| Interstate 20 | ||||
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| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length: | 636.08 mi[1] (1,023.67 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1959 – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: | I-10 near Kent | |||
| I-30 near Fort Worth I-35W in Fort Worth I-35E in Dallas I-45 in Dallas |
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| East end: | I-20 near Greenwood, LA | |||
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Main route of the Interstate Highway System Highways in Texas
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Interstate 20 in Texas (abbreviated I-20 or IH-20) is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States, running east from a junction with Interstate 10 east of Kent, Texas, through the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex to the border with Louisiana near Waskom, Texas. The original distance of Interstate 20 was 647 miles (1,041 km) from I-10 to the Louisiana border, reduced to the current distance of 636 miles (1,024 km) with the rerouting of I-20 in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Interstate 20 in Texas was designated in 1959, and was to replace or run parallel to U.S. Route 80. Initial construction began from east to west and as bypass loops around larger cities. By 1967, the highway was complete from the Louisiana border to the western side of Fort Worth on a route to the south of US 80, with slower construction in the lesser populated areas of West Texas concurrent with US 80. In 1971, I-20 was rerouted across the southern side of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, with the old section through downtown Dallas and Fort Worth being redesignated as Interstate 30. In 1991, the entire concurrent designation of US 80 was removed from the I-10 interchange to Dallas.
I-20 begins at a junction with I-10 in a desolate region of West Texas about 6 miles (10 km) east of the town of Kent . I-20 leaves the interchange with I-10 with a speed limit of 80 until Milemarker 89. The speed limit may go up to 85 miles per hour this very same stretch. Interstate 20 also generally heads to the east-northeast passing by the cities of Odessa and Midland while transitioning from the West Texas desert to the prairie. I-20 runs concurrently with the La Entrada al Pacífico corridor from its junction with US 385 in Odessa to its junction with FM 1788 near Midland International Airport. Near Sweetwater, I-20 begins to head due east as it heads towards the city of Abilene. In Abilene, I-20 curves towards the north and transverses the northern part of the city while also forming the northern arc of the loop around the city. I-20 continues heading east from Abilene until the town of Eastland when I-20 takes a more northeasterly route towards Weatherford while transitioning from the West Texas prairie to the central plains of North Texas the terrain grows hilly. In Weatherford, I-20 again heads back towards the east as it heads towards the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
I-20 interchanges with I-30 west of Fort Worth with I-30 heading east and I-20 to the southeast. I-20 heads back towards the east when it interchanges with Interstate 820. I-20 forms the southern arc of the complete loop around the city of Fort Worth, and serves as the southernmost west–east freeway in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Interchanging with I-35W south of downtown, I-20 heads east towards Dallas passing through Arlington, where it is also known as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway.[2] From Arlington, I-20 passes into Dallas County at Grand Prairie and heads east in to Dallas, interchanging with I-35E south of downtown and I-45 shortly after. I-20 intersects with I-635 (where it completes a three-quarter loop around the city) on Dallas' southeast side before heading east towards East Texas. The interstate varies from 4 to 10 lanes from its I-30 junction near Weatherford to its US-80 junction near Terrell.
I-20 leaves the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and heads generally to the east-southeast through East Texas. I-20 begins heading to the east as it passes to the north of the city of Tyler going through Kilgore in the pine belt region of East Texas. I-20 leaves the state of Texas near Waskom and just west of Shreveport, Louisiana.
Interstate 20 has one auxiliary route in Texas.
All of the business loops within Texas are maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). Interstate 20 has fifteen business loops in the state, all located in western Texas. Along I-20, TxDOT identifies each business route as Business Interstate 20 followed by an alphabetic suffix. Along Texas Interstates, the alphabetic suffixes on business route names ascend eastward and northward. There are gaps in the alphabetic values to allow for future system expansion. The alphabetic naming suffixes are included as small letters on the bottom of route shields.
I-20 business routes in Texas generally follow the path of the former US 80 through the central portions of towns now bypassed by the Interstate route.
