Texas State Highway Loop 12

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Not to be confused with Texas State Highway 12.

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"Buckner Boulevard" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Bruckner Boulevard.

State Highway Loop 12 marker

State Highway Loop 12
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Route information
Length: 47.74 mi[1] (76.83 km)
Existed: 1939[1] – present
Major junctions
Beltway around Dallas
 
Highway system
← SH 12 RM 12 →

Loop 12 is a state highway that runs mostly within the city limits of Dallas, Texas. The western segment of the loop is named after General Walton Walker, who served and died in South Korea. During the 1950s and 1960s, Loop 12 was the outer beltway in the Dallas area, having since been supplanted by Interstate 635 (I-635), which is itself being supplanted by the President George Bush Turnpike (SH 190). Loop 12 is, however, the only state highway in Dallas that forms a complete loop (Belt Line Road is also a complete loop but is not a state road except for a stretch as part of Farm to Market Road 1382).

Route description

Starting in the east at I-30, Loop 12 goes north as Buckner Boulevard, following surface streets past White Rock Lake. Just north of White Rock Lake, it intersects Spur 244[2] and becomes Northwest Highway to the west; because there is an eastern and a western segment to this part of the road, at certain points the road signs read "East Northwest Highway". It continues west along surface streets over Central Expressway (U.S. Highway 75 (Texas), US 75) and the Dallas North Tollway and moves north of Bachman Lake and Dallas Love Field.

After crossing I-35E, Loop 12 moves south as a freeway, locally known as Walton Walker Boulevard, passing where Texas Stadium once sat at the interchanges with State Highway 114 (SH 114) and SH 183. The segment between I-35E (Stemmons Freeway) and Spur 408 is the only portion of Loop 12 that is freeway. It is also the only portion that leaves the Dallas city limits, as it runs through the eastern portion of Irving between where the road crosses the Elm Fork of the Trinity River (northern boundary, just north of the former site of Texas Stadium) and where it crosses the West Fork Trinity River (southern boundary).

Between I-35E and SH 183, Loop 12 has two tolled express lanes, one in each direction. These lanes connect the express lanes on SH 183 to those on I-35E and I-635.[3]

After intersecting I-30 for the second time, Loop 12 continues south, joining surface streets again east of Mountain Creek Lake at Mountain Creek Parkway and Patriot Parkway (or Spur 408, which provides a southwesterly freeway link to I-20). It continues to the southeast, turning east along Ledbetter Drive, just north of Dallas Executive Airport (formerly Red Bird Airport). It continues east, crossing US 67, I-35E for the second time, and I-45. At the intersection with US 175 and Murdock Road, Loop 12 turns north again as Buckner Boulevard all the way back to I-30. The portion between Bonnie View Rd. and US 175 is also known as Great Trinity Forest Way, as it passes across an undeveloped portion of the Trinity River and the Trinity River Audubon Center.

History

Loop 12 was designated on September 26, 1939, from US 175 across US 80 to the Buckner Orphans Home, and across US 67 to SH 114 at White Rock Lake as a renumbering of SH 40 Bypass. On April 23, 1942, Loop 12 was extended from US 175 to US 75. On August 3, 1943, Loop 12 was extended westward and northward to SH 183. On October 6, 1943, Loop 12 was extended northward and eastward back to SH 114 at White Rock Lake. On January 7, 1971, Loop 12 was rerouted on Spur 348 and part of the old location of SH 114; the rest of the old location of SH 114 became new Spur 348, and the old route of Loop 12 became Spur 482.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Dallas County.

