Interstate 35W (Texas)

This article is about the Interstate 35W that services Fort Worth, Texas. For the Interstate 35W that services Minneapolis, Minnesota, see Interstate 35W (Minnesota).

Interstate 35W
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	85.203 mi[1] (137.121 km)
Existed:	1959 – present
Major junctions
South end:	I-35 / I-35E / US 77 near 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
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← I-35E SH 35 →

Interstate 35W (abbreviated I-35W), an Interstate Highway, is the western half of Interstate 35 where it splits to serve the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area. 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 points where I-35 splits into suffixed pairs of Interstate highways to service a metropolitan area, doing the same thing 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.

Route description

The Fort Worth skyline from I-35W southbound

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 30, 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.

History

Exit list

County	Location	mi[2]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Hill	​	0.0	0.0		I-35 south – Waco	I-35W south and I-35E merge into I-35
	​	0.4	0.64	370	US 77 north / Spur 579 – Hillsboro	Southbound exit only; exit number based on I-35 mileage
	​	0.5	0.80		I-35E north – Dallas	Northbound entrance only; I-35E exit 370B
	​	3.0	4.8	3	FM 2959 – Airport
	​	6.9	11.1	7	FM 934
	​	8.0	12.9	8	FM 66 – Itasca
	​	12.5	20.1	12	FM 67 – Covington
Johnson	Grandview	15.5	24.9	15	FM 916 – Grandview, Maypearl
	​	16.6	26.7	16	SH 81 south / County Road 201 – Grandview
	​	17.4	28.0	17	FM 2258
	​	21.4	34.4	21	County Road 107
	Alvarado	24.3	39.1	24	BL I-35 north / FM 1706 / FM 3136 – Alvarado
		25.9	41.7	26A	US 67 – Cleburne, Dallas
		26.9	43.3	26B	BL I-35 south – Alvarado	Former southbound exit; now northbound entrance only
	​	27.2	43.8	27	County Road 707 / County Road 604
	Burleson	30.2	48.6	30	FM 917 – Joshua, Mansfield
		31.9	51.3	32	Bethesda Road
		34.5	55.5	35	Briaroaks Road / Hidden Creek Parkway	no direct northbound exit (signed at exit 32)
		36.7	59.1	36	FM 3391 (Renfro Street) / Hidden Creek Parkway	former Spur 50
Tarrant		37.7	60.7	37	SH 174 south (Wilshire Boulevard) – Cleburne	No direct northbound exit (signed at exit 36)
		37.9	61.0	38	Alsbury Boulevard / McAlister Road
	Fort Worth	38.5	62.0	39	FM 1187 (Rendon-Crowley Road) / McAlister Road	Access to Huguley Memorial Medical Center
		40.2	64.7	40	Garden Acres Drive
		41.3	66.5	41	Risinger Road
		42.2	67.9	42	Everman Parkway
		43.3	69.7	43	Sycamore School Road	no direct northbound exit (signed at exit 42)
		44.2	71.1	44	Altamesa Boulevard	No direct southbound exit
		44.8	72.1	45	I-20 – Abilene, Dallas	Signed as exits 45A (west) and 45B (east); I-20 exit 437
		45.6	73.4	46A	Felix Street	no direct northbound exit (signed at exit 44)
		46.0	74.0	46B	Seminary Drive
		47.0	75.6	47	Ripy Street
		47.6	76.6	48A	Berry Street – TCU
		48.6	78.2	48B	Morningside Drive	no direct northbound exit
		48.8	78.5	49A	Allen Avenue	no direct southbound exit (signed at exit 49B)
		49.4	79.5	49B	Bus. US 287 (Rosedale Street)	Access to John Peter Smith Hospital
		50.3	81.0	51	I-30 / US 287 south / US 377 south / SH 180 east (Lancaster Avenue) – Abilene, Dallas, Downtown Fort Worth	South end of US 287 / US 377 overlap; signed as exits 51A (I-30 west / US 377 south), 51B (SH 180 east), and 51C (I-30 east) northbound; no access from I-35W north to US 287 south or US 287 north to I-35E south; I-30 exit 15
		51.4	82.7	52A	Spur 280 – Downtown Fort Worth	Access to Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center
		52.0	83.7	52B	US 377 north (Belknap Street) / SH 121 north – D/FW Airport	North end of US 377 overlap
		52.2	84.0	52C	Spur 347 west (Belknap Street)	no direct northbound exit
		52.3	84.2	52D	Pharr Street
		52.6	84.7	52E	Carver Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		53.1	85.5	53	Northside Drive / Yucca Avenue
		54.0	86.9	54A	SH 183 (Northeast 28th Street)	Signed as exits 54A (east) and 54B (west) northbound
		54.9	88.4	54B	Papurt Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		54.6	87.9	54C	33rd Street / Long Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		55.5	89.3	56A	Meacham Boulevard
		56.6	91.1	56B	Melody Hills Drive	Former interchange (northbound exit only)
		56.4	90.8	56B	I-820 Express east to SH 26 / SH 121 / SH 183 – DFW Airport	Signed as exit 57C southbound
		57.2	92.1	57	I-820	Signed as exits 57A (east) and 57B (west); I-820 exit 16
		58.3	93.8	58	Western Center Boulevard
		58.9	94.8	59	Basswood Boulevard
		60.0	96.6	60A	US 81 north / US 287 north – Decatur	North end of US 287 overlap; no northbound entrance
		61.1	98.3	61	North Tarrant Parkway	no direct southbound exit (signed at exit 63)
		61.9	99.6	63	Heritage Trace Parkway
		63.7	102.5	64	Golden Triangle Boulevard / Keller-Hicks Road	Access to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance
		65.3	105.1	65	SH 170 east
		66.3	106.7	66	Westport Parkway
Tarrant–Denton county line		67.3	108.3	67	Alliance Boulevard
Denton		68.4	110.1	68	Eagle Parkway
	Fort Worth–Northlake line	70.4	113.3	70	SH 114 – Dallas, Bridgeport, Airport
		71.2	114.6	72	Dale Earnhardt Way
	Northlake	73.8	118.8	74	FM 1171 – Flower Mound, Lewisville
	Argyle	76.6	123.3	76	FM 407 – Argyle, Justin
	Argyle–Denton line	78.9	127.0	79	Crawford Road / Robson Ranch Road
	Denton	82.0	132.0	82	FM 2449 – Ponder
		84.8	136.5	84	FM 1515 (Bonnie Brae Street) – Airport	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		85.0	136.8	85A	I-35E south – Dallas	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-35E exit 467
		85.1	137.0	85B	West Oak Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance, access to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton
		85.2	137.1		I-35 north – Oklahoma City	I-35 exit 467; I-35W north and I-35E merge into I-35
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Route transition

See also

• Dallas portal
• U.S. Roads portal

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Interstate 35W (Texas).

Route map: Bing / Google

• Interstate Guide: I-35E & I-35W (Texas)

Auxiliary routes and suffixed routes of Interstate 35
Texas 35E 35W 635 Business Oklahoma 235 Kansas 135 235 335 435 635 Missouri 435 635 Iowa 235 Business Minnesota 35E 35W 3351 535 Business Wisconsin 535
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