- Texas State Highway Loop 12
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State Highway Loop 12 Route information Length: 47.742 mi[1] (76.83 km) Existed: 1939[1] – present Major junctions CCW end: I-30
US 75
DNT
I-35E
SH 114
SH 183
US 67
SH 342
I-45
US 175
CW end: I-30
Highway system Highways in Texas
Interstate • U.S. • TX (Loops – Spurs – Rec – FM)← Loop 11
Loop 13 →
Loop 12 is a state highway that runs mostly within the city limits of Dallas, Texas. During the 1950s and 60s, Loop 12 was the outer beltway in the Dallas area, having since been supplanted by Interstate 635, which is itself being supplanted by the President George Bush Turnpike (SH 190). Loop 12 is, however, the only state highway in Dallas that forms a complete loop (Belt Line Road is also a complete loop but is not a state road except for a stretch as part of Farm to Market Road 1382).
Starting in the east at Interstate 30, Loop 12 goes north as Buckner Boulevard, following surface streets past White Rock Lake. Just north of White Rock Lake, it intersects Spur 244[2] and becomes Northwest Highway to the west; because there is an eastern and a western segment to this part of the road, at certain points the road signs read "East Northwest Highway." It continues west along surface streets over Central Expressway (US 75) and the Dallas North Tollway and moves north of Bachman Lake and Dallas Love Field.
After crossing Interstate 35E, Loop 12 moves south as a freeway, locally known as Walton Walker Boulevard, passing where Texas Stadium once sat at the interchanges with State Highways 114 and 183. The segment between I-35E (Stemmons Freeway) and Spur 408 is the only portion of Loop 12 that is freeway. It is also the only portion that leaves the Dallas city limits, as it runs through the eastern portion of Irving from Texas Stadium south to the Trinity River.
After intersecting Interstate 30 for the second time, Loop 12 continues south, joining surface streets again west of Mountain Creek Lake at Mountain Creek Parkway and Patriot Parkway (or Spur 408, which provides a southwesterly freeway link to I-20). It continues to the southeast, turning east along Ledbetter Drive, just north of Dallas Executive Airport (formerly Red Bird Airport). It continues east, crossing US 67, Interstate 35E for the second time and Interstate 45. At the intersection with US 175 and Murdock Road, Loop 12 turns north again as Buckner Boulevard all the way back to Interstate 30.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Dallas County.
Location Destinations Notes Dallas I-35E north – Denton
Northbound exit and southbound entrance Spur 348 / Loop 12 east (Northwest Highway)
No northbound entrance Irving SH 114 – Grapevine, D/FW Airport, University of Dallas
Texas Plaza Northbound exit and entrance SH 183 west – Fort Worth
SH 183 east – Dallas
Northbound exit and southbound entrance Grauwyler Road Union Bower Road SH 356 / Irving Boulevard
Shady Grove Road Dallas Singleton Boulevard I-30 – Dallas, Fort Worth
SH 180 (Davis Street) / Jefferson Boulevard
Keeneland Parkway Spur 408 to I-20
Southbound exit and northbound entrance Illinois Avenue, Mountain Creek Parkway Southbound exit is via Spur 408 South end of freeway Spur 303 west (Keist Boulevard)
Ledbetter Road, Cockrell Hill Road Interchange US 67
Interchange Polk Street Interchange I-35E – Dallas, Waxahachie
Interchange SH 342 south (Lancaster Road)
I-45 – Dallas, Sherman, Houston
Interchange SH 310 (South Central Expressway)
Interchange Service Road Interchange US 175 (C. F. Hawn Freeway) – Dallas, Kaufman
Interchange SH 352 (Scyene Road)
Interchange Military Parkway Interchange I-30 / US 80
Interchange Ferguson Road Interchange SH 78 (Garland Road)
Mockingbird Lane, Peavy Road Interchange Spur 244 east (East Northwest Highway, Audelia Road northbound)
Skillman Street Interchange US 75 (North Central Expressway)
Interchange SH 289 north (Preston Road)
Dallas North Tollway
Lemmon Avenue, Marsh Lane Interchange Loop 354 (Harry Hines Boulevard)
Interchange Spur 482 (Storey Lane) – Irving
Interchange I-35E
Interchange Spur 482 west / Loop 12 south
Interchange References
- ^ a b Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - State Highway Loop No. 12". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SL/SL0012.htm. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
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Categories:- Transportation in the Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex
- Texas state highway loops and spurs
- Streets in Dallas, Texas
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