Interstate 35E (Texas)

Interstate 35E
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	96.76 mi (155.72 km)
Major junctions
South end:	I-35 / I-35W in Hillsboro
	US 287 in Waxahachie I-20 in Dallas I-30 / US 67 in Dallas I-635 in Dallas
North end:	I-35 / I-35W in Denton
Highway system
Main route of the Interstate Highway System Main • Auxiliary • Business Highways in Texas Interstate • US • TX (Loops – Spurs – Rec – FM) ← I-35 I-35W →

Interstate 35E (abbreviated I-35E), an Interstate Highway, is the eastern 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-35E runs north for 97 miles (156 km), maintaining I-35's sequence of exit numbers. It runs through Dallas before rejoining with I-35W to reform I-35 in Denton. This is one of two pairs of suffixed Interstates that has not been eliminated; I-35 also splits into I-35W and I-35E in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.

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, or in some cases were assigned a different route number (see Interstate 76). 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.

• Speed Limit is 70 mph on both I-35 E and I-35 W only in Hill County. 65 mph or lower elsewhere.

IH-35E in Lewisville looking north from State Highway 121

Concurrent routes

U.S. Highway 67

Interstate 35E runs concurrent with U.S. Highway 67 from just north of Kiest Boulevard in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas to the Interstate 30 interchange in downtown Dallas. From there, U.S. Highway 67 joins with Interstate 30. On both segments, U.S. Highway 67 is not signed.

U.S. Highway 77

From Waco, Texas to El Dorado, Kansas, Interstate 35 (or Interstate 35E) typically runs concurrent with, or lies fairly close to, U.S. Highway 77. US 77 runs parallel to I-35E after splitting off of Interstate 35 north of Hillsboro, running through Italy and Milford. It joins with I-35E for less than a mile just south of Waxahachie, before splitting back off to run through Waxahachie. It rejoins the interstate just north of a junction with State Highway 342 in Red Oak. US 77 stays with the interstate through Dallas and up to the southeastern section of Denton. US 77 then breaks off, rejoining I-35 north of the city. Except for the spur sections (Denton and the section between Red Oak and Hillsboro), U.S. Highway 77 is not signed.

From the Dallas–Ellis county line to Denton

From the Dallas–Ellis county line to Downtown Dallas, I-35E is called the South R.L. Thornton Freeway, varies from eight to ten lanes plus HOV. The section from I-20 to Downtown Dallas will be undergoing a major reconstruction by 2015 to 12 lanes. After the Mixmaster interchange with I-30 that I-35E, is named the Stemmons Freeway to Lewisville. This section will undergo reconstruction in three phases. The recent, a widening of I-35E from I-635 to Denton will start in late 2011 with over 16 lanes. The second, the LBJ Project will include elevated toll I-35E lanes by 2016. Last, the major reconstruction of Stemmons Freeway (I-35E) from Downtown Dallas to I-635 to over 20 lanes by 2020.

