Belt Line Road | |
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Route information | |
Length | 93 mi [1] (150 km) |
Component highways | FM 1382 from DeSoto to Grand Prairie |
Major junctions | |
Beltway around Dallas, Texas | |
I-20 in
Grand Prairie I-30 in Grand Prairie I-635 in Coppell Pres. George Bush Turnpike in Carrollton I-35E in Carrollton Dallas North Tollway in Addison I-30 in Garland I-20 in Lawson I-45 in Wilmer I-35E in DeSoto | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
Highway system | |
Belt Line Road is a loop road that traverses 92 miles (148 km) through 16 cities in Dallas County, Texas. Belt Line Road is the outer complete loop which encircles Dallas, in contrast with I-635 which forms a partial inner loop, Loop 12 which forms a complete inner loop, and President George Bush Turnpike (SH 190), a partial outer loop.
Belt Line Road is not designated as a Texas State Loop, but as a local street in each jurisdiction through which it passes. One stretch of the road is designated as FM 1382 and is maintained by the state.
No portion of Belt Line Road is a controlled access freeway.
In addition to entering the city limits of Dallas for multiple stretches of the road, Belt Line Road also travels through the municipalities of Cedar Hill, Grand Prairie, Irving, Coppell, Carrollton, Addison, Richardson, Garland, Mesquite, Sunnyvale, Balch Springs, Wilmer, Lancaster, and DeSoto.
Belt Line Road is not a straightforward and continuous loop. As one follows the entire course of Belt Line Road, there are several discontinuities and name variations. Starting in the northwest corner of the loop road, the following deviations and turns are noted:
Location | DeSoto– Grand Prairie |
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Length | 18.969 mi [2] (30.528 km) |
Existed | 1949 [2]–present |
FM 1382 is a state highway in Texas that runs from I-35E in DeSoto to SH 180 in Grand Prairie. Most of the highway is part of Belt Line Road, becoming its own route through Cedar Hill around Joe Pool Lake. FM 1382 was designated in 1949 from US 80 (now SH 180) southward 4.8 miles to a road intersection. In 1954, FM 1382 extended southeast 6 miles to a county road near Cedar Hill. In 1958, FM 1382 extended 1.7 miles to Belt Line Road in Cedar Hill. In 1972, FM 1382 extended east to IH 35E, replacing FM 1381 [3] which started in DeSoto 2.2 miles west of IH-35E. In 1995, FM 1382 became an Urban Road. [4]
The entire route is in Dallas County.
Location | mi [1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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Cedar Hill | 0.0 | 0.0 | FM 1382 south / Penn Branch Parkway | Cedar Hill State Park; FM 1382 continues south | |||
Grand Prairie | 3.8 | 6.1 | I-20 | Exit 457 on I-20 (Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway) | |||
6.6 | 10.6 | Spur 303 (Pioneer Parkway) / Mountain Creek Lake Bridge | |||||
9.1 | 14.6 | SH 180 (Main Street) / Jefferson Road | Grade-separated interchange; northern terminus of FM 1382; SH 180 is former US 80 | ||||
10.0 | 16.1 | I-30 | Exit 34 on I-30 (Tom Landry Freeway) | ||||
Irving | 15.4 | 24.8 | SH 183 (Airport Freeway) / SH 356 east (Irving Boulevard) – Dallas, Fort Worth | Interchange with SH 183 | |||
18.3 | 29.5 | Pres. George Bush Turnpike north / SH 161 south | Tolled northbound | ||||
20.2 | 32.5 | SH 114 | John W. Carpenter Freeway | ||||
Coppell– Irving line | 21.4 | 34.4 | I-635 (Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway) | Exit 635 on I-635 | |||
Carrollton | 27.3 | 43.9 | Pres. George Bush Turnpike / Luna Road | Tolled turnpike in both directions | |||
28.1 | 45.2 | I-35E / US 77 – Dallas, Denton | Exit 443B on I-35E / US 77 (Stemmons Freeway) | ||||
Dallas– Addison line | 33.3 | 53.6 | Dallas North Tollway | Via Dallas Parkway | |||
Dallas | 34.3 | 55.2 | SH 289 (Preston Road) | ||||
Richardson | 38.5 | 62.0 | US 75 ( Central Expressway) | Exit 24 on US 75 | |||
Garland | 45.0 | 72.4 | Crist Road | 1st Street designation begins | |||
46.5 | 74.8 | SH 78 north (Lavon Drive) – Sachse, Wylie | Northern terminus of SH 78 concurrency | ||||
46.7 | 75.2 | SH 66 east / SH 78 south (Avenue D) | Southern terminus of SH 78 concurrency; western terminus of SH 66 | ||||
48.2 | 77.6 | 1st Street south | Broadway Bouevard designation begins | ||||
52.2 | 84.0 | I-30 ( US 67) | Exit 59 on I-30 | ||||
Garland– Mesquite line | 52.8 | 85.0 | Broadway Boulevard designation ends | ||||
Mesquite | 55.6 | 89.5 | US 80 | ||||
57.3 | 92.2 | SH 352 west (Main Street) | One-way westbound | ||||
57.4 | 92.4 | SH 352 east (Davis Street) | One-way eastbound | ||||
Dallas– Balch Springs line | 62.1 | 99.9 | I-20 | Exit 482 on I-20 (Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway) | |||
Dallas | 64.6 | 104.0 | US 175 (C.F. Hawn Freeway) | ||||
Wilmer | 73.1 | 117.6 | I-45 – Dallas, Ennis | Exit 270 on I-45 | |||
Lancaster | 77.8 | 125.2 | SH 342 (Dallas Avenue) | ||||
DeSoto– Lancaster line | 81.8 | 131.6 | I-35E ( US 77) | Southern terminus of FM 1382; exit 414 on I-35E (R.L. Thornton Freeway) | |||
Cedar Hill | 88.4 | 142.3 | FM 1382 north | FM 1382 continues north, fills gap of Belt Line Road route | |||
89.1 | 143.4 | US 67 | J. Elmer Weaver Freeway | ||||
92.2 | 148.4 | Cedar Hill State Park | Road dead-ends | ||||
Gap in route, loop closed via FM 1382 | |||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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