Texas State Highway 183

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Not to be confused with U.S. Highway 183.
State Highway 183
Length: 35.94[1] mi (57.84 km)
Formed: by 1939
West end: I-20/I-820 at Fort Worth
Major
junctions:		 US 377

I-30
I-35W/US 287
East end: I-35E/US 77 at Dallas
Highways in Texas
< SH 182 SH 184 >

State Highway 183 or SH 183 is a state highway in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex in Texas. Its most heavily used section is designated Airport Freeway where it serves the southern entrance of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

Its eastern terminus is the interchange with Interstate 35E in Dallas. It leads northwest as the John W. Carpenter Freeway, then moves westward at the three-way interchange with State Highway 114 and Loop 12 at Texas Stadium (from which Highway 114 continues as the Carpenter Freeway). The freeway continues as Airport Freeway on its westerly course through Irving, and forms the southern boundary of DFW Airport.

Moving into Tarrant County, the freeway, still called Airport Freeway, continues west through Euless, Bedford, and Hurst. In Bedford, 183 joins State Highway 121 and both follow the same co-signed westerly route. At the intersection with Interstate 820, 183 and 121 turn south with the interstate, and all three highways briefly share the same co-signed route.

Highway 183 leaves I-820 after less than two miles at a parclo interchange with State Highway 10 (a route that formed the original pre-freeway alignment of SH 183). 183 then turns west as it becomes a surface street, Baker Boulevard, through Richland Hills. After entering Haltom City, 183 joins State Highway 26 and, briefly, U.S. Highway 377, leading southwest through Haltom City as East Belknap Street. At an intersection with Northeast 28th Street and Midway Road, 183 turns west onto the former. After entering the Fort Worth city limits, 183 intersects Interstate 35W in a parclo interchange, then passes the historic Fort Worth Stock Yards.

In western Fort Worth and its environs, Highway 183 forms a partial ring road. In northwest Fort Worth, this semicircular route begins when 183 curves southwest as Ephriham Avenue. Continuing southwest, 183 becomes River Oaks Boulevard in River Oaks, Westworth Boulevard in Westworth Village, and Alta Mere Drive as it passes the eastern boundaries of Fort Worth Naval Air Base and White Settlement. Turning south past Ridgmar Mall and a cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 30, 183 crosses Spur 580 (formerly U.S. Highway 80, part of the Bankhead Highway) and again meets U.S. Highway 377 at a traffic circle. From the circle, it turns southeast as Southwest Boulevard, again becoming a freeway and passing through Benbrook before reaching its southern terminus at Interstate 20 and Southwest Loop 820 near Hulen Mall. This freeway segment served as the original alignment of Interstates 20 and 820 before the current route was completed in the early 1980s.

[edit] Exit list

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County Location Destinations Notes
Tarrant Fort Worth I-20 east Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
South Drive, Hulen Street Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
I-20 west / Frontage Road No eastbound entrance
Bryant Irvin Road
Benbrook
Crosslands Road Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Fort Worth Ridglea Country Club Drive
Vickery Boulevard
West end of freeway
US 183 (Camp Bowie Boulevard, Benbrook Boulevard) Traffic circle
SH 183 reverses direction (westbound becomes eastbound in both directions)
Spur 580 (Camp Bovie West Boulevard)
I-30 – Weatherford Interchange
White Settlement Spur 341 Interchange; eastbound exit is via I-30 west exit
Westworth NAS Fort Worth JRB, FMC Carswell Interchange
River Oaks SH 199 (Jacksboro Highway)
Fort Worth
FM 1220 (Azle Avenue)

US 287 Bus. (Main Street)
I-35W / US 287 Interchange
Haltom City US 377 south (Belknap Street) West end of US 377 overlap
US 377 north (Denton Highway) East end of US 377 overlap
North Richland Hills,
Richland Hills		 SH 26 north Interchange; no eastbound entrance
Hurst I-820 south / SH 121 south / SH 10 east – Downtown Fort Worth Interchange; west end of I-820/SH 121 overlap
West end of freeway
Pipeline Road, Glenview Drive Signed as exit 23 eastbound
North Richland Hills
SH 26 / FM 1938 north (Davis Boulevard) – Colleyville, Tarrant County College Northeast Campus Signed as exit 22A eastbound
I-820 west East end of I-820 overlap
Bedford-Euless Road Signed as exit 22A eastbound
Hurst
Image:Texas FM 3029.svg FM 3029 north (Precinct Line Road) / Hurstview Drive
Norwood Drive, Brown Trail
Bedford Bedford Road, Forest Ridge Drive, Brown Trail
Central Drive, Forest Ridge Drive
SH 121 north – D/FW Airport North Entry East end of SH 121 overlap; no eastbound entrance
Euless,
Bedford		 Murphy Drive, Euless Westpark Way
FM 157 (Industrial Boulevard)
Euless
Ector Drive Westbound exit is via Euless Main Street exit
Euless Main Street
SH 10 west Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
SH 360 / FAA Road – Grand Prairie, Arlington
Fort Worth
Amon Carter Boulevard
Euless D/FW Airport (Spur 97)
Fort Worth County Line Road Westbound exit is via Valley View Lane exit
Dallas Irving
Valley View Lane
SH 161 north
Esters Road
Belt Line Road
SH 356 (Irving Boulevard)
Story Road
Frontage Road
MacArthur Boulevard
O'Connor Road
Frontage Road
Carl Road
University of Dallas Westbound exit and entrance
Loop 12
Frontage Road Eastbound exit and entrance
SH 114 – Grapevine, D/FW Airport North Entry
Spur 482
Grauwyler Road
Dallas Regal Row
Mockingbird Lane – Dallas Love Field Airport
Frontage Road Westbound exit and entrance
I-35E south (US 77 south) Eastbound exit and westbound entrance

[edit] References

  1. ^ Texas Department of Transportation, [1]