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This article is about the section of Interstate 20 in Texas. For the entire route, see Interstate 20.
Interstate 20 marker
Interstate 20
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length636.08 mi[1] (1,023.67 km)
Existed1959–present
NHSEntire route
Major junctions
West end I-10 at Scroggins Draw
Major intersections I-30 near Fort Worth
I-35W in Fort Worth
I-35E in Dallas
I-45 in Hutchins

I-369 / US 59 near Marshall
East end I-20 near Greenwood, LA
Location
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
Highway system
← SH 19→ SH 20

Interstate 20 in Texas (abbreviated I-20 or IH-20) is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States, running east from a junction with Interstate 10 east of Kent, Texas, through the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex to the border with Louisiana near Waskom, Texas. The original distance of Interstate 20 was 647 miles (1,041 km) from I-10 to the Louisiana border, reduced to the current distance of 636 miles (1,024 km) with the rerouting of I-20 in the 1980s and 1990s. I-20 is known as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway within the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

History

Interstate 20 in Texas was designated in 1959, and was to replace or run parallel to U.S. Route 80. Initial construction began from east to west and as bypass loops around larger cities. By 1967, the highway was complete from the Louisiana border to the western side of Fort Worth on a route to the south of US 80, with slower construction in the lesser populated areas of West Texas concurrent with US 80. In the late 1980s, I-20 was rerouted across the southern side of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, with the old section through downtown Dallas and Fort Worth being redesignated as Interstate 30. In 1991, the entire concurrent designation of US 80 was removed from the I-10 interchange to Dallas.

Route description

West Texas

I-20 begins at a junction with I-10 in a desolate region of West Texas about 6 miles (10 km) east of the town of Kent. I-20 leaves the interchange with I-10 with a speed limit of 80 until Milemarker 89. Interstate 20 also generally heads to the east-northeast passing by the cities of Odessa and Midland while transitioning from the West Texas desert to the prairie. I-20 runs concurrently with the La Entrada al Pacífico corridor from its junction with US 385 in Odessa to its junction with FM 1788 near Midland International Airport. Near Sweetwater, I-20 begins to head due east as it heads towards the city of Abilene. In Abilene, I-20 curves towards the north and transverses the northern part of the city while also forming the northern arc of the loop around the city. I-20 continues heading east from Abilene until the town of Eastland when I-20 takes a more northeasterly route towards Weatherford while transitioning from the West Texas prairie to the central plains of North Texas as the terrain grows hilly. In Weatherford, I-20 again heads back towards the east as it heads towards the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

Dallas-Fort Worth area

I-20 in southern Fort Worth

I-20 interchanges with I-30 west of Fort Worth with I-30 heading east and I-20 to the southeast. I-20 heads back towards the east when it interchanges with Interstate 820. I-20 forms the southern arc of the complete loop around the city of Fort Worth, and serves as the southernmost west–east freeway in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Interchanging with I-35W south of downtown Fort Worth, I-20 heads east towards Dallas passing through Arlington, where it is also known as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway.[2] From Arlington, I-20 passes into Dallas County at Grand Prairie and heads east in to Dallas, interchanging with I-35E south of downtown and I-45 shortly after. I-20 intersects with I-635 (where it completes a three-quarter loop around the city) on Dallas' southeast side before heading east towards East Texas. The interstate varies from 4 to 10 lanes from its I-30 junction near Weatherford to its US-80 junction near Terrell.

East Texas

I-20 leaves the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and heads generally to the east-southeast through East Texas. I-20 begins heading to the east as it passes to the north of the city of Tyler at Lindale, Texas. The intersection of I-20 at US 69 in Lindale is the highest traffic count intersection on I-20 east of Terrell to the Louisiana state line. From Lindale, I-20 continues east, going through Kilgore in the piney woods region of East Texas. I-20 leaves the state of Texas near Waskom and just west of Shreveport, Louisiana.

Auxiliary route

Interstate 20 has one auxiliary route in Texas.

