Interstate 345
Interstate 345 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 1.4 mi[1] (2.3 km) | |||
| Existed | August 23, 1973–present | |||
| NHS | Entire route | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  I-30 in Dallas | |||
| North end |  Spur 366 in Dallas | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Highway system | ||||
| ||||
.svg)
Interstate 345 (I-345 or IH-345) is a 1.4-mile section of the U.S. 75 freeway connecting Interstate 45 (which ends at the intersection with Interstate 30) with the northbound U.S. 75 (North Central Expressway) at the Woodall Rodgers Freeway (Spur 366) in Dallas. Few maps actually display the road as Interstate 345. Sign posts on the road only show US 75.
Route description
Interstate 345 serves as the connection between Interstate 45 and the North Central Expressway (US 75). It starts at the intersection of Interstate 45 and Interstate 30, passes by downtown Dallas and connects to US 75 at the Spur 366 junction. The entire stretch of I-345 is elevated allowing for better connections between the Central Business District and Deep Ellum.
Although I-345 uses its own mileposts, the exit numbering is not consistent either. The exit numbers on the northbound stretch count upwards from the Interstate 45 numbers (the exit for Spur 366 being labeled as Exit 286A), while on the southbound stretch the Spur 366 exit is numbered Exit 1A, followed by the exit for Ross Avenue numbered Exit 285.[2]
History
In 1964 I-345, extending I-45 north along the proposed Central Expressway bypass, was added as a proposed state highway. [1] I-345 was built and opened in the 1970s. At the north end, before it merged into the Central Expressway (which continued to carry US 75), I-345 straddled the bridges over Bryan Street and Ross Avenue, the latter the location of the opening ceremonies in 1949.[3] Because of their location, these two bridges were not replaced in the 1990s reconstruction of the North Central Expressway, and are the only surviving grade separations from the initial construction north from downtown.[4]
In 2012, a small but vocal minority of Dallas residents received local press coverage discussing their proposals to remove I-345.[5][6][7][8]
Exit list
The entire route is in Dallas, Dallas County.
| mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 I-45 – Houston | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||
| 284A | I-30 (East R. L. Thornton Freeway) | ||||
| 284B | Main Street west, Elm Street | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
| 284C | Live Oak Street – Downtown Dallas | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
| 285 | Bryan Street east | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
| 285 | Ross Avenue | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
| 286A |   Spur 366 (Woodall Rodgers Freeway) to I-35E – Denton | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
| 1A | Spur 366 (Woodall Rodgers Freeway) to I-35E – Denton | Southbound exit | |||
  US 75 north (North Central Expressway) – McKinney | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ^ a b Texas Department of Transportation, Highway Designation File: Interstate Highway No. 345
- ^ Interstate Guide Interstate 345 Texas
- ^ Dallas Morning News, North Central Turns 35 Today, August 19, 1984
- ^ Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory, 2006
- ^ Wilonsky, Robert (Dec. 12, 2012). ""At TxDOT hearing, leaving comments and making the case for tearing down highway separating Deep Ellum, downtown"".
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|publication=ignored (help) - ^ Lindenberger, Michael (May 3, 2012). ""A toll road foe's challenge to Mayor Rawlings: Build your road, but tear down I-345, too"".
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|publication=ignored (help) - ^ Nicholson, Eric (Nov. 27, 2012). ""TxDOT Wondering What to Do With Bridge Between I-30 and Woodall Rodgers. (Hint: They're Not Going to Tear It Down)"".
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|publication=ignored (help) - ^ Kennedy, Patrick (Jan. 21, 2013). ""How Dallas is Throwing Away $4 Billion"".
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|publication=ignored (help)