Central Expressway is a north–south highway

Highway

A highway is any public road. In American English, the term is common and almost always designates major roads. In British English, the term designates any road open to the public. Any interconnected set of highways can be variously referred to as a "highway system", a "highway network", or a...

 in Dallas

Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...

, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

 (USA

United States

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) and surrounding areas.

North Central Expressway

The best-known section is the North Central Expressway, a name for a freeway section of U.S. Highway 75 between downtown Dallas and McKinney, Texas

McKinney, Texas

McKinney is a city in and the county seat of Collin County, Texas, United States, and the second in population to Plano. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 131,117 The Census Bureau listed McKinney as the nation's fastest growing city from 2000 to 2003 and again in...

. The southern terminus is at an intersection with "hidden" Interstate 345 (signed as Interstate 45) and Woodall Rodgers Expressway.

South of US 75's terminus, North Central Expressway briefly continues south in the median of I-345, then becomes a surface street through the eastern side of downtown Dallas. The surface street section south of Pearl Street was renamed for César Chávez

César Chávez

César Estrada Chávez was an American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers ....

 in April, 2010.

The North Central Expressway is near high-income neighborhoods and enclave cities such as Highland Park

Highland Park, Texas

Highland Park is a town in central Dallas County, Texas, United States. The population was 8,842 at the 2000 census. Located between the Dallas North Tollway and U.S. Route 75 , four miles north of downtown Dallas....

 and University Park

University Park, Texas

University Park is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States, and a inner suburb of Dallas. The population was 23,324 at the 2000 census. The city is home to Southern Methodist University. Like its neighbor, Highland Park, it is a city partially surrounded by the municipality of Dallas...

. The freeway is also adjacent to popular districts including Uptown

Uptown Dallas

Uptown is a PID and neighborhood in Dallas, Texas. Uptown is adjacent-to and north-of downtown Dallas, and is bordered by US 75 on the east, N Haskell Avenue on the northeast, Katy Trail on the northwest, Bookhout Street and Cedar Springs Road on the west, N Akard Street on the southwest and Spur...

, Cityplace

Cityplace, Dallas

Cityplace is a TIF District and neighborhood in the Oak Lawn area of Dallas, Texas adjacent to the intersection of Central Expressway and Haskell Avenue/Blackburn Street. East of Central Expressway, the neighborhood includes the tree-lined Haskell boulevard and travels past the 42-story Tower at...

, Lower Greenville

Lower Greenville, Dallas, Texas

Lower Greenville is a neighborhood in east Dallas, Texas , west of Lakewood. Specifically, the neighborhood is the area adjacent to Greenville Avenue south of Mockingbird Lane and north of Belmont Avenue...

, NorthPark Center

NorthPark Center

NorthPark Center is an upscale shopping mall located in Dallas, Texas . The mall is located at the intersection of Loop 12 and US 75 . The center has over 235 stores and restaurants. NorthPark is the first shopping center featured on Vogue Magazine...

, and the Telecom Corridor

Telecom Corridor

The Telecom Corridor is a technology business center in Richardson, Texas , a northern suburb of Dallas, which contains over 25 million square feet of office space and accounts for over 82,600 jobs. The Corridor is a strip about 6.5 miles long along U.S...

. Near the intersection of Central Expressway and Mockingbird Lane is Southern Methodist University

Southern Methodist University

Southern Methodist University is a private university in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Taos, New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church...

, and Mockingbird Station

Mockingbird Station

Mockingbird is a DART Light Rail station located in north Dallas, Texas at Mockingbird Lane and North Central Expressway . It opened in January 1997 and is a station on the , and Lines, serving the Mockingbird Station residential and retail development and nearby Southern Methodist...

.

The Dallas Area Rapid Transit

Dallas Area Rapid Transit

The Dallas Area Rapid Transit authority is a transit agency based in Dallas, Texas . It operates buses, light rail, commuter rail, and high-occupancy vehicle lanes in Dallas and 12 of its suburbs...

 light rail system has a tunnel underneath the North Central Expressway between downtown Dallas

Downtown Dallas

Downtown Dallas is the Central Business District in Dallas, Texas USA, located in the geographic center of the city. The area termed "Downtown" has traditionally been defined as bounded by the downtown freeway loop: bounded on the east by I-345 Downtown Dallas is the Central Business District...

 and Mockingbird Station

Mockingbird Station

Mockingbird is a DART Light Rail station located in north Dallas, Texas at Mockingbird Lane and North Central Expressway . It opened in January 1997 and is a station on the , and Lines, serving the Mockingbird Station residential and retail development and nearby Southern Methodist...

