U.S. Route 75 in Texas
U.S. Highway 75 | ||||
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US 75 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 75.264 mi[1] (121.126 km) | |||
| Existed | 1927–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   I-345 / Spur 366 in Dallas | |||
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| North end |   US 69 / US 75 near Denison | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | Dallas, Collin, Grayson | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Highway 75 (US 75) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that travels from Interstate 345 (I-345) in Dallas, Texas northward to the Canadian border at Noyes, Minnesota. In the state of Texas it runs from I-345 in Dallas and heads north to the Oklahoma state line.
History
In the initial assignment of state highways in 1917, Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston were connected by a branch of State Highway 2 (SH 2, the Meridian Highway), which ran via Waco and Bryan and continued on to Galveston. The more direct route followed by US 75 was not initially part of the system between Richland (connected to Dallas by SH 14) and Huntsville (connected to Houston by SH 19).[2][3] This Richland–Huntsville cutoff was added by 1919 as SH 32,[4] and US 75 was assigned to the alignment, as well as SH 6 north of Dallas, in 1926.[5] The branch of SH 2, which US 75 followed between Houston and Galveston, eventually became part of SH 6,[6] and these numbers were dropped in the 1939 renumbering.
Prior to the coming of the Interstate Highway System in the late 1950s, the only improvements to US 75 in Texas beyond building a two-lane paved roadway were in the Houston and Dallas areas.[7] However, the highways in and near these cities included some of the first freeways in the state: the Gulf Freeway (Houston, opened to traffic on October 1, 1948) and the Central Expressway (Dallas). When Interstate 45 was built in the 1960s, its alignment bypassed many of the towns and built-up areas between downtown Dallas and Houston. The bypassed routes retained the US 75 designation until the designation was truncated to downtown Dallas in 1987. Many of the original alignments continue to exist under other designations.
In Dallas, the route followed what is now the Good Latimer Expressway (formerly Spur 559)[8] southeast, out of downtown, along U.S. Route 175 and south along State Highway 310.[9]
Near Ferris, Trumbull, Palmer, Ennis, and Corsicana Interstate 45 veers east to avoid the more populated areas. The old US 75 alignments through these towns, decommissioned in 1987, now carry the following designations:
- Interstate 45 Business-J (originally Loop 560) through Ferris[10]
- Loop 561 through Trumbull[11]
- Interstate 45 Business-H through Palmer (originally Loop 562)[12]
- Spur 469, Interstate 45 Business-G (originally U.S. Route 287 and Spur 563) through Ennis[13]
- Interstate 45 Business-F (originally Loop 564) through Corsicana[14]
Through Streetman, Fairfield, Buffalo, Centerville, Madisonville, Huntsville, New Waverly, Willis, and Conroe, US 75 followed what is now State Highway 75.[15]
In Galveston, the alignment of State Highway 87 from 20th Street to the southern terminus Interstate 45 was also part of US 75 until its 1987 truncation.[16]
In other cases alignments were bypassed while US 75 remained in existence; they now carry the following designations:
- State Highway 3 through La Marque, Dickinson, League City, South Houston and Houston, bypassed 1952[17]
- State Highway 5 from north of Dallas via Plano, McKinney, Anna and Van Alstyne to Howe, bypassed 1959-1967[18]
- State Highway 91 from Sherman to Denison, bypassed 1984[19]
Substantial completion on expanding the freeway in Sherman to six lanes between FM 1417 (exit 56) and TX 91 (Texoma Parkway) (exit 61) was in August 2024.[20]
Route description
US 75 begins at I-345, an unsigned auxiliary route of I-45 and heads north, first interchanging Spur 366 northeast of Dallas. The highway then interchanges with SL 12 (Northwest Highway) before forming the High Five Interchange with I-635. Then, it interchanges with the President George Bush Turnpike as it continues north through Plano. It then interchanges with the Sam Rayburn Tollway, becoming concurrent with SH 121 and then heads through McKinney and interchanging with US 380. The stretch through McKinney is largely unchanged from its original design except for its intersection at the Sam Rayburn Tollway.[21] to replace the original interchange. Plans to upgrade the facility through and north of McKinney are under way with the reconstruction of the US 380 bridge. US 75 then splits from SH 121 in Melissa and continues north. In Sherman, the route crosses over SH 56 and then US 82. North of Denison, it becomes concurrent with US 69 for the next 2 miles (3.2 km) before crossing over the Red River and into Oklahoma.
