SAM RAYBURN TOLL Dallas TX features a few level 5 stack interchanges on the northern fringes of the dallas county and metro area. video begins at us-75 interchange and ends at the nearby DFW Connector project in Tarrant County.
Funny thing when the toll lanes were about to open I used to ride my bicycle from Indepence Pkwy to 121 bus. split all the time. I said that when would open it it would be fast. And it is. I lived in The Colony from 1984-96 and now I live in Lewisville. I have been down that road lots of times =)
Brian, 121 was 2-lane with the odd 3-lane at intersections. Traffic lights on wood poles with wires. Going the other way, 121 @ Denton Tap Road was a T-intersection with no lights at all.
Great video as always, it's amazing that this was barely starting to be a tollway in 2005 when I left Dallas. Recession definitely isn't a Texas word. This expressway will do well, a new convenient route for the growing northern suburbs.
Your videos are really beautiful. I like the construction zone. Usually, during economic downturn, the government helps people find a job and the economy back in growth by financing construction projects, such as freeways, interchanges or railroad. I've heard many bad things about Texas but your videos make me want to come and visit.
@ScrewdUPClickV2 S.H. 121 has always been a vital link in the metroplex's transportation system (my dad remembers driving on it when he was a boy), and it's capacity has had to increase as the populations of Lewisville, The Colony, Frisco, McKinney, etc. have drastically increased. This tollway is the inevitable next step, and I think it is appropriate and necessary, especially since Frisco is now only half-way built-out and the towns north of U.S. 380 are anticipating a population boom.
@damonhynes Same here! It seemed like it took forever to drive that road with the many traffic signals along that route. Almost nothing but farmland at the time.
Great video, and TX-121 and TX-161 might get the 85mph speed limit, and I think TXDOT will put 85mph speed limit in some urban freeways like I-20 , and I-30.
