Interstate 20 in Texas

Interstate 20
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	636.08 mi[1] (1,023.67 km)
Existed:	1959 – present
Major junctions
West end:	I-10 at Scroggins Draw
	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
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← 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 1971, 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 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

travel information center located at I-20 exit 635.

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

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

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Reeves	​	0.00	0.00		I-10 west – El Paso	National western terminus; access to I-10 east via I-10 exit 186
	​				I-10	Eastbound entrance only; I-10 exit 187
	​			3	Stocks Road
	​			7	Johnson Road
	​			13	McAlpine Road
	Toyah			22	FM 2903 – Toyah
	​			29	Shaw Road
	​			33	FM 869
	​			37	BL I-20 east – Pecos
	Pecos			39	SH 17 – Fort Davis, Balmorhea
				40	Country Club Drive
				42	US 285 – Fort Stockton, Carlsbad
	​			44	Collie Road
Ward	​			49	FM 516 – Barstow
	​			52	BL I-20 west – Barstow	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	​			58	Frontage Road
	Pyote			66	SH 115 / FM 1927 – Pyote, Kermit
	​			70	Spur 65
	Wickett			73	FM 1219 – Wickett
	​			76	BL I-20 east – Monahans
	Thorntonville			79	Loop 464
	Monahans			80	SH 18 – Kermit, Fort Stockton
	​			83	BL I-20 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
	​			108	Moss Avenue – Meteor Crater
	​			112	BL I-20 east / FM 1936 – Odessa
	​			113	SH 302 / Loop 338 – Kermit
	Odessa			115	FM 1882 (County Road West)
				116	US 385 – Andrews, Crane	Access to Medical Center Hospital and Odessa Regional Medical Center
				118	FM 3503 / Grandview Avenue
				120	JBS Parkway
				121	Loop 338 – Odessa
Midland	​			126	FM 1788 / SH 349 north – UT Permian Basin CEED	Western end of SH 349 overlap
	Midland			131	SH 158 west / Loop 250 – Midland	Western end of SH 158 overlap
				134	Midkiff Road
				135	Cotton Flat Road
				136	Bus. SH 349 / SH 349 south – Rankin, Lamesa	Eastern end of SH 349 overlap
				137	Old Lamesa Road
				138	SH 158 east / FM 715 – Garden City, San Angelo	Eastern end of SH 158 overlap
	​			140	FM 307 – Greenwood	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	​			143	Loop 250
	​			144	BL I-20 west / Loop 250 – Midland	No westbound entrance
Martin	​			151	FM 829	Westbound exit and entrance
	​			154	BL I-20 east – Stanton
	Stanton			156	SH 137 – Lamesa	Access to Martin County Hospital
	​			158	BL I-20 west – Stanton
Howard	​			165	FM 818
	​			169	FM 2599
	​			171	Moore Field Road
	​			172	Cauble Road
	Big Spring			174	BL I-20 east – Big Spring
				176	SH 176 – Andrews
				177	US 87 – San Angelo, Lamesa
				178	SH 350 – Snyder
				179	BL I-20 west – Big Spring
				181A	FM 700
				181B	Refinery Road
	​			182	Midway Road
	​			184	Moss Lake Road – Sand Springs
	​			186	Salem Road – Sand Springs
	Coahoma			188	FM 820 – Coahoma
	​			189	McGregor Road
	​			190	Snyder Field Road
	​			192	FM 821
	​			194A	East Howard Field Road
	​			195	Frontage Road	No eastbound entrance
Mitchell	​			199	Iatan Road
	​			200	Conaway Road
	​			206	BL I-20 east / FM 670 – Westbrook
	Westbrook			207	BL I-20 west – Westbrook
	​			209	Dorn Road
	​			210	FM 2836
	​			212	FM 1229
	​			213	BL I-20 east / Enderly Road – Colorado City
	Colorado City			215	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
	​			219A	Country Club Road	Signed as exit 219 eastbound
	​			219B	BL I-20 west – Colorado City	Eastbound exit is via exit 219
	​			220	FM 1899
	​			221	Lasky Road
	​			223	Lucas Road
	​			224	BL I-20 east – Loraine
	Loraine			225	FM 644 south
	​			226A	FM 644 north	Eastbound exit is via exit 225
	​			226B	BL I-20 west / Wimberley Road
	​			227	Narrell Road
Nolan	​			230	FM 1230
	​			235	BS I-20 east – Roscoe
	Roscoe			236	FM 608 – Roscoe
	​			237	Cemetery Road
	​			238A	US 84 west – Lubbock, Snyder	Western end of US 84 overlap; no eastbound exit
	​			238B	Blackland Road
	​			238C	Frontage Road	Eastbound exit and entrance
	​			239	May Road	No access across I-20
	​			240	Loop 170
	Sweetwater			241	BL I-20 east – Sweetwater
				242	Hopkins Road
				243	Hillsdale Road, Robert Lee Street
