Heads up! State Highway 360 will be closed in both directions at Six Flags Drive in Arlington this weekend for major bridge work. NBCDFWtraffic
The changes will make it easier for people to get to Six Flags, Dallas Cowboys games at AT&T Stadium and Texas Rangers baseball games at Globe Life Field. The SH 360 closure this weekend has good timing – the Rangers will be playing away from home in Minnesota.
"We realize that's where the Metroplex goes to, to play and to amuse themselves. So we're doing our best to minimize impact to those venues,” said Lopez. “But ultimately, we’ve had many of these big closures this summer. They're there so that we can do big work, so we can make big things happen." In the meantime, crews are planning a traffic switch possibly in September to start work on new pavement. More interchange ramps will also open.“Drought conditions are absolutely good for nothing, except highway construction,” said Lopez. “We've progressed a lot, not only on this project but many of our projects across the county and across our district. We definitely take advantage of the good weather. It becomes very unpredictable in the late fall through the winter and early spring.
Lopez added that the weather has been very stable this summer, making it easy to move forward on the project – hence the number of closures that have happened in the last few months. “It’s been very hot and very dry. And that does facilitate multiple days of work. When it rains a lot, our people are stuck doing paperwork. When it's dry and hot, we do a lot of construction. We pour concrete and lay rebar. And we've had many of those good days this summer,” he said.“We anticipate finishing, substantially completing the project -- all eight interchange ramps by the end of next year,” said Lopez.
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