Interstate 30

Interstate 30
Route information
Length:	366.76 mi[1] (590.24 km)
Major junctions
West end:	I-20 near Fort Worth, TX
	I-35W in Fort Worth, TX I-35E in Dallas, TX I-45 in Dallas, TX
East end:	I-40 / U.S. 65 / U.S. 67 / U.S. 167 in North Little Rock, AR
Location
States:	Texas, Arkansas
Highway system
Main route of the Interstate Highway System Main • Auxiliary • Business

Interstate 30 (I-30) is an Interstate Highway in the southern United States. I-30 runs from Interstate 20 west of Fort Worth, Texas, northeast via Dallas, Texas, and Texarkana, Texas, to Interstate 40 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The route parallels U.S. Route 67 except for the portion west of downtown Dallas (which was once part of Interstate 20).^[2] I-30 intersects with only two of the 10 primary north–south interstates (I-35W, I-35E and I-45) and also with the major Interstate routes I-20, and I-40.

Contents 1 Route description 1.1 Texas 1.2 Arkansas 2 History 3 Future 4 Exit list 5 References 6 External links

Route description

Lengths

	mi[1]	km
TX	223.74	360.07
AR	143.02	230.17
Total	366.76	590.24

Interstate 30 is the shortest two-digit Interstate ending in zero in the Interstate system. The Interstates ending in 0 are generally the longest east–west Interstates. It is also the second shortest major interstate (ending in 0 or 5), behind Interstate 45.

Texas

The section of I-30 between Dallas and Fort Worth is designated the Tom Landry Highway in honor of the long-time Dallas Cowboys coach. Though I-30 passes well south of Texas Stadium, the Cowboys' former home, their new stadium in Arlington, Texas is near I-30. However, the freeway designation was made before Arlington voted to build Cowboys Stadium. This section was previously known as the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike, which preceded the Interstate system. Although tolls had not been collected for many years, it was still known locally as the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike until receiving its present name.^[2] The section from downtown Dallas to Arlington was recently widened to over 16 lanes in some sections, by 2010. From June 15, 2010, through February 6, 2011, this 30-mile section of I-30 was temporarily designated as the "Tom Landry Super Bowl Highway" in commemoration of Super Bowl XLV which was played at Cowboys Stadium.^[3]

In Dallas, I-30 is known as East R.L. Thornton Freeway between downtown Dallas and the eastern suburb of Mesquite. I-30 picks up the name from I-35E South at the Mixmaster interchange. The section from downtown Dallas to Loop 12 is 8 lanes plus an HOV lane. This section will be reconstructed under the Eastern Gateway project to 12 lanes by 2020. I-30 from I-635 to Rockwall was widened from 6 to 10 lanes in the 1990s.

Arkansas

I-30 enters southwestern Arkansas in Texarkana which is the twin city of Texarkana, Texas. Here, I-30 will eventually intersect Interstate 49 should it be expanded north into Arkansas or even to Kansas City. Like in Texas, I-30 travels in a diagonal direction as it proceeds north east through the state. I-30 then passes through Hope which is where former President Bill Clinton was born. I-30 then serves Prescott, Gurdon, Arkadelphia, and Malvern. At Malvern, drivers can use U.S. Route 70 or U.S. Route 270 to travel into historic Hot Springs or beyond into Ouachita National Forest. About at this location, U.S. 70 and U.S. 67 join I-30 and stay with the interstate into the Little Rock city limits. Northeast of Malvern, I-30 passes through Benton, before reaching the Little Rock city limits. From Benton to its end at I-40, I-30 is a six-lane highway with up to 85,000 vehicles per day. As I-30 enters Little Rock, Interstate 430 spurns off its parent route to create a western bypass of Little Rock. Just south of downtown, I-30 meets the western terminus of Interstate 440 and the northern terminus of another auxiliary route in Interstate 530. I-530 travels 46 miles south to Pine Bluff. At this tri-intersection of interstates, I-30 turns due north for the final few miles of its route. Here I-30 passes through the capitol district of Little Rock. I-30 also creates one final auxiliary route in Interstate 630, or the Wilbur D. Mills Freeway, which splits downtown Little Rock in an east/west direction before coming to its other end at I-430 just west of downtown. After passing I-630, I-30 crosses the Arkansas River into North Little Rock and comes to its eastern terminus, despite facing north, at Interstate 40. At its end, I-30 is joined by U.S. Route 65, U.S. Route 67, and U.S. Route 167. U.S. 65 joins I-40 westbound, while U.S. 67 and 167 join I-40 eastbound from I-30's eastern terminus.

