Interstate 30

Interstate 30
Route information
Length:	366.76 mi[1] (590.24 km)
Major junctions
West end:	I-20 near Fort Worth, TX
	I-35W in Fort Worth, TX I-35E in Dallas, TX I-45 in Dallas, TX I-369 in Texarkana, TX I-49 in Texarkana, AR
East end:	I-40 / US 65 / US 67 / US 167 / AR 107 in North Little Rock, AR
Location
States:	Texas, Arkansas
Counties:	TX: Parker, Tarrant, Dallas, Rockwall, Hunt, Hopkins, Franklin, Titus, Morris, Bowie AR: Miller, Hempstead, Nevada, Clark, Hot Spring, Saline, Pulaski
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs Park Rec FM Arkansas Highway System Interstate US State Business Spurs Scenic Heritage Trails

Interstate 30 (I-30) is an Interstate Highway in the southern United States. While most interstate routes ending in zero are major cross country routes, I-30 is a comparatively short regional route serving only two states. I-30 runs from I-20 west of Fort Worth, Texas, northeast via Dallas, Texas, and Texarkana, Texas, to I-40 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The route parallels U.S. Route 67 (US 67) except for the portion west of downtown Dallas (which was once part of I-20).^[2] I-30 intersects with only two of the 10 major north–south Interstates (I-35W, I-35E and I-45) and also with the major Interstate routes I-20, and I-40. I-30 is known as the Tom Landry Freeway between I-35W and I-35E, within the core of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

Route description

Lengths

	mi[1]	km
TX	223.74	360.07
AR	143.02	230.17
Total	366.76	590.24

I-30 is the shortest two-digit Interstate ending in zero in the Interstate system. The Interstates ending in 0 are generally the longest east–west Interstates. It is also the second shortest major Interstate (ending in 0 or 5), behind Interstate 45. The largest areas that I-30 goes through include the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, the Texarkana metropolitan area, and the Little Rock metropolitan area.

Texas

Tom Landry Freeway at Eastchase in Fort Worth, Texas

The section of I-30 between Dallas and Fort Worth is designated the Tom Landry Highway in honor of the long-time Dallas Cowboys coach. Though I-30 passed well south of Texas Stadium, the Cowboys' former home, their new stadium in Arlington, Texas is near I-30. However, the freeway designation was made before Arlington voted to build Cowboys Stadium. This section was previously known as the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike, which preceded the Interstate System. Although tolls had not been collected for many years, it was still known locally as the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike until receiving its present name.^[2] The section from downtown Dallas to Arlington was recently widened to over 16 lanes in some sections, by 2010. From June 15, 2010, through February 6, 2011, this 30-mile (48 km) section of I-30 was temporarily designated as the "Tom Landry Super Bowl Highway" in commemoration of Super Bowl XLV which was played at Cowboys Stadium.^[3]

Interstate 30 as viewed from Reunion Tower in Dallas

In Dallas, I-30 is known as East R.L. Thornton Freeway between downtown Dallas and the eastern suburb of Mesquite. I-30 picks up the name from I-35E south at the Mixmaster interchange. The Mixmaster is scheduled to be reconstructed as part of the Horseshoe project,^[4] derived from the larger Pegasus Project.^[5][6] The section from downtown Dallas to Loop 12 is eight lanes plus an HOV lane. This section will be reconstructed under the Eastern Gateway project to 12 lanes by 2020. From Rockwall to a point past Sulphur Springs, I-30 runs concurrent with US 67. I-30 continues northesterly through East Texas until a few miles from the Texas-Oklahoma border, when the route turns east, towards Arkansas.