Location mi[4] km Destinations Notes
Dallas 0.0 0.0 South Polk Street Interchange
0.4 0.64 US 67 (Marvin D. Love Freeway) Interchange
3.0 4.8 Ledbetter Drive / Cockrell Hill Road Interchange; access from Cockrell Hill Road to Loop 12 is via Exchange Service Road
5.5 8.9 Spur 408 (Patriot Parkway) to I-20 / Invalid type: road Interchange; south (counterclockwise) end of freeway; northbound access to Spur 408 is indirect via Illinois Avenue
6.6 10.6 Keeneland Parkway
7.4 11.9 SH 180 (Davis Street) / Invalid type: road State Highway 180 known as Davis Street; SH 180 is former US 80
8.6 13.8 I-30 – Dallas, Fort Worth Exit 38 on I-30 (Tom Landry Freeway)
9.0 14.5 Frontage Road Southbound (counterclockwise) exit and northbound (clockwise) exit
9.6 15.4 Singleton Boulevard
Irving 11.1 17.9 Shady Grove Road
11.6 18.7 SH 356 / Invalid type: road
12.7 20.4 Union Bower Road
13.2 21.2 Grauwyler Road
13.7 22.0 SH 183 – Fort Worth, Dallas Airport Freeway; no southbound (counterclockwise) access to SH 183 east
14.3 23.0 SH 114 – DFW Airport, Grapevine John W. Carpenter Freeway
Dallas 15.8 25.4 I-35E east (US 77) Exits 436A–B on I-35E (Stemmons Freeway); north (clockwise) end of freeway
Spur 348 west (Northwest Highway) Eastern terminus of Spur 348
16.2 26.1 I-35E (US 77) Exits 436A-B on I-35E (Stemmons Freeway)
16.7–
17.0		 26.9–
27.4		 Spur 482 (Storey Lane) – Irving Interchange
Loop 354 (Harry Hines Boulevard) Interchange
18.7 30.1 Marsh Lane / Lemmon Avenue Interchange
21.3 34.3 Dallas North Tollway
University Park–Dallas line 21.8 35.1 SH 289 north (Preston Road) Southern terminus of SH 289
Dallas 23.7 38.1 US 75 Exit 5A on US 75 (North Central Expressway)
24.8 39.9 Skillman Street Interchange
27.0 43.5 Spur 244 east (Northwest Highway) – Garland
27.1 43.6 East Lawther Drive Interchange; southbound (clockwise) exit and northbound (counterclockwise) entrance
27.5 44.3 Peavy Road / Mockingbird Lane Interchange
29.2 47.0 SH 78 (Garland Road)
30.6 49.2 Ferguson Road Interchange
32.0 51.5 To I-30 (US 67) / US 80 Exit 53A on I-30 (R.L. Thornton Freeway); access via frontage roads
34.0 54.7 Military Parkway Interchange
34.3 55.2 SH 352 (Scyene Road) Interchange
37.9 61.0 US 175 (C.F. Hawn Freeway) Interchange
41.5 66.8 Service Road Interchange
41.8 67.3 SH 310 Interchange with S.M. Wright Freeway
42.2 67.9 I-45 – Houston, Dallas, McKinney Exit 279 on I-45 (Julius Schepps Freeway)
44.6 71.8 SH 342 south (Lancaster Road) – Lancaster Northern terminus of SH 342
46.6 75.0 I-35E (R.L. Thornton Freeway / US 77) – Waxahachie, Dallas Exit 421 on I-35E
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Gallery

  • TX Loop 12 and US 75.jpg

    Intersection of Loop 12 with US 75

  • Texas State Highway 289 Preston Road - Texas State Highway Loop 12 Northwest Highway - 4484 - jpfagerback 2013-05-07.jpg

    Texas State Highway 289 Preston Road intersection Loop 12 Northwest Highway

  • Texas State Highway Loop 12 Northwest Highway at Dallas North Tollway toward Douglas Ave - 4488 - jpfagerback 2013-05-07.jpg

    Loop 12 Northwest Highway at Dallas North Tollway toward Douglas Ave

  • Texas State Highway Loop 12 Northwest Highway at Dallas North Tollway toward Hathaway St - 4526 - jpfagerback 2013-05-07.jpg

    Loop 12 Northwest Highway at Dallas North Tollway toward Hathaway St

See also

References

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External links

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