History

The Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike was a 30-mile (48 km) toll highway in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. It operated between 1957 and 1977, afterward becoming a nondescript part of I-30. The road, three lanes in each direction but later widened, is the only direct connection between downtown Fort Worth and downtown Dallas, Texas. In October 2001, the former turnpike became known as the Tom Landry Highway, named after the late Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry.

The proposed expressway was studied as early as 1944, but was turned down by the state engineer due to the expense. However in 1953, the state legislature created the Texas Turnpike Authority, which in 1955 raised $58.5 million ($427 million in 2005 dollars) to build the project. Construction started later that year. On August 27, 1957 the highway was open to traffic, but the official opening came a week later on September 5. The turnpike's presence stimulated growth in Arlington and Grand Prairie and facilitated construction of Six Flags Over Texas. On December 31, 1977, the bonds were paid off and the freeway was handed over to the state Department of Transportation, toll collection ceased, and the tollbooths were removed during the following week.

It served as Interstate 20 between Dallas and Fort Worth until the current I-20 route to the south was opened in 1971. Afterwards, I-30 was extended from its end at the "Dallas Mixmaster" interchange with Interstate 35E (also the east end of the turnpike) to follow the turnpike, and the former I-20 in downtown Fort Worth, west to modern-day I-20.

The existing U.S. 67 route was already in heavy use in the early 1950s, at which point it was twinned from just east of Dallas to Rockwall and also near Greenville. The DFW Turnpike linking Fort Worth to Dallas was completed by 1957, becoming the first segment of Interstate 30. The twinned U.S. 67 routes were upgraded to Interstate standards beginning in 1961, forming the R.L. Thornton Freeway. By the mid 1960s much of Interstate 30 was under construction. The majority of the route was completed by 1965, but a 40-mile (64 km) stretch through marshland between Mount Pleasant, Texas and New Boston, Texas remained unfinished. This remaining segment was finally built and opened to traffic in 1971, completing Interstate 30.^[4]

Future

I-30 may continue along the U.S. Route 67 freeway from Little Rock. Also, if I-30 is extended, there are plans for an I-730 spur along Arkansas Highway 226 from the corridor to Jonesboro, Arkansas.^[5]

