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Dallas thoroughfare closed by DART Silver Line to reopen after a year

More progress on the ongoing DART Silver Line.

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A major thoroughfare in North Dallas will reopen after a year-long closure. According to a release, a portion of Hillcrest Road that was closed for continued construction of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Silver Line Regional Rail project will re-open Thursday, January 23, 2025, to commuters traveling through North Dallas.

The road was closed for 52 weeks. Let the traffic return!

DART and the City of Dallas agreed to close this 1/5-mile stretch of Hillcrest Road on January 25, 2024, as crews built a new section of roadway underneath a raised rail guideway for the Silver Line.

Hillcrest RoadThe closure was near the city of Richardson border and within Plano Independent School District attendance zonesDART

The closure was located near the city of Richardson border and within Plano Independent School District attendance zone, and included no access to Hillcrest Road between McCallum Boulevard and Wester Way.

Hillcrest Road will open with one lane of traffic in each direction in the inside lanes before resuming to multiple lanes at McCallum to the north and Wester Way to the south. Medians will separate the open lanes with a strict 25-mph speed limit enforced.

When they made the closure a year ago, they predicted the reopening would take place on January 24, so they beat their target by a day. Huzzah.

With major construction primarily complete, DART will post digital road signs alerting drivers of any upcoming changes and will continue providing updates to nearby cities who may have commuters that frequent the area.

Pedestrians will have access to a designated temporary walkway on the eastside of the roadway barrier wall. The fully constructed sidewalk is expected to open in February.

The DART Silver Line is a 26-mile commuter rail that will cross seven North Texas cities (Grapevine, Coppell, Dallas, Carrollton, Addison, Richardson, Plano) between DFW Airport and Shiloh Road in Plano, as wel as three counties (Collin, Dallas, Tarrant), with a goal of providing service across the northern portion of DART's service area, as well as access to DFW Airport. DART Silver Line revenue service is scheduled to begin in late 2025 to mid-2026.

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Weekend travel news

I-30 freeway east of Dallas will be closed all weekend for bridge work

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I-30 at St. Francis Avenue

Drivers on the east side of Dallas may want to avoid heading downtown on I-30 over the weekend as there will be a closure that will be in place all weekend long.

According to a release, all lanes of I-30 west-bound side — heading towards downtown, Grand Prairie, Arlington, Fort Worth, and great Western stops beyond — will close at St. Francis Avenue, an exit about 5 miles from downtown Dallas.

The closure will begin on Friday January 17 and be in place until Monday January 20.

Weather permitting, all lanes of westbound I-30 will be closed and detoured to the frontage road at St. Francis Avenue beginning at 9 pm on Friday, January 17 and staying in place until 5 am on Monday, January 20.

The closure is for a bridge maintenance project.

All lanes of St. Francis Avenue will also be closed at the I-30 interchange during this time.

Drivers should plan ahead for delays and be alert to slower traffic heading into in the corridor.

Who this affects: People who live in Mesquite, Buckner Terrace, Casa View, Sunnyvale, Rockwall, Rowlett, who are thinking about heading into downtown Dallas over the weekend to, say, pick up a bagel at Starship Bagel. Or maybe grab a vegan soft-serve cone at Swirled Peace in Oak Cliff. Or really any establishment in Oak Cliff at all. If that's your plan, you'll want to be prepared for some stoppage on the way. Particularly sincde it's I-30, which winds a lot and stymies drivers to begin with.

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