Newest 'diverging diamond' interchange opens at I-35 and Parmer

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Texas transportation officials celebrated its latest project Wednesday that is changing the way Austin-area drivers get around town.
Officials with the Texas Department of Transportation joined Texas Transportation Commission Chairman J. Bruce Bugg, Jr. in cutting the ribbon on a diverging diamond interchange at the intersection of Interstate 35 and Parmer Lane.
In addition to the new interchange, drivers will also see a reconstructed northbound intersection bypass lane, a south