Texas State Highway 360

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State Highway 360

Length:

28.00 mi^[1] (45.06 km)

Formed:

1955

South end:

US 287 near Mansfield

Major
junctions:

SH 183

I-20

I-30

North end:

SH 121 at Grapevine

Highways in Texas
< SH 359		SH 361 >

State Highway 360 or SH 360 is a 28.00-mile (45.06 km) north-south state highway in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex in the U.S. state of Texas.

1 History
2 Route description
3 Junction list
4 References

[edit] History

The freeway was constructed in different stages over the course of several decades. For the most part, each section's frontage roads were built first, handling all of the traffic years before the actual freeway portion was completed (or even begun). Similarly, the interchanges at Interstate 20, Interstate 30, and Highway 183 were in place long before the freeway lanes were completed.

The interchange at Interstate 30 is a holdover from when that freeway was a toll road (see Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike). The design was such that any traffic moving from one freeway to the other was routed through one common, bi-directional ramp. This was a cost-saving measure as it required fewer toll booths. However, this remains a major bottleneck, compounded by the fact that it intersects with surface streets, and is near one major tourist attractions, Six Flags Over Texas.

[edit] Route description

It has its northern terminus at State Highway 121 in Grapevine as a freeway. It follows the western boundary of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to its interchange with State Highway 183 near Euless, and then takes a nearly north-south course through Arlington roughly on its boundary with Grand Prairie, with complicated access to Interstate 30, the former Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike, and an interchange with Interstate 20 on the south side of Arlington. The original alignment south of Highway 183 was called Watson Road.^[2]

The segment through Arlington is officially designated as the "Angus G. Wynne Freeway" (after the founder of Six Flags); however, neither the official designation nor the older Watson Road name are locally used, the road is generally called "360".

[edit] Junction list

County	Location	Mile	Junction	Notes
Ellis	Mansfield		US 287
Tarrant	Arlington	South end of freeway
			I-20 – Dallas, Fort Worth
			Mayfield Road
			Arkansas Lane
			Spur 303 (Pioneer Parkway)
			Park Row Drive
			Abram Street
			SH 180 (Division Street)
			Randol Mill Road
			I-30 / Six Flags Drive – Dallas, Fort Worth	Northbound exit, southbound entrance
			I-30 / Six Flags Drive / Lamar Boulevard – Dallas, Fort Worth	Southbound exit, northbound entrance
			Lamar Boulevard / Avenue H / Avenue J	Northbound exit, southbound entrance
			Fountain Parkway / Brown Boulevard / Burney Road / Avenue K	Northbound exit, southbound entrance
			Brown Boulevard / Avenue K / Avenue J	Southbound exit, northbound entrance
			Green Oaks Boulevard / Carrier Parkway	Southbound exit also signed for Fountain Parkway / Burney Road
			Post and Paddock Road
			Riverside Parkway
	Euless		Trinity Boulevard
			Amon Carter Boulevard – Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport	Northbound exit, southbound entrance
			SH 183 (Airport Freeway) – Dallas, Fort Worth
			American Boulevard	Southbound exit
			Harwood Road	Southbound exit also signed for Midway Drive
	Grapevine		Mid-Cities Boulevard
			Glade Road
			Euless-Grapevine Road
			Stone Myers Parkway	Northbound exit, southbound entrance
			SH 121 north	Northbound exit, southbound entrance