What TxDOT Already Decided About Timberridge, and What It Still Can't Schedule

The US 380 bypass is not a rumor for Timberridge, and it isn't a blank question either. TxDOT answered the neighborhood's two biggest questions in writing in 2023. It said the project would not take any Timberridge homes, and it said the subdivision doesn't qualify for a noise barrier. The open question is when anything gets built. On that, the state, the regional planning agency and the City of McKinney each gave a different date in 2026.

Buyers looking here are almost all looking at resales. Megatel's page for Timberridge on Town Bridge Road now lists it as a closeout community with no homes available. Its floor plans ran from 3 to 4 bedrooms and 1,774 to 2,608 square feet. No builder sales office is left to explain the freeway plans. Buyers have to read the public record themselves.

Where the bypass splits off, and why Timberridge is close to it

TxDOT's selected route is the Blue Alternative, made of Segments A, E and C. It runs from existing US 380 near Coit Road, loops around northern McKinney, and rejoins US 380 near FM 1827/New Hope Road. At the February 2023 public hearing, TxDOT drew the handoff point at CR 161/Ridge Road. Segment A covers "Coit Road to CR 161/Ridge Road," and Segment E is "the only new location alignment" from Ridge Road to SH 5. The final environmental document says Segment E runs roughly along the existing Bloomdale Road and CR 164 alignment through north McKinney.

Timberridge sits near that hinge. A 2023 public comment placed the neighborhood just south of Wilmeth and described the route as about a quarter mile away, running parallel to Ridge Road. TxDOT gave its own measurement when it answered a different comment:

"TxDOT would not have to acquire any right-of-way from the neighborhood as it is generally over 1,000 feet from the project's proposed right-of-way to the closest Timberridge property line."

That figure measures from the proposed right-of-way to the nearest Timberridge property line, not from the travel lanes.

The noise question already has an answer

When residents asked about sound walls, TxDOT said its traffic noise analysis followed FHWA-approved guidelines. It measured current sound levels and modeled expected noise in 2050. It concluded that noise mitigation "would not be considered reasonable and feasible" at the location and that "the Timberridge subdivision does not meet TxDOT and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) requirements for a noise barrier." The same responses say the design "would not result in any displacement of homes in the Timberridge subdivision."

For a buyer, this cuts both ways. No homes come out of the neighborhood, and no TxDOT wall goes up between Timberridge and the corridor. Both points come from the comment-response matrix in the project's environmental record, which is public on TxDOT's Keep It Moving Dallas site. Buyers who want to look at the drawings themselves can find them in the US 380 EIS archive. The schematic rolls there include Roll 4, W University Drive to Lake Forest Drive, and Roll 5, CR 161 to Lake Forest Drive. Bring those questions to the listing, not to the HOA's rumor thread.

The calendar is where the documents disagree

TxDOT planned the full project as an eight-lane controlled-access freeway with frontage roads, with grade-separated interchanges at major crossroads. The money is arriving in a different order. In its July 2026 update to the regional 10-year plan, the North Central Texas Council of Governments wrote that "funding is being transferred from main lanes to focus on frontage roads and cover a larger segment throughout the corridor."

That reshuffle explains why the three 2026 documents covering the Timberridge stretch don't line up:

Every date in that table is a letting estimate, not a construction or completion date, and no two of them match. Both the UTP and the TIP put the stretch from West University Drive to Ridge Road ahead of the stretch east of Ridge Road. In the TIP, the West University to Ridge Road frontage roads and the freeway main lanes are months apart, with February 2032 and September 2032 estimates. The frontage roads east of Ridge Road come after both, at August 2035. For Timberridge, the segment ending at Ridge Road is the one with the earliest dates in every document that lists it.

The dates have also slipped. In July 2024, a McKinney council item said bypass construction was "tentatively scheduled to begin in 2026." Two years later, the city's own record gives a tentative June 2028 ready-to-let date. Any date a seller or neighbor quotes needs a source and a publication date next to it.

What's already happening on the ground

The bypass is still a set of drawings, but the corridor is already changing. In July 2024, McKinney authorized TxDOT to acquire about 2.8 acres of parkland on the north side of CR 164 at Taylor Burk Drive, keeping about 67 acres to the north. Along West University Drive, right-of-way purchases have led to closures or moves at Jason's Deli, White Rhino Coffee, 3Natives, Redefined Eyecare, an AT&T store and the Valvoline at 8720 W. University Drive.

Underground work comes next. On June 2, 2026, McKinney considered a $2,842,427 design contract with Lockwood, Andrews and Newnam for the US 380 Utility Relocations Phase 2 project. The city counts about 32,600 linear feet of water lines and 2,300 linear feet of sewer lines that conflict with the bypass. It expects to need easements on about 59 parcels and estimates the full relocation at $17.3 million. Design is expected to take about 15 months, and construction is anticipated in late 2028. The city describes this relocation work as required before roadway construction can start.

The local street network is changing too. The city lists the Ridge Road connection from US 380 to Wilmeth Road as complete. The next piece, Ridge Road from Wilmeth to Bloomdale, built as the first two lanes of a planned six-lane arterial, is listed as in planning with no date. At the 2023 hearing, TxDOT showed a proposed "Wilmeth Road & Future US 380 Interchange," but the exhibit labeled it a design update under consideration. The final record of decision says the future Ridge Road connection was shifted to match the city's thoroughfare plan. Until a final schematic confirms an interchange, treat it as a proposal.

Questions to settle before you make an offer

1. Which home, how far away? TxDOT's 1,000-foot figure is to the closest property line, and individual lots will be farther. Compare the specific address against the schematic rolls.
2. Which phase reaches you first? The West University to Ridge Road frontage-road segment is the one with the earlier letting window.
3. What is your daily route? The freeway design removes direct driveway access to the main lanes, and turns are handled at signalized cross streets. Check how your commute uses Ridge Road, Wilmeth and University Drive.
4. How long will you own the home? A five-year plan and a fifteen-year plan line up with different rows of the table above.

FAQ

Will the bypass take any homes in Timberridge? TxDOT's 2023 responses say the project as designed would not displace any homes in the Timberridge subdivision.

Will there be a sound wall? TxDOT's noise analysis found that Timberridge does not meet TxDOT and FHWA requirements for a noise barrier.

When does construction start? No document gives a firm date. The 2027 UTP puts the West University to Ridge Road segment in a FY 2027–2030 letting window. McKinney's June 2026 record cites a tentative June 2028 ready-to-let date and says construction is not fully funded.

Is the Wilmeth Road interchange confirmed? No. The 2023 exhibit presented it as a design update under consideration, and the sources reviewed don't confirm it as final.

If you're weighing a Timberridge resale and want the bypass schedule matched against the specific lot and your own timeline, Ohlig Group can review the TxDOT schematics and city records with you before you write an offer. Book an Appointment.