North Texas Boulevard Bridge Update

[Harry]

What about the pedestrian walkway?  Status?

[EagleD]

What is a "Texas U turn"?

[Mean Green 93-98]

24 minutes ago, EagleD said:

What is a "Texas U turn"?

When you missed the exit for the Dairy Queen.

[Texas Stranger]

32 minutes ago, EagleD said:

What is a "Texas U turn"?

It's what road engineers call a cross-under, where you cross under (or over) and go back on the other service road without going through the light

Edited August 20, 2016 by Texas Stranger

[Matt from A700]

6 hours ago, Texas Stranger said:

It's what road engineers call a cross-under, where you cross under (or over) and go back on the other service road without going through the light

I had to look it up, too. Pretty cool that it originated here, and so handy that I can't imagine they wouldn't have them throughout the rest of the country!

[Mike Jackson]

I am more interested in what is going to happen with the highway overpass of Bonnie Brae.

[FirefightnRick]

9 hours ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:

When you missed the exit for the What-A-Burger.

FIFY.

 

 

Rick

[Mean Green 93-98]

48 minutes ago, FirefightnRick said:

FIFY.

 

 

Rick

[Matt from A700]

1 hour ago, Mike Jackson said:

I am more interested in what is going to happen with the highway overpass of Bonnie Brae.

That will be an interesting story, too. Looks like there's no way to expand I-35E to six lanes without rebuilding that bridge.

P.S. If Waco to Hillsboro can get six lanes, then Fort Worth to Denton and Denton to Oklahoma can get six lanes. But let's wait until Sanger and Gainesville have 125,000 people.

[TheWestie]

On 8/20/2016 at 11:43 AM, Harry said:

What about the pedestrian walkway?  Status?

@Harry, do you mean pedestrian access on the North Texas Blvd bridge or the pedestrian-only bridge further down near the Alumni Pavillion?


TXDOT and 35Express are saying that the new temporary North Texas Blvd bridge will have no pedestrian access for the time being, including game days. There's just not enough room. 

 

Edited August 22, 2016 by TheWestie

[MeanGreenTexan]

8 hours ago, TheWestie said:

@Harry, do you mean pedestrian access on the North Texas Blvd bridge or the pedestrian-only bridge further down near the Alumni Pavillion?


TXDOT and 35Express are saying that the new temporary North Texas Blvd bridge will have no pedestrian access for the time being, including game days. There's just not enough room. 

 

I bet they shut the bridge down 2-3 hours before kickoff on gamedays like they did last season and allow foot traffic across.

[UNTFan23]

3 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

I bet they shut the bridge down 2-3 hours before kickoff on gamedays like they did last season and allow foot traffic across.

It's an active construction zone so who really knows but I guess we'll find out in a couple weeks.

[Stix]

Thanks, @TheWestie. Looks like it's not a temporary bridge, just the first half of the replacement bridge - and it already looks wider than the original bridge.

[Ben Gooding]

12 minutes ago, Stix said:

Thanks, @TheWestie. Looks like it's not a temporary bridge, just the first half of the replacement bridge - and it already looks wider than the original bridge.

From the looks of it, it will be around twice as wide as the original. 

[James329]

I drove by today and it appears to to have 3-4 lanes completed and open. Won't be fully complete for awhile I'd assume. And for some reason the old Radison sign with UNT on it has been reinstalled. 

[Matt from A700]

On 8/21/2016 at 11:54 PM, TheWestie said:

@Harry, do you mean pedestrian access on the North Texas Blvd bridge or the pedestrian-only bridge further down near the Alumni Pavillion?


TXDOT and 35Express are saying that the new temporary North Texas Blvd bridge will have no pedestrian access for the time being, including game days. There's just not enough room. 

 

Longest red light ever.

[meangreen16]

Can I ask why would people walk across the North Texas bridge when there's the pedestrian bridge?

[EagleMBA]

1 hour ago, meangreen16 said:

Can I ask why would people walk across the North Texas bridge when there's the pedestrian bridge?

Speculation, to be confirmed by recent student: It would be the shortest path if you were on foot from most of the dorms.

[meangreen16]

1 hour ago, EagleMBA said:

Speculation, to be confirmed by recent student: It would be the shortest path if you were on foot from most of the dorms.

Hmm. I'm pretty sure the pedestrian bridge was completed my sophomore year, and that was the way everyone I knew took to cross over to Apogee. 

[FirefightnRick]

On August 20, 2016 at 11:26 PM, Mean Green 93-98 said:

But DQ is everywhere and all up the western coast.  Not a Texas Stop Sign at all.

 

Rick

[UNT 90 Grad]

8 hours ago, FirefightnRick said:

But DQ is everywhere and all up the western coast.  Not a Texas Stop Sign at all.

 

Rick

You'll have to take it up with Dairy Queen's marketing department and jingle writers. 

[MeanGreenTexan]

8 hours ago, FirefightnRick said:

But DQ is everywhere and all up the western coast.  Not a Texas Stop Sign at all.

 

Rick

Not to mention, they're HQ'd in Minnesota.

[GangGreen]

29 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

Not to mention, they're HQ'd in Minnesota.

If that's the case, they can take a dilly bar and shove it.

[pollock]

4 minutes ago, GangGreen said:

If that's the case, they can take a dilly bar and shove it.

Yeah, but have you had a banana split blizzard? 

 

[GangGreen]

11 minutes ago, pollock said:

Yeah, but have you had a banana split blizzard? 

 

No, but I have enjoyed Ruskies on a cold day at Fouts.