| County | Location | # | Destinations | Notes |
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| Reeves | I-10 west – El Paso | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 186 | I-10 east – San Antonio | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance, exit no. corresponds to I-10 west | ||
| 3 | Stocks Road | |||
| 7 | Johnson Road | |||
| 13 | McAlpine Road | |||
| Toyah | 22 | FM 2903 (Centre Street) – Toyah | ||
| 29 | Shaw Road | |||
| 33 | FM 869 | |||
| 37 | I-20 Bus. east – Pecos | |||
| Pecos | 39 | SH 17 – Fort Davis, Balmorhea | ||
| 40 | Country Club Drive | |||
| 42 | US 285 – Fort Stockton, Carlsbad | |||
| 44 | Collie Road | |||
| Ward | ||||
| 49 | FM 516 – Barstow | |||
| 52 | I-20 Bus. west – Barstow | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 58 | Frontage Road | |||
| Pyote | 66 | SH 115 / FM 1927 – Pyote, Kermit | ||
| 70 | Spur 65 | |||
| Wickett | 73 | FM 1219 – Wickett | ||
| 76 | I-20 Bus. east – Monahans | |||
| Thorntonville | 79 | Loop 464 | ||
| Monahans | 80 | SH 18 – Kermit, Fort Stockton | ||
| 83 | I-20 Bus. west – Monahans | |||
| 86 | PR 41 – Monahans Sandhills State Park | |||
| Ector | 93 | FM 1053 – Fort Stockton | ||
| 101 | FM 1601 – Penwell | |||
| 104 | FM 866 – Goldsmith | |||
| 108 | Moss Avenue – Meteor Crater | |||
| 112 | I-20 Bus. east / FM 1936 – Odessa | |||
| 113 | SH 302 / Loop 338 – Kermit | |||
| Odessa | 115 | FM 1882 (County Road West) | ||
| 116 | US 385 – Andrews, Crane | |||
| 118 | FM 3503 / Grandview Avenue | |||
| 120 | JBS Parkway | |||
| 121 | Loop 338 – Odessa | |||
| Midland | 126 | FM 1788 – Midland International Airport | ||
| Midland | 131 | SH 158 west / Loop 250 – Midland | West end of SH 158 overlap | |
| 134 | Midkiff Road | |||
| 136 | SH 349 – Rankin, Lamesa | |||
| 137 | Old Lamesa Road | |||
| 138 | SH 158 east / FM 715 – Garden City | East end of SH 158 overlap | ||
| 140 | FM 307 – Greenwood | Eastbound exit and entrance | ||
| 143 | Frontage Road | Eastbound exit only | ||
| 144 | I-20 Bus. west / Loop 250 – Midland | |||
| Martin | 151 | FM 829 | Westbound exit and entrance | |
| 154 | I-20 Bus. east – Stanton | |||
| Stanton | 156 | SH 137 – Lamesa | ||
| 158 | I-20 Bus. west – Stanton | |||
| Howard | 165 | FM 818 | ||
| 169 | FM 2599 | |||
| 171 | Moore Field Road | |||
| 172 | Cauble Road | |||
| Big Spring | 174 | I-20 Bus. east – Big Spring | ||
| 176 | SH 176 – Andrews | |||
| 177 | US 87 – San Angelo, Lamesa | |||
| 178 | SH 350 – Snyder | |||
| 179 | I-20 Bus. west – Big Spring | |||
| 181A | FM 700 | |||
| 181B | Refinery Road | |||
| 182 | Midway Road | |||
| 184 | Moss Lake Road – Sand Springs | |||
| 186 | Salem Road – Sand Springs | |||
| Coahoma | 188 | FM 820 – Coahoma | ||
| 189 | McGregor Road | |||
| 190 | Snyder Field Road | |||
| 192 | FM 821 | |||
| 194A | East Howard Field Road | |||
| 194B | Frontage Road | Westbound exit and entrance | ||
| 195 | Frontage Road | Eastbound exit only | ||
| Mitchell | 199 | Iatan Road | ||
| 200 | Conaway Road | |||
| 206 | I-20 Bus. east / FM 670 – Westbrook | |||
| Westbrook | 207 | I-20 Bus. west – Westbrook | ||
| 209 | Dorn Road | |||
| 210 | FM 2836 | |||
| 212 | FM 1229 | |||
| 213 | I-20 Bus. east / Enderly Road – Colorado City | |||
| Colorado City | 215 | FM 3525 | ||
| 216 | SH 208 north / Bus. SH 208 – Snyder, Colorado City | West end of SH 208 overlap | ||
| 217 | SH 208 south – San Angelo | East end of SH 208 overlap | ||
| 219A | Country Club Road | Signed as exit 219 eastbound | ||
| 219B | I-20 Bus. west – Colorado City | Eastbound exit is via exit 219 | ||
| 220 | FM 1899 | |||
| 221 | Lasky Road | |||
| 223 | Lucas Road | |||