  • Interstate 820 is a 35.2-mile (56.6 km) loop around the city of Fort Worth. I-20 absorbed the southern section as part of its relocation to the south and I-30 being extended westward over the old alignment of I-20 through the center of town.[3]

Business routes

Further information: Business Routes of Interstate 20 in Texas

All of the business loops within Texas are maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). Interstate 20 has fifteen business loops in the state, all located in western Texas. Along I-20, TxDOT identifies each business route as Business Interstate 20 followed by an alphabetic suffix. Along Texas Interstates, the alphabetic suffixes on business route names ascend eastward and northward. There are gaps in the alphabetic values to allow for future system expansion. The alphabetic naming suffixes are included as small letters on the bottom of route shields.

Texas State Loop 254 takes the place of a business route in Ranger, Texas, and follows the original route of U.S. Route 80.

I-20 business routes in Texas generally follow the path of the former US 80 through the central portions of towns now bypassed by the Interstate route.

Exit list

CountyLocationmikmExitDestinationsNotes
Reeves​— I-10 – El Paso, San AntonioWestbound exit and eastbound entrance; national western terminus; I-10 exit 187, west to 10 east exit 186
​3Stocks Road
​7Johnson Road
​13McAlpine Road
Toyah22 FM 2903 – Toyah
​29Shaw Road
​33 FM 869
​37
 I-20 BL east – Pecos
Pecos39 SH 17 – Fort Davis, Balmorhea
40Country Club Drive
42 US 285 – Fort Stockton, Carlsbad
​44Collie Road
Ward​49 FM 516 – Barstow
​52
 I-20 BL west – Barstow		Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
​58Frontage Road
Pyote66 SH 115 / FM 1927 – Pyote, Kermit
​70 Spur 65
Wickett73 FM 1219 – Wickett
​76
 I-20 BL east – Monahans
Thorntonville79 Loop 464
Monahans80 SH 18 – Kermit, Fort Stockton
​83
 I-20 BL west – Monahans
​86 PR 41 – Monahans Sandhills State Park
Crane
 No major junctions
Ector​93 FM 1053 – Fort Stockton
​101 FM 1601 – Penwell
​104 FM 866 – Goldsmith
​108Moss Avenue – Meteor Crater
​112
 I-20 BL east / FM 1936 – Odessa
​113 SH 302 / Loop 338 – Kermit
Odessa115 FM 1882 (County Road West)
116 US 385 – Andrews, CraneAccess to Medical Center Hospital and Odessa Regional Medical Center
118 FM 3503Module:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated
120JBS Parkway
121 Loop 338 – Odessa
Midland​126
 FM 1788 / SH 349 north – UT Permian Basin CEED		Western end of SH 349 overlap
Midland131
 SH 158 west / Loop 250 – Midland		Western end of SH 158 overlap
134Midkiff Road
135Cotton Flat Road
136

 Bus. SH 349 / SH 349 south – Rankin, Lamesa		Eastern end of SH 349 overlap
137Old Lamesa Road
138
 SH 158 east / FM 715 – Garden City, San Angelo		Eastern end of SH 158 overlap
​140 FM 307 – GreenwoodEastbound exit and westbound entrance
​143 Loop 250
​144
 I-20 BL west / Loop 250 – Midland		No westbound entrance
Martin​151 FM 829Westbound exit and entrance
​154
 I-20 BL east – Stanton
Stanton156 SH 137 – LamesaAccess to Martin County Hospital
​158
 I-20 BL west – Stanton
Howard​165 FM 818
​169 FM 2599
​171Moore Field Road
​172Cauble Road
Big Spring174
 I-20 BL east – Big Spring
176 SH 176 – Andrews
177 US 87 – San Angelo, Lamesa
178 SH 350 – Snyder
179
 I-20 BL west – Big Spring
181A FM 700
181BRefinery Road
​182Midway Road
​184Moss Lake Road – Sand Springs
​186Salem Road – Sand Springs
Coahoma188 FM 820 – Coahoma
​189McGregor Road
​190Snyder Field Road
​192 FM 821
​194AEast Howard Field Road
​195Frontage RoadNo eastbound entrance
Mitchell​199Iatan Road
​200Conaway Road
​206
 I-20 BL east / FM 670 – Westbrook
Westbrook207
 I-20 BL west – Westbrook
​209Dorn Road
​210 FM 2836
​212 FM 1229
​213
 I-20 BL east – Colorado CityModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated
Colorado City215 FM 3525 TDCJ - 80 John Wallace Unit, Dick Ware Unit
216

