MAJOR HIGHWAYS
GET TING AROUND
LIVING Source: DRC research
MAKING SENSE OF HIGHWAY NAMES In DFW, we call some roads by their number, like “75,” and some by their name, like “George Bush Turnpike.” Here’s your handy guide to highways with more than one name. ALTERNATE NAME
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WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON A MAP
Airport Freeway
S.H. 183 from S.H. 114 to the south DFW International Airport entrance
President George Bush Turnpike
PGBT, S.H. 190, S.H. 161 in Las Colinas
John W. Carpenter Freeway
S.H. 183 and S.H. 114 from I-35E to the north Dallas Fort Worth International Airport entrance
C.F. Hawn Freeway
U.S. Highway 75 south of downtown
Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway (LBJ)
I-635, begins at the north entrance of DFW International Airport and circles the city from the north, east, and south; it includes I-20 in the south
Loop 12
Inner-city loop including Northwest Highway on the north, Buckner Boulevard on the east, Ledbetter Drive on the south, and Walton Walker Boulevard on the west
Tom Landry Highway
I-30 between I-35E in Dallas and I-35W in Fort Worth
Marvin D. Love Freeway
U.S. Highway 67 from I-35E to I-635 south of downtown
North Central Expressway
U.S. Highway 75 from downtown to the north
George W. Bush Expressway
U.S. Highway 75 from Walnut Hill Lane to downtown Dallas
Julius Schepps Freeway
I-45 from downtown to the south
Stemmons Freeway
I-35E from downtown to the north
R.L. Thornton Freeway
I-35E south of Dallas and I-30 from downtown to East Dallas
Elmer Weaver Freeway
U.S. Highway 67 from I-635 to the south
Woodall Rodgers Freeway
Spur 366, the short freeway that connects I-35E with U.S. Highway 75 and I-45
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