| 224 | I-20 Bus. east – Loraine | |||
| Loraine | 225 | FM 644 south | ||
| 226A | FM 644 north | Eastbound exit is via exit 225 | ||
| 226B | I-20 Bus. west / Wimberley Road | |||
| 227 | Narrell Road | |||
| Nolan | 230 | FM 1230 | ||
| 235 | I-20 Bus. east – Roscoe | |||
| Roscoe | 236 | FM 608 – Roscoe | ||
| 237 | Cemetery Road | |||
| 238A | US 84 west – Lubbock, Snyder | West end of US 84 overlap; no eastbound exit | ||
| 238B | Blackland Road | |||
| 238C | Frontage Road | Eastbound exit and entrance | ||
| 239 | May Road | No access across I-20 | ||
| 240 | Loop 170 | |||
| Sweetwater | 241 | I-20 Bus. east – Sweetwater | ||
| 242 | Hopkins Road | |||
| 243 | Hillsdale Road, Robert Lee Street | |||
| 244 | SH 70 south / Bus. SH 70 – Sweetwater, San Angelo | West end of SH 70 overlap | ||
| 245 | Arizona Avenue | Westbound exit only | ||
| 246 | Alabama Avenue | |||
| Sweetwater | 247 | I-20 Bus. west / SH 70 north – Sweetwater, Roby | East end of SH 70 overlap | |
| 249 | FM 1856 | |||
| 251 | Eskota Road | |||
| 255 | Adrian Road | |||
| 256 | Stink Creek Road | |||
| 258 | White Flat Road | |||
| 259 | Sylvester Road | |||
| Taylor | 261 | I-20 Bus. east – Trent | ||
| Trent | 262 | FM 1085 | ||
| 263 | I-20 Bus. west – Trent | |||
| 264 | Noodle Dome Road | |||
| 266 | Derstine Road | |||
| 267 | I-20 Bus. east – Merkel | |||
| Merkel | 269 | FM 126 | ||
| 270 | I-20 Bus. west / FM 1235 – Merkel | |||
| 272 | Wimberly Road | |||
| 274 | Wells Lane | |||
| Tye | 277 | I-20 Bus. east / FM 707 – Tye | ||
| 278 | I-20 Bus. west – Tye | |||
| Abilene | 279 | I-20 Bus. east / US 84 east – Abilene | East end of US 84 overlap; no westbound exit | |
| 280 | Fulwiler Road | |||
| 280- 282 | FM 3438 – Dyess AFB | Eastbound exit is via exit 280; westbound exit is via exit 282 | ||
| 282 | Shirley Road | |||
| 283 | US 83 (Winters Freeway) / US 277 – San Angelo, Ballinger, Anson | Signed as exits 283A (south) and 283B (north) | ||
| 285 | Old Anson Road – Impact | |||
| 286A | US 83 Bus. – Abilene |
Signed as exits 286A (south) and 286B (north) eastbound | ||
| 286C | FM 600 | |||
| 288 | SH 351 – Albany | |||
| 290 | Loop 322 (Jake Roberts Freeway) to SH 36 – Cross Plains | |||
| 292A | I-20 Bus. west – Abilene | |||
| 292B | Elmdale Road | |||
| Callahan | 294 | Buck Creek Road | ||
| 297 | FM 603 | |||
| Clyde | 299 | FM 1707 (Hays Road) | ||
| 300 | Spur 189 / FM 604 – Clyde | Westbound exit to all but FM 604 north is via exit 301 | ||
| 301 | Cherry Lane | |||
| 303 | Union Hill Road | |||
| Baird | 306 | I-20 Bus. east / FM 2047 – Baird | ||
| 307 | US 283 – Albany, Coleman | |||
| 308 | I-20 Bus. west – Baird | |||
| 310 | Finley Road | |||
| 313 | FM 2228 | |||
| 316 | Brushy Creek Road | |||
| Putnam | 319 | FM 880 south – Putnam, Cross Plains | ||
| 320 | FM 880 north / FM 2945 east – Moran | |||
| 322 | Cooper Creek Road | |||
| Eastland | 324 | Scranton Road | ||
| Cisco | 330 | SH 206 – Cross Plains, Cisco, Coleman | ||
| 332 | US 183 – Breckenridge, Cisco, Brownwood, Albany | |||
| 337 | Spur 490 | |||
| 340 | SH 6 – Gorman, Eastland, De Leon, Breckenridge | |||
| Eastland | 343 | SH 112 / FM 570 – Lake Leon | ||
| 345 | FM 3363 – Olden | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
| 347 | FM 3363 – Olden | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| Ranger | 349 | Loop 254 / FM 2461 – Lake Leon, Ranger | ||
| 351 | Desdemona Boulevard | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
| 352 | Blundell Street | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 354 | Loop 254 west – Ranger | |||
| 358 | Frontage Road | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 361 | SH 16 – Strawn, De Leon | |||