 SH 208 north / Bus. SH 208 – Snyder, Colorado City		Western end of SH 208 overlap
217
 SH 208 south – San Angelo		Eastern end of SH 208 overlap
​219ACountry Club RoadSigned as exit 219 eastbound
​219B
 I-20 BL west – Colorado City		Eastbound exit is via exit 219
​220 FM 1899
​221Lasky Road
​223Lucas Road
​224
 I-20 BL east – Loraine
Loraine225
 FM 644 south
​226A
 FM 644 north		Eastbound exit is via exit 225
​226B
 I-20 BL westModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated
​227Narrell Road
Nolan​230 FM 1230
​235
 I-20 BS east – Roscoe
Roscoe236 FM 608 – Roscoe
​237Cemetery Road
​238A
 US 84 west – Lubbock, Snyder		Western end of US 84 overlap; no eastbound exit
​238BBlackland Road
​238CFrontage RoadEastbound exit and entrance
​239May RoadNo access across I-20
​240 Loop 170
Sweetwater241
 I-20 BL east – Sweetwater
242Hopkins Road
243Hillsdale Road, Robert Lee Street
244

 SH 70 south / Bus. SH 70 – Sweetwater, San Angelo		Western end of SH 70 overlap
245Arizona AvenueWestbound exit only
​246Alabama Avenue
Sweetwater247

 I-20 BL west / SH 70 north – Sweetwater, Roby		Eastern end of SH 70 overlap
​249 FM 1856
​251Eskota Road
​255Adrian Road
​256Stink Creek Road
​258White Flat Road
​259Sylvester Road
Taylor​261
 I-20 BL east – Trent
Trent262 FM 1085
​263
 I-20 BL west – Trent
​264Noodle Dome Road
​266Derstine Road
​267
 I-20 BL east – Merkel
Merkel269 FM 126
​270
 I-20 BL west / FM 1235 – Merkel
​272Wimberly Road
​274Wells Lane
Tye277
 I-20 BL east / FM 707 – Tye
278
 I-20 BL west – Tye
Abilene279

 I-20 BL east / US 84 east – Abilene		Eastern end of US 84 overlap; no westbound exit
280Fulwiler Road
281 FM 3438 (Hayter Road) – Dyess AFB
282Shirley Road / Ambler Avenue
283 US 83 (Winters Freeway) / US 277 – San Angelo, Ballinger, AnsonSigned as exits 283A (south) and 283B (north)
285Old Anson Road – Impact
286A
 Bus. US 83 – Abilene		Signed as exits 286A (south) and 286B (north) eastbound, access to Hendrick Medical Center and Abilene Regional Medical Center
286C FM 600
288 SH 351 – Albany, Abilene Christian University
290
 Loop 322 (Jake Roberts Freeway) to SH 36 – Cross Plains
292A
 I-20 BL west – Abilene
292BElmdale Road
Callahan​294Buck Creek Road
​297 FM 603
Clyde299 FM 1707 (Hays Road)
300 FM 604 – Clyde
301Cherry Lane
​303Union Hill Road
Baird306
 I-20 BL east / FM 2047 – Baird
307 US 283 – Albany, Coleman
​308
 I-20 BL west – Baird
​310Finley Road
​313 FM 2228
​316Brushy Creek Road
Putnam319
 FM 880 south – Putnam, Cross Plains		Western end of FM 880 overlap
​320

