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These photos show I-35E South before completion of expansion projects. The Horseshoe project, completed in 2017, replaced the Trinity River bridge. The Southern Gateway project, completed in September 2022, rebuilt and widened the freeway from the Trinity River to Kiest Boulevard, just south of the US 67 split.
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High resolution The Trinity floodway bridge. The northbound main lanes were placed on the original Cadiz Street viaduct which predated the construction of I-35E in 1959. The old-style bridge design is visible in this photo. (Photo date: 27-Oct-2007)
2015 Photo status: Obsolete This bridge was replaced during the Horseshoe Project, 2014-2017
Looking northbound, with the northbound lanes on the right and the southbound lanes on the left. (Photo date: 27-Oct-2007)
2015 Photo status: Obsolete Both bridges were replaced during the Horseshoe Project, 2014-2017
At Colorado, just south of the Trinity, this view shows that the original bridge has been widened. (Photo date: 27-Oct-2007)
2015 Photo status: Obsolete This structure was replaced during the Horseshoe Project, 2014-2017
High resolution Looking north at 8th Street. From its original construction to 2018, the freeway remained in its originally-constructed configuration except for the center HOV lane which was built on the original median shoulders. (Photo date: 27-Oct-2007)
2018 Photo status: Obsolete This section of freeway was rebuilt and widened during the Southern Gateway project, 2018-2022
High resolution Looking north at Ewing (Photo date: 27-Oct-2007)
2018 Photo status: Obsolete This section of freeway was rebuilt and widened during the Southern Gateway project, 2018-2022
High resolution Looking south from Ewing.The giraffe sculpture on the left is part of the Dallas Zoo. (Photo date: 29-April-2007)
2018 Photo status: Obsolete This section of freeway was rebuilt and widened during the Southern Gateway project, 2018-2022. A deck park is above the freeway at this location.
High resolution Looking north at Marsalis, with another view of the giraffe. (Photo date: 27-Oct-2007)
2018 Photo status: Obsolete This section of freeway was rebuilt and widened during the Southern Gateway project, 2018-2022. The deck park is between this location and the bridge ahead.
High resolution Looking north at Louisiana (Photo date: 27-Oct-2007)
2018 Photo status: Obsolete This section of freeway was rebuilt and widened during the Southern Gateway project, 2018-2021
High resolution Looking north at Illinois (Photo date: 29-April-2007)
2018 Photo status: Obsolete This section of freeway was rebuilt and widened during the Southern Gateway project, 2018-2021