Texas State Highway Spur 557

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State Highway Spur 557

Length:

4.369 mi^[1] (7.031 km)

Formed:

1987

West end:

US 80

East end:

I-20

Highways in Texas
< Loop 556		Loop 558 >

Spur 557 is a 4.369-mile (7.031 km) spur route in the city of Terrell in the U.S. state of Texas. Spur 557 is a freeway connector between Interstate 20 (I-20) and U.S. Highway 80 (US 80). It is signed as "To I-20" eastbound or "To US 80" westbound. Spur 557 is the original routing of I-20 prior to I-20 being rerouted to the south.

The route traverses a largely undeveloped area in Kaufman County, Texas between Forney, Texas and Terrell, Texas and serves to distribute eastbound traffic onto Interstate 20 and westbound traffic onto the U.S. Highway 80 freeway leading into the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

1 History
2 Route description
3 Exit list
4 References

[edit] History

Spur 557 was designated in 1987 on an old alignment of I-20 from when it was rerouted to the south through Dallas and I-30 was extended west over the previous I-20 designation.^[1] I-20 was originally designated over the route in 1959.^[2]

[edit] Route description

Spur 557 is a short freeway connector between I-20 and US 80 west of Terrell. It begins at the eastern end of the freeway segment of US 80 and heads towards the southeast. US 80 continues to the east as a surface road to Terrell. Spur 557 has one exit at Farm to Market Road 148 between its two termini. The spur merges with eastbound traffic at its eastern terminus at I-20.^[3]

[edit] Exit list

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Kaufman		US 80 west – Dallas	Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
	Terrell	Frontage Road	Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
		FM 148
		I-20 / Rose Hill Road – Tyler, Shreveport, Louisiana	Eastbound exit, westbound entrance