.

History

The Central project was first proposed by Dallas City Planner George E. Kessler in 1911, who suggested that the city buy the right of way of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad (H&TC) to remove the railway tracks and construct a Central Boulevard (later renamed the Central Expressway project) in their place. The Central project became a real project in the 1920's (with first mention in The Dallas Morning News

The Dallas Morning News

The Dallas Morning News is the major daily newspaper serving the Dallas, Texas area, with a circulation of 264,459 subscribers, the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported in September 2010...

in December 1924), but resistance from the Southern Pacific

Southern Pacific Railroad

The Southern Pacific Transportation Company , earlier Southern Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Company, and usually simply called the Southern Pacific or Espee, was an American railroad....

 railroad company proved to be a serious obstacle that delayed the project for decades. Southern Pacific

Southern Pacific Railroad

The Southern Pacific Transportation Company , earlier Southern Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Company, and usually simply called the Southern Pacific or Espee, was an American railroad....

 opposed the use of their railroad's right of way to construct the Central Expressway, and it was this opposition and lobbying of political forces that caused the significant delays in the construction to the early 1950s.

Parts of the North Central Expressway were opened in 1950. The route from Downtown to Mockingbird Lane was fully functional by the end of 1952, and the whole route to Campbell Road in Richardson

Richardson, Texas

Richardson is a city in Dallas and Collin Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 99,223. In 2011 the population was estimated to be 107,684. Richardson is an affluent inner suburb of Dallas and home of the Telecom Corridor with a high...

 was opened for traffic in August 1956. By the time the Central Expressway opened for traffic, North Dallas and Richardson had already expanded beyond expectations, and the new highway was already hopelessly inadequate by the 1960s. The Expressway did not reach the city of Anna

Anna, Texas

Anna is a city in Collin County, Texas, United States. The population was 8249 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Anna is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 57  square miles , all of it land.-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 8249...

 and the northern Collin County

Collin County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 491,675 people, 181,970 households, and 132,292 families residing in the county. The population density was 580 people per square mile . There were 194,892 housing units at an average density of 230 per square mile...

 line until late 1969 or early 1970.

Reconstruction

Prior to reconstruction, the North Central Expressway was considered to be one of the most poorly designed freeways in the nation. Though initially an engineering marvel as Dallas's first freeway when it opened to traffic in 1950, the explosive growth that soon hit north Dallas

North Dallas

North Dallas is an expensive area of numerous communities and neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas . The phrase "North Dallas" is also sometimes used to include any suburb or exurb north of Dallas proper within the metropolitan area. The majority of North Dallas is located in Dallas County while a small...

 and the nearby suburbs quickly overwhelmed its design and capacity. By the 1980s, the four-lane freeway had acquired a reputation for severe rush-hour traffic jams.

In the early 1980s, the TxDOT

Texas Department of Transportation

The Texas Department of Transportation is a governmental agency in the U.S. state of Texas. Its stated mission is to "work cooperatively to provide safe, effective and efficient movement of people and goods" throughout the state...

 floated plans to build an elevated structure above the existing freeway. After considerable study and debate, elevated structures were eliminated. Construction started in 1992 and was finally completed in November 1999. Total reconstruction cost was around $

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600 million.

Current state

The facility has 8 continuous general-purpose lanes from downtown Dallas to Legacy Drive in Plano except for a six-lane segment where it passes under Interstate 635

Interstate 635 (Texas)

Interstate 635 or the Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway is a partial loop around Dallas, Texas between Interstate 20 in Balch Springs, Texas and State Highway 121 at the north entrance of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas. The route is long...

 (two additional lanes are present but are only entrance ramps/exit ramps for Forest Lane and Midpark Road). For the six miles (10 km) north of downtown Dallas

Downtown Dallas

Downtown Dallas is the Central Business District in Dallas, Texas USA, located in the geographic center of the city. The area termed "Downtown" has traditionally been defined as bounded by the downtown freeway loop: bounded on the east by I-345 Downtown Dallas is the Central Business District...

, the freeway lies more than 30 feet (9.1 m) below adjacent and partially cantilever

Cantilever

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ed frontage roads.

