List of Dallas-Fort Worth area freeways
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The following is a list of the freeways and tollways in the Dallas
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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...
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Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
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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...
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Interstate 20; Interstate highway passing through the southern suburbs of Fort WorthFort Worth, TexasFort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
, ArlingtonArlington, TexasArlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas within the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. According to the 2010 census results, the city had a population of 365,438, making it the third largest municipality in the Metroplex...
and sparsely populated south DallasSouth DallasSouth Dallas is an area in Dallas, Texas, . It is usually either defined in one of two ways: As the area south of the Trinity River and south of Interstate 30, which consist mostly of Oak Cliff and Pleasant Grove, or to the area bounded by I-30 and Downtown Dallas to the north, the Trinity River to...
and its southern suburbs. A section of I-20 in southern Dallas County is known as the Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. JohnsonLyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...
Freeway, and the stretch of highway running along southern Tarrant CountyTarrant County, TexasTarrant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, it had a population of 1,809,034. Its county seat is Fort Worth. Tarrant County is the sixteenth most populous county in the United States and the third most populous in Texas. The county is named in honor...
is known as the Ronald Reagan Memorial HighwayRonald ReaganRonald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
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Interstate 30; Tom LandryTom LandryThomas Wade "Tom" Landry was an American football player and coach. He is ranked as one of the greatest and most innovative coaches in National Football League history, creating many new formations and methods...
Highway (W) / R. L. ThorntonRobert L. ThorntonRobert Lee Thornton, Sr. was a Dallas, Texas businessman, philanthropist, and mayor of the city....
Freeway (E) / East-West Freeway (Fort Worth); Interstate highway passing through Garland, Dallas, Grand PrairieGrand Prairie, TexasGrand Prairie is a city in Dallas, Ellis, and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas and is a part of the Mid-Cities region in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Grand Prairie is a suburb of both Dallas and Fort Worth and had a population of 175,396 at the 2010 census.- History :The city of...
, Arlington, and Fort Worth. It begins from I-20 just west of Fort Worth. Sometimes referred to by older residents as "the old Turnpike" since it previously was known as the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike..svg.png)
Interstate 35EInterstate 35E (Texas)Interstate 35E , an Interstate Highway, is the eastern half of Interstate 35 where it splits to serve different cities in Texas. I-35 splits into two branch routes, I-35W and I-35E at Hillsboro. I-35E runs north for , maintaining I-35's sequence of exit numbers. It runs through Dallas before...
; StemmonsJohn M. StemmonsJohn Millard Stemmons was a real estate developer and civic leader in Dallas, Texas. He is best known for his efforts to develop the former flood plain of the Trinity River and his lucrative donation of land for the Stemmons Freeway that was named for his father, Leslie Stemmons.Stemmons attended...
Freeway (N) / R.L. Thornton Freeway (S); Interstate highway passing through Dallas and Denton, eventually meets I-35W in DentonDenton, TexasThe city of Denton is the county seat of Denton County, Texas in the United States. Its population was 119,454 according to the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the eleventh largest city in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...
(SW side of town) and HillsboroHillsboro, TexasHillsboro is a city in and the county seat of Hill County in Central Texas. The population was 8,232 at the 2000 census.Hillsboro, located on Interstate 35 where I-35E and I-35W meet south of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, is the primary center for trade and commerce in Hill County...
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Interstate 35WInterstate 35W (Texas)Interstate 35W , an Interstate Highway, is the western half of Interstate 35 where it splits to serve different cities in Texas. I-35 splits into two branch routes, I-35W and I-35E at Hillsboro. I-35W runs north for , carrying its own separate sequence of exit numbers. It runs through Fort Worth...
; North/South Freeway; Interstate highway passing through Fort Worth, eventually meets I-35E in Denton and Hillsboro..svg.png)
Interstate 45Interstate 45Interstate 45 is an intrastate Interstate Highway located entirely within the U.S. state of Texas. It connects the cities of Dallas and Houston, continuing southeast from Houston to Galveston over the Galveston Causeway to the Gulf of Mexico...
