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Page last updated or reviewed: April 18, 2016 (create), April 18, 2023 (add photo)
Construction in McKinney was completed in 2015. Further north in Melissa, work was still in progress at the time of these photos in March 2016.
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Northbound at the interchange with the Sam Rayburn Tollway/SH 121 (Photo date: March 26, 2016)
Approaching El Dorado parkway (Photo date: March 26, 2016)
(Photo date: March 26, 2016)
(Photo date: March 26, 2016)
On the Virginia Parkway overpass (Photo date: March 26, 2016)
Approaching the exit for White Avenue (Photo date: March 26, 2016)
This was the first section in the McKinney area to be widened, several years before most of the work on adjacent sections was completed in 2015. (Photo date: March 26, 2016)
The main lanes are reduced to three lanes at this exit. However, there is an extra-wide interior median which can easily be restriped for the fourth main lane. (Photo date: March 26, 2016)
(Photo date: March 26, 2016)
Just ahead there is construction still in progress. (Photo date: March 26, 2016)
(Photo date: March 26, 2016)
SH 121 branches to the right (Photo date: March 26, 2016)
On the left, the new southbound lanes are visible. At the time of this photo in March 2016, the lanes were striped and looked ready to be opened very soon. (Photo date: March 26, 2016)
(Photo date: March 26, 2016)
Approaching Throckmorton Road. Foster Crossing Road is the Collin County Outer Loop. At the time of this photo in 2016, the freeway was in its original configuration. In 2018 work was in progress to rebuild and expand the freeway. (Photo date: March 26, 2016)
2018 Photo status: Obsolete-Archive Freeway was rebuilt and widened.
This view shows the completed freeway at Throckmorton Road. (Photo date: April 17, 2023)