In response to the traffic bedlam caused by freeway reconstruction projects, Texas officials have increasingly turned to a dramatic solution: shut it down.
Full closures of main freeway lanes for most or all of a weekend are indeed becoming more frequent in North Texas. Four times in the last two months, the Texas Department of Transportation's local districts have taken all traffic off major freeways to tear down overpasses.
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