; Julius ScheppsJulius ScheppsJulius Schepps was an American civic leader and businessman.-Early life:Schepps was born in St. Louis, MO to Russian immigrant parents Joe and Jennie Schepps. When his parents moved to Dallas in 1901 to start a bakery business, he worked in the bakery and sold newspapers...
Freeway; Interstate highway passing through sparsely populated southeast Dallas, terminating at the US 75/I-30 interchange in downtown Dallas. The small section between I-30 and the Woodall RodgersWoodall RodgersJames Woodall Rodgers was an attorney, businessman and mayor of Dallas....
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Interstate 635Interstate 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...
; Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. JohnsonLyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...
Freeway; Interstate half-loop around Dallas. Begins at I-20 in Balch Springs and ends near Dallas-Fort Worth International AirportDallas-Fort Worth International AirportDallas/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...
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Interstate 820Interstate 820Interstate 820 is a loop of Interstate 20 in Fort Worth, Texas of approximately around the city and some of its suburbs. Exit numbers begin at its intersection with I-20 in southwest Fort Worth, and continue in a clockwise direction around the city until it ends at its intersection with I-20 in...
; Jim Wright Freeway (NW); Interstate loop around Fort Worth (southern leg is now I-20).
U.S. Highway 67; Marvin D. Love Freeway (Dallas) / S. G. Alexander Freeway (Duncanville); freeway passing through southwest Dallas.
U.S. Highway 75; North Central Expressway; north-south urban freeway starting in downtown DallasDowntown DallasDowntown 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...
, passes through popular districts and high-income neighborhoods. The freeway is in a trench for 6 miles (10 km).
U.S. Highway 80; freeway passing through MesquiteMesquite, TexasMesquite is a city located within the Dallas/Ft.Worth area of Texas. As of the 2010 US Census, the population was 139,824.-History:The city was founded May 22, 1873, by a Texas & Pacific Railway engineer who purchased land along the Texas & Pacific line outside of Dallas...
, begins near I-20 Terrell and ends at I-30 in east Dallas. Road formerly passed through Fort Worth, towards El PasoEl Paso, TexasEl Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...
before being replaced by I-20.
U.S. Highway 175U.S. Route 175U.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...
; S. M. Wright Freeway (I-45 to SH 310); C. F. Hawn Freeway (E. of SH 310); freeway passing through sparsely populated southeast Dallas.
U.S. Highway 287; freeway passing through southeast Fort Worth (as the Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway), southwest Arlington, and MansfieldMansfield, TexasMansfield is a city in Ellis, Johnson, and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 56,368.In 2009, CNN/Money Magazine rated Mansfield as one of the "Best Places to Live" in the United States, ranking 24th out of the top 100 places.-History:The first...
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State Highway 114; John W. CarpenterJohn W. CarpenterJohn William Carpenter was an American businessman and agriculturist.-Early life:Carpenter was born to Thomas Wirt Carpenter and Ellen Isaphene Dickson in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas. He was raised on the family's farm, which had been established after the Civil War...
Freeway; freeway passing through the Las ColinasLas ColinasLas Colinas is an upscale, developed area in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas.Due to its central location between Dallas and Fort Worth and its proximity to DFW Airport, Las Colinas has been a viable place in the Metroplex for corporate and business relocation.As a planned community, it has many...
business district in Irving.
State Highway 121; Airport Freeway (Fort Worth, Hurst, Bedford, Euless); freeway passing through GrapevineGrapevine, TexasGrapevine is a city in northeast Tarrant County, Texas, United States located within the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census the city population was 46,334. The city's moniker is derived from the native grapes prevalent in the area. In recent years several wineries have...
and northeast Fort Worth. The tolled stretch of 121, which extends from Grapevine to US 75, is named the Sam RayburnSam RayburnSamuel 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...
