Site Navigation Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma New Mexico Texas     Interstate 30 Eastbound - Forth Worth Vicinity (IH 20 to IH 35W) Interstate 30 East Interstate 30 begins via a partial "Y" interchange from Interstate 20 ahead of the Tarrant County line west of Fort Worth. Interstate 20's frontage road system continues along Interstate 30 into western Fort Worth. Photo taken 10/19/03. Interstate 30, and 20 to the west, replaced U.S. 80 as the main route through west Texas into Dallas-Forth Worth. While the frontage roads often represent the original U.S. 80, at times the alignment peels off onto its own. Such is the case with Texas Spur 580, which follows old U.S. 80 through the Westland section of Fort Worth and Westover Hills. Photo taken 10/19/03. The right-hand departs Interstate 30 east for Texas Spur 580 (Exit 2), leaving the freeway with just four lanes through to junction Interstate 820. Texas Spur 580 comprises a multi-lane divided highway through to junction Interstate 820, and a commercialized arterial east of Loop 820. Photo taken 10/19/03. A parting shot of old U.S. 80 through west Fort Worth as Interstate 30 branches northeast toward downtown. Texas Spur 580 follows Camp Bowie West through to its end at the merge with U.S. 377. Originally U.S. 80 & 377 followed Camp Bowie Boulevard to 7th Street and the Fort Worth central business district. Photo taken 10/19/03. Exit 3 joins Interstate 30 with Chapel Creek Boulevard at the resumption of freeway frontage roads in west Fort Worth. The frontage roads provide connections to Texas Farm to Market Road 2871 (Longvue Avenue) south. Photo taken 10/19/03. One quarter mile west of the Exit 3 diamond interchange with Chapel Creek Boulevard. Chapel Creek Boulevard leads north from Texas Spur 580 in Westland Fort Worth to White Settlement Road. Photo taken 10/19/03. Exit 3 departs and the Interstate 30 frontage road system begins. Departing nearby is the southbound beginning of Texas Farm to Market Road 2871 (Longvue Avenue). FM 2871 heads south to Interstate 20 (Exit 426) and U.S. 377 (Benbrook Boulevard) at Dutch Branch Park in southwest Fort Worth. Photo taken 10/19/03. Departing the freeway next are Exits 5A to south Alemeda Street and 5B to junction Interstate 820. Alemeda Street stems south from the Interstate 30 eastbound frontage road to Texas Spur 580 and Chapin Road. The frontage road itself also curves south and travels alongside Interstate 820 south/outer. Photo taken 10/19/03. Approaching the Texas Farm to Market Road 2871 overpass on Interstate 30 east, one quarter mile out from the Exit 5A off-ramp for Alemeda Street. Alemeda Street continues north from the freeway to Westpoint Boulevard and Academy Boulevard, arterials serving residential areas west of Interstate 820. Photo taken 10/19/03. Exit 5A leaves Interstate 30 eastbound as the freeway prepares to enter the symmetrical stack interchange with Interstate 820. Typical for Dallas-Fort Worth area Interstate to Interstate junctions, no control cities are used for Interstate 820 (Exit 5B). Photo taken 10/19/03. Exit 5B is revealed to be a dedicated flyover ramp to Interstate 820 northbound only as Interstate 30 nears the stack. Interstate 820 travels north to White Settlement and Lake Worth before turning eastward to Samson Park and Blue Mound. Photo taken 10/19/03. Eastbound Interstate 30 at the Exit 5B flyover to Interstate 820 north / inner. Interstate 820 provides connections with Interstate 35W north to Argyle, Denton, and Oklahoma City. Photo taken 10/19/03. Exit 5C follows for Interstate 820 south / outer to Benbrook, Edgecliff (via Interstate 20 east), and junction Interstate 35W south to Burleson and Alvarado. Interstate 820 represents roughly three quarters of the Fort Worth beltway, with Interstate 20 following the southern leg of the loop. The designation originally encircled the whole city on paper, as Interstate 20 utilized the current route of Interstate 30. Photo taken 10/19/03. Interstate 30 travels the lowest level of the stack with Interstate 820. The symmetrical stack features a more compact and inverted design. Photos taken 10/19/03. Departing the Interstate 820 stack, Interstate 30 next meets Exit 6 with Las Vegas Trail. The frontage road system resumes east of the Dale Lane overpass and facilitates the movements to Las Vegas Trail, a north-south route between Texas Spur 580 and White Settlement. Photo taken 10/19/03. Exit 6 leaves Interstate 30 eastbound for Las Vegas Trail. Las Vegas Trail meets the east end of Westpoint Boulevard nearby and ends at Lake Worth in Wildwood Park, just north of Interstate 820 Exit 