound ramp for IH 35E (Stemmons Freeway) toward Downtown Dallas departs in one quarter mile. An ensuing two lane ramp takes motorists onto the TEXpress Lanes south toward Loop 12 (Walton Walker Boulevard) and north toward Denton County.

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A closer look at the Express Toll IH 635 shield at the Webb Chapel Road overpass.

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Interstate 35E leads south 12 miles to Downtown Dallas and 70 miles to recombine with IH 35W at Hillsboro.

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A slip ramp departs the LBJ Express lanes to combine with the departing ramp from the general IH 635 lanes for the TEXpress Lanes of IH 35E. The lanes currently end just north of IH 635. Work through 2018 extends them into Denton County.

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Beyond the lane drop for IH 35E, four lanes of the LBJ Express lanes elevate to cross over the Stemmons Freeway mainline and parallel Loop 354 (Harry Hines Boulevard).

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The highest flyover at IH 35E takes drivers south onto the TEXpress lanes. Some of the original left side ramps remain in service between IH 635 west to IH 35E south and from south to east.

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The tolled lanes of IH 635 west end just beyond the exchange with IH 35E (Stemmons Freeway). Motorists bound for Luna Road must move across four lanes for the subsequent exit.

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