Interstate 35W (Texas)

Interstate 35W
Route information
	Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	85.203 mi (137.121 km)
Existed:	1959 – present
Major junctions
South end:	I-35 / I-35E / US 77 in Hillsboro
	US 67 in Alvarado; I-20 in Fort Worth; I-30 in Fort Worth; US 287 in Fort Worth; US 377 in Fort Worth; I-820 in Fort Worth; US 81 / US 287 in Fort Worth
North end:	I-35 / I-35E / US 77 in Denton
Location
Counties:	Hill, Johnson, Tarrant, Denton
Highway system

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Interstate 35W (abbreviated I-35W), an Interstate Highway, is the western 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-35W runs north for 85.20 miles (137.12 km), carrying its own separate sequence of exit numbers. It runs through Fort Worth before rejoining with I-35E to reform I-35 in Denton. It is the more direct route for long-distance expressway traffic, as is noted on signs on I-35 leading into the I-35W/I-35E splits. 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. In the case of I-35, since both branches return to a unified interstate beyond the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, the AASHTO committees allowed the suffixes to remain.

During the 1970s, billboards existed on I-35 encouraging travelers to take the faster and shorter I-35W route.

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Interstate 35 splits into two separately named interstate highways just north of Hillsboro, Texas. The routes fork to the northwest and northeast, with Interstate 35W taking the northwest route and Interstate 35E travelling off to the northeast toward Dallas. I-35W travels northwest past the Hillsboro airport through generally rolling farm and ranchlands. It then intersects with US Route 67 on the west side of Alvarado. It continues northwest into the southern edge of Fort Worth. At an intersection with State Highway 174 the route turns due north into greater Fort Worth, passing just west of Fort Worth Spinks Airport. Further north, the road reaches a five level interchange with Interstate 20. The route continues north, reaching downtown Fort Worth. Here it reaches intersections with Interstate 20, U.S. Highway 287, and U.S. Highway 377. I-35W travels north away from downtown concurrent with US 287, next intersecting Interstate 820 just east of Fort Worth Meacham International Airport. Just north of this intersection, US 287 splits to the northwest, along with the southern terminus of U.S. Highway 81. I-35W then gradually shifts to the northeast, passing Fort Worth Alliance Airport and Texas Motor Speedway. It reaches its northern merging point on the southwest side of Denton, merging back together with I-35E to reform Interstate 35, which continues off to the north.

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[edit] Exit list

County	Location	#	Destinations	Notes
Hill			I-35 south – Waco	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		3	FM 2959
		7	FM 934
		8	FM 66 – Itasca
		12	FM 67 – Covington
Johnson	Grandview	15	FM 916 – Grandview, Maypearl
		16	SH 81 south / County Road 201 – Grandview
		17	FM 2258
		21	County Road 107, Barnesville Road – Greenfield
	Alvarado	24	I-35 Bus. north / FM 1706 / FM 3136 – Alvarado
		26A	US 67 – Cleburne, Dallas
		26B	I-35 Bus. south – Alvarado	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		27	County Road 604, County Road 707
	Burleson	30	FM 917 – Joshua, Mansfield
		32	Bethesda Road, Briaroaks Road
		35	Briaroaks Road, Hidden Creek Parkway	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		36	Spur 50 / FM 3391 (Renfro Street) to SH 174 south / Hidden Creek Parkway
Tarrant		37	SH 174 south (Wilshire Boulevard) – Cleburne	No northbound exit
	Fort Worth	38	Alsbury Boulevard
		39	FM 1187 (Rendon-Crowley Road) / McAllister Road
		40	Garden Acres Drive
		41	Risinger Road
		42	Everman Parkway
		43	Sycamore School Road	Northbound exit is via exit 42
		44	Altamesa Boulevard	No southbound exit
		45	I-20 – Abilene, Dallas	Signed as exits 45A (west) and 45B (east)
		46A	Felix Street	Northbound exit is via exit 44
		46B	Seminary Drive
		47	Ripy Street
		48A	Berry Street – TCU
		48B	Morningside Drive	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		49A	Allen Avenue	Southbound exit is via exit 49B
		49B	US 287 Bus. (Rosedale Street)
		51	I-30 / US 287 south / US 377 south – Abilene, Dallas	South end of US 287/US 377 overlap; signed as exits 51A (west) and 51C (east) northbound
		51B	SH 180 east (Lancaster Avenue) – Downtown Fort Worth	Southbound exit is via exit 51
		52A	Spur 280 – Downtown Fort Worth
		52B	US 377 north (Belknap Street) / SH 121 north (Airport Freeway) – DFW Airport	North end of US 377 overlap
		52C	Spur 347 west (Belknap Street)	Southbound exit and entrance
		52D	Pharr Street
		52E	Carver Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		53	Northside Drive, Yucca Avenue
		54A	SH 183 (Northeast 28th Street)	Signed as exits 54A (east) and 54B (west) northbound
		54B	Papurt Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		54C	33rd Street, Long Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		56A	Meacham Boulevard
		56B	Melody Hills Drive	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		57	I-820 (Northeast Loop)	Signed as exits 57A (east) and 57B (west)
		58	Western Center Boulevard
		59	Basswood Boulevard
		60	US 81 north / US 287 north – Decatur	North end of US 287 overlap
		62	North Tarrant Parkway	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		63	Heritage Trace Parkway
		64	Golden Triangle Boulevard, Keller-Hicks Road
		65	SH 170 east (Alliance Gateway Freeway)
		66	Westport Parkway
Denton		67	Alliance Boulevard
		68	Eagle Parkway
		70	SH 114 – Dallas, Bridgeport
		72	Dale Earnhardt Way
	Northlake	74	FM 1171 – Flower Mound, Lewisville
	Corral City	76	FM 407 – Argyle, Justin
	Argyle	79	Crawford Road, Robson Ranch Road
	Denton	82	FM 2449 – Ponder
		84	FM 1515 (Bonnie Brae Street)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		85A	I-35E south – Dallas	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		85B	West Oak Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
			I-35 north – Oklahoma City	Northbound exit and southbound entrance