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US 75
Central Expressway
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18-Aug-2007
Last Updated
23-Sept-2007
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History, photos, resources
US 75 at the High Five Interchange, March 2007
Named For
Houston & Texas Central Railroad
which originally occupied the freeway
corridor from downtown to Mockingbird
Approved
March 1943 (by TxDOT)
First section open
August 20, 1949
Complete
1958 (to McKinney)
Reconstruction
First section: 1988
Last section main lanes: Dec. 5, 1999
High Five: Nov. 21, 2005
Max Traffic Count
259,000 at Loop 12 (2005)
The history of Central Expressway will be added in the future.