South Loop 340 is now fully opened!

Yesterday, Eastbound traffic lanes were opened. Today we got full access to the Westbound lanes.

Coke Bear said:

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South Loop 340 is now fully opened!

Yesterday, Eastbound traffic lanes were opened. Today we got full access to the Westbound lanes.

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Finally! Hopefully this will help the congestion at Hwy 84 to Eastbound 340.

Took me a second on my drive home yesterday (westbound 6 to 84) to realize where the off-ramp was and how long the runway is to the actual intersection.

I did appreciate how quickly you get onto Hwy 6 going towards 35, hopefully that alleviates those occasional mile long backups at the Valero.

The mix of brand new pavement & bold painted lanes right next to the old crappy pavement & invisible lane lines is interesting.

Old --> New --> Old --> New --> Old

Agree the exit interchange for 84 is confusing. But nice to have the new road.

But what are y'all talking about eastbound and westbound and Loop 340?! HWY 6 northbound from 35 to 84, HWY 6 southbound from 84 to 35!

SteamedHams said:

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ursamajor said:

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Agree the exit interchange for 84 is confusing. But nice to have the new road.

But what are y'all talking about eastbound and westbound and Loop 340?! HWY 6 northbound from 35 to 84, HWY 6 southbound from 84 to 35!

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I refuse to participate in Waco's Kafka-esque directional nomenclature. When the neighborhood on the northwest side of the north/south interstate is called "East" Waco, you know you're dealing with insanity.

That stretch of HWY 6 runs East/West, dangit.

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River called dibs.

baylrballa said:

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SteamedHams said:

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ursamajor said:

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Agree the exit interchange for 84 is confusing. But nice to have the new road.

But what are y'all talking about eastbound and westbound and Loop 340?! HWY 6 northbound from 35 to 84, HWY 6 southbound from 84 to 35!

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I refuse to participate in Waco's Kafka-esque directional nomenclature. When the neighborhood on the northwest side of the north/south interstate is called "East" Waco, you know you're dealing with insanity.

That stretch of HWY 6 runs East/West, dangit.

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River called dibs.

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Exactly. When I am looking for direction I look to Los Brazos de Dios.

Confusing because Hwy 6 is called east and west. And Hwy 84 is also called east and west.

Volunteer said:

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Confusing because Hwy 6 is called east and west. And Hwy 84 is also called east and west.

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That's because Valley Mills is north and south, which it isn't.

Nguyen One Soon said:

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Volunteer said:

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Confusing because Hwy 6 is called east and west. And Hwy 84 is also called east and west.

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That's because Valley Mills is north and south, which it isn't.

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then you have "North Waco to the west and "East Waco" to the North. vice versa

Nguyen One Soon said:

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Volunteer said:

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Confusing because Hwy 6 is called east and west. And Hwy 84 is also called east and west.

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That's because Valley Mills is north and south, which it isn't.

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So very true.

Appears to me that this was phase 1 of an expansion of the freeway to six lanes between the twin bridges and IH-35.

And at Baylor we have North Russell and South Russell which are really closer to East Russell and West Russell.