By Gabriel Trevino
A 10-year project to widen Interstate 35W north of downtown Fort Worth is nearing completion — and ahead of schedule. Improved lanes, express toll roads and some new frontage roads are scheduled to open June 20 on the stretch between U.S. 287 and Eagle Parkway. Work was originally scheduled to be complete late this year. The 18-mile stretch of North Tarrant Expressway, from Interstate 30 to Eagle Parkway, cost more than $2.6 billion. The portion from downtown to Heritage Trace Parkway was completed in 2018.