For longtime Arlington resident Tony Fontanelli, explaining how you get from Interstate 30 to State Highway 360 is just as dizzying as driving it.
"You get off [the interstate], then you take the access road, and you come to a stop light," said Fontanelli. "And if you want to go north, you have to make a right-hand turn, go along another access road, and go through another light."
Although they cross near Arlington's Entertainment District, there are no direct connectors between the two highways. Drivers, instead, have to go down side streets and through traffic lights to get from one to the other.
"It's kind of antiquated, and it should have been fixed 25 years ago," said Fontanelli.
The Texas Department of Transportation agrees that change is needed at the interchange.
"It's basically leftover from when I-30 was a turnpike," said Val Lopez, a spokesperson for TxDOT's Fort Worth District. "We are looking to modernize that facility."
Lopez said the project has been on TxDOT's radar for quite some time. In fact, they're nearly finished with the design process. The hold up now is money.
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The new interchange is expected to cost $200 million. Lopez said that project is competing with many other road projects that also need to be funded.
"What we're doing is trying to complete the plans, so that when funding is identified, it will be shovel ready," said Lopez.
There's no telling when that money will come down from the state, but drivers like Fontanelli hope it's sooner rather than later.
