it’s ugly af wtf

Us dallasites take it for granted I used to woah at it too. Now I take the 5th level on my daily commute.

the Central Expressway is indeed a nice drive.

@@AsphaltPlanet1 Does it ever get jammed or come to a complete stop during rush hour?

@@dariusbrock2351 Hi, I'm from Dallas. And yes it gets jammed up during rush hour, but it still moves, just slower than normal. If there are any accidents, which are common, then yes it can get really slow. But in general, during most of the day, central expressway moves well until you get close to downtown, then it slows again at the other interchanges, but it's not that bad. This applies for most of the other freeways in the DFW area as well. And there are a TON of freeways here.

@@dariusbrock2351 Typically on a Friday even during the non peak hours you’ll be moving but at around 55mph. At least that’s how it was for me yesterday. But during normal days it should move alright if it’s not rush hour. It’s a very busy highway, especially since so many people lives up in Collin County nowadays.

It’s because TXDOT increased the speed limit on majority of the DFW freeways from 60 mph to 70 mph outside of downtown in 2015! Meanwhile Houston is stuck with 60mph or 65 mph speed limit on I-45 and US-290, I-10, I-69, TX-288, Grand Parkway in some sections

Thanks for the comment. I'd seen Interstate JD's Central Expressway video before, it was very well done, as pretty well all of his videos were. I've driven the Central Expressway quite a few times, and have more unreleased footage from years past. Though I've only driven as far north of US-380. (Though I've driven US-380 from Denton to Greenville).

@@AsphaltPlanet1 I would say that the Central Expressway corridor has been one of constant change. Maybe less in terms of major roadway expansions over the last two decades (except for the complete overhaul in McKinney, although Allen had lanes added recently it appears they used the existing pavement to an extent) and more in terms of suburban growth. It would be nice to see an improved HOV facility or even express lanes along Central between I-635 and McKinney, though a large-scale project would require a major overhaul of the corridor. The narrow corridor south of I-635 means that little can be done to add lanes there, although taking out the left shoulder and narrowing the remaining lanes to 11 feet could allow for the addition of HOV lanes (one per direction) or something. Not ideal but not unheard of either. Ultimately, I believe the I-45 designation should extend north of Dallas, but not unless an Interstate-quality road gets built to (at least) I-40 in Oklahoma. The general expectation is that I-x5 Interstates (as well as I-x0 Interstates) are primary corridors and should either connect to another portion of the Interstate system or end at some destination of significance, such as a border crossing or a major city like Miami (as I-95 and I-75 do, although the latter ends in the suburbs); I-35's northern terminus in Duluth is sort of an exception in that Duluth is not truly a major city, although it is a Great Lakes port city. Not to mention, a freeway up to Thunder Bay is not really warranted either given the otherwise-sparce population of northern Ontario and northeastern Minnesota; Canada's population centers are bifurcated between the West (Prairies and BC) and East (Windsor-Quebec City corridor and the Atlantic provinces), and as such the major border crossings are those in North Dakota (I-29's northern terminus at the border south of Winnipeg) and points west (namely the Sweet Grass/Coutts crossing between MT/AB and especially the Blaine/White Rock crossing between WA/BC) as well as Michigan and points east. All of US-75 in Texas is freeway-grade, but this ends just a few miles into Oklahoma (north side of Colbert), and the freeway does not end at any destination of significance. If the I-45 designation were to be applied now, this would leave an undesirable "dangling terminus" for what should be a primary (I-x5) Interstate highway, although I-45's southern terminus in Galveston is also a "dangling terminus," but that's near the coast. That said, building a freeway should be pretty simple along the US-69/75 corridor in Oklahoma south of Tushka (aside from a cramped situation in Calera), plus Durant to Caddo is already a full freeway, but things get considerably harder from Tushka to McAlester. From McAlester northwards, I-45 could then follow the Indian Nation Turnpike up to I-40 in Henryetta, and then US-75 north to Tulsa. A Dallas-Tulsa I-45 corridor would be nice and would provide an alternative to I-35 in southern Oklahoma for long-distance traffic traveling between Texas and the Midwest.

I had a video once of that section of us-75, it got deleted but I’m re-uploading soon

Thanks much

I noticed that when I watched your video this morning. Good job yourself!

@@AsphaltPlanet1 Thank you!

Nice I would like to check that out

@@TheAnomics1 The channel's name is Interstate KS if you're interested.

It was filmed in April, 2017.

@@AsphaltPlanet1 lol that's how booming dallas is/was!!!

@@GSM92 Yeah I could tell a lot of the newest high-rises are not in this video.

In 2017 I got as far as Texarkana and then went back south to Shreveport on I-49. In 2018 I went as far as Little Rock. I spent a night in the east side of town that year. I didn't do much of a freeway tour unfortunately as it was late when I pulled in, and I drove straight back to Toronto the next day (which is a long drive from Little Rock).

thank you

I was wondering the same thing

It has been rumored the oklahoma turnpike authority wants to build a new toll road connecting I-44 at or near Big Cabin. Truthfully I would rather extended it through Tulsa, Topeka and it ending in the Omaha area. I doubt that would happen

@@highwaymant368 I hope they do the big cabin one as a frequently go from dallas to joplin every summer Thanksgiving and Christmas

there isn't a good reason why it took so long to upload. I have a tendency to record more footage than I could ever reasonably hope to upload, so sometimes videos fall through the cracks.

Thanks

Me too!

No. Texans only hate states like California (especially), Washington and Colorado. Kansas is fine.

No of course not. Kansas is just fine. The problems arise from license plates from California and New York. Lol Not but seriously, nobody is going to mess with you in this city, it's a good place. It's just big, really really big.

You live in Allen? I have friends who live there, what a nice town! I drive up central from my home in Dallas all the time.

@@trevorjameson3213 yes I live in Allen it’s nice

Nobody asked for your opinion.