Exit list

County	Location	#	Destinations	Notes
Parker			I-20 west – Abilene	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Tarrant	Fort Worth	1B	Linkcrest Drive
		2	Spur 580 east (Camp Bowie West Boulevard)
		3	RM 2871 / Chapel Creek Boulevard
		5A	Alemeda Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		5	I-820 (Jim Wright Freeway)	Signed as exits 5B (north) and 5C (south)
		6	Las Vegas Trail
		7A	Cherry Lane
		7B	Spur 341 / SH 183 – NAS Fort Worth JRB
		8A	Green Oaks Road	Eastbound exit is via exit 7B
		8B	Ridgmar Boulevard, Ridglea Avenue
		9A	Bryant-Irvin Road
		9B	US 377 south (Camp Bowie Boulevard) / Horne Street – NAS Fort Worth JRB	West end of US 377 overlap
		10	Hulen Street
		11	Montgomery Street
		12A	University Drive – City Parks, Trinity Park, Zoo, TCU, UNT Health Science Center, Botanic Gardens, Cultural District
		12B	Rosedale Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		12C	Forest Park Boulevard	Signed as exit 12 westbound
		13	Summit Avenue, 8th Avenue
		13B	SH 199 (Henderson Street)	Eastbound exit is via exit 13
		14	Cherry Street, Lancaster Avenue – Downtown Fort Worth	No exit number westbound
		15A	I-35W (South Freeway) / US 377 north (North Freeway) – Denton, Waco	East end of US 377 overlap; westbound exit to IH-35W north is via exit 15C
		15B	US 287 south / SH 180 east (Lancaster Avenue)	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		15C	US 287 north – Downtown Fort Worth	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		16	Riverside Drive	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; signed as exits 16A (south) and 16B (north)
		16C	Beach Street
		18	Oakland Boulevard, Bridge Street
		19	Brentwood Stair Road	Eastbound exit and entrance
		21	I-820 (East Loop)	Signed as exits 21A (south) and 21B (north)
		21C	Bridgewood Drive, Bridge Street
		23	Cooks Lane
		24	Eastchase Parkway
	Arlington	26	Fielder Road
		27	Lamar Boulevard, Cooper Street
		28A	FM 157 (Collins Street) – Cowboys Stadium	Signed as exit 28 westbound
		28B	Nolan Ryan Expressway – Rangers Ballpark in Arlington	Eastbound exit and entrance
		29	Ballpark Way
		30	SH 360 (Angus G. Wynne Junior Freeway) / Six Flags Drive – Six Flags Over Texas
Dallas	Grand Prairie	32	SH 161 / SH 161 / Northwest 19th Street
		34	Belt Line Road
		36	MacArthur Boulevard
	Dallas	38	Loop 12 (Walton Walker Boulevard)
		39	Cockrell Hill Road
		41	Westmoreland Road
		42A	Hampton Road south	Eastbound exit and westound entrance
		42	Hampton Road north
		43A	Sylvan Avenue	No eastbound exit
		43B	Sylvan Avenue	Westbound exit only
		44A	Beckley Avenue	Eastbound exit only
		44B	Riverfront Boulevard	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		45A	I-35E north (Stemmons Freeway) / US 77 north – Denton	Signed as exit 44A westbound
		44B	I-35E south (South R.L. Thornton Freeway) / US 67 south / US 77 north – Waco	West end of US 67 overlap; eastbound exit is via exit 44B
		45B	Lamar Street, Griffin Street, Cadiz Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		45	Ervay Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		46A	Cesar Chavez Boulevard	Eastbound exit is via exit 45B
		46	I-45 south (Julius Schepps Freeway) / US 75 north (Central Expressway) – Houston, McKinney	Signed as exit 47B westbound
		47C	2nd Avenue, 1st Avenue – Fair Park	Signed as exit 47C westbound
		48A	Haskell Avenue, Peak Street, Carroll Avenue
		48B	Barry Avenue, Munger Boulevard
		48B/49A	SH 78 east (East Grand Avenue)	Eastbound exit is via exit 48B; westbound exit is via exit 49A
		49A	Winslow Street
		49B	Dolphin Road
		50A	Lawnview Avenue	Eastbound exit only
		50B	Ferguson Road	Signed as exit 50 westbound
		52A	Jim Miller Road
		52B	St. Francis Avenue
		53A	Loop 12 (Buckner Boulevard)
		53B	US 80 east – Terrell	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Mesquite	54	Big Town Boulevard
		55	Motley Drive
		56A	Gus Thomasson Road, Galloway Avenue	Signed as exit 57 westbound
		56	I-635 (Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway)	Signed as exits 56B (north) and 56C (south)
		58	Northwest Drive
	Garland	59	Belt Line Road, Broadway Boulevard
		60A	Rose Hill Road
		60B	Bobtown Road	Westbound exit is via exit 61A
		61A	Zion Road
		61B	President George Bush Turnpike north
		62	Bass Pro Drive
		64	Dalrock Road
Rockwall	Rockwall	67A	Village Drive, Horizon Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		67B	FM 740 (Ridge Road)	Signed as exit 67 westbound
		67C	Frontage Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		68	SH 205 (Goliad Street) – Rockwall, Terrell
		69	Frontage Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		70	FM 3549
	Fate	73	FM 551 – Fate