Aesthetic treatment

The freeway's architecturally distinctive design distinguishes it as one of the nation's most attractive urban freeways. Every structure and element along the highway right-of-way was given aesthetic attention during the design phase. Support columns for overpasses and bridges have been designed to be as visually appealing as possible. The beige concrete columns which form the support structure for the retaining walls contrast with the brown, textured infill panels of the walls to create a multicolored and articulated edge to the freeway. Two million square feet of these walls along the nine mile (14 km)-long project distinguishes the freeway.

Freedman's Cemetery

Central Expressway's 1940s construction methods would come to represent inadequacies of both civil engineering and social engineering. The southern end of North Central Expressway passed through a historic African-American neighborhood, displacing 1,500 black residents. But the full scale of the injustice was not revealed until preparations began for the 1990s expansion of the route. The living weren't the only ones displaced; a quarter of the 4 acres (16,187.4 m²) Freedman's Cemetery, with graves dating back to Emancipation

Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation is an executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War using his war powers. It proclaimed the freedom of 3.1 million of the nation's 4 million slaves, and immediately freed 50,000 of them, with nearly...

, had been paved over. Archeological excavations uncovered the remains of over 1,100 men, women, and children under existing and proposed roadways. After their reburial, the site was turned into a memorial to the working-class black residents of the area, which after the expressways were built, became the upscale Uptown Dallas

Uptown Dallas

Uptown is a PID and neighborhood in Dallas, Texas. Uptown is adjacent-to and north-of downtown Dallas, and is bordered by US 75 on the east, N Haskell Avenue on the northeast, Katy Trail on the northwest, Bookhout Street and Cedar Springs Road on the west, N Akard Street on the southwest and Spur...

 neighborhood.

South Central Expressway

From south of Main Street

Main Street, Dallas

The Main Street District of downtown Dallas, Texas runs along Main Street and is bounded by Lamar Street, Elm Street,the US 75/I-45 elevated highway and Commerce Street. The district is the spine of downtown Dallas, and connects many of the adjoining business and entertainment districts.- About...

 and its crossing under the Interstate 45 overhead in downtown Dallas

Downtown Dallas

Downtown Dallas is the Central Business District in Dallas, Texas USA, located in the geographic center of the city. The area termed "Downtown" has traditionally been defined as bounded by the downtown freeway loop: bounded on the east by I-345 Downtown Dallas is the Central Business District...

, Central Expressway became the South Central Expressway. The road met Interstate 30 at a three-level interchange and continued south as a surface road down to I-45. This section was renamed in honor of César Chávez in April, 2010. Upon crossing under I-45, it becomes U.S. Highway 175

U.S. Route 175

U.S. Highway 175 is an east-west United States highway, its span completely within the state of Texas. It comes very close to meeting its "parent", US 75, but decommissioning and rerouting in downtown Dallas, Texas bring it a couple of miles short. Before the decommissioning of US 75 south of...

 and is signed both as South Central Expressway and S.M. Wright Freeway (named for a local minister). Where US 175 turns off to the east, the road continues south as State Highway 310; the S.M. Wright Freeway name ends at Loop 12, past the end of freeway standards. The South Central Expressway continues past a partial interchange with Interstate 20 to end at a merge with I-45 north of Hutchins

Hutchins, Texas

Hutchins is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,805 at the 2000 census.Union Pacific's Dallas Intermodal Terminal is located partly in the city of Hutchins and partly in the city of Wilmer . The shipping facility, was built by AUI Contractors LP, Prime Rail Interests...

. This section through and south of downtown mainly serves local traffic. I-45 was built roughly parallel to it. However, the parallel section of I-45 north of the Trinity River is completely elevated, and is often difficult to traverse when ice storms hit Dallas (about once per year); thus, South Central often takes over some of the traffic during this time.

Future changes

The US 175 section is due to be rerouted in the future, off South Central/S.M. Wright onto a new alignment, further extending C.F. Hawn Freeway west to I-45; it has not been reported whether or not the State Highway 310 numbering would replace US 175's when it is rerouted. Meanwhile, TxDOT is preparing to redesign the portion of South Central/S.M. Wright (between I-45 and US 175's current east turn) into a surface-street boulevard, and has held meetings with local residents about the project. Many have differences of opinion; some want a 4-lane arrangement, others want 6 lanes. Some even think TxDOT is to blame for dividing the surrounding neighborhood. Unfortunately, there is not current funding for the project, and even if there were, it would be 2015 at the earliest before US 175's rerouting could be finished .