The exit numbers for US 75 are not based on mile markers; instead, the exits were numbered consecutively (the only remaining stretch of road in Texas with such a system). As the bypass route was completed around the Sherman–Denison area, the numbering system was continued for the new exits. Upon completion of the widened Central Expressway through Dallas, the exit numbering was changed for the section south of I-635 to correspond with the new (and fewer number of) exits, based on mileage, but the numbering system north of I-635 was left unchanged, thus explaining the gap in the current numbering system.
Exit list
| County | Location | mi | km | Old exit | New exit | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas | Dallas | 0.00 | 0.00 |   I-45 south – Houston | Southern terminus of US 75 and northern terminus of unsigned I-345; access to I-45 via I-345 (North Central Expressway south) | ||
| 1A |   To I-35E (US 77) – Waco, Denton | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; access via unsigned Spur 366 (Woodall Rodgers Freeway); I-345 exit 286A | |||||
| 0.2 | 0.32 | 1–2 | 1A | Hall Street, Lemmon Avenue | Southbound access via exit 1B; no southbound entrance | ||
| 0.7 | 1.1 | 2–4 | 1B | Haskell Avenue–Blackburn Street, Lemmon Avenue, Fitzhugh Avenue | |||
| 1.6 | 2.6 | 4–6 | 2 | Knox Street, Henderson Avenue, Fitzhugh Avenue, Monticello Avenue | |||
| 3.0 | 4.8 | 6–10 | 3 |  Mockingbird Lane, Monticello Avenue, SMU Boulevard | Access to Mockingbird Station | ||
| 4.1 | 6.6 | 10–12 | 4A | Lovers Lane, SMU Boulevard, Southwestern Boulevard | |||
| 4.8 | 7.7 | 13 | 4B | Caruth Haven Lane | No direct southbound exit (signed at exit 5A) | ||
| 5.0 | 8.0 | 14–15 | 5A |  Loop 12 (Northwest Highway) | |||
| 5.2 | 8.4 | 16 | 5B | NorthPark Boulevard, Park Lane | Access to Park Lane Station | ||
| 6.1 | 9.8 | 17–18 | 6 |  Walnut Hill Lane, Meadow Road | Access to Walnut Hill Station, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, and Walnut Hill Medical Center | ||
| 7.3 | 11.7 | 18–19 | 7 | Royal Lane, Meadow Road | |||
| 8.1 | 13.0 | 20A | 8A | Forest Lane | No direct southbound exit (signed at exit 20); access to Forest Lane Station, Forest Park Medical Center - Dallas, and Medical City Dallas Hospital | ||
| 8.3 | 13.4 | 20B | 8B | Coit Road | No direct southbound exit | ||
| 8.7 | 14.0 | 20 | Churchill Way | Signed as exit 20B northbound | |||
| 9.0 | 14.5 | 21 |  I-635 | High Five Interchange; I-635 exit 19A | |||
  I-635 Express west | Tolled; southern terminus of Managed HOV Lanes; southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||||
| — |  US 75 south / I-635 | Managed HOV Lanes access only; southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||||
| 10.4 | 16.7 | 22A | Frontage Road | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
| 9.6 | 15.4 | 22 | Midpark Road | ||||
| Richardson | 10.5 | 16.9 | 23 | Spring Valley Road | Access to Spring Valley Station | ||
| 11.2 | 18.0 | 24 | Belt Line Road, Main Street | ||||
| 12.1 | 19.5 | 25 | Arapaho Road, Collins Boulevard | Access to Arapaho Center Station | |||
| 12.9 | 20.8 | 26 | Campbell Road, Collins Boulevard, Galatyn Parkway | ||||
| Collin | 14.1 | 22.7 | 27 | Renner Road, Galatyn Parkway | Signed as exit 27A northbound, access to Galatyn Park Station | ||
| Richardson–Plano line | 15.4 | 24.8 | 28A | Plano Parkway, 15th Street | Access to CityLine/Bush Station; 15th Street is former FM 544 | ||
| 15.7 | 25.3 | 28B |  Pres. George Bush Turnpike | Northbound entrance includes direct exit ramp onto 15th Street (exit 29) | |||