Arkansas

I-30's eastern terminus at I-40 in North Little Rock, AR

I-30 enters southwestern Arkansas in Texarkana which is the twin city of Texarkana, Texas. Here, I-30 intersect I-49; Like in Texas, I-30 travels in a diagonal direction as it proceeds north east through the state. I-30 then passes through Hope which is where former President Bill Clinton was born. I-30 then serves Prescott, Gurdon, Arkadelphia, and Malvern. At Malvern, drivers can use US 70 or US 270 to travel into historic Hot Springs or beyond into Ouachita National Forest. About at this location, US 70 and US 67 join I-30 and stay with the interstate into the Little Rock city limits. Northeast of Malvern, I-30 passes through Benton, before reaching the Little Rock city limits. From Benton to its end at I-40, I-30 is a six-lane highway with up to 85,000 vehicles per day. As I-30 enters Little Rock, I-430 leaves its parent route to create a western bypass of Little Rock. Just south of downtown, I-30 meets the western terminus of I-440 and the northern terminus of another auxiliary route in I-530. I-530 travels 46 miles (74 km) south to Pine Bluff. At this tri-intersection of Interstates, I-30 turns due north for the final few miles of its route. Here I-30 passes through the capitol district of Little Rock. I-30 also creates one final auxiliary route in I-630, or the Wilbur D. Mills Freeway, which splits downtown Little Rock in an east–west direction before coming to its other end at I-430 just west of downtown. After passing I-630, I-30 crosses the Arkansas River into North Little Rock and comes to its eastern terminus, despite facing north, at I-40. At its end, I-30 is joined by US 65, US 67, and US 167. US 65 joins I-40 westbound, while US 67 and US 167 join I-40 eastbound from I-30's eastern terminus.

History

The Dallas–Fort Worth Turnpike was a 30-mile (48 km) toll highway in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. It operated between 1957 and 1977, afterward becoming a nondescript part of I-30. The road, three lanes in each direction but later widened, is the only direct connection between downtown Fort Worth and downtown Dallas, Texas. In October 2001, the former turnpike was named the Tom Landry Highway, after the late Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry.

The proposed expressway was studied as early as 1944, but was turned down by the state engineer due to the expense. However, in 1953, the state legislature created the Texas Turnpike Authority, which in 1955 raised $58.5 million ($427 million in 2005 dollars) to build the project. Construction started later that year. On August 27, 1957 the highway was open to traffic, but the official opening came a week later on September 5. The turnpike's presence stimulated growth in Arlington and Grand Prairie and facilitated construction of Six Flags Over Texas. On December 31, 1977, the bonds were paid off and the freeway was handed over to the state Department of Transportation, toll collection ceased, and the tollbooths were removed during the following week.

It served as I-20 between Dallas and Fort Worth until the current I-20 route to the south was opened in 1971. Afterwards, I-30 was extended from its end at the "Dallas Mixmaster" interchange with I-35E (also the east end of the turnpike) to follow the turnpike, and the former I-20 in downtown Fort Worth, west to modern-day I-20.

The existing US 67 route was already in heavy use in the early 1950s, at which point it was twinned from just east of Dallas to Rockwall and also near Greenville. The DFW Turnpike linking Fort Worth to Dallas was completed by 1957, becoming the first segment of I-30. The twinned US 67 routes were upgraded to Interstate Highway standards beginning in 1961, forming the R.L. Thornton Freeway. By the mid 1960s, much of I-30 was under construction. The majority of the route was completed by 1965, but a 40-mile (64 km) stretch through marshland between Mount Pleasant, Texas and New Boston, Texas remained unfinished. This remaining segment was finally built and opened to traffic in 1971, completing I-30.^[7]

Future

Interstate 130 is a proposed new auxiliary route of I-30 that is to be co-signed with I-49. Once the eastern segment of the Texarkana Loop is upgraded to Interstate standards, I-130 will be signed.^[8]

I-30 was proposed to be extended along the US 67 freeway from Little Rock. However, this conflicted with the Missouri Department of Transportation's plan to extend I-57, which is also planned to use US 67. In April 2016, a provision designating US 67 from North Little Rock to Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, as "Future I-57" was added into the federal fiscal year 2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development funding bill. The provision would also give Arkansas the ability to request any segment of the road built to Interstate Highway standards be officially added to the Interstate Highway System as I-57.^[9]

