Interstate 30

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Interstate 30 Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Length:	366.76 mi[1] (590.24 km)
West end:	I-20 near Fort Worth, TX
Major junctions:	I-35W in Fort Worth, TX I-35E in Dallas, TX I-45 in Dallas, TX
East end:	I-40 / U.S. 65 / U.S. 67 / U.S. 167 in North Little Rock, AR

Interstate 30 (I-30) is an Interstate Highway in the southern United States. I-30 runs from Interstate 20 west of Fort Worth, Texas, northeast via Dallas, Texas, and Texarkana, Texas, to Interstate 40 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The route parallels U.S. Route 67 except for the portion west of downtown Dallas (which was once part of Interstate 20).^[2]

Contents 1 History 2 Route description 2.1 Texas 2.1.1 Tom Landry Freeway 2.2 Arkansas 3 Future 4 Major intersections 5 Exit list 6 Auxiliary routes 7 References

[edit] History

The existing U.S. 67 route was already in heavy use in the early 1950s, at which point it was twinned from just east of Dallas to Rockwall and also near Greenville. The DFW Turnpike linking Fort Worth to Dallas was completed by 1957, becoming the first segment of Interstate 30. The twinned U.S. 67 routes were upgraded to Interstate standards beginning in 1961, forming the R.L. Thornton Freeway. By the mid 1960s much of Interstate 30 was under construction. The majority of the route was completed by 1965, but a 40-mile (64 km) stretch through marshland between Mount Pleasant, Texas and New Boston, Texas remained unfinished. This remaining segment was finally built and opened to traffic in 1971, completing Interstate 30^[3].

[edit] Route description

Lengths

	mi[1]	km
TX	223.74	360.07
AR	143.02	230.17
Total	366.76	590.24

Major cities Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs
Fort Worth, Texas Dallas, Texas Texarkana, Texas Little Rock, Arkansas

Interstate 30 is the shortest two-digit Interstate ending in zero in the Interstate system. The Interstates ending in 0 are generally the longest East-West Interstates. It is also the second shortest major interstate (ending in 0 or 5), behind Interstate 45.

[edit] Texas

In Dallas, I-30 is known as the R.L. Thornton Freeway between downtown and the suburb of Mesquite. I-30 picks up the name from I-35E South at the Mixmaster interchange.

[edit] Tom Landry Freeway

The section of I-30 between Dallas and Fort Worth is designated the Tom Landry Freeway in honor of the long-time Dallas Cowboys coach. Though I-30 passes well south of Texas Stadium, the Cowboys' current home, their new stadium in Arlington, Texas will be near I-30. However, the freeway designation was made before Arlington voted to build the new stadium. This section was previously known as the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike, which preceded the Interstate system. Although tolls had not been collected for many years, it was still known locally as the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike until receiving its present name.

This section requires expansion.

[edit] Arkansas

I-30 enters Arkansas at Texarkana and passes through or near Hope, Prescott, Arkadelphia, Malvern, Benton, and Bryant before heading into Little Rock and ending at the I-40 junction in North Little Rock.

This section requires expansion.

From Benton, Arkansas to I-40, I-30 is a six-lane highway with up to 85,000 vehicles per day.

[edit] Future

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I-30 may continue along the U.S. Route 67 freeway from Little Rock. Also, if I-30 is extended, there are plans for an I-730 spur along Arkansas Highway 226 from the corridor to Jonesboro, Arkansas. There are also plans to extend I-30 to Wilmington, NC.