6. Exits 7A/B meanwhile join Interstate 30 with Cherry Lane, Texas 183 (Alta Mere Drive), and Texas Spur 341 north. Photo taken 10/19/03. Interests to Lockheed Boulevard and the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Forth Worth should use Texas Spur 341 (North Grants Lane) north via Exit 7B. Texas Spur 341 exists to join the Interstate highway with Lockheed Boulevard (north of Clifford Street) in the military base. Photo taken 10/19/03. Cherry Lane extends Williams Road north from Texas Spur 580 and Benbrook through west Fort Worth to Exit 7A of Interstate 30. The roadway continues northward into White Settlement, ending at Clifford Street. Photo taken 10/19/03. Exit 7B carries drivers to Texas 341 Spur north to NAS JRB Fort Worth and Texas 183 (Alta Mere Drive) via the eastbound frontage road and collector/distributor roadway. Texas 183 arcs northwest from Interstate 20 via Southwest Boulevard through Benbrook before turning north onto Alta Mere Drive to Westworth. The commercialized arterial is home to Ridgmar Mall, which is also served by Green Oaks Road, a north-south road leading south from Texas 183 to Lackland Road at the Z. Boaz Municipal Golf Course. Photo taken 10/19/03. The Exit 7B c/d roadway partitions with eastbound frontage road that carries drivers onto Texas 183 (Alta Mere Drive) south before entering the full-cloverleaf interchange with Alta Mere Drive itself. Photo taken 10/19/03. A trumpet interchange first joins Interstate 30 with Texas Spur 341 north. Spur 341 comprises a controlled access route between Exit 7B and White Settlement Road. Photo taken 10/19/03. Eastbound Interstate 30 at the loop ramp onto Texas 183 (Alta Mere Drive) north. Texas 183 continues northeast from Westworth to River Oaks and north Dallas; the highway later joins the busy Airport Freeway. Photo taken 10/19/03. Motorists continuing on the c/d roadway either merge back onto Interstate 30 or intersect Green Oaks Road south of Ridgmar Mall. Calmont Avenue continues east from Green Oaks Road to become the replacement eastbound side frontage road. Photo taken 10/19/03. Now leaving the confluence with Texas 183, Interstate 30 eastbound motorists next approach the Exit 8B off-ramp to Ridgemar Boulevard north and Ridgelea Avenue south. Photo taken 10/19/03. Interstate 30 eastbound at the Exit 8B ramp departure onto the adjacent frontage road (Calmont Avenue). Ridgemar Boulevard meanders northward through areas laden with apartment complexes and single family homes to Green Oaks Road. Ridgelea Avenue continues the boulevard southward to U.S. 377 (Camp Bowie Boulevard) at Bernie Anderson Avenue. Photo taken 10/19/03. One half mile west of the Exit 9A ramp to Bryant-Irvin Road on Interstate 30 east. Bryant-Irvin Road leads south from the freeway through southwest Fort Worth and the east Benbrook vicinity. Photo taken 10/19/03. Bryant-Irvin Road ends as the residential street Guilford Street to the north. Southward the arterial heads 6.5 miles to Dirk Road near Longhorn Park on Benbrook Lake. Photo taken 10/19/03. Exit 9B quickly follows Exit 9A for Horne Street and Calmont Avenue east to Camp Bowie Boulevard. Camp Bowie Boulevard carries U.S. 377 northeast from Texas Spur 580 and the Weatherford Traffic Circle in west Fort Worth to its merge onto Interstate 30 east. Camp Bowie Boulevard continues northeast as an unnumbered divided arterial toward the Will Rogers Memorial Center and University Drive west of downtown. Horne Street meanwhile entails a residential through street traveling north-south between Vickery Boulevard in southwest Forth Worth and Roaring Springs Road at Westover Hills. Photo taken 10/19/03. Interstate 30 passes over Camp Bowie Boulevard three quarters of a mile west of the Exit 10 diamond interchange with Hulen Street. U.S. 377 north merges onto the freeway ahead and shares pavement through to junction Interstate 35W. Photo taken 10/19/03. Two lanes add U.S. 377 northbound traffic from Camp Bowie Boulevard ahead of the Exit 10 off-ramp to Hulen Street. Hulen Street provides connections with Camp Bowie Boulevard to the north and Vickery Boulevard to the south. Photo taken 10/19/03. Interstate 30 east & U.S. 377 north at the Exit 10 ramp departure to Hulen Street. Hulen Street leads southward 0.8 miles to an interchange with Vickery Boulevard. There the street utilizes a viaduct over the pervasive Union Pacific Railroad yard though south Fort Worth to junction Interstate 20 at the Hulen Mall. Northward the street ends at Crestline Road. Photo taken 10/19/03. Continuing east, drivers next encounter the Exit 11 diamond interchange with Montgomery Street. Montgomery