		74	Frontage Road	Eastbound exit
	Royse City	77A	FM 548 – Royse City
		77B	FM 35 (Epps Road)
Hunt		79	FM 1565 south / FM 2642
		83	FM 1565 north
		85	FM 36 – Caddo Mills
		87	FM 1903 – Caddo Mills
		89	FM 1570 (Jack Finney Blvd)
	Greenville	92	Monty Stratton Pkwy
		93	SH 34 (Wesley Street) – Greenville, Terrell
		94	US 69 / US 380 (Joe Ramsey Blvd) / US 69 Bus. (Moulton St) – Denison, McKinney, Greenville
		95	Division Street
		96	Spur 302 (Lee Street)
		97	Lamar Street
		97A	Frontage Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Campbell	101	SH 24 / FM 1737 – Commerce, Paris
		104	FM 513 / FM 2649 – Campbell, Lone Oak
Hopkins	Cumby	110	FM 275 / FM 2649 – Cumby
		112	FM 499	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		116	FM 2653 – Brashear
		120	US 67 Bus. north
	Sulphur Springs	122	SH 11 / SH 19 – Emory, Paris
		123	FM 2297 (League Street)
		124	SH 154 – Sulphur Springs, Quitman
		125	Bill Bradford Road
		126	FM 1870 (College Street)
		127	US 67 Bus. south / Loop 301
		131	FM 69
		135	US 67 north	East end of US 67 overlap
		136	FM 269 (Weaver Road)
		141	FM 900 (Saltillo Road)
Franklin		142	County Line Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Mount Vernon	146	SH 37 – Clarksville, Winnsboro
		147	Spur 423
		150	Ripley Road
Titus	Winfield	153	Spur 185 – Winfield, Miller's Cove
		156	Frontage Road
	Mount Pleasant	160	US 271 to US 67 / SH 49 / FM 1734 – Mount Pleasant, Pittsburg
		162	US 271 Bus. / FM 1402 / FM 2152 – Mount Pleasant	Signed as exits 162A (US 271 Bus./FM 2152) and 162B (FM 1402) westbound
		165	FM 1001
		170	FM 1993
Morris		178	US 259 – De Kalb, Daingerfield
Bowie		186	FM 561
		192	FM 990
		198	SH 98
		199	US 82 – New Boston, De Kalb, Clarksville
	New Boston	201	SH 8 – New Boston
		206	Spur 86 – Red River Army Depot
	Hooks	208	FM 560 – Hooks
	Leary	212	Spur 74 – Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant
		213	FM 2253 – Leary
	Nash	218	FM 989 – Nash
	Texarkana	220A	US 59 south – Atlanta	West end of US 59 overlap
		220B	FM 559 (Richmond Road)
		222	SH 93 / FM 1397 (Summerhill Road)
Texas–Arkansas state line		223	U.S. 59 north (State Line Avenue) / U.S. 71	East end of US 59 overlap; interchange straddles state line
Miller	Texarkana	1	Jefferson Avenue
		2	Hwy. 245 – Texarkana Regional Airport
		7	Hwy. 108 – Mandeville
		12	U.S. 67 – Fulton	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Hempstead		18	Fulton
	Hope	30	U.S. 278 – Nashville, Hope
		31	Hwy. 29 – Hope
		36	Hwy. 299 – Emmet
Nevada	Prescott	44	U.S. 371 / Hwy. 24 – Prescott
		46	Hwy. 19 – Prescott
Clark		54	Hwy. 51 – Okolona, Gurdon
		63	Hwy. 53 – Gurdon
		69	Hwy. 26 east – Gum Springs
	Arkadelphia	73	Hwy. 8 / Hwy. 26 / Hwy. 51 – Arkadelphia
	Caddo Valley	78	Hwy. 7 – Caddo Valley, Hot Springs, Arkadelphia
Hot Spring		83	Hwy. 283 – Friendship
		91	Hwy. 84 – Social Hill
	Malvern	97	To Hwy. 84 / Hwy. 171
		98A	U.S. 270B – Malvern
		98B	U.S. 270 west – Hot Springs	West end of U.S. 270 overlap
		99	U.S. 270 east – Malvern	East end of U.S. 270 overlap
Saline		106	Old Military Road
		111	U.S. 70 west – Hot Springs	West end of U.S. 70 overlap
		114	U.S. 67 south (Hwy. 229) - Arkansas Health Center	West end of U.S. 67 overlap
	Benton	116	Sevier Street/South Street (Hwy. 229)
		117	Hwy. 5 west / Hwy. 35 – Benton	West end of Hwy. 5 overlap
		118	Congo Road (Hwy. 5 east)	East end of Hwy. 5 overlap
		121	Alcoa Road
	Bryant
		123	Hwy. 183 – Bauxite, Bryant
	Little Rock	126	Hwy. 111 (Alexander Road) – Alexander
Pulaski
		128	Otter Creek Road, Mabelvale West Road
		129	I-430 north – Fort Smith
		130	Hwy. 338 (Baseline Road) – Mabelvale
		131	South Chicot Road	Eastbound exit only
		131	McDaniel Drive	Westbound exit only
		132	U.S. 70B east (University Avenue)
		133	Geyer Springs Road
		134	Scott Hamilton Drive, Stanton Road
		135	65th Street
		138A	I-440 east – Little Rock National Airport, Little Rock River Port, Memphis	Signed as exit 138 westbound
		138B	I-530 south / U.S. 65 south / U.S. 167 south – Pine Bluff, El Dorado	West end of U.S. 65/U.S. 167 overlap; no exit number westbound
		139A	Hwy. 365 (Roosevelt Road)
		139B	I-630
		140	9th Street, 6th Street	Signed as exits 140A (9th Street) and 140B (6th Street) westbound
		141A	Hwy. 10 (Cumberland Street) / Clinton Avenue, Markham Street, 2nd Street, Ferry Street	Cumberland Street signed as Cantrell Road
	North Little Rock	141B	U.S. 70 east (Broadway, U.S. 70B west)	East end of U.S. 70 overlap
		142	15th Street
		143A	I-40 west / U.S. 65 north / Hwy. 107 north – Fort Smith	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		143B	I-40 east / U.S. 67 north / U.S. 167 north - Memphis	Northbound exit and southbound entrance