[edit] Major intersections

• Interstate 20 near Fort Worth, Texas
• Interstate 820 in Fort Worth, Texas (twice)
• Interstate 35W in Fort Worth, Texas
• Interstate 35E in Dallas, Texas.
• Interstate 45 in Dallas, Texas
• Interstate 345 in Dallas, Texas
• Interstate 635 in Mesquite, Texas
• Interstate 430 in Little Rock, Arkansas
• Interstate 530 in Little Rock, Arkansas
• Interstate 440 in Little Rock, Arkansas
• Interstate 630 in Little Rock, Arkansas
• Interstate 40 in North Little Rock, Arkansas

[edit] Exit list

County	Location	#	Destinations	Notes
Miller	Texarkana	1	Jefferson Avenue
		2	Hwy. 245 – Texarkana Regional Airport
		7	Hwy. 108 – Mandeville
		12	U.S. 67 – Fulton	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Hempstead		18	Fulton
	Hope	30	U.S. 278 – Nashville, Hope
		31	Hwy. 29 – Hope
		36	Hwy. 299 – Emmet
Nevada	Prescott	44	U.S. 371 / Hwy. 24 – Prescott
		46	Hwy. 19 – Prescott
Clark		54	Hwy. 51 – Okolona, Gurdon
		63	Hwy. 53 – Gurdon
		69	Hwy. 26 east – Gum Springs
	Arkadelphia	73	Hwy. 8 / Hwy. 26 / Hwy. 51 – Arkadelphia
	Caddo Valley	78	Hwy. 7 – Caddo Valley, Hot Springs, Arkadelphia
Hot Spring		83	Hwy. 283 – Friendship
		91	Hwy. 84 – Social Hill
	Malvern	97	To Hwy. 84 / Hwy. 171
		98A	File:US 270B.svg U.S. 270B – Malvern
		98B	U.S. 270 west – Hot Springs	West end of U.S. 270 overlap
		99	U.S. 270 east – Malvern	East end of U.S. 270 overlap
Saline		106	Old Military Road
		111	U.S. 70 west – Hot Springs	West end of U.S. 70 overlap
		114	U.S. 67 south (Hwy. 229) - Arkansas Health Center	West end of U.S. 67 overlap
	Benton	116	Sevier Street (Hwy. 229)
		117	Hwy. 5 west / Hwy. 35 – Benton	West end of Hwy. 5 overlap
		118	Congo Road (Hwy. 5 east)	East end of Hwy. 5 overlap
		121	Alcoa Road
	Bryant
		123	Hwy. 183 – Bauxite, Bryant
	Little Rock	126	Hwy. 111 (Alexander Road) – Alexander
Pulaski
		128	Otter Creek Road, Mabelvale West Road
		129	I-430 north – Fort Smith
		130	Hwy. 338 (Baseline Road) – Mabelvale
		131	South Chicot Road	Eastbound exit only
		131	McDaniel Drive	Westbound exit only
		132	File:US 70B.svg U.S. 70B east (University Avenue)
		133	Geyer Springs Road
		134	Scott Hamilton Drive, Stanton Road
		135	65th Street
		138A	I-440 east – Little Rock National Airport, Little Rock River Port, Memphis	Signed as exit 138 westbound
		138B	I-530 south / U.S. 65 south / U.S. 167 south – Pine Bluff, El Dorado	West end of U.S. 65/U.S. 167 overlap; no exit number westbound
		139A	Hwy. 365 (Roosevelt Road)
		139B	I-630
		140	9th Street, 6th Street	Signed as exits 140A (9th Street) and 140B (6th Street) westbound
		141A	Hwy. 10 (Cantrell Road) / Clinton Avenue
	North Little Rock	141B	U.S. 70 east (Broadway, U.S. 70B west)	East end of U.S. 70 overlap
		142	15th Street
		143A	I-40 west / U.S. 65 north / Hwy. 107 north – Fort Smith	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		143B	I-40 east / U.S. 67 east / U.S. 167 east - Memphis	Northbound exit and southbound entrance

[edit] Auxiliary routes

• Texarkana, Arkansas - Future I-130, presently Highway 245 (locally "Loop 245"); for more details, see Loop (Texarkana).
• Little Rock, Arkansas - I-430, I-630
• Little Rock, Arkansas to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, I-530

v • d • e Auxiliary routes of Interstate 30 Arkansas: 130 (future) · 430 · 530 · 630

[edit] References

• 2005 Rand McNally "The Road Atlas 2005" - newest feature- interstate mileage by state

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