{"id":276415,"date":"2026-05-02T22:15:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T22:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/276415\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T22:15:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T22:15:25","slug":"when-will-construction-on-interstate-635-east-be-done-in-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/276415\/","title":{"rendered":"When will construction on Interstate 635 East be done in Dallas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The\u00a0Interstate\u00a0635\u00a0East\u00a0construction\u00a0<a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.txdot.gov\/635east.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:project;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">project<\/a>\u00a0is expected to\u00a0come to a\u00a0close soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All main lanes for the interstate are open\u00a0as of this spring.\u00a0The Texas Department of Transportation\u00a0estimates\u00a0the\u00a0$1.74 billion\u00a0project will be completed\u00a0by late summer\u00a0when the managed lanes open.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When did construction on I-635 start?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Construction began in\u00a0spring 2020\u00a0and is currently 95% finished.\u00a0Spanning 11 miles across Dallas County,\u00a0work on the roadway\u00a0begins\u00a0just east of U.S. Highway\u00a075 in\u00a0north Dallas\u00a0to Interstate 30 in Mesquite.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When completed,\u00a0the road will feature\u00a010 general purpose lanes and two tolled managed lanes.\u00a0The main lanes were expanded\u00a0while\u00a0the toll lanes were\u00a0completely rebuilt.\u00a0Construction also included work on frontage roads as well as intersection and interchange improvements.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What is the construction on I-635 fixing?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Intended to improve mobility,\u00a0operations and\u00a0safety\u00a0in Dallas County,\u00a0transportation authorities believed\u00a0the interstate project was necessary to\u00a0serve\u00a0the growing population in the region. When the interstate originally opened in 1969, it was designed to accommodate about 180,000 motorists. According to\u00a0<a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.txdot.gov\/content\/dam\/project-sites\/635e\/docs\/635east-project-tracker-spring-q2-042023.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:TxDOT;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TxDOT<\/a>, the average daily traffic on I-635 reached 230,000 in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The increase in traffic and incompatible road conditions\u00a0resulted in the roadway\u2019s top 30 ranking on Texas\u2019 most congested roadways list\u00a0over the last 15 years.\u00a0The construction project is part of\u00a0TxDOT\u2019s\u00a0Texas\u00a0Clear Lanes initiative \u201cdesigned to relieve congestion, provide local connectivity and improve safety.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Interstate\u00a0635\u00a0East\u00a0construction\u00a0project\u00a0is expected to\u00a0come to a\u00a0close soon.\u00a0 All main lanes for the interstate are open\u00a0as of this spring.\u00a0The Texas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1494,102,581,104,103,16272,102278,71902,326,102279,9237],"class_list":["post-276415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-construction","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-county","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-interstate-30","tag-interstate-635","tag-managed-lanes","tag-north-dallas","tag-regional-officials","tag-texas-department-of-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}