Section of Smith County Roadway is on the State’s Most Congested List
Posted/updated on: September 4, 2012 at 2:09 am
AUSTIN (AP) — A section of roadway in Smith County has made Texas’ list of the most congested roadway segments in the state. The Texas Department of Transportation released a list of the top 100 roads on its website. Number 82 on the list is U.S. Highway 69 from Grande Boulevard to Kilrush Drive.
A stretch of Interstate 35W in Fort Worth tops the list. I-35W from Interstate 30 in downtown Fort Worth to State Highway 183 totaled 1.2 million hours of delay in 2011, according to TxDOT’s data. Next on the list was Interstate 635 in Dallas County between I-35E and U.S. Highway 75. Parts of I-45 in Harris County, I-35 in Travis County and the Woodall Rodgers Freeway in downtown Dallas rounded out the top five. The full list is available on TxDOT’s website.