Exit list

State	County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Texas	Parker		0.00	0.00		I-20 west – Weatherford, Abilene	I-20 exit 421
	Tarrant	Fort Worth			1B	Linkcrest Drive
					2	Spur 580 east
					3	RM 2871 / Chapel Creek Boulevard
					5A	Alemeda Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
					5	I-820 (West Loop)	Signed as exits 5B (north) and 5C (south) eastbound and 5A (north) and 5B (south) westbound; I-820 exit 3
					6	Las Vegas Trail
					7A	Cherry Lane
					7B	SH 183 (Alta Mere Drive) / Spur 341 (Lockheed Boulevard)
					8A	Green Oaks Road	No direct eastbound exit (signed at exit 7B)
					8B	Ridgmar Boulevard / Ridglea Avenue
					9A	Bryant Irvin Road
					9B	US 377 south (Camp Bowie Boulevard) / Horne Street	Western end of US 377 overlap
					10	Hulen Street
					11	Montgomery Street – Cultural District
					12A	University Drive – City Parks, TCU, Fort Worth Zoo
					12B	Rosedale Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
					12C	Forest Park Boulevard	No direct westbound exit (signed at exit 13A)
					12B	Chisholm Trail Parkway south	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
					13A	Summit Avenue / 8th Avenue	No direct eastbound exit (signed as exit 13)
					13B	SH 199 (Henderson Street)	No direct eastbound exit (signed as exit 13)
					13 15A	Lancaster Avenue / Cherry Street - Convention Center, Downtown Fort Worth	Signed as exits 13 eastbound and 15A westbound, access to Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center
					15	I-35W / US 287 north / US 377 north – Denton, Waco	Eastern end of US 377 overlap; eastbound exits signed as exit 15A and westbound exits signed as 15B (south) and 15C (north); I-35W exit 51
					15B	US 287 south / SH 180 east (East Lancaster Avenue)	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
					16	Riverside Drive	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; signed as exits 16A (south) and 16B (north)
					16C	Beach Street	Signed as exit 16 eastbound
					18	Oakland Boulevard / Bridge Street
					19	Brentwood Stair Road	Eastbound exit and entrance
					21A	I-820 (East Loop)	Signed as exits 21B (north) and 21C (south) westbound; I-820 exit 28
					21B	Bridgewood Drive	Signed as exit 21A westbound
					23	Cooks Lane
					24	Eastchase Parkway
		Arlington			26	Fielder Road
					27A	Lamar Boulevard / Cooper Street	Signed as exit 27 westbound
					27B	FM 157 (Collins Street) / Center Street	Signed as exits 28A (Center Street) and 28B (FM 157) westbound
					28	Nolan Ryan Expressway / Ballpark Way / Baird Farm Road / AT&T Way	Signed as exit 29 westbound
					30	SH 360 / Six Flags Drive
	Dallas	Grand Prairie			32	Pres. George Bush Tpk. / SH 161	Signed as exits 32A (PGBT north, SH 161 east) and 32B (PGBT south, SH 161 west)
					34	Belt Line Road
					36	MacArthur Boulevard	signed as exit 36A and exit 36B westbound
		Dallas			38	Loop 12
					39	Cockrell Hill Road
					41	Westmoreland Road
					42	Hampton Road	Signed as exits 42A (south) and 42 (north) eastbound
					43A	Sylvan Avenue	No eastbound exit
					43B	Frontage Road	Westbound exit only
					44	Beckley Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
					45A	I-35E south (US 67 / US 77) / Riverfront Boulevard – Waco	Western end of US 67 overlap; I-35E exits 428A-D
					45B	I-35E north (US 77) – Denton	Signed as exit 45A westbound; I-35E exits 428A-D
					45C	Lamar Street / Griffin Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
					46A	Colorado Boulevard	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
					46B	Ervay Street	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
					47A	Cesar Chavez Boulevard	No direct eastbound exit
					47B	I-45 south / US 75 north – Houston, McKinney	Signed as exit 46 eastbound; I-45 exit 284A
					47C	2nd Avenue / 1st Avenue – Fair Park	Signed as exit 47 eastbound
					48A	Haskell Avenue / Peak Street / Carroll Avenue
					48B	SH 78 (East Grand Avenue) / Barry Avenue / Munger Boulevard – Fair Park
					49A	SH 78 (East Grand Avenue) / Winslow Avenue – Fair Park
					49B	Dolphin Road
					50A	Lawnview Avenue	Eastbound exit only
					50B	Ferguson Road	Signed as exit 50 westbound
					52A	Jim Miller Road
					52B	St. Francis Avenue
					53A	Loop 12 (Buckner Boulevard)
				53B	US 80 east – Terrell	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Mesquite				54	Big Town Boulevard
				55	Motley Drive
				56A	Gus Thomasson Road / Galloway Avenue	Signed as exit 57 westbound
				56	I-635 (Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway)	Signed as exits 56B (north) and 56C (south); I-635 exit 8
				58	Northwest Drive
Garland				59	Belt Line Road / Broadway Boulevard
				60A	Rosehill Road
				60B	Bobtown Road	No direct westbound exit (signed at exit 61A)
				61A	Zion Road
				61B	Pres. George Bush Tpk.
				62	Bass Pro Drive
Dallas				64	Dalrock Road
Rockwall	Rockwall			67A	Village Drive / Horizon Road	No direct westbound exit (signed at exit 67)
				67B	FM 740 (Ridge Road)	Signed as exit 67 westbound
				67C	Frontage Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
				68	SH 205 – Rockwall, Terrell
				69	Frontage Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				70	FM 3549
	Fate			73	FM 551 – Fate