| Plano | 16.5 | 26.6 | 29 | Park Boulevard, 15th Street | No northbound exit; access to Medical Center of Plano; 15th Street is former FM 544 | ||
| 17.6 | 28.3 | 30 | Parker Road | Access to Parker Road Station | |||
| 18.8 | 30.3 | 31 | Spring Creek Parkway | Southbound access via exit 32 | |||
| 20.1 | 32.3 | 32 | Legacy Drive | ||||
| Allen | Managed HOV Lanes | Northern terminus of Managed HOV lanes; southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||||
| 21.5 | 34.6 | 32A | Frontage Road | Southbound exit only | |||
| 22.1 | 35.6 | 33 | Bethany Drive | ||||
| 22.5 | 36.2 | 34 | McDermott Drive | Former FM 2170 | |||
| 23.6 | 38.0 | 35 | Allen Drive | Southbound access via exit 36 | |||
| 23.9 | 38.5 | 36 | Exchange Parkway | Access to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen | |||
| Fairview–Allen line | 24.4 | 39.3 | 37 | Stacy Road | Former FM 2786 (east); FM 2786 is still signed on the exit sign | ||
| 26.5 | 42.6 | 38A | Ridgeview Drive | ||||
| 26.6 | 42.8 | 38B | Frontage Road | Northbound exit only; access to Medical Center of McKinney | |||
| Fairview–Allen– McKinney city tripoint | 26.8 | 43.1 | 38C |    Sam Rayburn Tollway south to SH 5 (via Spur 399 east) | No direct access from US 75 south to Spur 399/SH 5 | ||
| 27.6 | 44.4 | 39A |   SH 121 south / Eldorado Parkway – Airport | Southern end of SH 121 concurrency; access to Medical Center of McKinney | |||
| McKinney | 28.7 | 46.2 | 39B | Frontage Road | Southbound exit only | ||
| 28.9 | 46.5 | 40A | Louisiana Street, Virginia Parkway | Former FM 3038 (west); former Spur 359 (east) | |||
| 30.4 | 48.9 | 40B | White Avenue | No direct southbound exit | |||
| 31.2 | 50.2 | 41 |  US 380 – Greenville, Denton | Access to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center McKinney | |||
| 31.7 | 51.0 | 42A/B | Wilmeth Road | Signed as exit 42A northbound and exit 42B southbound | |||
| 32.7 | 52.6 | 42B/A | Bloomdale Road | Signed as exit 42B northbound and exit 42A southbound | |||
| 33.4 | 53.8 | 43 |  FM 543 / Laud Howell Parkway (Spur 195) | ||||
| Melissa | 35.4 | 57.0 | 45 | 44/45 |  SH 121 north – Bonham | Northern end of SH 121 concurrency; northbound exit and southbound entrance; exit 44 northbound and exit 45 southbound | |
| 35.7 | 57.5 | 44 | 45 | SH 121 north / Buc-ee's Drive – Bonham | Buc-ee's Drive not signed southbound; SH 121 access southbound only | ||
| 36.3 | 58.4 | 46 | Melissa Road | ||||
| 38.4 | 61.8 | 47A | Throckmorton Road | ||||
| Anna | 39.0 | 62.8 | 47B | Collin County Outer Loop | |||
| 40.9 | 65.8 | 48A |  FM 455 (Anna-Weston Road) | ||||
| 41.5 | 66.8 | 48B | Rosamond Parkway | ||||
| 43.8 | 70.5 | 49 | Mantua Road | ||||
| Collin–Grayson county line | Van Alstyne | 45.0 | 72.4 | 50 | County Line Road | ||
| Grayson | 46.2 | 74.4 | 51 |  FM 121 (Van Alstyne Parkway) | Due to confusion between this road and SH 121 to the south, southbound signs are marked "DFW TRAFFIC USE EXIT 38C" | ||
| Van Alstyne–Howe city line | 49.7 | 80.0 | 52 | Blythe Road, West Farmington Road | |||
| Howe | 51.9 | 83.5 | 53 |  Spur 381 (Haning Street) | |||
| 54.3 | 87.4 | 54 |  SH 5 south / FM 902 | ||||
| Sherman | 55.8 | 89.8 | 54A | Shepherd Drive | |||
| 57.4 | 92.4 | 55 | Frontage Road | ||||
| 59.1 | 95.1 | 56 |  FM 1417 | ||||
| 59.6 | 95.9 | 56A | South Travis Street | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
| 59.9 | 96.4 | 56B | Frontage Road | Northbound exit only | |||
| 60.5 | 97.4 | 57 | Park Street, Center Street | ||||
| 61.9 | 99.6 | 58 |  SH 56 (Lamar Street, Houston Street) | ||||
| 62.3 | 100.3 | 59 | Washington Street | ||||