South Central Expressway

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Dallas Dallas County, Texas As of the census of 2000, there were 2,218,899 people, 807,621 households, and 533,837 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,523 people per square mile . There were 854,119 housing units at an average density of 971/sq mi...	Dallas Dallas, Texas Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...	Lamar Street	northbound exit and southbound entrance
		Municipal Avenue; Lamar Street	northbound exit and entrance
		Haven Street	southbound exit and entrance
		U.S. Highway 175 east - Kaufman	no southbound entrance
		Hatcher Street	no northbound exit
		Pine Street
		Metropolitan Avenue
		Pennsylvania Avenue	northbound exit and southbound entrance
		Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard	northbound exit only
		Interstate Highway 45 to U.S. Highway 75 - McKinney	northbound exit and southbound entrance
		Good-Latimer Expressway Good-Latimer Expressway The Good-Latimer Expressway is a street in central Dallas, Texas . It begins in south Dallas as an exit off U.S. Highway 175 at US 175's western terminus at Interstate 45. The street runs in a north-northwest direction through south Dallas, the Cedars, the Farmers Market District of downtown, and...	northbound exit and southbound entrance

At this point South Central Expressway becomes a surface road through Downtown Dallas.

North Central Expressway

North Central Expressway is the only highway in Texas to use a consecutive-numbering system as opposed to a mile marker system. The numbering system south of I-635 changed drastically when several exits were consolidated; north of I-635 the system remained the same. When US 75 was rerouted west of Sherman and Denison, additional exits took the next available numbers.

North of McKinney, US 75 is not referred to as Central Expressway, giving way to other names such as Collins Freeway (Howe) and Sam Rayburn

Sam Rayburn

Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn , often called "Mr. Sam," or "Mr. Democrat," was a Democratic lawmaker from Bonham, Texas, who served as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for seventeen years, the longest tenure in U.S. history.- Background :Rayburn was born in Roane County, Tennessee, and...

 Freeway (Sherman).

