U.S. Route 175

Infobox road
state=TX
type=US
route=175
maint=

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length_mi=111.0
length_round=1
length_ref=TxDOT|US|175|accessdate=2008-03-02]
established=1932
direction_a=West
terminus_a=Jct|state=TX|I|45 in Dallas
junction=
direction_b=East
terminus_b=Jct|state=TX|US|69 in Jacksonville
previous_type=US
previous_route=164
next_type=US
next_route=180
spur_type=US
spur_of=75

U.S. Highway 175 is an east-west United States highway. It comes very close to meeting its "parent", US 75, but decommissioning and rerouting in downtown Dallas, Texas bring it a couple of miles short. Before the decommissioning of US 75 south of downtown Dallas in favor of Interstate 45, US 175 met its "parent" US 75. The highway's eastern terminus is in Jacksonville, Texas at an intersection with US 69. Its western terminus is in Dallas, Texas at Interstate 45.

Route description

US 175 begins in Dallas at an interchange with I-45, the Central Expressway and the Good-Latimer Expressway. The highway heads towards the southeast as a freeway carrying the dual monikers of South Central Expressway and SM Wright Freeway (the latter named for a local minister and community leader in South Dallas).

At an interchange with SH 310, US 175 begins to head to the east (taking the name C.F. Hawn Freeway, named after a Texas Highway commissioner who lived in Athens) while the South Central Expressway and SM Wright Freeway names follow SH 310. The freeway continues east along the north edge of Rochester Park until it turns back to the southeast at an interchange at 2nd Avenue (from this point US 175 maintains a consistent southeasterly direction).

US 175 passes through the Pleasant Grove area of Dallas to an interchange with I-20 just southwest of the I-20 and I-635 interchange. The highway continues as a freeway past the I-20 interchange and passes through the cities of Seagoville, Crandall and Kaufman. After passing through Kaufman, US 175 is no longer a freeway and continues as a divided highway. The highway bypasses Kemp to the east and passes near the north end of Cedar Creek Reservoir. East of the reservoir, the highway passes through Mabank before merging into a 2-lane highway (though construction as of 2008 is underway to widen the road to a divided highway status). As it continues to the southeast, US 175 passes through Eustace on its way to Athens.

In Athens, US 175 passes around the city while the old highway passes through the center as a business route. Outside the city limits the business and bypass sections rejoin, passing through the cities of Poynor, Frankston and Cuney before reaching Jacksonville, where it reaches its eastern terminus at US 69. [cite map|publisher=Google Maps|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=7527739882424549768,32.765498,-96.775227%3B14070354614648275358,32.204340,-95.863439%3B6381342242189583124,31.973689,-95.273437&saddr=US-175+E+%4032.765498,+-96.775227&daddr=W+Corsicana+St+%4032.204340,+-95.863439+to:Fry+St+%4031.973689,+-95.273437&via=1&doflg=ptm&sll=32.369585,-96.024335&sspn=1.331529,3.010254&ie=UTF8&z=9|title=Overview map of US 175|accessdate=2008-03-02]

In late 2006, work began on a 14.5-mile segment from Mabank to Athens to extend the divided highway further eastward. As of February 2008, most of the bridges on the twin segment had been constructed and grading work was nearing completion.

Exit list

ee also

* U.S. Route 75
* U.S. Route 275

References

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/usend7079/End175/end175.htm Endpoints of US highways]
* [http://www.us175.com US 175 Home Page]