[News Script: Spur 345] Page: 5 of 10
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INTERCHANGE NEAR COMPLETION....
AUDJOHNSEN
16 November 71
A N IMPORTANT PHASE OF HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION IS NEARING COMPLETION IN DALLAS.
ImullnosGIVEN THE DESIGNATION OF SPUR 345 THE INTERCHANGE IS LOCATED JUST
EAST OF THE DOWNTOWN CORE AMA./ CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED TO BE TOTALLY
COMPLETE WITHIN FOUR MONTHS, HOWEVER, VARIOUS XEKMII0K LEVELS OF THE GIANT
INTERCHANGE WILL BE OPENED AS FINAL CLEANUP IS E MX IS PERFORMED AND DIRECTIONAL
SIGN" ERECTED. MM THE INTERCHANGE WILL SPEED UP THE DISPERSION OF TRAFFIC
FROM THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND 11 11-1 XE 11iDDCXEXKXXKXKX CENTRAL EXPRESSW AY
TRAFFIC WILL RZXa C X ENNX CT"' FLOW UNRESTRICTED BOTH NORTH AND
SOUTH RATHER THAN HAVING TO FUNNEL DOWN ONTO CITY STREETS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
.Vll2lff8jrlr j"( "It'Xliplle I XXEEX -- 0XK= E0XTX TIE FOUR LEYEL
MIX-MASTER TYPE INTERCHANGE WILL OVER 2 MILES LONG. THE SECTIONS NEARING
COMPLETION =XT FROM PACIFIC TO RUST SOUTH OF GRAND STREET WERE BUILT AT
A COST OF 23-MILLION DOLLARS* A NORTHER LINK-UP TO WCODALL RODGERS ;WIL ADD
TRAFFIC
ANOTHER 10 MILLION TO THAT FIGURE. THE MASTER PLAN CALLS FOR THE EVENTUAL
ENCIRCLEMENT OF THE ENTIRE CORE AREA WITH MAJOR EXPRESS ARTERIES. UPON
COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECTT ONLY THE NORTHN'R LOOP REMAINS TO COMPLETE THECIRCLE...
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Spur 345], script, November 16, 1971, 6:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1429047/m1/5/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.