Ranger Hill/I-20 Weather Conditions???

[Adidas410s]

For anybody that has better access to traffic info...can you tell me what the conditions are like between Dallas and Abilene on I-20...and specifically around Ranger Hill? Thanks in advance...

[LH Panther Mom]

Ewwwwwwwww..........I don't even want to think about driving that road today.

[DU_stud04]

it was fine 3 nights ago.......

[Snyder_TigerFan]

I'd like to know too.

I know someone that is wanting to travel from Abilene to south of Dallas. What are the conditions in the D/FW area, adidas?

[Adidas410s]

Originally posted by Snyder_TigerFan
I'd like to know too.

I know someone that is wanting to travel from Abilene to south of Dallas. What are the conditions in the D/FW area, adidas?

Well I'm staying home today because parts of 35 and 67 are shutdown in Duncanville and Cedar Hill.

I know that I-30 in Grand Prairie is also shutdown. Where are they wanting to travel to?

[Matthew328]

I bet Ranger Hill would be no fun to drive today.....good luck with all that!

[Snyder_TigerFan]

Originally posted by Adidas410s
Well I'm staying home today because parts of 35 and 67 are shutdown in Duncanville and Cedar Hill.

I know that I-30 in Grand Prairie is also shutdown. Where are they wanting to travel to?

Fairfield.

Sounds pretty bad.

[Matthew328]

I just saw the I-20 and I-45 interchange on Ch. 5 and it was covered in ice..

[DU_stud04]

its very deceiving outside today, very sunny and about 25 degrees out....

[Snyder_TigerFan]

How far south did the Ice get?

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by Snyder_TigerFan
How far south did the Ice get?
My windshield has a sheet of ice on it.

[AP Panther Fan]

I can't get the road conditions to open...must be too many requests currently.

TX DOT (http://www.dot.state.tx.us/)

I am a bit concerned since my son will be driving to San Marcos later today.:(

[luvhoops34]

Where or what is Ranger Hill? I couldn't find it on any map.

[Adidas410s]

Originally posted by AP Panther Fan
I can't get the road conditions to open...must be too many requests currently.

TX DOT (http://www.dot.state.tx.us/)

I am a bit concerned since my son will be driving to San Marcos later today.:(

yeah i've been trying that for a while as well but no luck yet...

I think she's just going to wait until tmrw morning...

[Adidas410s]

Originally posted by luvhoops34
Where or what is Ranger Hill? I couldn't find it on any map.

it's Ranger, TX (actually closer to Thurber, TX...a ghost town)...a big hill along 20 that has a 200 ft change in elevation in about a mile.

[DU_stud04]

big hill you go down coming east on i-20 after ranger, texas. alots of accidents expecially when icy or wet or windy.

[Matthew328]

yeah for me Ranger Hill marks the official beginning of West Texas......

[Matthew328]

Anyone ever ate at those two restaraunts in Thurber?? I think one is called the Smokestack?? Is it any good?

[Pmoney]

what about the Roads between Snyder to Stephenville? my brother is going back to Tarleton and wants to know if the roads are bad

[Snyder_TigerFan]

Originally posted by Pmoney
what about the Roads between Snyder to Stephenville? my brother is going back to Tarleton and wants to know if the roads are bad

I know that the roads in Abilene were pretty bad this morning. It looks like the sun is starting to thaw them out a bit and traffic (from what I can see) is moving a little faster. I would imagine that bridges are still iced over.

[DU_stud04]

Originally posted by Matthew328
yeah for me Ranger Hill marks the official beginning of West Texas...... same...either that or just west of eastland..... :D

[BILLYFRED0000]

I would not chance that road until midday at best. Ranger hill is bad enough when it is just wet. Icy is impossible. You might get
downhill in one piece heading east but I would not bet on it. It is cold but the sun and traffic will thaw it some. I cannot get hold of my cousin. She lives in ranger and apparently the phone service out there is messed up a little because of the ice.

[BILLYFRED0000]

Originally posted by Matthew328
Anyone ever ate at those two restaraunts in Thurber?? I think one is called the Smokestack?? Is it any good?

Yeah I loved the old smoke stack. When it burned down they moved it to the new one. I ate there once and it was ok.

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by Matthew328
Anyone ever ate at those two restaraunts in Thurber?? I think one is called the Smokestack?? Is it any good?

I haven't eaten there since I was a teenager, but it was good back in the the day.....the chicken fry anyway!:)

[18handicap]

Years ago, we were coming back from Fort Worth to Snyder from a softball tournament and I didn't even remember driving the bus up Ranger Hill. A friend called and said they passed us up and I asked where. They said "just past Ranger Hill," and I said that I haven't gone up it yet. They asked what bus we were in, and I said the same as the one they passed. That was scary and I was wide awake the rest of the way home.