Texas State Highway 114

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State Highway 114
Length: 194.452 mi[1] (312.940 km)
Formed: by 1933
West end: NM 114
Major
junctions:
US 385
US 62 / US 82

US 84
I-27 / US 87
US 83
US 183 / US 277 / US 283
US 281
US 380
US 81 / US 287
I-35W
US 377

East end: SH 183 in Irving
Highways in Texas
< SH 113 SH 115 >
< SH 115 SH 116 SH 117 >

State Highway 114 or SH 114 is a state highway that runs from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex westward across the state to the state border with New Mexico, where it becomes New Mexico State Road 114, which eventually ends at Elida, New Mexico at US 70/NM 330.

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[edit] History

The route was originally planned by 1933 as connector between Dallas and Bridgeport. By 1939, this section was completed, with an extension northward from Chico to Sunset. This route remained little changed until 1973, when it was extended northward from Sunset to Bowie. Major rerouting was made in 1976, when the route was redirected west over U.S. Highway 380, U.S. Highway 281, former SH 199, and U.S. Highway 82 from Bridgeport to Lubbock, with the stretch from Bridgeport to Bowie transferred to SH 101. In 1977, the route was extended to the New Mexico border, connecting to it sister New Mexico State Highway 114, replacing State Highway 116.

[edit] Route desription

The highway's eastern terminus is at the intersection with SH 183 at Texas Stadium in Irving. It continues northwest as the "John W. Carpenter Freeway" (a name shared with SH 183) along the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, eventually crossing the airport's northern entrance, proceeding west into Grapevine. At Grapevine, it continues northwest through Southlake and Westlake, eventually intersecting Interstate 35W at Texas Motor Speedway. Except for the western end, most of this route is freeway; the SH 114 Business road in the Roanoke area (the original routing of the highway) is named for the late golfer Byron Nelson, who lived in that area.

From there, it continues on a mostly northwesterly course as a rural highway, passing through many towns: Rhome, Boyd and Bridgeport, where it joins U.S. Highway 380 through Jacksboro. It continues through rural Texas, passing through Olney, Megargel, Seymour (where it joins U.S. Highway 82), Benjamin, Guthrie, Dickens, Crosbyton, Ralls, Lorenzo (where it also joins U.S. Highway 62) and Idalou before eventually turning southwest into Lubbock.

In Lubbock, Highway 114 follows Idalou Road where it separates from US 82, then bears west along 19th Street, eventually forming the southern boundary of Texas Tech University, where it then separates from US 62. It passes Loop 289 and exits Lubbock continuing towards the west along 19th Street and then Levelland Highway. As it continues west, it passes through Smyer, Levelland, Whiteface and Morton before crossing into New Mexico.

[edit] Junction list

County Location Mile[2] Junction Notes
Cochran NM 114
FM 595
FM 596
FM 595
FM 3304
Morton SH 214 (Main Street)
FM 2195
FM 1337
Whiteface FM 1780
FM 1780 (Taylor Street)
Hockley FM 303
FM 303
FM 1490
Levelland Image:Texas Business 114-B.svg Bus. 114-B (W Avenue)
US 385
FM 3261
FM 2646
Smyer FM 168
FM 168
FM 2130
Lubbock FM 2378
Lubbock Spur 309
FM 179 (Inler Avenue)
Loop 289
US 62 / US 82 (Brownfield Highway) West end of US 62 concurrency
US 84 (Avenue Q)
I-27 / US 87

US 87 Bus. (Avenue A)
FM 40 (4th Street)
US 82 (Parkway Drive) West end of US 82 concurrency
Loop 289
FM 2641
FM 1729
FM 1729
FM 400
FM 789
FM 789
Crosby Lorenzo FM 378 (Harrison Avenue)
FM 378
FM 2236
FM 2576
Ralls US 62 / SH 207 (Avenue E) East end of US 62 concurrency
FM 122 (Avenue P)
FM 1831
Crosbyton FM 651 (Ayshire Avenue)
FM 2591
FM 28
FM 836
Dickens FM 264
Loop 120
Dickens SH 70
Loop 120 (Montgomery Street)
FM 265
FM 2941
King US 83 West end of US 83 concurrency
US 83 East end of US 83 concurrency
SH 222
Knox Benjamin SH 6 (Hinton Street)
FM 267
FM 266
Baylor FM 2069
FM 1789
Seymour US 82 / US 183 / US 277 / US 283 (Main Street) East end of US 82 concurrency, west end of US 183/US 277/US 283 concurrency
FM 422 (Nevada Street)
US 183 / US 277 / US 283 (Main Street) East end of US 183/US 277/US 283 concurrency
FM 1286
FM 2180
FM 1790
FM 1285
Archer FM 1285 (Cedar Street)
Megargel FM 210 (3rd Street)
FM 210 (1st Street)
FM 1285 (Cedar Street)
Young Olney FM 2178
Loop 132 (Avenue M)
SH 79
FM 1769
FM 2652
SH 16
Jack FM 2950
FM 1191
US 281 West end of US 281 concurrency
Jacksboro SH 148
US 380 / SH 59 (Belknap Street) West end of US 380 concurrency
PR 61 – Fort Richardson State Park
US 281 East end of US 281 concurrency
FM 1156
FM 1156
Wise FM 1658
Bridgeport US 380 / FM 1658 East end of US 380 concurrency
SH 101 (Chico Highway)
FM 920
Loop 373 (13th Street)
FM 2123
Paradise FM 3259
Loop 444
FM 51
FM 51
Boyd FM 730 (Allen Street)
FM 730
Aurora FM 718
Rhome Image:Texas Business 114-J.svg US 81 / US 287 / Bus. 114-J West end of US 81/US 287 concurrency
FM 3433

US 81 / US 287 / US 81 Bus.
East end of US 81/US 287 concurrency
Denton FM 156
Northlake I-35W
Roanoke US 377 (Front)
Westlake SH 170 (Alliance Gateway Freeway)
Trophy Club Drive, Westlake Parkway
Precinct Line Road
Tarrant Kirkwood Boulevard, Solana Boulevard
Southlake Dove Road
White Chapel Boulevard Eastbound exit is via Dove Road exit
Carroll Avenue
Kimball Avenue
Image:Texas Business 114-L.svg Bus. 114-L east (Northwest Highway) / FM 1709 (East Southlake Boulevard) / Wall Street
SH 26Colleyville
Grapevine William D. Tate Avenue Eastbound exit is via SH 121 south exit
SH 121 south – Fort Worth West end of SH 121 concurrency
Spur 103 (Main Street)
Image:Texas Business 114-L.svg SH 26 / Bus. 114-L west (Texan Trail)
SH 121 north to I-635 East end of SH 121 concurrency
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Dallas Irving Freeport Parkway
Esters Boulevard
Belt Line Road
President George Bush Turnpike
MacArthur Boulevard Westbound exit is via Walnut Hill Lane exit
Walnut Hill Lane, Hidden Ridge Drive
Spur 348 (Northwest Highway) / Hidden Ridge Drive Eastbound left exit
O'Connor Road, Wingren Road
Riverside Drive, Rochelle Boulevard
Cistercian Road
Loop 12 / Tom Braniff Drive
SH 183 west – Fort Worth Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Spur 482 (Storey Lane) Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
SH 183 east – Dallas Eastbound exit and westbound entrance

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