I-635 closed?
Posted by jwdge@reddit | Dallas | View on Reddit | 18 comments
Just watched 5 cop cars shut down 635-E from about Montford to Coit. All the entrances between were blocked by cops too. Wth is going on? WFAA says it's construction? But to shut down the entire highway for some construction seems insane and I didn't see any construction crews.
Radiant-Water5037@reddit
I was on 635 last night, same time as you. I was able to get off at Coit and was unable to see anything except a ton of police lights.
jwdge@reddit (OP)
Yeah as soon as I saw the cops spread out and slow down, I got off at Inwood. I figured they were about to shut it down and didn’t want to get stuck. Did it take long?
FuturePath6357@reddit
Frickin construction. Always constructions. Across the entire state
EvanOnTheFly@reddit
Fatality.
Check scanner or similar.
https://tlab.dev/police-map/
I like this one.
arlenroy@reddit
https://police.robert-steinbach.com/
I use this one, not as much detail but it's super acute time wise. I've got into the habit of checking Google maps and then this app before leaving work, because at 6pm taking loop 12 North to 635 East to 289/Preston Rd is a real crap shoot.
suspect_toothpaste@reddit
I just finished Doordashing/Uber Eats (from 7pm to 12am tonight) mainly in Addison, Lewisville, North Dallas, Plano area but I live in Dallas off 75...these people drive like mad men at night not he 635 in between 635/35 E interchange and 635/75 interchange. I take the service roads for a reason at night. Sad.
bassjammer1@reddit
They completely shut down the highway when it's an accident with fatality. The scanner feed shows 7XF major accident freeway at coit at 20:18, and actually it shows same on North Central north bound at 20:19. I'd assume this was the case.
jwdge@reddit (OP)
The time tracks for that. How horrible. What’s 7XF?
radioref@reddit
7 - motor vehicle accident X - major F - fatality
jarlstridr@reddit
F means freeway not fatality
TeamImpossible4333@reddit
Construction happens at night to avoid creating traffic during prime driving hours.
But this sounds like an accident if there are that many cop cars.
Usual_Joke1965@reddit
Thank God for that. Don't know what I would do if there was traffic during the day around here.
TeamImpossible4333@reddit
I mean entire lanes closed during rush hour is what I’m referring to but sure 😮💨
Usual_Joke1965@reddit
And I made a light hearted joke that there's traffic at all times in all areas regardless of construction
PoliticsIsDepressing@reddit
They’ll do this for heavy construction. When they were putting in the express lane or bridges on I-35 they’d do this frequently.
You can probably search and see times of closures and such.
jwdge@reddit (OP)
I tried but wasn’t seeing anything except on WFAA so it probably wasn’t scheduled. Someone else commented it was probably an accident w a fatality.
OtherwiseSoftware379@reddit
This happened to me last Thursday the other direction. Turned being 20 minutes from home into over an hour. Right at 9 pm
TexasOldLady@reddit
I was on 635 headed West from Garland about a year ago. They had all Westbound exit lanes closed. I couldn’t even get on 75 North. Granted it was later in the night, but it was like 10 exits shutdown.