16-40 Dallas #2 of 2: The LBJ Express & More 

Thank you for watching, hope you get back there.

Yeah, what Texas has done in the last 15-20 years is really impressive, don't sleep on Houston either, the new project to move and improve I-45 is amazing. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iUFK6KcBbGA.html

Thanks for the link. Your other video (Las Vegas Dusk Drive) clearly shows that Nevada roads are also extremely well maintained. Its one of my favorite videos.

You are welcome, and thank you on the LV video.

Everything is bigger in Texas

@@Freewayjim Mhm. I-45 ultimate project should've been constructed anyway. I-45 structure is just not for me. It's so old that you can never have a week without traffic before this virus even started.

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Even their "state routes" are better than most interstates given most of them are built to twice the interstate standards. There is one thing I hate about Texas freeways though, that is in the more rural areas, the offramps and onramps are very short and often throw you right into oncoming traffic (coming toward you) on the access road. Although they have to yield, I still find that very intimidating for someone who is coming from out of state. I love Texas freeways though, they're the icon of what American freeways should be like..I would kill to have them build freeways like they have them in Texas in Atlanta.. although we're getting those express lanes, we need more highways pretty bad. P.S. Sorry for cutting you off when I was trying to make my exit on the left +Freewayjim .. thats just kinda how we do it here in Texas.. lol

yeah but check how much we pay in tolls... I go through $40 each month on tolls alone haha

MikeAW2010 If only all traffic mishaps ended so nicely! You're alright.

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8:58 bad drivers never miss their exit

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Howie Feltersnatch it’s actually 65 mph. We just drive how fast we want lol

Timbob Fuckpants? LOL! I've not much to say because i'm STILL laughing at the name you chose! OMG that's too funny. I live in Arlington, but I've driven most of thr freeways in the DFW Metroplex. That LBJ Express is completely BADASS!!!!!! Take care

Thank you for the comment and for watching!

Thank nyou for the kind words, like they say in basketball, no harm, no foul :)

Thank you, got one more left that's pretty epic :)

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Thanks, yes, I'm sure you'll be even more impressed with it in person, it's pretty amazing stuff!

@@Freewayjim Trust me, everything when it's to underrated freeways looks better in person. When I saw Katy Freeway on RU-vid, I was impressed but wasn't like me actually being on it in person either way.

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Thank you and good luck!

Thank you, yes there really is a ton to see, and I could go back in a year or two and they'll be more to see and probably more construction somewhere too, lol.

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Yes, it's quite amazing, I was shocked to see that 75 MPH sign on the express lanes.

That extra speed literally comes at a price, LOL. Hopefully you can come back in a couple of years and do a video on TX 183 & 114 in Irving after they finish the Midtown Express project. While it will only be in its "interim" configuration, it will still be much better than is right now or even before the construction started.

I would hope to, so much will have probably changed, lol, thanks.

Freewayjim honestly, date I say it (and I never thought I'd hear myself say this since I'm a speed demon) but 75mph maayy just seem a little too quick through there!! If I just saw the road I would have guessed about 60mph!

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Thank you very much, yes that is a very cool ride, you be safe as well.

Thank you, the LBJ Express Lanes are indeed amazing (as is most of the Dallas Freeway system), I caught them in the opposite direction in 2019. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SatHadY9cbg.html

GGRTL1 Lol, I've been to 48 states in this great country. I'd take Dallas over literally any highly populated California city. Dallas has far far FAR better traffic and transportation design, is growing much faster (more jobs, more $$$) than just about any Cali city. It has no income tax (Thanks, Texas!). Low cost of living (average house costing just $152,000!), cheap gas, etc, etc. California economic policies are going to destroy it from within. High taxes and Liberal policies are stunting growth and increasing the cost of living. FUN FACT: A home in Dallas cost just 3.3x the average income! By comparison, a San Francisco home costs a whopping 10.2x more than the average income!

Yes. I-35E North have its own beautiful taste of just skyline views compared to most freeways in Dallas

Thank you, much appreciated.

Yes, that would work!

Speaking of express lanes: now it's time for you to do a quick hometown video of the newly-opened reversible express toll lanes of I-75 through Henry County, GA.

I'm sure I will at some point, need to get a PeachPass first :)

Thanks for watching, yes you would enjoy seeing Dallas in person.

Thank you for watching, agreed on #1 for sure!

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Thank you much! I think you'll enjoy next week's ride and soundtrack as well.

Best video ever like 635 and 35E

7.34 MILLION people live in DFW. With all these "bigger" interchanges, it still takes me 2 hours to go 16 miles in rush hour. Just so you know.