				244	SH 70 south / Bus. SH 70 – Sweetwater, San Angelo	Western end of SH 70 overlap
				245	Arizona Avenue	Westbound exit only
	​			246	Alabama Avenue
	Sweetwater			247	BL I-20 west / SH 70 north – Sweetwater, Roby	Eastern end of SH 70 overlap
	​			249	FM 1856
	​			251	Eskota Road
	​			255	Adrian Road
	​			256	Stink Creek Road
	​			258	White Flat Road
	​			259	Sylvester Road
Taylor	​			261	BL I-20 east – Trent
	Trent			262	FM 1085
	​			263	BL I-20 west – Trent
	​			264	Noodle Dome Road
	​			266	Derstine Road
	​			267	BL I-20 east – Merkel
	Merkel			269	FM 126
	​			270	BL I-20 west / FM 1235 – Merkel
	​			272	Wimberly Road
	​			274	Wells Lane
	Tye			277	BL I-20 east / FM 707 – Tye
				278	BL I-20 west – Tye
	Abilene			279	BL I-20 east / US 84 east – Abilene	Eastern end of US 84 overlap; no westbound exit
				280	Fulwiler Road
				281	FM 3438 (Hayter Road) – Dyess AFB
				282	Shirley Road / Ambler Avenue
				283	US 83 (Winters Freeway) / US 277 – San Angelo, Ballinger, Anson	Signed as exits 283A (south) and 283B (north)
				285	Old 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	BL I-20 west – Abilene
				292B	Elmdale Road
Callahan	​			294	Buck Creek Road
	​			297	FM 603
	Clyde			299	FM 1707 (Hays Road)
				300	FM 604 – Clyde
				301	Cherry Lane
	​			303	Union Hill Road
	Baird			306	BL I-20 east / FM 2047 – Baird
				307	US 283 – Albany, Coleman
	​			308	BL I-20 west – Baird
	​			310	Finley Road
	​			313	FM 2228
	​			316	Brushy Creek Road
	Putnam			319	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
	​			322	Cooper Creek Road
Eastland	​			324	Scranton Road
	Cisco			330	SH 206 – Cross Plains, Cisco, Coleman
				332	US 183 – Breckenridge, Cisco, Brownwood, Albany
	​			337	Spur 490
	​			340	SH 6 – Gorman, Eastland, De Leon, Breckenridge
	Eastland			343	SH 112 / FM 570 – Lake Leon
	​			345	FM 3363 – Olden	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	​			347	FM 3363 – Olden	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Ranger			349	Loop 254 / FM 2461 – Lake Leon, Ranger
				351	Desdemona Boulevard	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
				352	Blundell Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	​			354	Loop 254 west – Ranger
	​			358	Frontage Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	​			361	SH 16 – Strawn, De Leon
	​			363	Tudor 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
	​			376	Panama Road, Blue Flat Road
	​			380	FM 4 – Palo Pinto, Lipan, Santo
	​			386	US 281 – Stephenville, Mineral Wells
Parker	​			391	Gilbert Pit Road
	​			394	FM 113 – Millsap
	​			397	FM 1189 – Brock
	​			402	Spur 312 east – Weatherford	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	​			403	Dennis Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	​			405	Old Brock Road, Ric Williamson Memorial Highway
	Weatherford			406	Old Dennis Road, South Bowie Drive
				407	FM 1884 (Bethel Road) / Tin Top Road	Westbound exit is via exit 408
				408	SH 171 / FM 51 – Granbury, Cleburne
				409A	Holland Lake Road, Fossil Hill Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				409	FM 2552 north (Santa Fe Drive) / Clear Lake Road
				410	East Bankhead Drive
	​			411	Center Point Road	Westbound exit only
	Hudson Oaks			413	Lake Shore Drive	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
				414	US 180 – Weatherford, Mineral Wells	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	​			415	FM 5 (Mikus Road) – Annetta
	Willow Park			418	Ranch House Road – Willow Park
				420	FM 1187 / FM 3325 – Aledo
	​			421	I-30 east – Downtown Fort Worth	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Tarrant	​			425	Markum Ranch Road
	​			426	RM 2871
	Benbrook			428	I-820 north (Jim Wright Freeway)	I-820 exit 0
				429A	US 377 (Benbrook Boulevard) – Granbury
				429B	Winscott Road
	Fort Worth			431	Bryant Irvin Road
				432	Chisholm Trail Parkway
				432	SH 183 west (Southwest Boulevard)	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				433	Hulen Street, South Drive – TCU
				434A	Granbury Road, South Drive
				434B	Trail Lake Drive, Westcreek Drive
				435	McCart Avenue, Westcreek Drive
				436A	FM 731 (Crowley Road) / James Avenue
				436B	Hemphill Street
				437	I-35W (South Freeway) – Denton, Waco	I-35W exit 45A-B
				438	Oak Grove Road
				439	CampUS Drive
