Interstate 35E (Texas)
Interstate 35E (I-35E[lower-alpha 1]), an Interstate Highway, is the eastern half of I-35, where it splits to serve the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. I-35 splits into two branch routes, I-35W and I-35E, at Hillsboro. I-35E travels north for 97 miles (156 km), maintaining I-35's sequence of exit numbers. It travels through Dallas before rejoining with I-35W to reform I-35 in Denton.
Interstate 35E | ||||
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| Stemmons Freeway | ||||
I-35E highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 96.76 mi[1] (155.72 km) | |||
| Existed | 1959–present | |||
| NHS | Entire route | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |    I-35 / I-35W / US 77 in Hillsboro | |||
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| North end | I-35 / I-35W in Denton | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | Hill, Ellis, Dallas, Denton | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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During the early years of the Interstate Highway System, branching Interstates with directional suffixes, such as N, S, E, and W, were common nationwide. On every other Interstate nationwide, these directional suffixes have been phased out by redesignating the suffixed route numbers with a loop or spur route number designation (such as I-270 in Maryland, which was once I-70S) or, in some cases, were assigned a different route number (such as I-76, which was once I-80S). In the case of I-35 in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, since neither branch is clearly the main route and both branches return to a unified Interstate beyond the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has allowed the suffixes of E and W in Texas to remain in the present day. I-35 also splits into I-35E and I-35W in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota, for similar reasons as the I-35 split in the Dallas–Fort Worth area.
Route description
U.S. Highway 67
I-35E travels concurrently with U.S. Highway 67 (US 67) from just north of Kiest Boulevard in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas to the I-30 interchange in Downtown Dallas. From there, US 67 joins with I-30. On both segments, US 67 is unsigned.
U.S. Highway 77
From Waco, Texas, to El Dorado, Kansas, I-35 (or I-35E) typically runs concurrent with or lies fairly close to US 77. This highway travels parallel to I-35E after splitting off of I-35 north of Hillsboro, running through Italy and Milford. It joins with I-35E for less than one mile (1.6 km) just south of Waxahachie before splitting back off to run through Waxahachie. It rejoins the Interstate just north of a junction with State Highway 342 (SH 342) in Red Oak. US 77 stays with the Interstate through Dallas and up to the southeastern section of Denton. It then breaks off, rejoining I-35 north of the city. Except for the spur sections (Denton and the section between Red Oak and Hillsboro) and the portion from I-635 to the split in Denton, US 77 is unsigned.
From the Dallas–Ellis county line to Denton
From the Dallas–Ellis county line to Downtown Dallas, I-35E is called South R.L. Thornton Freeway and varies from 8 to 10 lanes plus HOV. The section from I-20 to Downtown Dallas will be undergoing a major reconstruction by 2015 to 12 lanes. Reconstruction of I-35E and the downtown Mixmaster interchange with I-30 is planned as part of the Horseshoe Project,[3] derived from the larger Pegasus Project.[4][5] From this point, I-35E is named the Stemmons Freeway to Lewisville. This section will undergo reconstruction in three phases. The first, a widening of I-35E from I-635 to Denton, will start in late 2011 to over 16 lanes. The second, the LBJ Project, will include elevated toll I-35E lanes by 2016. Last is the major reconstruction of Stemmons Freeway (I-35E) from Downtown Dallas to I-635 to over 20 lanes by 2020.
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History
I-35E replaced most of US 77 between Hillsboro and Denton. US 77 is unsigned along the route, with the exception of the highway that runs through Waxahachie–Red Oak and Denton. I-35E was completed in the early 1960s.
When first designated, I-35W and I-35E were the only suffixed highways in Texas. Subsequently, I-69W, I-69E, and I-69C have been designated.