 FM 880 north / FM 2945 east – Moran		Eastern end of FM 880 overlap
​322Cooper Creek Road
Eastland​324Scranton Road
Cisco330 SH 206 – Cross Plains, Cisco, Coleman
332 US 183 – Breckenridge, Cisco, Brownwood, Albany
​337 Spur 490
​340 SH 6 – Gorman, Eastland, De Leon, Breckenridge
Eastland343 SH 112 / FM 570 – Lake Leon
​345 FM 3363 – OldenEastbound exit and westbound entrance
​347 FM 3363 – OldenWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
Ranger349 Loop 254 / FM 2461 – Lake Leon, Ranger
351Desdemona BoulevardEastbound exit and westbound entrance
352Blundell StreetWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
​354
 Loop 254 west – Ranger
​358Frontage RoadWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
​361 SH 16 – Strawn, De Leon
​363Tudor Road
Erath​367
 SH 108 north – Mingus, Thurber		Western end of SH 108 overlap
Palo Pinto​370
 SH 108 south / FM 919 – Gordon, Stephenville		Eastern end of SH 108 overlap
​373 SH 193 – Gordon
​376Panama Road, Blue Flat Road
​380 FM 4 – Palo Pinto, Lipan, Santo
​386 US 281 – Stephenville, Mineral Wells
Parker​391Gilbert Pit Road
​394 FM 113 – Millsap
​397 FM 1189 – Brock
​402
 Spur 312 east – Weatherford		Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
​403Dennis RoadWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
​405Old Brock Road, Ric Williamson Memorial Highway
Weatherford406Old Dennis Road, South Bowie Drive
407 FM 1884 (Bethel Road)Module:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecatedWestbound exit is via exit 408
408 SH 171 / FM 51 – Granbury, Cleburne
409AHolland Lake Road, Fossil Hill RoadWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
409
 FM 2552 north (Santa Fe Drive)Module:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated
410East Bankhead Drive
​411Center Point RoadWestbound exit only
Hudson Oaks413Lake Shore DriveEastbound exit and westbound entrance
414 US 180 – Weatherford, Mineral WellsWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
​415 FM 5 (MikUS Road) – Annetta
Willow Park418Ranch House Road – Willow Park
420 FM 1187 / FM 3325 – Aledo
​421
 I-30 east – Downtown Fort Worth		Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Tarrant​425Markum Ranch Road
​426 RM 2871
Benbrook428
 I-820 north (Jim Wright Freeway)		I-820 exit 0
429A US 377 (Benbrook Boulevard) – Granbury
429BWinscott Road
Fort Worth431Bryant Irvin Road
432 Chisholm Trail Parkway
432
 SH 183 west (Southwest Boulevard)		Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
433Hulen Street, South Drive – TCU
434AGranbury Road, South Drive
434BTrail Lake Drive, Westcreek Drive
435McCart Avenue, Westcreek Drive
436A FM 731 (Crowley Road)Module:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated
436BHemphill Street
437 I-35W (South Freeway) – Denton, WacoI-35W exit 45A-B
438Oak Grove Road
439CampUS Drive
Forest Hill440AWichita Street
440BForest Hill Drive
441Anglin Drive
Fort Worth442A
 Bus. US 287 (Mansfield Highway)
442B