	Royse City			74	Frontage Road	Eastbound exit only
				77A	FM 548 – Royse City
				77B	FM 35 (Epps Road)
Hunt				79	FM 1565 south / FM 2642
				83	FM 1565
				85	FM 36 – Caddo Mills
				87	FM 1903 – Caddo Mills
				89	FM 1570 – Airport
	Greenville			92	Monty Stratton Parkway / Sayle Street
				93	SH 34 (Wesley Street)
				94	US 69 / US 380 (Joe Ramsey Boulevard) / Bus. US 69 (Moulton Street)
				95	Division Street
				96	Spur 302
				97A	Frontage Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				97	Lamar Street
				101	SH 24 / FM 1737 – Commerce, Paris
	Campbell			104	FM 513 / FM 2649 – Campbell, Lone Oak
Hopkins	Cumby			110	FM 275 / FM 2649 – Cumby
				112	FM 499	No direct eastbound exit
				116	FM 2653 (US 67) – Brashear	Gap in US 67 overlap through Brashear
				120	Bus. US 67 north
	Sulphur Springs			122	SH 11 / SH 19 (Hillcrest Drive) – Airport
				123	FM 2297 (League Street)
				124	SH 154 (Broadway Street) to SH 11 – Sulphur Springs
				125	Bill Bradford Road
				126	FM 1870 (College Street)
				127	Bus. US 67 south / Loop 301
				131	FM 69
				135	US 67 north	Eastern end of US 67 overlap
				136	FM 269 (Weaver Road)
				141	FM 900 (Saltillo Road)
Franklin				142	County Line Road	No direct westbound exit
	Mount Vernon			146	SH 37 – Clarksville, Winnsboro
				147	Spur 423
				150	Ripley Road
Titus	Winfield			153	Spur 185 – Winfield, Millers Cove
				156	Frontage Road
	Mount Pleasant			160	US 271 to US 67 / SH 49 / FM 1734 – Mount Pleasant, Paris, Pittsburg
				162	Bus. US 271 / FM 1402 / FM 2152 – Mount Pleasant	Signed as exits 162A (Bus. US 271/FM 2152) and 162B (FM 1402) westbound
				165	FM 1001
				170	FM 1993
Morris				178	US 259 – De Kalb, Daingerfield
Bowie				186	FM 561
				192	FM 990
				198	SH 98
				199	US 82 – New Boston, De Kalb, Clarksville
	New Boston			201	SH 8 – New Boston
				206	Spur 86 – TexAmericas Center
				207	Spur 594 – Red River Army Depot
	Hooks			208	FM 560 – Hooks
				212	Spur 74 – TexAmericas Center–East
	Leary			213	FM 2253 – Leary
	Nash			218	FM 989 (Kings Highway) / FM 2878 (Pleasant Grove Road)
				219	University Avenue / Pecan Street
	Texarkana			220A	I-369 south / US 59 south to US 71 – Atlanta, Houston, Shreveport	Western end of US 59 overlap
				220B	FM 559 (Richmond Road) / Pavilion Parkway
				222	SH 93 / FM 1397 (Summerhill Road)
Texas–Arkansas state line		Bowie–Miller county line	223.74 0.00	360.07 0.00	223	US 59 north / US 71 (State Line Avenue) – Ashdown	Eastern end of US 59 overlap
Arkansas		Miller			1	Jefferson Avenue
					2	Four States Fair Parkway	Former AR 245
					3	I-49 – Houston, Shreveport, Fort Smith	Signed as exits 3A (south) and 3B (north) eastbound; I-49 exit 37
					7	AR 108 – Mandeville
					12	US 67 – Fulton	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Hempstead				18	Fulton
		Hope			30	US 278 – Hope, Nashville
					31	AR 29 – Hope
					36	AR 299 – Emmet
	Nevada	Prescott			44	US 371 / AR 24 – Prescott
					46	AR 19 – Prescott
	Clark				54	AR 51 – Okolona, Gurdon
					63	AR 53 – Gurdon
					69	AR 26 east – Gum Springs
		Arkadelphia			73	AR 8 / AR 51 to AR 26 – Arkadelphia
		Caddo Valley			78	AR 7 – Caddo Valley, Arkadelphia, Hot Springs
	Hot Spring				83	AR 283 – Friendship
					91	AR 84 – Social Hill
		Malvern			97	AR 84 to AR 171
					98A	US 270 west / US 270B east – Hot Springs, Malvern	western end of US 270 overlap; Signed as exits 98A (east) and 98B (west)
		Rockport			99	US 270 east – Malvern	Eastern end of US 270 overlap
	Saline				106	Old Military Road (US 67)
					111	US 70 west – Hot Springs	Western end of US 70 overlap
					114	US 67 south (AR 229 north) – Arkansas Health Center	Western end of US 67 overlap
		Benton			116	Sevier Street / South Street (AR 229 south)
					117	AR 5 / AR 35 – Benton
					118	Congo Road (AR 5 north)
					121	Alcoa Road
		Bryant			123	AR 183 – Bryant, Bauxite
	Saline–Pulaski county line	Alexander–Little Rock line			126	AR 111 (Alexander Road) – Alexander
	Pulaski	Little Rock			128	Mabelvale West Road / Otter Creek Road / Bass Pro Parkway	Westbound exit is before exit 129
					129	I-430 north – Fort Smith
					130	AR 338 (Baseline Road) – Mabelvale
					131	McDaniel Drive	Westbound exit only
						Chicot Road	Eastbound exit only
					132	US 70B east (University Avenue)
					133	Geyer Springs Road
					134	Scott Hamilton Drive / Stanton Road
					135	65th Street
					138A	I-440 east – Little Rock National Airport, Little Rock River Port, Memphis	Signed as exit 138 westbound
					138B	I-530 south / US 65 south / US 167 south – Pine Bluff, El Dorado	Western end of US 65/US 167 overlap; Signed as exit 138 westbound; I-530 exit 1
					139A	AR 365 (Roosevelt Road)
					139B	I-630
					140	9th Street / 6th Street	Signed as exits 140A (9th Street) and 140B (6th Street) westbound
					141A	AR 10 (Cantrell Road) / Clinton Avenue
		Arkansas River			Freeway Bridge[10]
		North Little Rock			141B	US 70 east (Broadway / US 70B west)	Eastern end of US 70 overlap
					142	Curtis Sykes Drive
			143.02	230.17	143A	I-40 west / US 65 north / AR 107 north – Conway, Fort Smith	I-40 exit 153B
					143B	I-40 east / US 67 north / US 167 north – Jacksonville, Memphis	I-40 exit 153B
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

