Avoid Texas 114/121 in Grapevine for the next hour or so. Grapevine police are reporting that a tanker truck struck a barrier on southbound Texas 121, and the truck is leaking fuel. "At this time, we have one lane open going into D/FW Airport and one lane open going to 114 westbound," police spokesman Lt. Todd Dearing reported in an email. "Once we get the sanding and clean up crews there, we will have to shut the entire roadway down."
If you're about to leave work for the p.m. drive home and 114/121 in Grapevine is your normal route, consider alternatives!
-- G.
what alternatives????
Posted by: c | May 20, 2011 at 05:00 PM
The truck probably couldn't negotiate around those crazy curves with the cement barriers that they keep changing around in the construction area.
Half of DFW is under construction...there are no alternatives, especially in that area.
Posted by: Jack Spratt | May 20, 2011 at 05:47 PM
gas prices are going to go back up!!!
Posted by: Johnny | May 20, 2011 at 05:53 PM
That roadway is a deathtrap!!! Everyday it's a different maze so you don't really know what's around the corner!!! Is anything wrong with just having is rerouted to a more straight road?
Posted by: Darla Park | May 20, 2011 at 11:25 PM
I wonder how many accidents this boon-doggle project has caused? I've seen lots of construction in my life time but this is the worse poorly planned project. From the the construction started there have been nothing but consistent accidents.
It will be interesting to see after all this construction if traffic through the area is really any better. I am betting it will be worse based on past history.
When construction on the 121 just North of the airport was done a few years ago it essentially replaced a two lane road with another two lane road. The day the new road opened it was stop & go just like the road it replaced. Even worse, there are very few escapes for the drivers as there is very little shoulders for drivers to go around accidents or use to avoid accidents. This was an epic failure in planning, design, and implementation.
The DFW connector may see similar failures as well. Additionally, since there are numerous elevated roads when this gets completed it may be much worse than what was previously there.
Posted by: anonymous | May 21, 2011 at 06:23 AM