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The project will widen the mainlanes to 4 or 5 lanes in each direction and
add a third continuous lane to the frontage roads. The diamond lane will be
maintained and shoulders will be added on each side of it although its
beginning and ending points will be moved about one mile to the East. A
continuous auxiliary lane will be added on each side of the freeway. This
lane will be part of the mainlanes for portions of the project over cross
streets and part of the frontage roads between exit and entrance ramps. The
eastbound frontage road will be straightened to remove the access roads from
the interchanges at the intersections with Mason Road, Fry Road and Barker
Cypress Road. These 3 cross roads will be lowered to ground level and the
mainlanes will be elevated over these 3 roads as well as 3 new crossroads.
The new crossings will be at N. Westgreen Blvd., S. Greenhouse Rd. and Park
Ten Blvd. The existing access roads will be converted to 2-way local access
roads. Both frontage roads will be widened at their approaches to the 3
major crossroads (Barker Cypress Rd, Fry Rd, and Mason Rd) to allow for
turning lanes. U-turn lanes will be built on both sides of all 6 crossings.
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