Opinion ID: 1419944
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Heading: Access After the Project

Text: Sam's is affected by two factors. First, there is no longer access from Kellogg to Dugan Street. Kellogg is a fly-over at Dugan Street, rising some 21 feet above its previous grade. Eastbound traffic cannot access Dugan directly from Kellogg. Second, the frontage roads on either side of Kellogg were converted from twoway roads to one-way roads. The north Kellogg frontage road, which directly abuts Sam's, runs one way in a westerly direction. The south Kellogg frontage road runs one way in an easterly direction. As a result, eastbound motorists exiting Kellogg west of Sam's must travel on the south frontage road. From the south frontage road, motorists cannot see Sam's because Kellogg and its solid concrete supports are between the motorists and the store. Eastbound traffic from Kellogg is required to enter Sam's by exiting off of Kellogg to the south using the ramp for Mid-Continent Drive. This exit ramp is located 4,620 feet west of Dugan Road and 1,245 feet west of Mid-Continent Drive. At the exit ramp, neither Sam's nor the Sam's sign is visible to eastbound traffic. After exiting, traffic must travel on the exit ramp to a stoplight at Mid-Continent Drive. Traffic can then cross Mid-Continent Drive and continue east on the south Kellogg frontage road. To gain entrance to Sam's, traffic must travel on the south Kellogg frontage road to a stoplight at Dugan Road. From the Dugan Road stoplight, eastbound traffic can then turn left and travel under Kellogg on Dugan to another stoplight, cross the north Kellogg frontage road and, enter Sam's property from the west. Eastbound traffic leaving Sam's must exit to the south on the north frontage road and perform a Texas U-turn under the fly-over at Dugan. Traffic must then travel on the south frontage road to the east and enter onto Kellogg eastbound. Westbound traffic on Kellogg must gain entrance to Sam's by exiting off Kellogg onto the north frontage road exit ramp and traveling 605 feet. Westbound traffic can leave Sam's by exiting to the west on Dugan, proceeding South to the North frontage road, traveling 5,175 feet west on the north frontage road across two signalized intersections at Mid-Continent Drive and then onto Kellogg. Alternatively, westbound traffic can exit to the south on the north frontage road and then proceed 5,466 feet west across two signalized intersections at Mid-Continent Drive to Kellogg.