Bumper-to-bumper traffic reported on Loop 250, Midland TX
TrafficHeavy traffic congestion with bumper-to-bumper conditions is present on Loop 250 near Midland, likely due to rush hour or work traffic. A two-car collision caused stop-and-go traffic for about an hour near the Midland Odessa area. Road conditions on the interstate between Odessa and Midland are poor with dips and bumps. A recently moved exit ramp at 349 causes confusion and has a rough, uneven surface. The speaker frequently travels this area for work, often encountering traffic delays and poor road conditions.
Audio|Source: West Texas Permian Network
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Transcript:
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Well, I made it to Loop 250 finally.
00:02
With the traffic jam behind me on my tail.
00:05
I guess it's the, I would say, the 6 o'clock rush, I don't think so.
00:10
Or maybe it's all the overtimeers finally getting off of work.
00:14
Yeah, probably all the overtomers.
00:16
We were going to Wauxahatchee Thursday night and we got stuck two and a half hours right there between Midland Odessa.
00:24
And then on our way back into town Sunday,
00:27
we kind of got a slowdown.
00:29
I think we were kind of stop and go there for about an hour before we got to pass.
00:33
There was a two-car collision there.
00:35
So today when I was out in B.
00:37
I was like, no, I'm not, I'm not going down interstate.
00:40
So I went all the way around, up and around.
00:42
And it wasn't bad.
00:43
It was quite peaceful.
00:44
Between Odessa and Midland,
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the Rankin Highway exit and Odessa on the interstate is absolutely horrible.
00:55
Man, I don't know how many years it's going to take for them to fix that.
00:59
It is a mess on that interstate.
01:02
But luckily the traffic was light this morning.
01:04
But just the road itself, it just, oh, man, all kinds of dips and bumps and uneven road.
01:11
I mean, it's horrible.
01:12
Yeah, I forgot that they moved that exit ramp there at 349.
01:17
I was headed over to Joe's the other day to his office and took that exit.
01:22
Well, I thought I was going to take that exit and ended up having to go up to the next one and make a couple of blocks around before I got to his shop.
01:29
Yeah, they moved that thing back another mile, I think.
01:33
Yeah, they did. They did and I took that best where I was at.
01:37
I was up, I was back behind his neighborhood today, working.
01:41
And, yeah, I noticed all that, that new off-ramp, and man, and it's also rough.
01:46
Did you notice how rough that new off-ramp? It's like these guys don't know how to smooth anything out.
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And it's bumpy, and it's uneven.
01:53
I don't know what these guys are thinking, man.
01:54
Did you notice all that?
01:56
I did not because I did not realize that I was a 349 ramp until after I had passed it.
02:01
So I had to go up to the next one,
02:03
I guess it was maybe LaMesa exit or something like that,
02:06
and go back south from there and make my way around to a 349 in the back way.
02:11
So yeah, I never did get to fill that off ramp.
02:13
Nine times out of ten when they send me to Midland to do any kind of work, nine times out of ten, it's back in that area.
02:21
All back in that area is where they send me, so the quickest way to get there is the interstate.
02:26
Once in a while they'll send me through to North Midland.
02:30
sometimes far, far east, Midland, northeast Midland.
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But nine times out of ten, it's all back in that area south of Midland.
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Never fails, south of Front Street.
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If it's not south of Front Street, it's off of 349, it's where they send me.
02:44
Never fails, dude.
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And then I dread south of 349 because of the road.
02:49
I've got to grab Interstate 20.
02:51
Yeah, see, now I made it over here to loop 250 and it's bumper to bumper here.
02:56
So I guess this is normal.
02:57
Maybe this is just normal now.
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Location mentioned:
TX-250 Loop, Midland, TX
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