Exit list
Exit numbers and mileposts increase numerically from the south end, continuing the numbers used on I-35.
| County | Location | mi[6] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill | | 371.1 | 597.2 | 370 |  I-35 south – Waco | I-35E south and I-35W merge into I-35 |
| | 371.3 | 597.5 | 370A |   US 77 north / Spur 579 – Hillsboro | Southbound exit only | |
| | 371.8 | 598.4 | 370B |  I-35W north – Fort Worth | Southbound exit only | |
| Carl's Corner | 373.6 | 601.3 | 374 |  FM 2959 – Carl's Corner | ||
| | 376.9 | 606.6 | 377 |  FM 934 | ||
| Ellis | Milford | 380.7 | 612.7 | 381 |  FM 566 (Milford Road) | |
| 384.7 | 619.1 | 384 | Derrs Chapel Road | |||
| Italy | 386.2 | 621.5 | 386 |  SH 34 – Italy, Ennis | ||
| Forreston | 390.8 | 628.9 | 391 |  FM 329 (Forreston Road) | ||
| Waxahachie | 397.7 | 640.0 | 397 | US 77 – Waxahachie | ||
| 398.6 | 641.5 | 399 |    FM 66 / FM 876 / FM 1446 | Signed as exits 399A (FM 66/FM 876) and 399B (FM 1446) southbound | ||
| 400.4 | 644.4 | 401A | Brookside Road | |||
| 401.8 | 646.6 | 401B |    Bus. US 287 / FM 664 – Waxahachie | |||
| 402.6 | 647.9 | 403 |  US 287 – Corsicana, Fort Worth | Access to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Waxahachie | ||
| 404.3 | 650.7 | 404 | Lofland Road | |||
| 405.4 | 652.4 | 405 |  FM 387 | |||
| 406.5 | 654.2 | 406 | Sterrett Road | |||
| Red Oak | 408.0 | 656.6 | 408 |   US 77 south / SH 342 – Red Oak | South end of US 77 overlap | |
| 409.6 | 659.2 | 410A | Red Oak Road | |||
| 410.6 | 660.8 | 410B | FM 664 (Ovilla Road) | |||
| Dallas | Lancaster–Glenn Heights line | 412.0 | 663.0 | 412 | Bear Creek Road | |
| Lancaster–DeSoto line | 413.7 | 665.8 | 413 | Parkerville Road | ||
| 414.2 | 666.6 | 414 |  FM 1382 (Belt Line Road) | |||
| 415.2 | 668.2 | 415 | Pleasant Run Road | |||
| 416.1 | 669.6 | 416 | Wintergreen Road | |||
| Lancaster–DeSoto– Dallas tripoint | 417.1 | 671.3 | 417 | Danieldale Road / Wheatland Road | ||
| Dallas | 418.2 | 673.0 | 418 |  I-20 – Fort Worth, Shreveport | Signed as exits 418A (west) and 418B (east); I-20 exit 467 | |
| 419.8 | 675.6 | 419 | Camp Wisdom Road | |||
| 420.5 | 676.7 | 420 | Laureland Road | |||
| 421.2 | 677.9 | 421 |  Loop 12 / Ann Arbor Avenue | Signed as exits 421A (east) and 421B (west) | ||
| 422.5 | 679.9 | 422A | Beckley Avenue / Overton Road | No direct southbound exit (signed at Kiest Boulevard) | ||
| 422.8 | 680.4 | 422B | Kiest Boulevard | |||
| 423.5 | 681.6 | 423A |  US 67 south – Cleburne | South end of US 67 overlap; southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| — | US 67 south | Access for reversible HOV lane only; southbound exit and northbound right entrance | ||||
| 423.6 | 681.7 | 423B | Saner Avenue | No direct southbound entrance (signed via Kiest Boulevard) | ||
| 424.0 | 682.4 | 424 |  Illinois Avenue | Access to Illinois Station | ||
| 425.2 | 684.3 | 425A | Zang Boulevard / Beckley Avenue | |||
| 425.7 | 685.1 | 425B | Beckley Avenue / 12th Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 425.8 | 685.3 | 425C | Marsalis Avenue | |||
| 426.3 | 686.1 | 426A | Ewing Avenue | No direct northbound exit (signed at exit 425C) | ||
| 426.6 | 686.5 | 426B |   SH 180 west (8th Street) | |||
| 426.7 | 686.7 | 426C | Jefferson Boulevard | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 427.3 | 687.7 | 426C (NB) 427A (SB) | Colorado Boulevard | Access to Methodist Medical Center of Dallas | ||
| 427.6 | 688.2 | 427C (NB) 428B (SB) | Riverfront Boulevard, Cadiz Street | |||
