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If Benjamin Franklin were alive today, it’s a safe bet that he would’ve added “Dallas highway construction” to death and taxes on his short list of life’s only certainties from 1789. These days, headache-inducing, route-altering construction projects are more of a constant presence than a dreaded eventuality, in all fairness to the ol’ Newton of Electricity.
Indeed, some big projects made significant progress in Dallas in 2025. The TEXpress lanes on Interstate 635, near U.S. 75, have been steadily progressing, for a sizable example. However, before too long, some other major projects will begin and will certainly add hours, and perhaps screams, to the commutes of countless Dallas drivers.
“The Dallas District’s projects represent some of TxDOT’s [Texas Department of Transportation] largest and most impactful projects,” reads TxDOT’s 2026 Unified Transportation Program. “Dallas is home to projects such as the I-30 Canyon project through downtown Dallas that will reconstruct the underutilized collector-distributor roads and widen the main lanes of I-30 between I-35E and I-45 to address the bottleneck on the 4th most congested roadway in the state.”
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Here are the road construction projects to look out for in 2026.
Interstate 30 from Interstate 35 E to Interstate 45
Project: Construction for widening the freeway
Cost: $730.5 million
U.S. 175 from Bexar Street to Belt Line Road
Project: Rehabilitation of the existing road
Cost: $28.7 million
Interstate 35 between W. Northwest Highway and Interstate 635
Project: construction for the rehabilitation of the existing roadway
Cost: $20 million
Interstate Highway 345 from the I-30 interchange to Spur 366
Project: Bridge widening and maintenance
Cost: $20.5 million
Interstate 35 between Commerce Street and Interstate 635
Project: Safety improvement projects, including roadway illumination and wrong-way driver systems
Cost: $10 million
Interstate 45 from Interstate 30 to Pennsylvania Avenue
Project: Bridge restoration and maintenance (two different projects)
Cost: $5.9 million and $8.3 million
Interstate 35 between Hi-Line Drive and Regal Row
Project: Culvert and storm drainage work
Cost: $4.9 million
State Highway 78 from Stratfor Drive to Avenue F
Project: Rehabilitation of the existing road
Cost: $2.8 million
Interstate 30 from State Highway 161 to Sylvan Avenue
Project: Construction for corridor traffic management and roadway illumination and wrong-way driver system installation
Cost: $2.5 million