Exit list

County	Location	#	Destinations	Notes
Hill			I-35 south – Waco	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		370B	I-35W north – Fort Worth	Southbound exit only
	Carl's Corner	374	FM 2959 – Carl's Corner
		377	FM 934
Ellis		381	FM 566 (Milford Road)
		384	Derrs Chapel Road
	Italy	386	SH 34 – Italy, Ennis
		391	FM 329 (Forreston Road)
	Waxahachie	397	US 77 – Waxahachie
		399	FM 66 / FM 876 / FM 1446	Signed as exits 399A (FM 66/FM 876) and 399B (FM 1446) southbound
		401A	Brookside Road
		401B	US 287 Bus. / FM 664 – Waxahachie
		403	US 287 – Corsicana, Fort Worth
		404	Lofland Road
		405	FM 387
		406	Sterrett Road
	Red Oak	408	US 77 south / SH 342 – Red Oak	South end of US 77 overlap
		410	Red Oak Road
		411	FM 664 (Ovilla Road)
Dallas	Glenn Heights	412	Bear Creek Road
	De Soto	413	Parkerville Road
		414	FM 1382 (Belt Line Road)
		415	Pleasant Run Road
		416	Wintergreen Road
	Dallas	417-418C	Danieldale Road, Wheatland Road
		418	I-20 (Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway) – Fort Worth, Shreveport	Signed as exits 418A (west) and 418B (east)
		419	Camp Wisdom Road
		420	Laureland Road
		421	Loop 12 (Ledbetter Road) / Ann Arbor Avenue	Signed as exits 421A (east) and 421B (west)
		422A	Beckley Avenue, Overton Road
		422B	Kiest Boulevard
		423A	US 67 south (Marvin D. Love Freeway) – Cleburne	South end of US 67 overlap; southbound exit and northbound entrance
		423B	Saner Avenue	No southbound entrance
		424	Illinois Avenue
		425A	Zang Boulevard, Beckley Avenue
		425B	Beckley Avenue, 12th Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		425C	Marsalis Avenue
		426A	Ewing Avenue	Northbound exit is via exit 425C
		426B	SH 180 west (8th Street)
		426C	Jefferson Boulevard	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		427A	Colorado Boulevard
		427C	To I-30 west / Cadiz Street, Industrial Boulevard	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		428A	I-30 east (East R.L. Thornton Freeway) / US 67 north – Texarkana	North end of US 67 overlap
		428B	Riverfront Boulevard	Southbound exit only
		428C	Commerce Street, Reunion Boulevard	Northbound exit only
		428D	I-30 west (Tom Landry Freeway) – Fort Worth	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		428E	Reunion Boulevard, Commerce Street east
		429A	Spur 366 east (Woodall Rodgers Freeway) to I-45 / US 75 – McKinney, Houston
		429B	Continental Avenue, Commerce Street west
		429C	Victory Avenue, Hi Line Drive	Southbound exit is via exit 430A
		429D	Dallas North Tollway	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		430A	Oak Lawn Avenue
		430B	Market Center Boulevard
		430C	Wycliff Avenue	Northbound exit is via exit 430B
		431	Motor Street
		432A	Inwood Road
		432B	SH 356 (Commonwealth Drive)
		433A	SH 183 west (John W. Carpenter Freeway) to SH 114 – Irving, DFW Airport	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		433B	Mockingbird Lane – Dallas Love Field Airport
		434A	Empire Central
		434B	Regal Row
		435	Harry Hines Boulevard	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		436	Loop 12 to Spur 348 (Northwest Highway) – Irving, DFW Airport
		437	Manana Road	Northbound exit only
		438	Walnut Hill Lane
		439	Royal Lane
		440A	Forest Lane	Northbound exit only
		440BC	I-635 (Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway) – DFW Airport	Signed as exits 440B (east) and 440C (west)
	Farmers Branch	441	Valley View Lane
		442	Valwood Parkway
	Carrollton	443A	Crosby Road	Northbound exit is via exit 443B
		443B	Belt Line Road
		443C	Frontage Road	Northbound exit only
		444	Whitlock Lane, Sandy Lake Road
		445	President George Bush Turnpike	Signed as exits 445A (south) and 445B (east) southbound
Denton		446	Frankford Road
	Lewisville	447A	SH 121 (Sam Rayburn Tollway) / SH 121 – Fort Worth, McKinney	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		447B	Frontage Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		448A	SH 121 (Sam Rayburn Tollway) – Grapevine, McKinney	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		448B	FM 3040 (Round Grove Road, Hebron Parkway)
		449	Corporate Drive
		450	Bus. SH 121-H – Lewisville
		451	Fox Avenue
		452	FM 1171 (Main Street) – Flower Mound
		453	Valley Ridge Boulevard
		454A	FM 407 (Justin Road) – Justin
		454B	Garden Ridge Boulevard
	Hickory Creek	457	Denton Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		458	FM 2181 (Swisher Road) / Hundley Drive	Signed as exit 457B northbound
	Corinth
		459	Frontage Road
		460	Corinth Parkway
		461	Shady Shores Road, Post Oak Drive
	Denton	462	State School Road, Mayhill Road
		463	Loop 288 – McKinney
		464	US 77 north – Denton	North end of US 77 overlap; no southbound exit
		464	Pennsylvania Drive	Southbound exit only
		465A	FM 2181 (Teasley Lane)
		465B	US 377 (Fort Worth Drive)
		466A	McCormick Street
		466B	North Texas Boulevard – University of North Texas
		467	I-35W south / FM 1515 (Airport Road) – Fort Worth	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
			I-35 north – Oklahoma City	Northbound exit and southbound entrance

Auxiliary routes

• Interstate 635, while technically a spur of I-35, only intersects I-35E and neither I-35 nor I-35W.

See also

• Interstate 35 in Texas
• Interstate 35W (Texas)

External links

• Interstate Guide: I-35E & I-35W (Texas)
• I-35E south of downtown Dallas -- from dfwfreeways.info
• I-35E north of downtown Dallas -- from dfwfreeways.info