If you're new to North Texas, the first thing you probably noticed is the number of ways we refer to our roads. By, name or number of both.
It's not simply The 5 or The 405, in true Texas fashion we name our roads after some of our favorite politicians, leaders, a great Dallas Cowboys coach and an American Sniper.
North Texas has two mixmasters: The Fort Worth mixmaster connects Interstate 30 to Interstate 35W (North Freeway) and the Dallas mixmaster, or Horseshoe, connects I-30 to Interstate 35E.
Check out the list of roadways known by number and name:
- Interstate 20/Ronald Reagan Freeway (west of Interstate 635 into Fort Worth)
- Interstate 30/East Freeway (east of Interstate 35W Fort Worth)
- I-30/West Freeway (west of I-35W Fort Worth)
- I-30/Tom Landry Freeway (from west of downtown Dallas to downtown Fort Worth)
- Interstate 35E & I-30/R.L. Thornton Freeway (south of downtown Dallas) & (east of downtown Dallas)
- I-35E/Stemmons Freeway (I-35E north of downtown Dallas to Loop 12)
- I-35W/North Freeway (north of I-30 in Fort Worth)
- I-35W/South Freeway (south of I-30 in Fort Worth)
- Interstate 45/S.M. Wright Freeway (downtown Dallas to I-20)
- I-45/Julius Schwepps Freeway (south of I-20)
- I-635/LBJ Freeway
- Interstate 820/Loop 820
- West Loop 820 - the west side of Loop 820 from I-35W on the north side of Fort Worth to the south side.
- East Loop 820 - the east side of Loop 820 from I-35W on the north side of Fort Worth to the south side.
- U.S. 67/Marvin D. Love Freeway (north of I-20)
- U.S. 67/S.G. Alexander Freeway (south of I-20)
- U.S. 67/J. Elmer Weaver Freeway (Ellis County)
- U.S. 75/Central Expressway
- U.S. 75/George W. Bush Expressway, between Knox/Henderson and Northwest Highway
- U.S. 80/Blue Star Memorial Highway in the town of Sunnyvale.
- U.S. 175/C.F. Hawn Freeway
- U.S. 287/Martin Luther King, Jr. Freeway (from Texas 180 near downtown Fort Worth to East Loop 820)
- U.S. 287/Chris Kyle Memorial Highway (in Midlothian)
- Texas 114/John Carpenter Freeway
- Texas 121/Sam Rayburn Tollway (Dallas to Denton County line through Allen, Carrollton, Coppell, Fairview, Frisco, Lewisville, McKinney, Plano and The Colony)
- Texas 121/Chisholm Trail Parkway between I-30 in Tarrant County and U.S. 67 in Johnson County.
- Texas 114/Northwest Parkway (from Southlake to U.S. 377)
- Texas 161 & U.S. 190/President George Bush Turnpike
- Texas 183/Airport Freeway
- Texas 199/Jacksboro Highway
- Texas 360/Angus G. Wynne, Jr. Freeway (through Arlington)
Spur 366, which connects Interstate 35E to Interstate 45 and U.S. 75, is more commonly known as Woodall Rodgers, a former mayor of Dallas.
- Spur 366/Woodall Rodgers Freeway
- Spur 408/Patriot Parkway between I-20 and Loop 12
Loop 12, a circular road around Dallas, is one of North Texas' more confusing roads due to its five names, including Walton Walker, Northwest Highway and others.
- E. Loop 12/Walton Walker Freeway
- Margaret McDermott Bridge along I-30 connecting the east and west levee of the Trinity River, west of downtown Dallas.
- Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge along Spur 366 connecting the east and west levee of the Trinity River, west of downtown Dallas.
The High 5 is a five-level interchange, as tall as a 12-story building, in Dallas designed to connect Interstate 635 to U.S. 75.
- The High Five is the interchange at the Dallas North Tollway and LBJ Freeway.
- The Mixmaster/The Horseshoe is the name of the interchange of I-30 and I-35E in downtown Dallas.
All numbered highways are also simply known by their number. Ex: "Take 20 to 360 north ..." except for Loop 12, which is always referred to as Loop 12.