| 427.7 | 688.3 | 428A (SB) 427A (NB) |   I-30 east (US 67 north) / Griffin Street – Texarkana, Downtown Dallas | North end of US 67 overlap; I-30 exits 45A-46A | ||
| 427.9 | 688.6 | 428C | Reunion Boulevard, Commerce Street; Commerce Street is former US 80 bus/former US 80 | Signed as exit 428 northbound | ||
| 428.0 | 688.8 | 428B (SB) 427B (NB) |  I-30 west – Fort Worth | I-30 exits 45A-46A | ||
| 428.9 | 690.2 | 428 (NB) 429A (SB) |     To I-45 / US 75 (via Spur 366) / Singleton Boulevard – Houston, McKinney | Access from I-35E south to Singleton Boulevard | ||
| 429.0 | 690.4 | 429B | Continental Avenue, Commerce Street west | |||
| 429.7 | 691.5 | 429C | Victory Avenue / Hi Line Drive | No direct southbound exit (signed at exit 430A) | ||
| 429.9 | 691.9 | 429D |  Dallas North Tollway | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 430.2 | 692.3 | 430A | Oak Lawn Avenue | |||
| 430.6 | 693.0 | 430B | Market Center Boulevard | Access to Market Center Station | ||
| 430.6 | 693.0 | 430C | Wycliff Avenue | No direct northbound exit (signed at exit 430B) | ||
| 431.3 | 694.1 | 431 | Medical District Drive | Previously Motor Street | ||
| 431.9 | 695.1 | 432A | Inwood Road | Access to University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Parkland Memorial Hospital, and Children's Medical Center | ||
| 432.8 | 696.5 | 432B | Commonwealth Drive (SH 356) | |||
| 433.4 | 697.5 | 433A |   SH 183 to SH 114 – Irving, DFW Airport | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 433.3 | 697.3 | 433B |  Mockingbird Lane – Dallas Love Field Airport | |||
| 434.1 | 698.6 | 434A | Empire Central | |||
| 434.8 | 699.7 | 434B | Regal Row | |||
| 435.5 | 700.9 | 435 | Harry Hines Boulevard | Northbound exit and southbound entrance, access to Bachman Station | ||
| 436.6 | 702.6 | 436A |  Loop 12 / Spur 348 (Northwest Highway) – Irving, DFW Airport | Signed as exits 436A (south) and 436B (east) southbound | ||
| 436.8 | 703.0 | 436B |  I-35E Express to I-635 Express east | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; south end of Express Lanes | ||
| 437.8 | 704.6 | 437 | Mañana Road | Northbound exit only | ||
| 438.1 | 705.1 | — | Loop 12 south | Southbound exit and northbound entrance for Express lanes only | ||
| 438.3 | 705.4 | 438 | Walnut Hill Lane | Access to Walnut Hill / Denton Station | ||
| — | Walnut Hill Lane | Southbound exit and northbound entrance for Express lanes only | ||||
| 439.4 | 707.1 | 439 | Royal Lane | Access to Royal Lane Station | ||
| 439.9 | 708.0 | 440A | Forest Lane | Northbound exit only | ||
| 440.1 | 708.3 | 440B |  I-635 / I-635 Express east | Includes free access from Express Lanes; I-635 exits 27A-B-C | ||
| 440C | I-635 west – DFW Airport | Signed as exits 440B (east) and 440C (west); I-635 exits 27B-C | ||||
| Farmers Branch | 440.8 | 709.4 | 441 | Valley View Lane | Access to Farmers Branch Station | |
| 441.8 | 711.0 | 442 | Valwood Parkway | |||
| Carrollton | 442.9 | 712.8 | 443A | Crosby Road | No direct southbound exit (signed at exit 443B) | |
| 443.1 | 713.1 | 443B | Belt Line Road | Access to Downtown Carrollton Station | ||
| 443.9 | 714.4 | 443C | Frontage Road | Former northbound exit only | ||
| 444.5 | 715.4 | 444 |  Whitlock Lane / Sandy Lake Road | Access to Trinity Mills Station | ||
| 445.4 | 716.8 | 445A |  SH 190 / Dickerson Parkway | Southbound exit via exit 446 | ||
| 445.5 | 717.0 | 445B |  Pres. George Bush Turnpike | |||
