The project was part of the DFW Connector, but was not funded until the rest of the Connector was almost complete.

Expected completion: 2017

Cost: $90 million

Happening in 2014: Construction, which involves depressing the main lanes to keep motorists on FM 2499 from having to stop at Stars and Stripes Way and Grapevine Mills Boulevard, is underway. The new northbound frontage road is being built now.

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