DALLAS DISTRICT HORSESHOE PROJECT “Through collaboration and leadership, we deliver a safe, reliable, and integrated TxDOT PROJECT TRACKER transportation system that enables the movement of people and goods.” OVERVIEW The Horseshoe Project will improve traffic flow in the heart of downtown Dallas. The $798 million project will replace the I-30 and I-35E bridges that cross the Trinity River, as well as reconstruct the interchange. The project will also feature the construction of the Margaret McDermott Bridge, Dallas’ second signature bridge designed by Santiago Calatrava. The project was aptly dubbed the “Horseshoe Project” due to its U-shape (see map) and has been given the highest priority due to the increasing bridge maintenance costs. Within the project limits, I-30 and I-35E carry more than 460,000 vehicles per week day ranking it the 20 most congested roadways in Texas. There is rapid deterioration of bridges built in the 1930s and 1950s which has led to increasing maintenance and repair costs in recent years. Local stakeholders raised the priority to develop a financially attainable solution that addressed the safety Pictured above: An aerial view of the Horseshoe Project looking east toward downtown and congestion concerns. Dallas of the new I-30/I-35E interchange. PROJECT HISTORY build” authorization as well as additional FUNDING • Sept. 2012 – Federal Environmental Proposition 12 funding. Prop 12 (P2 PE/ROW; P2 TMA; P2 $604.7 M Bridge: P1 Anticipated) Clearance The new tools provide the opportunity • Oct. 2012 – Receive Final Proposals to close the project funding gap and Prop 14 $7.0 M • Nov. 2012 – Conditional Award/ construct the project at least four years SH 121 RTR $21.4 M Selection sooner than conventional project • Feb. 2013 – Contract Execution development methods could. Utilizing Cat 10 HPS/DEMO Earmarks $106.3 M design-build allowed the project to • Apr. 27, 2013 – Groundbreaking get underway by late-2013 and be Cat 6 Federal Bridge $75.0 M ceremony in downtown Dallas substantially complete as early as summer 2017. Cat 7 STP-MM $4.5 M PROJECT PROGRESS SOURCE: TxDOT TxDOT graphic • Construction continues on Dallas’ second PROJECT DETAILS signature bridge, the Margaret McDermott • Length: 5 miles Bridge on I-30 over the Trinity River. Both the EB and WB arches are complete. Crews • Limits: have started placing the deck. − I-30 from Hotel Street west to Sylvan Avenue • The I-35E and I-30 mainlanes are − I-35E from Eighth Street north to substantially complete. Commerce Street • The eastbound I-30 and northbound • Right Of Way: I-35E direct connector to Woodall Rodgers − All parcels are acquired and are held in opened in June 2017. the name of the State of Texas THE HORSESHOE Fixin' the Mix • Construction Dates: PROJECT FACTS − Construction began in October 2013 This project is made possible by legislation and is scheduled for completion in passed in 2011, which provided TxDOT summer 2017 with additional tools in the form of “design- HORSESHOE PROJECT • PROJECT TRACKER FALL • 2017 0815_100217 DALLAS DISTRICT PRELIMINARY HORSESHOE SCHEMATIC (APRIL 2012) 75 New Bridges New Roadway Pavement 35E 190 35E 635 American 183 DALLAS 30 366 77 Airlines 80 Center 30 Ross Ave. 75 Gaston Ave. N Pearl St. 161 20 N N Riverfront Blvd. Baylor University Detail Go 20 od Medical Center 175 La 360 tim Trinity River Woodall Rodgers Frwy. e 45 r 67 35E Ex Greenbelt Park p Elm St. y 366 . Ross Ave. Bryan St. 345 Commerce St. LA BAJADA 366 35E Elm St. Main St. FARMERS Sylvan Ave. Sylvan Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge Commerce St. MARKET DISTRICT Singleton Blvd. 77 366 DOWNTOWN 67 DALLAS GOVERNMENT 30 45 DISTRICT W Commerce St. S C REUNION ea CONVENTION E RL Thorton Fwy. sa r C DISTRICT Dallas h e. CENTER 30 a Av v th LA L’ACEATE 30 Heritage ez or B Village l t W The Canyon vd r . Fo S Lamar St. T S r E in rv it ay y R S ive t. 30 r The Mixmaster THE Margaret 67 CEDARS McDermott EAST KESSLER 77 Signature S Riverfront Blvd. PARK Ave. Beckley N Houston St. Viaduct EAST PLEASANT Bridge S L GROVE Jeerson Blvd. Viaduct DALLAS am Methodist 35E a r S Dallas Medical t. Sylvan Ave. Sylvan Center E Colorado Blvd. N Zang Blvd. Trinity River Greenbelt Park . d Lake Cli v l Kidd B Park n Spring o H s u r t Park e c N Tyler St. Tyler N h Trinity River in LAKE e s J A v E e. CLIFF E 8th St. Corinth St. Viaduct BISHOP ARTS E 8th St. SOUTH Oak Cli DALLAS DISTRICT N Marsalis Ave. Cedar Crest Blvd. W Davis St. Cemetery Moore Park N 35E E 11th St. 1000 feet 67 E Jeerson Blvd. Morrell Ave. SOURCE: Texas Department of Transportation. TxDOT graphic PROJECT CONTACTS Project website: Katrina Keyes Tony Hartzel www.dallashorseshoe.com Public Relations Director TxDOT Dallas District Texas Department of THE HORSESHOE TxDOT Horseshoe Project Public Information Supervisor Fixin' the Mix Facebook: www.facebook.com/ Transportation dallashorseshoe Office: 214-599-9766 4777 E. Highway 80 4777 East Highway 80 Twitter: www.twitter.com/dallashorseshoe [email protected] Mesquite, TX 75150 Mesquite, TX 75150 • 214-320-6100 Text alerts: send “dallashorseshoe” to 31996 www.dallashorseshoe.com (214) 320-4481 HORSESHOE PROJECT • PROJECT TRACKER FALL• 2017 0815_100217.