Texas State Highway Loop 12 facts for kids
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State Highway Loop 12 |
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Route information | ||||
Length | 47.74 mi (76.83 km) | |||
Existed | 1939–present | |||
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Beltway around Dallas | ||||
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Highways in Texas Interstate • U.S. • TX (Loops – Spurs – Rec – FM)
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Loop 12 is a state highway that runs mostly within the city limits of Dallas, Texas. The western segment of the loop is named after General Walton Walker, who served and died in South Korea. During the 1950s and 1960s, Loop 12 was the outer beltway in the Dallas area, having since been supplanted by Interstate 635, which is itself being supplanted by the President George Bush Turnpike (SH 190). Loop 12 is, however, the only state highway in Dallas that forms a complete loop (Belt Line Road is also a complete loop but is not a state road except for a stretch as part of Farm to Market Road 1382).
Major intersections
The entire route is in Dallas County.
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Dallas | South Polk Street | interchange | ||
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interchange | |||
Ledbetter Drive / Cockrell Hill Road | interchange; access from Cockrell Hill to northbound Loop 12 is indirect via Exchange Service Road | |||
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interchange; south (counterclockwise) end of freeway; northbound access to Spur 408 is indirect via Illinois Avenue | |||
Keeneland Parkway | ||||
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Former US 80 | |||
Frontage Road | southbound (counterclockwise) exit only | |||
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I-30 exit 38 | |||
Singleton Boulevard | ||||
Irving | Shady Grove Road | |||
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Union Bower Road | ||||
Grauwyler Road | ||||
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no access from Loop 12 south (counterclockwise) to SH 183 east | |||
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interchange; north (clockwise) end of freeway | ||
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I-35E exits 436A-B | |||
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interchange | |||
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interchange | |||
Marsh Lane / Lemmon Avenue | interchange | |||
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US 75 exit 5A | ||
Skillman Street | interchange | |||
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East Lawther Drive | interchange; no direct northbound (counterclockwise) exit | |||
Peavy Road / Mockingbird Lane | interchange | |||
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Ferguson Road | interchange | |||
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I-30 exit 53A | |||
Military Parkway | interchange | |||
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interchange | |||
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interchange | |||
Service Road | interchange | |||
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interchange | |||
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I-45 exit 279 | |||
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I-35E exit 421 | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
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