Texas State Highway Loop 363

State Highway Loop 363
H.K. Dodgen Loop
Route information
Length:	17.1 mi[1] (27.5 km)
Existed:	1962[1] – present
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs Park Rec FM ← Loop 362 Loop 364 →

Loop 363 (also known as the H.K. Dodgen Loop) is a state highway loop that encircles the Texas city of Temple in Central Texas.

Route description

Loop 363 starts at Interstate 35 (I-35, General Bruce Drive) in the northern part of Temple. The highway travels in a southeast direction from here through sparsely populated areas of the city, traveling close to the eastern border of the city limits. Loop 363 has an interchange with State Highway 53 (SH 53, Adams Avenue) near Hector P. Garcia Elementary, before slightly turning in a southwest direction. Shortly after the interchange with SH 53, the highway has another interchange with Avenue H/Little Flock Road. Loop 363 junctions with U.S. Highway 190 (US 190)/SH 36 and SH 95, beginning an overlap with US 190/SH 36. At Spur 290 (1st Street), the highway runs as a freeway. The freeway section of Loop 363 runs through a heavily developed area in the city's southside. At the interchange with I-35, US 190 leaves the highway and 363 runs in a northward direction. Loop 363 then has interchanges with Farm to Market Road 2305 (FM 2305, Adams Avenue) and Airport Road. This is the western terminus of SH 53 and the end of the concurrency with SH 36 which continues to the northwest. After this interchange, the highway runs through sparsely populated areas of the city again. After the intersection with Industrial Boulevard, Loop 363 turns back to the east and runs by a Walmart distribution center and the main Wilsonart plant, before running back to I-35. The stretch between Airport Road and I-35 is under construction as of 2015, varying between freeway grade and unlimited divided highway. This is expected to be completed entirely at freeway grade in 2017.

Junction list

Clockwise (CW) reads down and counterclockwise (CCW) reads up. The entire route is in Temple, Bell County.

mi	km	Destinations	Notes
0	0	I-35 (General Bruce Drive) – Waco, Austin
2	3	FM 438 east
4	6	SH 53 – Seaton, Temple	Interchange
5	8	Avenue H, Little Flock Road	Interchange
7	11	US 190 east / SH 36 south / SH 95 south – Cameron, Holland	Interchange; CCW end of US 190/SH 36 overlap, future I-14
8	13	Spur 290 north (1st Street) – Temple	CCW end of freeway; CCW Left Exit
8	13	5th Street
9	14	FM 1741 (31st Street)	CW exit is via the 5th Street exit, access to Scott & White Memorial Hospital
10	16	57th Street, Oakdale Drive
11	18	I-35 / US 190 west – Austin, Waco, Killeen	CW end of US 190 overlap, future I-14
12	19	Wildflower Lane	CCW exit only
12	19	FM 2305 (Adams Avenue) – Belton Lake
13	21	SH 36 north / SH 53 east – Gatesville, Temple	CW end of SH 36 overlap
14	23	Industrial Blvd
15	24	Wendland Rd
16	26	Lucius McCelvey Dr	CW End of Freeway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

See also

• Texas portal
• U.S. Roads portal

References

1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division. "State Highway Loop No. 363". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 28, 2014.

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