Monday AM Drive: The Bush Turnpike-to-I-35E Ramp in Carrollton Reopens at 5 A.M., and Rockwall's I-30 Work Waits for Tonight
The weekend's one continuous Metroplex closure - the westbound PGBT ramp to northbound I-35E - ends before the morning drive. Monday night, the I-30 barrier work in Rockwall County resumes at 9 p.m.
One piece of the Metroplex commute heals itself before Monday's drive starts. The westbound President George Bush Turnpike ramp to northbound Interstate 35E in Carrollton, closed continuously since Friday at 9 p.m. for North Texas Tollway Authority maintenance, is scheduled to reopen at 5 a.m. Monday - in time for the first wave of the morning rush. The same connector had already taken an overnight closure last Wednesday night, so Carrollton drivers have had a detour week; Monday morning, on the published schedule, it ends.
Nothing else on the desk's scheduled list closes a Metroplex freeway for the Monday drive itself. The week's construction weight sits at night: in Rockwall County, the I-30 westbound right lane between Erby Campbell and FM 35 closes again Monday at 9 p.m. through 5 a.m. for concrete barrier pinning, and alternating lanes plus Exit 68 may close as needed from John King Boulevard to State Highway 205 on the same overnight pattern through Saturday.
The practical read for Monday: the morning drive runs on the normal map, with the Carrollton connector back in service; the evening's late trips east of Dallas are where the barrels are. The Traffic Desk's next scheduled file is the PM drive report.