| Denton | 445.9 | 717.6 | 446 | Frankford Road | Access to North Carrollton/Frankford Station | |
| Lewisville | 447.4 | 720.0 | 447A |  Sam Rayburn Tollway – Airport | ||
| 447.6 | 720.3 | 447B |  SH 121 | |||
| 448.2 | 721.3 | 448 |  FM 3040 (Round Grove Road) / Hebron Parkway | Access to Hebron Station | ||
| 449.6 | 723.6 | 449 | Corporate Drive | |||
| 450.5 | 725.0 | 450 | Bus. SH 121 | |||
| 451.5 | 726.6 | 451 | Fox Avenue | |||
| 451.9 | 727.3 | 452 |  FM 1171 (Main Street) | Access to Medical City Lewisville | ||
| 452.7 | 728.6 | 453 | Valley Ridge Boulevard | |||
| 453.5 | 729.8 | 454A |  FM 407 (Justin Road) / Lake Park Road | |||
| Lewisville–Highland Village line | 454.9 | 732.1 | 454B | Garden Ridge Boulevard | Access to Highland Village/Lewisville Lake Station | |
| Hickory Creek | 457.2 | 735.8 | 457 | Lake Dallas Drive | ||
| Lake Dallas | 457.5 | 736.3 | — | I-35E Express | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; north end of Express Lanes | |
| Lake Dallas–Corinth line | 457.7 | 736.6 | 458 |  FM 2181 west / Swisher Road | Signed as exit 458A northbound; access to Lewisville Lake Toll Bridge | |
| Corinth | 458.4 | 737.7 | 458B | Quail Run Drive | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
| 459.2 | 739.0 | 459 | Frontage Road | |||
| 460.3 | 740.8 | 460 | Corinth Parkway | |||
| 461.4 | 742.6 | 461 | Post Oak Drive / Lakeview Boulevard | |||
| Denton | 462.6 | 744.5 | 462 |  FM 2499 (State School Road) / Mayhill Road / Buc-ee's Boulevard / Brinker Road | Access to Denton Regional Medical Center and Medpark Station | |
| 462.9 | 745.0 | 463 |  Loop 288 / Lillian Miller Parkway | Access to Medpark Station | ||
| 464.6 | 747.7 | 464 | US 77 north – Denton | North end of US 77 overlap; northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 464.9 | 748.2 | Pennsylvania Drive | Former southbound exit only | |||
| 465.1 | 748.5 | 465A | FM 2181 (Teasley Lane) | |||
| 465.7 | 749.5 | 465B |  US 377 (Fort Worth Drive) | |||
| 466.6 | 750.9 | 466A | McCormick Street | |||
| 467.0 | 751.6 | 466B | North Texas Boulevard | |||
| 467.4 | 752.2 | 467 |  I-35W south / FM 1515 (Bonnie Brae Street) / Airport Road – Fort Worth | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-35W exit 85A, access to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton | ||
| 467.8 | 752.9 | I-35 north – Oklahoma City | I-35E north and I-35W merge into I-35 | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Auxiliary routes
See also
References
- "Route Log - Main Routes of the Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 1". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Highway Designations Glossary". Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- Texas Department of Transportation (November 15, 2012). "TxDOT Sets in Motion Much-Anticipated Dallas Horseshoe Project (press release)". Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
- Benning, Tom (November 15, 2012). "Contract OK'd for Horseshoe project's massive rebuilding of downtown Dallas freeways". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
- "Project Pegasus Overview". Retrieved April 7, 2012.
- "Highway Overview Map of Interstate 35E". Google Maps. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- Some sources use "IH-35E", as "IH" is an abbreviation used by the Texas Department of Transportation for Interstate Highways.[2]
External links
- Interstate Guide: I-35E & I-35W (Texas)
- I-35E south of downtown Dallas—from dfwfreeways.info
- I-35E north of downtown Dallas—from dfwfreeways.info