Business routes

Interstate 30 Business
Location:	Benton, Arkansas
Length:	3.8 mi (6.1 km)
Existed:	c. 1960–c. 1975

Interstate 30 Business was a business route in Benton, Arkansas. It ran from exits 116-118 on I-30 from approximately 1960 to 1975, concurrently with U.S. Route 70C.^[11]

References

1. Staff (December 31, 2013). "Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as of December 31, 2013". Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
2. Google (February 15, 2008). "Overview Map of I-30" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
3. Wilonsky, Robert (June 10, 2010). "Maybe One of the Few Times We'll Use 'Cotton Bowl' and 'Super Bowl' in Same Sentence". Dallas Observer. Unfair Park blog. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
4. "TxDOT Sets in Motion Much-Anticipated Dallas Horseshoe Project" (Press release). Texas Department of Transportation. November 15, 2012. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
5. Benning, Tom (November 15, 2012). "Contract OK’d for Horseshoe Project’s Massive Rebuilding of Downtown Dallas Freeways". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
6. "Project Pegasus Overview". Retrieved April 7, 2012.
7. Slotboom, Oscar. "Old Road Maps of Texas, 1942–73".
8. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (January 2001). "Interstate 130 to be designated in Arkansas" (Press release). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013.
9. Office of John Boozman (April 25, 2016). "Boozman Provision in Appropriations Bill Paves Way for Interstate Status of US 67" (Press release). Office of John Boozman. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
10. Staff (December 9, 1959). "Minute Order 3514" (PDF). Arskansas State Highway Commission. Retrieved February 5, 2015. (p. 1544 of PDF)
11. Archived Tourist Maps (Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department). Accessed July 8, 2011.

• The Road Atlas 2005 (Map). Rand McNally. 2005.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• Interstate Guide: I-30
• I-30, downtown Fort Worth and west of downtown – from dfwfreeways.info
• I-30, former DFW Turnpike segment – from dfwfreeways.info
• I-30, downtown Dallas and east of downtown – from dfwfreeways.info