I-635 was in the dds files though, but I guess that is unreliable. I guess it could be similar to I-405 around Seattle. Problems, if we don't get US-75 from Dallas to Sherman in Texas, and it comes with Oklahoma, I-635 may be omitted (that wouldn't be fun for me). True, DFW is taking up a lot of space with the rest of the map if the Texas Triangle is 1:20. Also it looks like we won't be getting Woodall Rodgers since the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge isn't in the POV of the Dallas pic taken on the McDermott Bridge. The only cool thing about Woodall Rodgers is Klyde Warren, so idc. But they didn't add I-635, that would be a disappointment. In the Xmas 2020 stream, they leaked part of I-345 over Elm St (was it?), so we will definitely get US-75. And I-635 between US-75 and I-30 has a heck of a lot of roadwork. I'm not even sure if they have that interchange at I-30 up-to-date. As someone in east Plano, I usually take PGBT, but still...flight50 wrote: ↑26 Sep 2022 17:56The Katy isn't really an interchange, its just wide. The High Five, either spoiler or just not there. My guess is not there....for now. Like I mentioned a few post back, unless we get a depot in North Dallas, no point in the High 5. In the past I mentioned roads that could come off US-75 in order to get it a depot though. I'm routing for something to North Dallas though. Stopping in downtown Dallas removes a ton of retail and other business that are North of downtown. There is more to offer off US-75 and 635 than there is off I-35 and I-20. Between I-35, I-30, I-45, I-20, I-35 and US-75, these is a massive amount that Dallas could offer. I am sure the same can be said with Houston with I-10, I-45, I-610, I-69 and TX-8 that we probably won't get due to space.
Just by looking at the size of some of the interchanges in the interchange blog, those things are 1:1. Some are just as large as small cities as the blog stated. Imagine the High 5 being the same size as Trinidad, CO, Craig, CO, Monticello, UT, Shoshone, ID, Montpelier, ID....that adds up and takes up a ton of space. If we don't get 635 which I doubt, we won't get all of the High 5 anyways. That thing is massive. I watch traffic on it every day outside my office window. I too drive thru it and under it every day. The size of that thing is larger than some may think.
In order to get the High 5 in full, it would have to be the intersection of 2 interstates that ATS can not do without. In this case its I-635 and US-75. 635 is a loop and slim chance of it making the game despite having several large trucking warehouse areas off it. Dallas runs out of space because Ft. Worth also needs room to be a large city. No way DFW exist without Ft. Worth having its footprint in. Pic 7 and Pic 8 are probably the closets to High 5 size we get. The ramps are super long and stretches are at least 1/2 mile long in all directions in real life. I don't see that being enough space along with everything else Dallas needs. My guess is we get 50% of the High 5 though. SCS will have to be creative with it so that it looks right. US-75 thru the high 5 unfortunately is the very very bottom so the view is very limited. This actually helps SCS a lot though. They can hide a half of it.
Southbound https://www.google.com/maps/@32.9247308 ... 8192?hl=en
Northbound https://www.google.com/maps/@32.9230961 ... 8192?hl=en. My office building is the one brown curve front bldg in this view when looking back South. If SCS get this in, that will probably be the first and only bldg I've ever been in that makes ATS, lol.
I can theoretically suspect we can have I-820 as well, but that isn't as traveled as much as 635. And we have Denton, I immediately recognized that screenshot.
Problems is that I-635 is a loop that doesn't become concurrent with any other major highway, as US-290/I-610 does in the Houston area. But take word for it- if I-635 and High Five was left out, Dallas area residents would be complaining like crazy.