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That is a good comparison having driven and filmed both :)

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We have a June every year in Texas!

That ain't hot... YET. You should come visit in August. Sir, now we talking hot weather

Thank you for the comment and for watching, I do hope you get to drive across the USA one day, it's an amazing experience.

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forgot to ask, Atlanta (Texas) or Atlanta (Georgia)

Atlanta Georgia

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Thank you, I enjoy filming in your part of the world, it's always interesting.

Sunbelt cities like Dallas, Houston, Phoenix and Atlanta have modern freeway systems, Los Angeles has some pretty special freeways as well, NYC has not built anything new since the mid 1960's and it shows.

That was bad, and you should feel bad. LMAO.

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Mr. Meseeks That joke was bad af

:) Fantastic!

Thank you and I agree, been saving that song for the right spot.

That was first for me.

Only in Texas!!! :D

countenanceblog welcome to dallas. That's normal here

He was on the tolled portion of 635 thats semi underground. For years 635 was a four-lane freeway stuck at a crawl. So they necked it down to two lanes and took 5 years to rebuild with a lower tollway. Everyone learned to get along without it in that time, so ironically there is almost no excess traffic anymore. The non-toll portion of 635 is only 70 mph. Its only the tollways. I know the George Bush Turnpike is at 75 mph as well. Sam Rayburn tollway gets up to 75 too. Wow didn't know there's an 85 mph highway. I-20 to El Paso gets up to 80, EBGaming13. But that's gotta be a mercy speed limit. Except the fracking boom towns Midland and Odessa, there is absolutely NOTHING along the way. Its not a short trip either.

@Kyrios I would do 95 mph without police on my ass

Thanks, it was filmed in June 2016.

Thank you, I hope you'll settle for I-15 next week :)

You are right those concrete ramps are pretty noisy;)

@@OlegSeroshtan Yeah. I like how it sounds on I-45 from I-610 to US-59 heading North. It sounded mostly quiet :)

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Personally I think Houston freeways are better than Dallas. They look more up to date and just better I designed I guess? Can't put my finger on it. However those express lanes look very cool.

IMHO, Houston has more, large but plain looking freeways. It seemed for a long time that region dominated highway funding in Texas. But what has been redone in Dallas I think is far more interesting from an engineering and aesthetic standpoint.

I think going as far to say that Houston has "plain" freeways is pretty insulting to every other freeway system as I think Houston, Dallas, The Bay Area, and Los Angeles have the best ones in the country and probably the world. I mean if you think Houston has plain freeways then I'd hate to see what you'd think of roads here in Kansas City :(

The really plain ones are in Austin, which is strange since it's our capital city. The freeways and interchanges especially are gray, moldy, and ugly. I love how they look in the DFW metro.

We all start somewhere, you are welcome and go for it!

I've uploaded some of my runs which I call them my preseason Freeway runs

LOL and I'm grateful!

Thanks James, LOL I hear ya on the highway gods :) There is a lot to look at in the Dallas area, my head was on a swivel.

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Thank you, the Toll By Plate is no big deal, I got a bill in the mail a few months after I drove this.

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@@Freewayjim no problem :)

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Thanks, they are really cool for sure.

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75 mph Only on I-635 Express Lanes The Rest is 70 mph or 65 mph On open freeway 75 mph but Hwy 130 in Austin is 85 mph

Thanks, yeah we managed to get through that in one piece :)

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Tahjna Calhoun me too

Thank you, yes it''s very spread out.

It is the 4th largest metro in the entire country after all. And is growing at an alarming rate. Poised to overtake NYC in just 39 short years

Bubba Keith Dallas is huge just like Houston is.

Thank you, in the previous video I-30 has express lanes being built, and there is probably more to come. www.texpresslanes.com/maps/texpress-lanes-map

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MikeAW2010 Highways are quite scary down here...

Maybe someday, there are a lot of roads to film there and I always seem to be in a rush to get somewhere else when I'm there.

For sure, you do great work. Eventually once the Dallas side of 183 is complete that would be an epic video staring from DT Dallas, 35 to 183 all the way until it hits 35W in Fort Worth.

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Eagles songs usually are not safe to use on YT or I'd have used Hotel California already, Life in the Fast lane does not have the tempo I was looking for there. I don't understand your question on I-35E and I don't know know where I'll be going this year.

Freewayjim Any chance you could use "you wreck me" by Tom Petty on a future vid? That'd go down a blast I reckon 👍

Too bad, some of the Eagles live in Dallas

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#1 I did not know that and #2, it's not really that important with regard to the video.

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