Texas State Highway Loop 12 facts for kids

Quick facts for kids State Highway Loop 12
Route information
Length	47.74 mi (76.83 km)
Existed	1939–present
Major junctions
	Beltway around Dallas
CCW end	I-30
	US 75; Dallas North Tollway; I-35E; SH 114; SH 183; US 67; SH 342; I-45; US 175;
CW end	I-30
Highway system

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.

Location	Notes
Dallas	South Polk Street	interchange
	US 67 (Marvin D. Love Freeway)	interchange
	Ledbetter Drive / Cockrell Hill Road	interchange; access from Cockrell Hill to northbound Loop 12 is indirect via Exchange Service Road
	Spur 408 (Patriot Parkway) to I-20 / Illinois Avenue / Mountain Creek Parkway	interchange; south (counterclockwise) end of freeway; northbound access to Spur 408 is indirect via Illinois Avenue
	Keeneland Parkway
	SH 180 (Davis Street) / Jefferson Boulevard	Former US 80
	Frontage Road	southbound (counterclockwise) exit only
	I-30 (Tom Landry Freeway) – Dallas, Fort Worth	I-30 exit 38
	Singleton Boulevard
Irving	Shady Grove Road
	SH 356 / Irving Boulevard
	Union Bower Road
	Grauwyler Road
	SH 183 (Airport Freeway) – Fort Worth, Dallas, DFW Airport	no access from Loop 12 south (counterclockwise) to SH 183 east
	SH 114 (John W. Carpenter Freeway) / Texas Plaza – DFW Airport, Grapevine
Dallas	Spur 348 west (Northwest Highway)	interchange; north (clockwise) end of freeway
	I-35E (Stemmons Freeway / US 77) – Denton, Dallas	I-35E exits 436A-B
	Spur 482 (Storey Lane) – Irving	interchange
	Loop 354 (Harry Hines Boulevard)	interchange
	Marsh Lane / Lemmon Avenue	interchange
	Dallas North Tollway
University Park–Dallas line	SH 289 north (Preston Road)
Dallas	US 75 (N. Central Expressway)	US 75 exit 5A
	Skillman Street	interchange
	Spur 244 east (Northwest Highway) – Garland
	East Lawther Drive	interchange; no direct northbound (counterclockwise) exit
	Peavy Road / Mockingbird Lane	interchange
	SH 78 (Garland Road)
	Ferguson Road	interchange
	I-30 (R.L. Thornton Freeway / US 67) / US 80	I-30 exit 53A
	Military Parkway	interchange
	SH 352 (Scyene Road)	interchange
	US 175 (C.F. Hawn Freeway)	interchange
	Service Road	interchange
	SH 310 (S.M. Wright Freeway)	interchange
	I-45 (Julius Schepps Freeway) – Houston, Dallas, McKinney	I-45 exit 279
	SH 342 south (Lancaster Road) – Lancaster
	I-35E (R.L. Thornton Freeway / US 77) – Waxahachie, Dallas	I-35E exit 421
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Gallery

Intersection of Loop 12 with US 75

Preston Road intersection Loop 12 Northwest Highway

Loop 12 Northwest Highway at Dallas North Tollway toward Douglas Ave
Loop 12 Northwest Highway at Dallas North Tollway toward Hathaway St