County	Location	# Exit number An exit number is a number assigned to a road junction, usually an exit from a freeway. It is usually marked on the same sign as the destinations of the exit, as well as a sign in the gore....		Destinations	Notes
Dallas Dallas County, Texas As of the census of 2000, there were 2,218,899 people, 807,621 households, and 533,837 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,523 people per square mile . There were 854,119 housing units at an average density of 971/sq mi...	Dallas	Old
				Bryan Street; Good-Latimer Expressway Good-Latimer Expressway The Good-Latimer Expressway is a street in central Dallas, Texas . It begins in south Dallas as an exit off U.S. Highway 175 at US 175's western terminus at Interstate 45. The street runs in a north-northwest direction through south Dallas, the Cedars, the Farmers Market District of downtown, and...	southbound exit and northbound entrance
				Interstate Highway 45 south - Houston (Interstate Highway 345 south)	southbound exit and northbound entrance
			285	Ross Avenue	southbound exit only; exit no. corresponds to I-45
			1A	to Interstate Highway 35E - Denton; Waco (Spur 366 west)	southbound exit and northbound entrance; northbound where I-45 becomes US 75, exit 286; no. corresponds to I-45 north
		1		(Hall Street)
		2		(Lemmon Avenue)
		3	1B	Haskell Avenue; Blackburn Street; Fitzhugh Avenue; Lemmon Avenue
		4		(Fitzhugh Avenue)
		5	2	Knox Street; Henderson Avenue; Monticello Avenue; Fitzhugh Avenue
		6		(Monticello Avenue)
		7		(McCommas Boulevard)
		8	3	Mockingbird Lane; University Boulevard; Monticello Avenue
		9		(Yale Boulevard)
		10		(University Boulevard)
		11	4A	Lovers Lane; Southwestern Boulevard; University Boulevard	exit 4 southbound
		12		(Southwestern Boulevard)
		13	4B	Caruth Haven Lane	southbound exit is combined with 5A
		14-15	5A	Loop 12 - Caruth Haven Lane
		16	5B	Northpark Boulevard; Park Lane
		17	6	Walnut Hill Lane; Meadow Road
		18		(Meadow Road)
		19	7	Royal Lane; Meadow Road
		20A	8A	Forest Lane	exit 20-20A southbound
		20B	8B	Coit Road	northbound exit and southbound entrance
			20B	Frontage Road	northbound exit only
			21	Interstate Highway 635
			20A	Churchill Way	southbound exit and northbound entrance
			22	Midpark Road
	Richardson Richardson, Texas Richardson is a city in Dallas and Collin Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 99,223. In 2011 the population was estimated to be 107,684. Richardson is an affluent inner suburb of Dallas and home of the Telecom Corridor with a high...		23	Spring Valley Road
			24	Belt Line Road; Main Street
			25	Arapaho Road
			26	Campbell Road	northbound exit and southbound entrance
			27A	Galatyn Parkway; Renner Road; Campbell Road	exit 26 southbound
Collin Collin County, Texas As of the census of 2000, there were 491,675 people, 181,970 households, and 132,292 families residing in the county. The population density was 580 people per square mile . There were 194,892 housing units at an average density of 230 per square mile...			27	Renner Road	southbound exit and northbound entrance
			28A	Plano Parkway
			28B	President George Bush Turnpike President George Bush Turnpike The President George Bush Turnpike is a 45.1-mile toll road running generally east–west through the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas, United States. It is named for George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States...
	Plano Plano, Texas Plano is a city in the state of Texas, located mostly within Collin County. The city's population was 259,841 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth-largest city in Texas and the 71st most populous city in the United States. Plano is located within the metropolitan area commonly referred to as...		29	15th Street (former FM 544 Farm to Market Road In the United States, a farm-to-market road or ranch-to-market road is a state road or county road which serves to connect rural or agricultural areas to market towns... )	northbound exit and southbound entrance
			29A	Park Boulevard; 15th Street
			30	Parker Road
			30A	Frontage Road	southbound exit only
			31	Spring Creek Parkway
			32	Legacy Drive
			32A	Frontage Road	northbound exit and southbound exit
	Allen Allen, Texas Allen is a city in Collin County, Texas, United States, a northern suburb of Dallas. As of the 2010 census the city had a total population of 84,246.-Geography:According to the City of Allen, the city has a total area of...		33	Bethany Drive
			34	McDermott Drive (former FM 2170 Farm to Market Road In the United States, a farm-to-market road or ranch-to-market road is a state road or county road which serves to connect rural or agricultural areas to market towns... )
			35	Allen Drive	northbound exit and southbound entrance
			36	Exchange Parkway
			37	Farm to Market Road 2786 - Stacy Road
			38	Ridgeview Drive
			38A	State Highway 121 State Highway 121 (Texas) State Highway 121, locally known as 121 or the Sam Rayburn Tollway, is a diagonal state highway, angling from southwest to northeast through north central Texas. It runs from downtown Fort Worth, Texas at the junction of Interstate 35W to Bonham, Texas, just north of a junction with U.S...  south; to State Highway 5 State Highway 5 (Texas) State Highway 5, or SH 5, runs along the old route of U.S. Highway 75 at Howe into the city of Allen. SH 5 parallels US 75 along its length and runs alongside the former Southern Pacific rail lines. SH 5 was created in 1959 when the new route of US 75 was established to the west...  - Fort Worth (Spur 399; former Farm to Market Road 720 Farm to Market Road 720 Farm to Market Road 720 is a farm to market road in Denton County, Texas.-Route description:FM 720 is a suburban road that begins at just west of the Lincoln Park town limits. It travels southward, through Oak Point, before turning to the southeast and entering Little Elm... )	SH 121 joins northbound and leaves southbound
	McKinney McKinney, Texas McKinney is a city in and the county seat of Collin County, Texas, United States, and the second in population to Plano. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 131,117 The Census Bureau listed McKinney as the nation's fastest growing city from 2000 to 2003 and again in...		39	Eldorado Parkway
