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30 (i30) is an Interstate Highway in the
southern United States. I30 runs from i20 west of
Fort
Worth, Texas, northeast via
Dallas, and Texarkana, to
i40 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The route parallels
US 67 except for the portion west of downtown Dallas
(which was once part of i20). I30 intersects with only
two of the 10 primary north–south interstates (i35W,
i35E and i45) and also with the major Interstate routes
i20, and i40. Interstate 30 is known as the Tom Landry Freeway
within the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. |
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| Interstate
30 is the shortest two-digit
Interstate ending in zero in the Interstate system. The
Interstates ending in 0 are generally the longest
east–west Interstates. It is also the second shortest
major interstate (ending in 0 or 5), behind i45. |
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| The section of i30 between Dallas
and Fort Worth is designated the Tom Landry Highway in
honor of the long-time Dallas Cowboys coach. Though i30
passed well south of Texas Stadium, the Cowboys' former
home, their new stadium in Arlington, Texas is near i30.
However, the freeway designation was made before
Arlington voted to build Cowboys Stadium. This section
was previously known as the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike,
which preceded the Interstate System. Although tolls had
not been collected for many years, it was still known
locally as the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike until
receiving its present name. The section from downtown
Dallas to Arlington was recently widened to over 16
lanes in some sections, by 2010. From June 15, 2010,
through February 6, 2011, this 30-mile section of i30
was temporarily designated as the "Tom Landry Super Bowl
Highway" in commemoration of Super Bowl XLV which was
played at Cowboys Stadium. |
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| In Dallas, i30 is known as East R.L.
Thornton Freeway between downtown Dallas and the eastern suburb
of Mesquite. I30 picks up the name from i35E south at the
Mixmaster interchange. The Mixmaster is scheduled to be
reconstructed as part of the Horseshoe project, derived from the
larger Pegasus Project. The section from downtown Dallas to Loop
12 is eight lanes plus an HOV lane. This section will be
reconstructed under the Eastern Gateway project to 12 lanes by
2020. I30 from i635 to Rockwall was widened from six to eight
lanes in the 1990s. From Rockwall to a point past Sulphur
Springs, i30 runs concurrent with US 67. I30 continues
northesterly through East Texas until a few miles from the
Texas-Oklahoma border, when the route turns east, towards
Arkansas. |
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