| 363 | Tudor Road | |||
| Erath | 367 | SH 108 north – Mingus, Thurber | West end of SH 108 overlap | |
| Palo Pinto | 370 | SH 108 south / FM 919 – Gordon, Stephenville | East end of SH 108 overlap | |
| 373 | SH 193 – Gordon | |||
| 376 | Panama Road, Blue Flat Road | |||
| 380 | FM 4 – Palo Pinto, Lipan, Santo | |||
| 386 | US 281 – Stephenville, Mineral Wells | |||
| Parker | 391 | Gilbert Pit Road | ||
| 394 | FM 113 – Millsap | |||
| 397 | FM 1189 – Brock | |||
| 402 | Spur 312 east – Weatherford | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
| 403 | Dennis Road | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| Weatherford | 406 | Old Dennis Road, South Bowie Drive | ||
| 407 | FM 1884 (Bethel Road) / Tin Top Road | Westbound exit is via exit 408 | ||
| 408 | SH 171 / FM 51 – Granbury, Cleburne | |||
| 409 | FM 2552 north (Santa Fe Drive) / Clear Lake Road | |||
| 410 | East Bankhead Drive | |||
| Hudson Oaks | 413 | Lake Shore Drive | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
| 414 | US 180 – Weatherford, Mineral Wells | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 415 | FM 5 (Mikus Road) – Annetta | |||
| Willow Park | 418 | Ranch House Road – Willow Park | ||
| 420 | FM 1187 / FM 3325 – Aledo | |||
| 421 | I-30 east – Downtown Fort Worth | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
| Tarrant | 425 | Markum Ranch Road | ||
| 426 | RM 2871 | |||
| Benbrook | 428 | I-820 north (Jim Wright Freeway) | ||
| 429A | US 377 (Benbrook Boulevard) – Granbury | |||
| 429B | Winscott Road | |||
| Fort Worth | 431 | Bryant Irvin Road | ||
| 432 | SH 183 west (Southwest Boulevard) | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 433 | Hulen Street, South Drive – TCU | |||
| 434A | Granbury Road, South Drive | |||
| 434B | Trail Lake Drive, Westcreek Drive | |||
| 435 | McCart Avenue, Westcreek Drive | |||
| 436A | FM 731 (Crowley Road) / James Avenue | |||
| 436B | Hemphill Street | |||
| 437 | I-35W (South Freeway) – Denton, Waco | |||
| 438 | Oak Grove Road | |||
| 439 | Campus Drive | |||
| Forest Hill | 440A | Wichita Street | ||
| 440B | Forest Hill Drive | |||
| 441 | Anglin Drive | |||
| Fort Worth | 442A | US 287 Bus. (Mansfield Highway) |
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| 442B | I-820 north (East Loop) / US 287 north – Downtown Fort Worth | West end of US 287 overlap | ||
| Arlington | 443 | Bowman Springs Road | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
| 444 | US 287 south / Little Road – Waxahachie | East end of US 287 overlap | ||
| 445 | Green Oaks Boulevard, Little Road | |||
| 447 | Kelly-Elliott Road, Park Springs Road | |||
| 448 | Bowen Road | |||
| 449 | FM 157 (Cooper Street) – UT Arlington | Signed as exits 449A (south) and 449B (north) eastbound | ||
| 450 | Matlock Road | |||
| 451 | Collins Street, New York Avenue | |||
| 453 | SH 360 (Frontage Roads, Watson Road) – D/FW Airport | Signed as exits 453A (north) and 453B (south) | ||
| Grand Prairie | 454 | Great Southwest Parkway | ||
| Dallas | 455 | SH 161 north | ||
| 456 | Carrier Parkway | |||
| 457 | FM 1382 (Belt Line Road) – Grand Prairie, Cedar Hill | |||
| Dallas | 458 | Mountain Creek Parkway | ||
| 460 | Spur 408 north (Patriot Parkway) | |||
| Duncanville | 461 | Cedar Ridge Drive | ||
| 462 | Duncanville Road, North Main Street | |||
| 463 | Cockrell Hill Road, Camp Wisdom Road | |||
| Dallas | 464 | US 67 (Marvin D. Love Freeway) – Dallas, Cleburne | Signed as exits 464A (north) and 464B (south) | |
| 465 | Wheatland Road, Hampton Road | |||
| 466 | South Polk Street | |||
| 467 | I-35E (South R.L. Thornton Freeway) – Dallas, Waco | Signed as exits 467A (north) and 467B (south) | ||
