Interstate 35W (Texas)

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Interstate 35W
Branch route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

85.20 mi^[1] (137.12 km)

South end:

I-35/I-35E in Hillsboro

Major
junctions:

I-20 near Fort Worth

I-30 in Fort Worth

North end:

I-35/I-35E in Denton

Highways in Texas
< I-35E		SH 35 >

Interstate 35W (abbreviated I-35W), an interstate highway, is the western half of Interstate 35 where it splits to serve different cities in Texas. I-35 splits into two branch routes, I-35W and I-35E at Hillsboro. I-35W runs north for 85.20 miles (137.12 km), carrying its own separate sequence of exit numbers. It runs through Fort Worth before rejoining with I-35E to reform I-35 in Denton. It is the more direct route for long-distance expressway traffic, as is noted on signs on I-35 leading into the I-35W/I-35E splits.

Historically, other interstates were given directional suffixes. On every other interstate, the directional suffixes were phased out by giving the route a loop or spur designation. In the case of I-35, since both branches return to a unified interstate beyond the twin cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, the AASHTO committees allowed the suffixes to remain.

During the 1970s, billboards existed on I-35 encouraging travelers to take the faster and shorter I-35W route.

1 Major cities
2 Major intersections
3 Exit list
4 Miscellanea
5 See also
6 References

[edit] Major cities

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.

[edit] Major intersections

Interstate 35 splits into I-35E and I-35W in Hillsboro, Texas, with no access from southbound I-35W to northbound I-35E
Interstate 20 in Edgecliff, Texas, along the southern side of Fort Worth
Interstate 30 in downtown Fort Worth
Interstate 820 in Blue Mound, Texas
Interstate 35 reforms from I-35E and I-35W in Denton, Texas

[edit] Exit list

County	Location	#	Destinations	Notes
Hill			I-35 south – Waco	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; northbound entrance from I-35E
		3	FM 2959
		7	FM 934
		8	FM 66 – Itasca
		12	FM 67 – Covington
Johnson	Grandview	15	FM 916 – Grandview, Maypearl
		16	SH 81 south / County Road 201 – Grandview
		17	FM 2258
		21	County Road 107, Barnesville Road - Greenfield
	Alvarado	24	I-35 Bus. north / FM 1706 / FM 3136 / Maple Avenue – Alvarado
		26A	US 67 – Cleburne, Dallas
		26B	I-35 Bus. south – Alvarado	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		27	County Road 604, County Road 707
		30	FM 917 – Joshua, Mansfield
		32	Bethesda Road, Briar Oaks Road
		34	Briaroaks Road	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Fort Worth	36	Spur 50 / FM 3391 (Renfro Street) to SH 174 south – Burleson
Tarrant		37	SH 174 south (Wilshire Boulevard) – Cleburne	No northbound exit
		38	Alsbury Boulevard
		39	FM 1187 (Rendon-Crowley Road) / McAllister Road
		40	Garden Acres Drive
		41	Risinger Road
		42	Everman Parkway, Sycamore School Road
		43	Sycamore School Road	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		44	Altamesa Boulevard
		45	I-20 – Abilene, Dallas	Signed as exits 45A (west) and 45B (east)
		46A	Felix Street
		46B	Seminary Drive
		47	Ripy Street
		48A	Berry Street - TCU
		48B	Morningside Drive	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		49A	Allen Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		49B	US 287 Bus. (Rosedale Street) / Allen Avenue
		51	I-30 / US 287 south / US 377 south – Dallas, Abilene	South end of US 287/US 377 overlap; signed as exits 51A (west) and 51C (east) northbound
		51B	SH 180 east (Lancaster Avenue) - Downtown	Southbound exit is part of exit 51
		52	Spur 280 - Downtown
		52A	US 377 north (Belknap Street) / SH 121 north – DFW Airport	North end of US 377 overlap; signed as exit 52B northbound
		52B	Spur 347 west (Belknap Street)	Southbound exit and entrance
		52C	Pharr Street
		52D	Carver Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		53	Northside Drive, Yucca Avenue
		54A	SH 183 (Northeast 28th Street)	Signed as exits 54A (east) and 54B (west) northbound
		54B	Papurt Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		54C	33rd Street, Long Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		56A	Meacham Boulevard
		56B	Melody Hills Drive	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		57	I-820	Signed as exits 57A (east) and 57B (west)
		58	Western Center Boulevard
		59	To I-35W north / Basswood Boulevard
		60	US 81 north / US 287 north – Decatur	North end of US 287 overlap; no northbound exit (use exit 59 to U-turn)
		61	North Tarrant Parkway	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		63	Heritage Trace Parkway
		64	Golden Triangle Boulevard, Keller-Hicks Road
		65	SH 170 east
		66	Westport Parkway
Denton		67	Alliance Boulevard
		68	Eagle Parkway
	Northlake	70	SH 114 – Dallas, Bridgeport
		72	Dale Earnhardt Way
		74	FM 1171 – Flower Mound, Lewisville
	Corral City	76	FM 407 – Argyle, Justin
	Argyle	79	Crawford Road, Robson Ranch Road
	Denton	82	FM 2449 – Ponder
		84	FM 1515 (Bonnie Brae Street)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		85A	I-35E south – Dallas	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		85B	West Oak Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
			I-35 north - Oklahoma City	Northbound exit and southbound entrance

[edit] Miscellanea

The I-35W business loop in Alvarado, Texas is the only remaining suffixed business loop in the Interstate Highway System.

[edit] See also

v • d • e Auxiliary routes of Interstate 35

Texas: 635 — Oklahoma: 235 — Kansas: 135 • 235 • 335 — Kansas-Missouri: 435 • 635 — Iowa: 235 — Minnesota: 535