	Forest Hill			440A	Wichita Street
				440B	Forest Hill Drive
				441	Anglin Drive
	Fort Worth			442A	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
	Arlington			443	Bowman Springs Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				444	US 287 south / Little Road – Waxahachie	Eastern end of US 287 overlap
				445	Green Oaks Boulevard, Little Road
				447	Kelly–Elliott Road, Park Springs Road
				448	Bowen Road
				449	FM 157 (Cooper Street) – UT Arlington	Signed as exits 449A (south) and 449B (north) eastbound
				450	Matlock Road	Access to Medical Center of Arlington
				451	Collins Street, New York Avenue
				453	SH 360 (Frontage Roads, Watson Road) – D/FW Airport	Signed as exits 453A (north) and 453B (south)
	Grand Prairie			454	Great Southwest Parkway
Dallas				455A	Pres. George Bush Tpk. north
				455B	SH 161 / Lake Ridge Parkway
				456	Carrier Parkway
				457	FM 1382 (Belt Line Road) – Grand Prairie, Cedar Hill
	Dallas			458	Mountain Creek Parkway
				460	Spur 408 north (Patriot Parkway)
	Duncanville			461	Cedar Ridge Drive
				462	Duncanville Road, North Main Street
				463	Cockrell Hill Road, Camp Wisdom Road
	Dallas			464	US 67 (Marvin D. Love Freeway) – Dallas, Cleburne	Signed as exits 464A (north) and 464B (south)
				465	Wheatland Road, Hampton Road	Access to Charlton Methodist Hospital
				466	South Polk Street
				467	I-35E (South R.L. Thornton Freeway) – Dallas, Waco	Signed as exits 467A (north) and 467B (south); I-35E exits 418A-B
	Lancaster			468	Houston School Road
	Dallas			470	SH 342 (Lancaster Road)
				472	Bonnie View Road
				473A	J. J. Lemmon Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
				473	I-45 (Julius Schepps Freeway) – Dallas, Houston	Signed as exits 473B (south) and 473C (north); I-45 exits 276A-B
				474	SH 310 (South Central Expressway)	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				476	Dowdy Ferry Road
				477	St. Augustine Road
				479	US 175 (C.F. Hawn Freeway) – Dallas, Kaufman	Signed as exits 479A (west) and 479B (east)
	Balch Springs			480B	I-635 north (Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway) – Mesquite	I-635 exit 0
				480A	Kleberg Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				481	Seagoville Road
	Mesquite			482	Belt Line Road, Lasater Road
				483	Lawson Road, Lasater Road, Lumley Road
Kaufman				487	FM 740 – Forney
	​			490	FM 741
	​			491	FM 2932 / Helms Trail
	Talty			493	FM 1641
	Terrell			498	FM 148
				499A	Spur 557 to US 80 – Dallas	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				499B	Rose Hill Road
				501	SH 34 – Terrell, Kaufman
				503	Wilson Road
	​			506	FM 429 (College Mound Road) / FM 2728
	​			509	Hiram Road
	​			512	FM 2965 (Hiram-Wills Point Road)
Van Zandt	​			516	FM 47 – Wills Point
	​			519	Turner–Hayden Road
	​			521	Myrtle Springs Road, Myrtle Cemetery Road
	​			523	SH 64 – Canton, Wills Point
	Canton			526	FM 859 – Canton, Edgewood
				527	SH 19 – Emory, Canton
				528	FM 17 – Grand Saline
	​			530	FM 1255 – Canton
	​			533	Colfax Oakland Road
	​			536	Tank Farm Road
	​			537	FM 16 / FM 773 – Van, Ben Wheeler
	Van			540	FM 314 – Van, Edom
Smith	​			544	Willow Branch Road
	​			548	SH 110 – Grand Saline, Tyler, Van
	Lindale			552	FM 849 – Hideaway
				553	Loop 49 Toll / County Road 411
				554	Harvey Road
				556	US 69 – Lindale, Mineola, Tyler
	​			557	Jim Hogg Road
	​			560	Lavender 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)
	​			575	Barber Road
Smith–Gregg county line	​			579	Joy–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
	Longview			595	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
	Marshall			617	US 59 – Marshall, Carthage	Future I-369
	​			620	FM 31 – Elysian Fields
	​			624	FM 2199 – Scottsville
	​			628	US 80 west / Frontage Road	Western end of US 80 overlap
	Waskom			633	US 80 east / FM 9 / FM 134 – Waskom, Caddo Lake	Eastern end of US 80 overlap
				635	Spur 156 – Waskom
	​	636.08	1,023.67		I-20 east	Continuation into Louisiana
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

See also

• U.S. Roads portal
• Texas portal

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Interstate 20 in Texas.

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• I-20 info page -- from dfwfreeways.info

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