CITIZENS TASK FORCE CONCEPTS

FOR SOUTHERN GATEWAY

TWO CONCEPTS - ONE PROJECT

Central Expressway Model
Our concept for the
Southern Gateway uses two
already successful models
within the city of Dallas
The Central Expressway
Model of building below
grade.
The Klyde Warren Park
Model of decking across the
below grade highway.

Klyde Warren Park Model

HISTORY OF I-35E
This picture was taken in August
1959, just before the Dallas Zoo
was cut off from the core of Oak
Cliff. The view is looking south
from Marsalis Avenue. Notice the
existing residential communities
directly in the path of the
Interstate

Dallas Zoo

HISTORY OF I-35E
This photo was taken just over
a year later in October 1960.
The highways path through
Oak Cliff including the present
day Zang Curve has been
cleared of homes and
businesses prior to
construction.
Dallas Zoo
Severed residential
streets and
connections
Zang Boulevard

HOW CAN WE DO BETTER?

Focus on key improvements to the Southern
Gateway Design

Improved traffic flow and safety measures

Protection against noise and air pollution
Better information to drivers
Minimizing the ROW of the project
Reconnecting the community

IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW AND SAFETY

Combine the southbound 12 th Street exit with the

exit for Marsalis Avenue

Combine the northbound exit for Beckley/Overton

Road with the Loop 12/Ann Arbor exit using
existing ROW to extend the frontage road

Continue to prohibit hazardous cargo

Provide at least 2 continuous lanes between I-20

and I-30

Provide a continuous usable shoulder throughout

entire length of project

No thru-lanes should become exit-only lanes

Provide raised reflective lane marker buttons

instead of stripes

PROTECTION AGAINST NOISE AND AIR POLLUTION

Provide acoustic pavement the

entire length of the highway

Put the Oak back in Oak Cliff with

massive tree plantings along the
highway

Prohibit loud braking by trucks

Provide acoustic walls a minimum

of 8 feet high for residential
neighborhoods

PROVIDE BETTER INFORMATION TO

DRIVERS

Provide fewer signs but with clearer messages along the highway

No new advertisement signage on residential portions of the highway

Change the electronic signage to provide alternative routes instead of

just travel time using a single route
Examples for NB US-67

Travel Time to I-35E & Inwood Road:

Via I-35E
26min
Via Hampton Rd
28min
Travel Time to I-35E & Wycliff Ave:
Via Polk St
21min
Via I-35E
23min

MINIMIZING ROW

Use the Central Expressway model and put

the highway below grade

Having the highway below grade is a must

between Clarendon and 8th street

Cantilever the frontage roads over the main

lanes of the highway

Cantilever the main lanes over the

managed lanes to minimize ROW in the
Zang Curve

It must be below grade from Clarendon to

8th St. at a minimum

If you can do it for North Dallas you can do

for Oak Cliff

RECONNECTING NEIGHBORHOODS

Provide numerous pedestrian connections

and crossovers at neighborhoods such as
Beckley Club, Beckleywood, Ruthmeade
Place, and Oak Park Estates

Use the Klyde Warren Park Model and

deck over I-35 between Ewing and
Beckley to reconnect the Dallas Zoo with
the core of Oak Cliff

RECONNECTING OAK CLIFF

I-35E today

I-35E with a deck park

Meet me at the Giraffe!

CONCLUSIONS

QUESTIONS?