Route planning- bypassing downtown Dallas on way to Houston

Garmin, Trucker path and Hammer all give routes that go through the heart of Dallas instead of using 635 and 20 to go around that congested downtown Dallas area. Everytime I try to force the issue by creating waypoints along the route I want the gps systems try to get me off 635 ASAP.

Is 635 truck restricted?

 

I always went through town unless traffic was completely stopped.

 

We’ve went though downtown Dallas twice in the last few weeks and it was a parking lot, the bypass would have been faster and easier

 

Where are you coming from?

 

I go around the west side usaully,35 W to 820,on to 20 a few miles then 287 south to 45.
Sometimes I'll take the 35 W express lane if traffic is heavy on 35.
35 W at the 820 exit is usaully slow,but doesn't take long to get through.

 

The express lane on 35 E is not always open,it changes from northbound flow to southbound flow at different times.
There's no hazmat streets on both sides,only a few streets you can use.

I'm not sure about the 635,never been on that one.
With Hammer I just take the route I want if it's different than what's displaying,it changes over to the road I choose and re-calculates.
This trip south I deliver in Louisiana so I get to avoid DFW.Im in Shreveport,will go down to 10 and then in to Houston.

 

20 E was very slow the last few trips due to construction before the 287 S exit.
I went through at rush hour though and was in slow traffic for about an hour.

 

According to my atlas 635 is a truck route, you don't have to follow your GPS, look at your atlas and find the best route. Your Truckers Atlas has a ton of useful information that you can find out in seconds.

 

We will be coming south on 35 out of Oklahoma

 

Go thru town.