Northwest Highway is a major highway/road in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area of Texas . The highway was originally built as the route of State Highway 114 (SH 114) into Dallas . The road has been the site of major development for almost half a decade, especially in Dallas. The route is known as other names at various points. This includes Northwest Parkway (SH 114 from SH 170 to the Dallas county line) and Northwest Drive in Mesquite .
18-505: Northwest Highway may refer to several highways in the United States: Northwest Highway (Texas) Northwest Highway (Illinois) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Northwest Highway . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
36-760: A general westward turn as it intersects US 75 at exits 19A and 19B at the High Five Interchange . The section from I-35E to US 75 ( Central Expressway ) is one of the busiest stretches of road in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex , at virtually all hours of the day and night. The route continues west, intersecting the Dallas North Tollway at exits 22B and 22C and its original terminus, I-35E in Farmers Branch at exits 27B and 27C. The freeway then continues to
54-412: A portion of I-35E , I-635 and I-20 complete the beltway. I-635 begins at an intersection with I-20 in southeast Dallas and travels northward through Balch Springs into Mesquite , where it intersects US 80 at exits 6A and 6B and I-30 at exits 8A and 8B. The route then turns to the northwest, continuing near the border between Dallas and Garland . Six miles (9.7 km) later, it takes
72-504: A rerouted SH 121 on July 31, 1969. On July 31, 1974, Loop 635 was redesignated as part of I-635, and this section was opened in the 1980s. The High Five construction project (so called because it is five levels and rises almost 120 feet [37 m] above the lowest level), a rebuild of the interchange of I-635 and US 75, was opened for traffic in February 2006. This interchange carries over 500,000 vehicles per day and
90-515: The Westlake - Trophy Club line. Here, the highway is known as Northwest Parkway. The highway runs through Southlake and leaves SH 114 onto the Grapevine business route, Bus. SH 114-L. The Grapevine segment is the first to be signed as Northwest Highway. The highway has a short concurrency with SH 26 in the eastern part of town. Northwest rejoins SH 114 (which is concurrent with SH 121 ) near
108-696: The United States between I-20 in Balch Springs and SH 121 at the north entrance of the DFW Airport in Grapevine . It intersects I-35E at exits 27B and 27C but does not connect with I-35W . I-635 and a part of I-20 are collectively designated as the Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway ; known locally as the LBJ Freeway , or simply LBJ . The roadway is named after Lyndon B. Johnson ,
126-517: The busiest part of the highway. In the western part of the Loop 12 segment, Northwest runs along the north shore of Bachman Lake , which is just north of Love Field . After the Dallas North Tollway intersection, Northwest Highway runs past Preston Hollow (whose town hall was located on NW HWY before being annexed by Dallas in 1945) and then forms the northern border of University Park and interchanges with US 75 near Northpark Mall . Loop 12 leaves
144-538: The city. In January 1969, the first section to open to motorists was a 10-mile (16 km) section from US 75 (now SH 310 ) near Hutchins to Barnes Bridge in Mesquite. In February 1970, the highway from US 75 westward to I-35E northwest of Dallas opened to traffic. The I-635 designation was truncated on December 2, 1971, when I-20 was rerouted south of Dallas, taking over 13 miles (21 km) of I-635's former route. The connecting section of I-20 from
162-469: The former U.S. senator from Texas and the 37th vice-president and 36th president of the U.S. Where I-635 ends at I-20, I-20 continues the LBJ Freeway designation heading west. Since the portion of I-20 between Spur 408 to I-635 retains the same names as I-635, the two highways are considered three-quarters of the beltway around Dallas. Together with Spur 408, a portion of Loop 12 , and
180-476: The highway to the south just northeast of White Rock Lake where the Spur 244 designation begins. Spur 244 ends at SH 78 (Garland Road) just short of I-635 . All 2.9 miles of Spur 244 is signed as Northwest Highway. Spur 244 was designated on June 21, 1951 on its current route. After passing under I-635, Northwest Highway enters Garland . The highway follows an east-west run to Centerville Road, where it turns to
198-426: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northwest_Highway&oldid=940590625 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Road disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Northwest Highway (Texas) Northwest Highway begins at SH 170 at
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#1732797966842216-752: The north entrance of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport . SH 121 leaves at the next exit towards Lewisville and onto the Sam Rayburn Tollway . At the Dallas-Tarrant county line, the highway's name becomes the John W. Carpenter Freeway, into Irving . The highway crosses the President George Bush Turnpike and leaves 114 shortly after this. Northwest traverses onto Spur 348. All 3.9 miles of Spur 348 runs along Northwest Highway from SH 114 to Loop 12 . Spur 348
234-543: The northwest, intersecting the President George Bush Turnpike at exit 30 westbound and exit 29B eastbound in Irving before arriving at its final terminus at SH 121 at the north entrance to the DFW Airport . I-635 was originally designated by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in 1959 as a loop around the east side of Dallas, connecting with I-35E to the northwest and southwest sides of
252-514: The southeast. After the La Prada Drive intersection, Northwest Highway enters Mesquite as Northwest Drive. The road changes directions again, back to an eastbound route, at I-30 . The road travels for about another mile before ending at Belt Line Road . NOTE: There are no mileposts along this highway. Interstate 635 (Texas) Interstate 635 ( I-635 ) is a 37-mile-long (60 km) partial loop around Dallas, Texas , in
270-500: The west was not completed until 1978. Initially, the section between I-35E and US 80 in southeast Dallas was concurrent with I-20. When the outlet for I-20 from southeast of Dallas to Terrell was completed, the I-635 designation was removed from I-35E to its intersection with I-20. On April 1, 1968, Loop 635 was designated from I-35E and I-635 to Spur 459 at the north entrance of DFW Airport . Spur 459 became part of
288-492: Was built as the largest interchange in the state of Texas to handle this vehicle load. A $ 2.7-billion (equivalent to $ 3.61 billion in 2023 ) project was started on May 16, 2011, to widen I-635 and dig subsequent high-occupancy toll lane tunnels beneath the primary roadway from I-35E to the High Five Interchange, a length of eight miles (13 km). Construction time was estimated in 2011 at five years and
306-402: Was completed and opened for traffic on September 10, 2015. The new highway features tolled express lanes, known as TEXpress lanes, in between the mainlanes or underneath them. The cost to drive on them fluctuates based on the current flow of traffic at the time. The project is among several billion dollar plus projects in the planning phase in and around downtown Dallas along with the rebuild of
324-399: Was designated on February 22, 1961, from Loop 12 to IH-35E. On January 1, 1971, Spur 348 , as well as the old route of SH 114, became part of rerouted Loop 12, while Spur 348 was reassigned to the route from Loop 12 to SH 114 along the old location of SH 114. The old route of Loop 12 became Spur 482 . Loop 12 joins Northwest Highway from the south just west of I-35E . The Loop 12 section is
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