Fourth of July Weekend Traffic: DFW Travel Forecast and Road Closures

Fourth of July Travel Forecast

• 🚗 Nearly 5 million Texans are expected to travel during the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
• 🗓️ Sunday is anticipated to be the busiest travel day of the holiday period.

Busiest DFW Thoroughfares

• 🚦 I-35E and I-35W in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex are projected to be the busiest roads.
• ⏰ The peak traffic times for these routes will be between noon and 6 pm.
• ⚠️ Similar heavy traffic is expected along I-45 in Dallas during the same noon to 6 pm window.

Moderate Traffic Conditions

• 🛣️ Traffic is expected to be relatively light today and Saturday across the Metroplex.
• 🚧 I-30 across DFW will experience moderate traffic between noon and 8 pm.
• 🏗️ I-20 in Dallas, which has ongoing construction, will see moderate traffic between 1 pm and 3 pm.

Major Road Closure Alert

• ⚠️ A significant closure will affect the I-45 northbound ramp in downtown Dallas starting Monday night at 9 pm.
• ➡️ This closure impacts traffic attempting to access I-30 westbound.
• 🗓️ The ramp closure is scheduled to last through early August as part of an ongoing bridge project by Texot.