Texas State Highway 170
State Highway 170 | ||||
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| Alliance Gateway Freeway | ||||
Map SH 170 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 6.516 mi[1] (10.486 km) | |||
| Existed | 1988[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  I-35W in Fort Worth | |||
 US 377 in Fort Worth | ||||
| East end |  SH 114 in Westlake | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | Tarrant, Denton | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Highway 170 (SH 170) also known as the Alliance Gateway Freeway, is a Texas state highway in the northern suburbs of Fort Worth in the Alliance area. The highway was designated in 1988.
History
SH 170 was originally designated on August 3, 1932, as a connector route from the Oklahoma border west to US 60 and US 87 near Canadian.[2] This route was redesignated as SH 33 on October 26, 1954 to coincide with OK 33, with which it connects.[1][3] The current SH 170 was designated in 1988.
Construction of an interchange at SH 114 began in 2016.[4]
Proposed tollway
The North Texas Tollway Authority planned to build tolled main lanes by 2015 and will extend the highway west to US 287/US 81, and, eventually, ultimately to extend it to the Jacksboro Highway (SH 199), but it did not occur.[5]
TxDOT and the NTTA held a public hearing in Roanoke about the proposed toll road on February 26, 2015. The tollway is proposed to have six main lanes.[6]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[7] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Tarrant | Fort Worth |   US 287 / US 81 | Proposed western terminus | ||
| Blue Mound Road or Avondale-Haslet Road | Part of proposed tollway expansion, exit depends on routing of tollway | ||||
 FM 156 | Part of proposed tollway expansion | ||||
| Harmon Road | Part of proposed tollway expansion | ||||
| 0.0 | 0.0 | I-35W | Current western terminus, exit 65 on I-35W | ||
| 0.8 | 1.3 | Old Denton Road | At-grade intersection, no interchange planned | ||
| 1.5 | 2.4 | North Beach Street | Future tolled interchange | ||
| 1.9 | 3.1 | Alta Vista Road | At-grade intersection, no interchange planned | ||
| 2.6 | 4.2 | Westport Parkway | Future tolled interchange | ||
| 3.1 | 5.0 | Park Vista Road | At-grade intersection, future tolled interchange (westbound only) | ||
| 3.1 | 5.0 | Park Vista Main Line Gantry (future toll plaza) | |||
| 3.9 | 6.3 | Independence Parkway | At-grade intersection, future tolled interchange | ||
| Westlake | 4.8 | 7.7 | US 377 | At-grade intersection, future tolled interchange | |
| 5.3 | 8.5 | Roanoke Road | At-grade intersection, future tolled interchange | ||
| Denton | 5.4 | 8.7 | Parish Lane | Interchange; west end of freeway | |
| 5.8– 6.9 | 9.3– 11.1 | SH 114 / Schwab Way, Trophy Lake Drive | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b c Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 170". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
- ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. August 2, 1932. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 33". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ Cokely, Kevin (September 13, 2016). "Traffic Bottlenecks Along Texas 114 Getting Relief". KXAS-TV. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ Staff. "State Highway 170 Major study" (PDF). NTTA. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
- ^ "TxDOT Public Hearing Looks at SH 170, in Coordination with NTTA". Driving North Texas. NTTA. January 26, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ Google (September 22, 2013). "Overview Map of Texas State Highway 170 (Alliance Gateway)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 22, 2013.