1 i-30/i-35w interchange reconstruction downtown ft. worth
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I-30/I-35W Interchange Reconstruction
Downtown Ft. Worth
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Project• Existing elevated freeway over Lancaster Avenue
• Project– Reconstruction– Capacity and safety improvements
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Initial Plan• Initial plan – west leg
– Widened elevated structure
• Community reaction
– Opposition
– Lawsuit
– Leadership interest to find better solution
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CSS Approach – Stakeholder Objectives• Objectives/concerns
– Replace aging structure
– Increase interchange capacity
– Increase safety
• Merges, weaves
• Design speed
• Sight distances
– Improve aesthetics
• Freeway
• Barrier
– Historic preservation
– Permit T&P building revitalization
– Redevelopment
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ApproachInitial alternatives
• Existing alignment
– Elevated
– At-grade
– Depressed
• New alignments
Visualization of preferred alternative (SDH&PT, FHWA, 1991)
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Relocated I-30 West Leg
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Improved Ramps
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Lancaster Avenue
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Before and after photos of the US Post Office façade on Lancaster Boulevard. Source, left: http://www.durangotexas.com/eyesontexas/fortworth/downtown.htm; Source, right: Texas Transportation Institute
New lofts development (next to refurbished old T&P Railroad Complex). Source: Texas Transportation