Mockingbird Lane is a road located mainly in central
Dallas,
Texas. It is one of three main arterial roads in this part of Dallas, and is also a major road through
Highland Park.
Route description
The road runs west from Buckner Boulevard at its eastern terminus, then travels westward past the
Mockingbird Station area between Greenville Avenue and
North Central Expressway, narrowing to two lanes as it forms the southern boundary of
Southern Methodist University, crosses Hillcrest Avenue, and then passes over the
Dallas North Tollway, then intersects with Inwood Road. From there, it curves southwestward, intersecting with
Cedar Springs Road to give access to the terminal at
Dallas Love Field Airport and forming the airport's southeastern boundary, past the
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center while forming the campus's northwestern boundary, has an interchange with
Harry Hines Boulevard, curves to the west, and then again to the southwest as it passes under
Interstate 35E and
Texas State Highway 183. Finally, it intersects Irving Boulevard after curving due south, and the street becomes Westmoreland Road at the midpoint of its bridge over the
Trinity River floodway into
West Dallas. Further east, Mockingbird Lane becomes Peavy Road.
History
After the construction of
Mockingbird Station around 2002, developer Ken Hughes invested $600,000 dollars in streetscape improvements for pedestrians. Unfortunately, the improvements made it worse for the pedestrians and half of the street lights were broken as of September 2012.[2]
Points of interest
Mockingbird Station, Texas's first successful
transit-oriented development (TOD), is at Mockingbird Lane between Greenville Avenue and
North Central Expressway. The station, built by
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), brought forth a mall, park, and new life to an area that was formerly not desired for development. "What has done most to kindle interest in Dallas’s growing (and increasingly traffic-choked) suburbs is the TOD success story at Mockingbird Station. North of downtown Dallas, the Mockingbird Station capitalized on private developer initiative, a good site, strong local demographics, and an abundance of adjacent regional attractions.".[3] Also, the Mockingbird Station area has the highest density population within three miles of any mass transit station in Texas.[4]