I-35W Tollway Becomes Fort Worth’s Killer Corridor

A North Texas stretch of the I-35W Tollway has quietly turned into one of the most dangerous pieces of pavement in the country, with fatal-crash involvement exploding over the last decade. A new national analysis tags this Tarrant County corridor as the biggest outlier in rising roadway deaths, landing the findings squarely in front of transportation planners and law-enforcement leaders already struggling with more deadly wrecks at home. Officials say they are watching closely to see whether beefed-up enforcement or engineering tweaks can slow the trend.

Mercury Analysis Shows Dramatic Spike

A report published by Mercury Insurance found the I-35W Tollway in Tarrant County showed a 2,660 percent increase in the average number of people involved in…..

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