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Originally Posted by JAM
I'm sure Mopacs can relate with you, after having to put up with the entire 183 expansion and associated toll roads for lord knows how long.
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Oh, very much so... Traffic was horrendous for many years both NB and SB on 183. This was especially the case in the latter years before the freeway stretch between Spicewood/McNeil and 620 opened (Spring 2004). The backups at the Anderson Mill intersection were incredible at times. Thats just part of living in the 'burbs my whole life. Traffic flow on the new freeway section literally cut my morning commute in half (40 to 20 minutes).
The segment-by-segment expansion of 183 took approx 17 years to complete (plus 3 more years for 183a/SH45 segment). I believe the timeline went something like this:
Summer 1989 - Stretch between Burnet and Loop 360 completed - approx 1 mile. Construction began in 1987, and Mopac interchange fully complete in 1990.
Fall 1992 - Burnet Road overpass completed... approx 1/4 mile (cleared up a MAJOR bottleneck)
Summer 1994 - Loop 360 to Duval Rd opens (approx 1 3/4 miles)
Summer 1996 - Duval Rd to Spicewood Springs/McNeil (approx 2 miles)
Summer 1996 - Viaduct from Burnet Road Lamar Blvd complete (approx 2 miles....overpass at Lamar was always there, but reconstructed)
Winter 1997 - Viaduct coninuation from Lamar to just E of I-35 completed (approx 1 mile)
Fall 1997 - Spicewood Springs/McNeil/Pond Springs overpass completed (approx 1/2 mile)
Spring 2003 (approx) - Overpass at Bolm Rd completed.
Spring 2004 - Spicewood Springs -to - 620 completed (approx 2 1/2 miles)
Winter 2007 (approx) - I-35 to Manor Rd/Springdale opens (approx 1 1/2 miles).
Spring 2007 - 620/45 to 1431 (approx 4 miles) - 1st phase of 183a tollway through Cedar Park completed, which ties into the freeway at 620/SH45.
So there you go... 16 miles in 20 years!
SH 130 ... approx 50 miles in 4 years!