| Lancaster | 468 | Houston School Road | ||
| Dallas | 470 | SH 342 (Lancaster Road) | ||
| 472 | Bonnie View Road | |||
| 473A | J. J. Lemmon Road | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
| 473 | I-45 (Julius Schepps Freeway) – Dallas, Houston | Signed as exits 473B (south) and 473C (north) | ||
| 474 | SH 310 (South Central Expressway) | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 476 | Dowdy Ferry Road | |||
| 477 | St. Augustine Road | |||
| 479 | US 175 (C.F. Hawn Freeway) – Dallas, Kaufman | Signed as exits 479A (west) and 479B (east) | ||
| Balch Springs | 480 | I-635 north (Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway) – Mesquite | ||
| 481 | Seagoville Road | |||
| Mesquite | 482 | Belt Line Road, Lasater Road | ||
| 483 | Lawson Road, Lasater Road, Lumley Road | |||
| Kaufman | 487 | FM 740 – Forney | ||
| 490 | FM 741 | |||
| 491 | FM 2932 / Helms Trail | |||
| Talty | 493 | FM 1641 | ||
| Terrell | 498 | FM 148 | ||
| 499A | To US 80 (via Spur 557) – Dallas | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 499B | Rose Hill Road | |||
| 501 | SH 34 – Terrell, Kaufman | |||
| 503 | Wilson Road | |||
| 506 | FM 429 (College Mound Road) / FM 2728 | |||
| 509 | Hiram Road | |||
| 512 | FM 2965 (Hiram-Wills Point Road) | |||
| Van Zandt | 516 | FM 47 – Wills Point | ||
| 519 | Turner-Hayden Road | |||
| 521 | Myrtle Springs Road, Myrtle Cemetery Road | |||
| 523 | SH 64 – Canton, Wills Point | |||
| Canton | 526 | FM 859 – Canton, Edgewood | ||
| 527 | SH 19 – Emory, Canton | |||
| 528 | FM 17 – Grand Saline | |||
| 530 | FM 1255 – Canton | |||
| 533 | Colfax Oakland Road | |||
| 536 | Tank Farm Road | |||
| 537 | FM 16 / FM 773 – Van, Ben Wheeler | |||
| Van | 540 | FM 314 – Van, Edom | ||
| Smith | 544 | Willow Branch Road | ||
| 548 | SH 110 – Grand Saline, Tyler, Van | |||
| Lindale | 552 | FM 849 – Hideaway | ||
| 554 | Harvey Road | |||
| 556 | US 69 – Lindale, Mineola, Tyler | |||
| 557 | Jim Hogg Road | |||
| 560 | Lavender Road | |||
| 562 | FM 14 – Hawkins, Tyler, Tyler State Park | |||
| 565 | FM 2015 (Driskill Lake Road) | |||
| 567 | SH 155 – East Texas Center, Gilmer | |||
| 571A | US 271 – Gladewater, Tyler | |||
| 571B | FM 757 (Starrville Omen Road) | |||
| 575 | Barber Road | |||
| 579 | Joy-Wright Mountain Road | |||
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| 582 | FM 3053 – Liberty City, Overton | |||
| 583 | SH 135 – Kilgore, Gladewater, Overton | |||
| 587 | SH 42 – Kilgore, White Oak | |||
| 589 | US 259 south / SH 31 – Kilgore, Henderson, Downtown Longview | West end of US 259 overlap; signed as exits 589A (south/west) and 589B (east) eastbound | ||
| 591 | FM 2011 / FM 2087 | |||
| Longview | 595 | SH 322 south (Estes Parkway) / Loop 281 north / FM 1845 north – Longview | Signed as exits 595A (south) and 595B (north) eastbound | |
| 596 | US 259 north / SH 149 (Eastman Road) – Carthage | East end of US 259 overlap | ||
| Harrison | 599 | Loop 281 / FM 968 | ||
| 604 | FM 450 – Hallsville | |||
| 610 | FM 3251 | |||
| 614 | SH 43 – Marshall, Caddo Lake, Henderson | |||
| Marshall | 617 | US 59 – Marshall, Carthage | ||
| 620 | FM 31 – Elysian Fields | |||
| 624 | FM 2199 – Scottsville | |||
| 628 | US 80 west / Frontage Road | West end of US 80 overlap | ||
| Waskom | 633 | US 80 east / FM 9 / FM 134 – Waskom, Caddo Lake | East end of US 80 overlap | |
| 635 | Spur 156 – Waskom | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||
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| Previous state: Terminus |
Texas | Next state: Louisiana |
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