 I-820 north (East Loop) / US 287 north – Downtown Fort Worth		Western end of US 287 overlap, I-820 exit 34A
Arlington443Bowman Springs RoadWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
444
 US 287 south – WaxahachieModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated		Eastern end of US 287 overlap
445Green Oaks Boulevard, Little Road
447Kelly–Elliott Road, Park Springs Road
448Bowen Road
449 FM 157 (Cooper Street) – UT ArlingtonSigned as exits 449A (south) and 449B (north) eastbound
450 Matlock RoadAccess to Medical Center of Arlington
451Collins Street, New York Avenue
453 SH 360 (Frontage Roads, Watson Road) – D/FW AirportSigned as exits 453A (north) and 453B (south)
Grand Prairie454Great Southwest Parkway
Dallas455A
 Pres. George Bush Turnpike north
455B SH 161Module:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated
456Carrier Parkway
457 FM 1382 (Belt Line Road) – Grand Prairie, Cedar Hill
Dallas458Mountain Creek Parkway
460
 Spur 408 north (Patriot Parkway)
Duncanville461Cedar Ridge Drive
462Duncanville Road, North Main Street
463Cockrell Hill Road, Camp Wisdom Road
Dallas464 US 67 (Marvin D. Love Freeway) – Dallas, CleburneSigned as exits 464A (north) and 464B (south)
465 Wheatland Road, Hampton RoadAccess to Charlton Methodist Hospital
466South Polk Street
467 I-35E (South R.L. Thornton Freeway) – Dallas, WacoSigned as exits 467A (north) and 467B (south); I-35E exits 418A-B
Lancaster468Houston School Road
Dallas470 SH 342 (Lancaster Road)
472Bonnie View Road
473AJ. J. Lemmon RoadEastbound exit and westbound entrance
473 I-45 (Julius Schepps Freeway) – Dallas, HoustonSigned as exits 473B (south) and 473C (north); I-45 exits 276A-B
474 SH 310 (South Central Expressway)Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
476Dowdy Ferry Road
477St. Augustine Road
479 US 175 (C.F. Hawn Freeway) – Dallas, KaufmanSigned as exits 479A (west) and 479B (east)
Balch Springs480B
 I-635 north (Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway) – Mesquite		I-635 exit 0
480AKleberg RoadWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
481Seagoville Road
Mesquite482Belt Line Road, Lasater Road
483Lawson Road, Lasater Road, Lumley Road
Kaufman487 FM 740 – Forney
​490 FM 741
​491 FM 2932Module:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated
Talty493 FM 1641
Terrell498 FM 148
499A
 To US 80 (via Spur 557) – Dallas		Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
499BRose Hill Road
501 SH 34 – Terrell, Kaufman
503Wilson Road
​506 FM 429 (College Mound Road) / FM 2728
​509Hiram Road
​512 FM 2965 (Hiram-Wills Point Road)
Van Zandt​516 FM 47 – Wills Point
​519Turner–Hayden Road
​521Myrtle Springs Road, Myrtle Cemetery Road
​523 SH 64 – Canton, Wills Point
Canton526 FM 859 – Canton, Edgewood
527 SH 19 – Emory, Canton
528 FM 17 – Grand Saline
​530 FM 1255 – Canton
​533Colfax Oakland Road
​536Tank Farm Road
​537 FM 16 / FM 773 – Van, Ben Wheeler
Van540 FM 314 – Van, Edom
Smith​544Willow Branch Road
​548 SH 110 – Grand Saline, Tyler, Van
Lindale552 FM 849 – Hideaway
553 Loop 49 TollModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated
554Harvey Road
556 US 69 – Lindale, Mineola, Tyler
​557Jim Hogg Road
​560Lavender Road
​562 FM 14 – Hawkins, Tyler, Tyler State Park
​565 FM 2015 (Driskill Lake Road)
​567 SH 155 – UT Health Center, Winona
​571A US 271 – Gladewater, Tyler
​571B FM 757 (Starrville Omen Road)
​575Barber Road
Smith–Gregg county line​579Joy–Wright Mountain Road
Gregg​582 FM 3053 – Liberty City, Overton
​583 SH 135 – Kilgore, Gladewater, Overton
​587 SH 42 – Kilgore, White Oak
​589
 US 259 south / SH 31 – Kilgore, Henderson, Downtown Longview		Western end of US 259 overlap; signed as exits 589A (south/west) and 589B (east) eastbound
​591 FM 2011 / FM 2087
Longview595


 SH 322 south (Estes Parkway) / Loop 281 north / FM 1845 north – Longview		Signed as exits 595A (south) and 595B (north) eastbound
596
 US 259 north / SH 149 (Eastman Road) – Carthage		Eastern end of US 259 overlap, access to Good Shepherd Medical Center and Longview Regional Medical Center
Harrison​599 Loop 281 / FM 968
​604 FM 450 – Hallsville
​610 FM 3251
​614 SH 43 – Marshall, Caddo Lake, Henderson
Marshall617 US 59 – Marshall, CarthageFuture I-369
​620 FM 31 – Elysian Fields
​624 FM 2199 – Scottsville
​628
 US 80 westModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated		Western end of US 80 overlap
Waskom633
 US 80 east / FM 9 / FM 134 – Waskom, Caddo Lake		Eastern end of US 80 overlap
635 Spur 156 – Waskom
​636.081,023.67
 I-20 east		Continuation into Louisiana
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also


References

  1. ^ Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - Interstate Highway 20". Retrieved 2007-07-08.
  2. ^ But see also US 190, another road which has been designated the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway.
  3. ^ Texas Department of Transportation, Highway Designation File - Interstate Highway 820
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