| 62.9 | 101.2 | 60 |  FM 131 north (North Travis Street) / Taylor Street | ||||
| 63.2 | 101.7 | 61 |  SH 91 north (Texoma Parkway) | No direct southbound exit | |||
| 63.9 | 102.8 | 62 | Lamberth Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
| 64.3 | 103.5 | 63 |  US 82 (Buck Owens Freeway) – Bonham, Gainesville | US 82 exit 642 | |||
| 64.8 | 104.3 | 64 | South Loy Lake Road, Fallon Drive | ||||
| Sherman–Denison city line | 67.2 | 108.1 | 65 |   FM 691 west – Grayson County College, Airport | Access to Texoma Medical Center | ||
| Denison | 68.3 | 109.9 | 66 |   Spur 503 east – Denison | Spur 503 exit 596 to US 75 northbound | ||
| 68.8 | 110.7 | 67 | North Loy Lake Road | ||||
| 70.1 | 112.8 | 68 | Crawford Street | ||||
| 71.0 | 114.3 | 69 |  FM 120 (Morton Street) – Lake Texoma | ||||
| 72.2 | 116.2 | 70 |  FM 84 – Eisenhower State Park, Lake Texoma | ||||
| 73.3 | 118.0 | 71 | Randell Lake Road | ||||
| 74.3 | 119.6 | 72 | SH 91 – Eisenhower State Park, Lake Texoma | ||||
| 75.3 | 121.2 | 73 | US 69 south – Denison, Greenville | Southern end of US 69 concurrency | |||
| 76.1 | 122.5 | 74 | Frontage Road | Southbound exit and entrance | |||
| 77.2 | 124.2 | 75 | Texas Travel Info Center | Southern end of northbound US 69 concurrency; signed as exit 74 northbound | |||
| 77.4 | 124.6 | US 69 north / US 75 north – Durant | Continuation into Oklahoma | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||||
References
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 75". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
- ^ "Highway Commission Adopts 25 Highways". Commerce Journal. July 6, 1917.[full citation needed]
- ^ Texas State Highway Department. Map Showing Proposed System of State Highways as Adopted June 1917 (Map). Archived from the original on March 10, 2007.[full citation needed]
- ^ Texas State Highway Department (October 1, 1919). Highway Map: State of Texas (Map). Archived from the original on March 10, 2007.[full citation needed]
- ^ Bureau of Public Roads & American Association of State Highway Officials (November 11, 1926). United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials (Map). 1:7,000,000. Washington, DC: U.S. Geological Survey. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013 – via Wikimedia Commons.
- ^ Conoco; H.M. Gousha Company (1933). Official Road Map of Texas (Map).[full citation needed]
- ^ Texas Highway Department (1954). Official Travel Map (Map).[full citation needed]
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Spur No. 559". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 310". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Loop No. 560". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Loop No. 561". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Loop No. 562". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Spur No. 563". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Loop No. 564". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 75". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 87". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 3". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 5". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Spur No. 93". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
- ^ KXII Staff (August 22, 2024). "Three lanes open on portion of US Hwy 75 in Sherman". KXII.com. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
- ^ "Interchange design currently under construction by the NTTA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011.
External links
- US 75 info page - at dfwfreeways.info