Harry Hines Boulevard
Harry Hines Boulevard is a major street in Dallas, Texas, (USA), to the west of Uptown.
It was one of the very first 'highways' in Texas, and is named for Harry Hines in honor of his work helping to get roads paved in this part of the state. Harry Hines served on the Texas Highway Commission from Feb. 15, 1935 to April 11, 1941 and for the first two years as its chair according to the records at the Texas Department of Transportation.[1]
Harry Hines Boulevard forms the main part of the route taken by the Kennedy motorcade to Parkland Memorial Hospital immediately after the assassination shooting in November, 1963. It is home to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Today, the Harry Hines area is home to a wholesale district filled with wholesale warehouses.
Harry Hines Boulevard is also known for being a Boulevard infested with prostitution, seedy adult establishments, a street drug culture, and drug motels.
Major Intersections
The entire road is located in Dallas County, Texas
Location | Destinations | Notes |
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Dallas | Akard Street | South end of Harry Hines Boulevard |
Tollway north | Interchange; Northbound entrance and southbound entrance | |
Oak Lawn Avenue | Interchange | |
Inwood Road | Interchange | |
Mockingbird Lane – Love Field | Interchange | |
Loop 12 (Northwest Highway) / Spur 482 west (Storey Lane) | Interchange; south end of Loop 354 | |
I-635 east (Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway) | ||
Farmers Branch | I-35E (Stemmons Freeway) / I-635 west | |