References

• 2005 Rand McNally "The Road Atlas 2005" - newest feature- interstate mileage by state

External links

• Interstate Guide: I-30
• IH-30, downtown Fort Worth and west of downtown -- from dfwfreeways.info
• IH-30, former DFW Turnpike segment -- from dfwfreeways.info
• IH-30, downtown Dallas and east of downtown -- from dfwfreeways.info

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex roads Radial Ronald Reagan Mem. Highway (I-20) Tom Landry Freeway (I-30) I-35 Julius Schepps Freeway (I-45) Stemmons Freeway (I-35E) North/South Freeway (I-35W) Marvin D. Love Freeway (US 67) Central Expressway (US 75) US 80 US 81 C.F. Hawn Freeway (US 175) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway (U.S. Route 287) John W. Carpenter Freeway (SH 114) Sam Rayburn Tollway (SH 121) Alliance Gateway Freeway (SH 170) Airport Freeway (SH 183) S.M. Wright Freeway (SH 310) Angus G. Wynne Freeway (SH 360) Woodall Rogers Freeway (Spur 366) Dallas North Tollway Good-Latimer Expressway Chisholm Trail Parkway Trinity Parkway Circumferential Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway (I-635) Jim Wright Freeway (I-820) Loop 9 Walton Walker Boulevard (Loop 12) President George Bush Turnpike (SH 161 and 190) Loop 288 Patriot Parkway (Spur 408) Non-freeways US 77 US 377 US 380 SH 5 SH 10 SH 26 SH 66 Garland Avenue (SH 78) Jacksboro Highway (SH 199) Preston Road (SH 289) Lancaster Road (SH 342) Scyene Road (SH 352) Irving Boulevard (SH 356) Pioneer Parkway (Spur 303) Camp Bowie West (Spur 580) Norman F. Whitsitt Parkway (FM 544) FM 720 Harmon Road (FM 3479) Belt Line Road Harry Hines Boulevard Turtle Creek Boulevard Interchanges and others High Five Interchange Lewisville Lake Toll Bridge Mountain Creek Lake Toll Bridge

Interstate Highways in Texas Signed 10 410 610 20 820 27 30 35 35E 35W 635 37 40 44 45 69 Unsigned 110 345

Little Rock area freeways Radial I-30 I-40 I-430 I-530 I-630 (Wilbur Mills Freeway) US 67 US 70 US 167 Circumferential I-440

Auxiliary routes of Interstate 30 Arkansas: 130 (future) · 430 · 530 · 630

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