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State Highway 161; freeway/tollway passing between Dallas-Fort Worth International AirportDallas-Fort Worth International AirportDallas/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...
and Irving, will eventually connect to State Highway 190 on the north, with plans to extend south to Interstate 20. Part of the President George Bush Turnpike (see below).
State Highway 170Texas State Highway 170State Highway 170 or SH 170, also known as the Alliance Gateway Freeway, is a Texas state highway in the northern suburbs of Fort Worth...
; Alliance Gateway Freeway; freeway running from Interstate 35WInterstate 35W (Texas)Interstate 35W , an Interstate Highway, is the western half of Interstate 35 where it splits to serve different cities in Texas. I-35 splits into two branch routes, I-35W and I-35E at Hillsboro. I-35W runs north for , carrying its own separate sequence of exit numbers. It runs through Fort Worth...
in northern Fort Worth, connecting with Highway 114 in WestlakeWestlake, TexasWestlake is a town in Denton and Tarrant Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population is 702 as of the 2010 United States Census.The area known as Westlake was originally settled in 1847 by Charles and Matilda Medlin with about 20 other families. In the mid-twentieth century, now-Westlake...
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State Highway 183; Airport Freeway (Irving, Fort Worth)/ John W. CarpenterJohn W. CarpenterJohn William Carpenter was an American businessman and agriculturist.-Early life:Carpenter was born to Thomas Wirt Carpenter and Ellen Isaphene Dickson in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas. He was raised on the family's farm, which had been established after the Civil War...
Freeway (Dallas)/ Southwest Blvd. (Fort Worth); freeway passing through IrvingIrving, TexasIrving is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city population was 216,290. Irving is within the Dallas–Plano–Irving metropolitan division of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, designated...
and the "Mid-Cities", a 3 miles (5 km) section of State Highway 183 in southwest Fort Worth is a freeway.
State Highway 190; originally planned as the designation for a northern outer-loop freeway, but a tollway was built instead and State Highway 190 was retained as the designation of the frontage roadFrontage roadA frontage road is a non-limited access road running parallel to a higher-speed road, usually a freeway, and feeding it at appropriate points of access...
s of the President George Bush Turnpike (see below).
State Highway 310; "S. M. Wright Freeway (S to Loop 12)" (South Central Expressway) the remnants of the old Central Expressway, SH 310 runs from US 175 to I-45 near the interchange with I-20.
State Highway 360; Angus G. WynneAngus G. WynneAngus Gilchrist Wynne, Jr. was a land developer, founder of Wynnewood Shopping Center and community development in Oak Cliff, a suburb of Dallas. He also developed Six Flags Over Texas and Six Flags Over Georgia and Six Flags St. Louis theme parks in Texas, Georgia, and Missouri...
Freeway / Watson Road; freeway passing relatively along the border of Arlington and Grand PrairieGrand Prairie, TexasGrand Prairie is a city in Dallas, Ellis, and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas and is a part of the Mid-Cities region in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Grand Prairie is a suburb of both Dallas and Fort Worth and had a population of 175,396 at the 2010 census.- History :The city of...
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Loop 12; Walton Walker Boulevard (W); freeway passing through west Dallas and Irving, connecting to Spur 408 in the south, passes by Texas StadiumTexas StadiumTexas Stadium was a football stadium in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The stadium opened on September 17, 1971.Built to replace the aging Cotton Bowl, it was the home field of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, and had a seating capacity of 65,675...
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Loop 288Texas State Highway Loop 288Loop 288 is a state highway within the city limits of Denton, Texas. On the north side of town, the loop runs next to the C. H. Collins Athletic Complex. Despite its name, Loop 288 does not make a complete circuit, running instead around the north, east and southeast sides of the city...