			40A	Farm to Market Road 3038; Spur 359 - Louisiana Street; Virginia Parkway
			40B	White Avenue	northbound exit and southbound entrance
			41	U.S. Highway 380 - Greenville; Denton
			42	Wilmeth Road
			43	Farm to Market Road 543 - Weston Road
			44	Telephone Road; Davis Road
			45	State Highway 121 State Highway 121 (Texas) State Highway 121, locally known as 121 or the Sam Rayburn Tollway, is a diagonal state highway, angling from southwest to northeast through north central Texas. It runs from downtown Fort Worth, Texas at the junction of Interstate 35W to Bonham, Texas, just north of a junction with U.S...  north - Bonham	SH 121 joins southbound and leaves northbound
	Melissa Melissa, Texas Melissa is a city in Collin County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,350 at the 2000 census, but has since increased to an estimated population of 3,014 in July 2006, a 123.3% increase...		46	Melissa Road
			47	Throckmorton Road; Foster Crossing Road
	Anna Anna, Texas Anna is a city in Collin County, Texas, United States. The population was 8249 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Anna is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 57  square miles , all of it land.-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 8249...		48	Farm to Market Road 455 Farm to Market Road 455 Farm to Market Road 455 or FM 455 is a two-lane, state-maintained highway that connects five adjacent counties in north central Texas. Cities serviced by FM 455 include: Montague,Forestburg, Sanger, Celina, and Pilot Point...  - Anna-Weston Road
			49	Mantua Road
			50	County Line Road
Grayson Grayson County, Texas As of the census of 2000, there were 110,595 people, 42,849 households, and 30,208 families residing in the county. The population density was 118 people per square mile . There were 48,315 housing units at an average density of 52 per square mile...	Van Alstyne Van Alstyne, Texas Van Alstyne is a city in Grayson Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 3,046 at the 2010 census.The Grayson County portion of Van Alstyne is part of the Sherman–Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area,-Geography:...		51	Farm to Market Road 121 - Van Alstyne	due to confusion between this exit and State Highway 121 (a few miles to the south, which leads to DFW Airport Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is located between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, and is the busiest airport in the U.S. state of Texas... ), southbound highway signs are marked "DFW TRAFFIC DO NOT EXIT"
			52	Farmington Road
	Howe Howe, Texas Howe is a town in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,478 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Sherman–Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area-Geography:Howe is located at ....		53	Spur 381 - Howe
			54	Farm to Market Road 902; State Highway 5 State Highway 5 (Texas) State Highway 5, or SH 5, runs along the old route of U.S. Highway 75 at Howe into the city of Allen. SH 5 parallels US 75 along its length and runs alongside the former Southern Pacific rail lines. SH 5 was created in 1959 when the new route of US 75 was established to the west...
	Sherman Sherman, Texas Sherman is a city in and the county seat of Grayson County, Texas, United States. The city's estimated population as of 2009 was 38,407. It is also one of two principal cities in the Sherman-Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...		55A	Frontage Road	southbound exit and entrance
			55	Frontage Road
			56	Farm to Market Road 1417
			56A	South Travis Street	northbound exit and southbound entrance
			56B	Frontage Road	northbound exit only
			57	Park Street; Center Street
			58	State Highway 56 - Lamar Street; Houston Street	Lamar Street is one way eastbound; Houston Street is one way westbound
			59	Washington Street	no southbound entrance
			60	Farm to Market Road 131 - Travis Street; Taylor Street
			61	State Highway 91 State Highway 91 (Texas) State Highway 91 or SH 91 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas that runs from Sherman through Denison to the Oklahoma border at Denison Dam at Lake Texoma...  north — Texoma Parkway	no southbound exit
			62	Lamberth Road	northbound exit and southbound entrance
			63	U.S. Highway 82 - Bonham Bonham, Texas Bonham is a city in Fannin County, Texas, United States. The population was 10,127 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Fannin County. James Bonham sought the aid of James Fannin at the Battle of the Alamo.... ; Gainesville Gainesville, Texas Gainesville is a city in and the county seat of Cooke County, Texas, United States. The population was 15,538 at the 2000 census.-History:...
			64	Loy Lake Road; Fallon Drive
			65	Farm to Market Road 691 - Grayson County Airport Grayson County Airport North Texas Regional Airport / Perrin Field is a county-owned public use airport in Grayson County, Texas, United States. It is located between the cities of Sherman and Denison. Formerly known as Grayson County Airport, the airport was renamed in November 2007. It is used entirely for general... ; Grayson County Junior College
	Denison Denison, Texas Denison is a city in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 22,773 at the 2000 census; it is estimated to have grown to 24,127 in 2009. Denison is one of two principal cities in the Sherman-Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...		66	Spur 503 - Denison
			67	Loy Lake Road
			68	Crawford Street Road
			69	Farm to Market Road 120 - Pottsboro; Lake Texoma Lake Texoma Lake Texoma is one of the largest reservoirs in the United States, the 12th largest Corps of Engineers lake, and the largest in USACE Tulsa District....
			70	Farm to Market Road 84
			71	Randell Lake Road
			72	State Highway 91 State Highway 91 (Texas) State Highway 91 or SH 91 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas that runs from Sherman through Denison to the Oklahoma border at Denison Dam at Lake Texoma...
			73	U.S. Highway 69 south - Greenville; Denison	US 69 joins northbound and leaves southbound
			74	Texas Travel Info Center