[News Script: Spur 345] Page: 3 of 10
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INTERCHANGE NEARS COMPLETION....
GUDJOHNSEN
16 November 71
A N IMPORTANT PHASE OF HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION IS NEARING COMPLETION IN DALLAS.
GIVEN THE DESIGNATION OF SPUR 345 THE INTERCHANGE IS LOCATED JUST
EAST OF THE DOWNTOWN CORE AREA. CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED TO BE TOTALLY
COIvlLETE WITHIN FOUR MONTHS, HOWEVER, VARIOUS 1 LEVELS OF THE GIANT
INTERCHANGE WILL BE OPENED AS FINAL CLEANUP IS M IS PERFORMED AND DIRECTIONAL
SIGN" ERECTED. THE INTE I{CANGE WILL SPEED UP THE DISPERSION OF TRAFFIC
FROM T'.E DOWNTOWN AREA AND w CENTRAL EXPRESSW AY
TRAFFIC WILL LnI FLOW UNRESTRICTED BOTH NORTH AND
SOUTH RATHEaiR THAN HAVING TO FUNNEL DOWN ONTO CITY 6TIE. 'TS IN TE DOWNTOWN AREA.
. T FOUR LEVEL
MIX-MASTER TYPE INTE CHANGE WILL OVER 2 MILES LONG. THE SECTIONS NEARING
COMPLETION hU FROM PACIFIC TO JUST SOUTH OF GRAND STREET WERE BUILT AT
A COST OF 23-4TLLION DOLLARS. A NORTHERILINK-UP TO WPODALL RODGERS WMUL ADD
ANOTHER 10 MILLION TO THAT FIGURE. THE MAS LS FOR THE EVENTUAL
ENCIRCLE"MENT OF THE ENTIRE CORE AREA WITH MAJOR$ EXPRESS ARTERIES. UPON
COMPLETION OF THIS ROJECT ONLY THE NORTF'R LOOP REMAINS TO COMPLETE THE
CIRCLE...
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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/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.