; (E) freeway passing through north Denton, connecting to I-35 on the north, freeway terminates at US 380/377 and continues as an expresswayLimited-access roadA limited-access road known by various terms worldwide, including limited-access highway, dual-carriageway and expressway, is a highway or arterial road for high-speed traffic which has many or most characteristics of a controlled-access highway , including limited or no access to adjacent...
to I-35E. Together both sections bypass the central business district. Future plans call for an extensions west to US 380 before continuing south to I-35W.
Spur 97 (toll); International Parkway; tollway passing through Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, connects to State Highway 114/121 and State Highway 183.
Spur 280; brief spur freeway connecting US 287 to downtown Fort Worth.
Spur 366State Highway Spur 366 (Texas)Spur 366, also named Woodall Rodgers Freeway, is a highway that connects Interstate 35E to Interstate 345 in central Dallas, Texas...
; Woodall RodgersWoodall RodgersJames Woodall Rodgers was an attorney, businessman and mayor of Dallas....
Freeway; freeway passing along the northern boundary of downtown Dallas, connects I-35E to US 75/I-45 (technically, the north end of I-345). Eventual plans, as part of the Trinity River Corridor Project, call for extending this highway over the Trinity RiverTrinity River (Texas)The Trinity River is a long river that flows entirely within the U.S. state of Texas. It rises in extreme north Texas, a few miles south of the Red River. The headwaters are separated by the high bluffs on the south side of the Red River....
and into west DallasWest DallasWest Dallas is an area consisting of many communities and neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas . West Dallas is the area bounded by Interstate 30 on the south, the Trinity River on the east and north, and the Trinity River's West Fork on the west....
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Spur 408; Patriot Parkway; freeway passing through semi-rural southwest Dallas, connecting to Loop 12 on the north, terminates at I-20 in the south.
Spur 482; Storey Lane; spur freeway connecting SH 183/114 to Loop 12 (Northwest Highway), passes by former site of Texas StadiumTexas StadiumTexas Stadium was a football stadium in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The stadium opened on September 17, 1971.Built to replace the aging Cotton Bowl, it was the home field of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, and had a seating capacity of 65,675...
.- Dallas North TollwayDallas North TollwayThe Dallas North Tollway is a controlled-access toll road operated by the North Texas Tollway Authority , which runs from Interstate 35E near downtown Dallas, Texas , to U.S...
(toll); tollway extending northward out of downtown DallasDowntown DallasDowntown 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 passing along and through the wealthiest neighborhoods and shopping/dining areas in Dallas, passing through PlanoPlano, TexasPlano 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...
, and into FriscoFrisco, TexasFrisco is an affluent city in Collin and Denton Counties in the U.S. state of Texas and a rapidly growing suburb of Dallas. As of the 2010 Census, 116,989 people were living in Frisco up from 33,714 in the previous census. Frisco was the fastest growing city in the United States in 2009, and also...
. Its free frontage roads (which don't exist south of I-635) are known as Dallas Parkway. The Tollway currently extends to the northern edge of Frisco, terminating at U.S. Highway 380, and is under construction to extend it farther north. - President George Bush TurnpikePresident George Bush TurnpikeThe 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...
(toll); tollway named for George H. W. BushGeorge H. W. BushGeorge Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...
; passes through northern Dallas suburbs, currently terminating at State Highway 161 in IrvingIrving, TexasIrving is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city population was 216,290. Irving is within the Dallas–Plano–Irving metropolitan division of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, designated...
in the west and GarlandGarland, Texas-Climate:* The average warmest month is July.* The highest recorded temperature was in 2000.* On average, the coolest month is January.* The lowest recorded temperature was in 1989.* The maximum average precipitation occurs in May....
in the east. In between, it forms the boundary between PlanoPlano, TexasPlano 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...
to the north and Dallas and RichardsonRichardson, TexasRichardson 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...
to the south. The Turnpike will eventually connect to I-30 in the east, forming a northern loop around Dallas. The Turnpike's free frontage roads are signed as State Highway 190.