Street stems north from Vickery Boulevard to the Will Rogers Memorial Center. Photo taken 10/19/03. Interstate 30 east & U.S. 377 north pass over Clover Lane on the 0.25-mile approach to Exit 11 for Montgomery Street. Exit 12A quickly follows Exit 11's departure for University Drive at Vickery Boulevard and Fort Worth Botanic Gardens. Photo taken 10/19/03. Exit 11 leaves Interstate 30 east & U.S. 377 north for Montgomery Street. Montgomery Street ends at 7th Street north of Camp Bowie Boulevard to the north and two blocks south of the freeway at Vickory Boulevard east. University Drive parallels Montgomery Street north to the Will Rogers Memorial center and beyond to Rockwood Park and junction Texas 199 (Jacksboro Highway). Photo taken 10/19/03. Exit 12A follows at the Montgomery Street overpass for University Drive. University Drive ventures southward to a half-diamond interchange with Rosedale Street (which spurs east from Vickery Boulevard), across the Clear Fork of the Trinity River, along side Forest Park to Texas Christian University (TCU). Photo taken 10/19/03. The eastbound side frontage road partitions into ramps for University Drive south at Vickery Boulevard. University Drive south not only serves interests to TCU and Forest Park, but also the Fort Worth Zoo. A loop ramp carries motorists onto University Drive north through the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens and Trinity Park area toward the Kimball Art Museum and other cultural attractions. Photo taken 10/19/03. A flyover soars above Interstate 30 & U.S. 377, carrying westbound travelers from Rosedale Street over the freeway and the adjacent Clear Branch of the Trinity River. A companion ramp carries eastbound drivers via Exit 12B onto Rosedale Street. Rosedale Street quickly intersects Forest Park Boulevard and then continues east toward Baylor and Plaza Medical Centers. Photo taken 10/19/03. Interstate 30 east & U.S. 377 north partition with Exit 12B to Rosedale Street over the west banks of the Trinity River Clear Branch. Rosedale Street ventures eastward two miles to U.S. 277 Business (Main Street) and 2.25 miles to junction Interstate 35W & U.S. 287. Forest Park Boulevard meanwhile heads north from Rosedale Street into the Exit 12C diamond interchange. Photo taken 10/19/03. High rises associated with downtown Fort Worth rise along the horizon as Exit 12C departs Interstate 30 east & U.S. 377 north. Forest Park Boulevard continues north from Exit 12C along the Trinity River Clear Branch into western reaches of the central business district. Photo taken 10/19/03. A second look at the high rises of downtown Fort Worth. This stretch of Interstate 30 & U.S. 377 is significant in that the new Texas Toll 121 (Southwest Parkway) will tie into the existing freeway here. Known also as the Chisholm Trail Parkway, Texas Toll 121 comprises a six-lane tollway planned between Interstate 30 near Forest Park Boulevard and U.S. 67 at Cleburne. The northernmost 8.2 miles will join Interstate 30 with Altamesa Boulevard. Work began in late 2007 on the $944 million project with an expected completion in 2011.1 Photo taken 10/19/03. Vickery Boulevard joins Interstate 30 & U.S. 377 as the freeway frontage road network east of Exit 12C. Exit 13B uses Vickory Boulevard east to Summit Avenue and a partial-cloverleaf interchange with Texas 199 (Henderson Street). Summit Avenue travels northward from 8th & Pennsylvania Avenues near Plaza Medical Center to Forest Park Boulevard at Weatherford Street. Texas 199 begins at the freeway and heads northwest via Henderson Street through the west central business district. The state highway travels 53.25 miles overall between Fort Worth and Texas 59 at Jacksboro.2 Photo taken 10/19/03. A partial "Y" interchange facilitates the movements between Interstate 30 east & U.S. 377 north at Exit 14 for downtown Fort Worth. Cherry Street spurs northward from the freeway off-ramp to 5th Street and City Hall. Lancaster Avenue (historic U.S. 80) straddles the south side of downtown near the Fort Worth Convention Center and Water Gardens. Photo taken 10/19/03. Attached to the Summit Avenue overpass is an upcoming exits sign listing the first reference of junction Interstate 35W. U.S. 377 splits with Interstate 30 east for Interstate 35W north to Belknap Street. The north-south freeway serves Haslet and Denton to the north and Burleson and Cleburne to the south. Photo taken 10/19/03. Peering northward again at downtown Fort Worth. The city is home to 661,850 (2006 Census estimate) and was founded in 1849 as an Army outpost. Photo taken 10/19/03. Interstate 30 expands along the viaduct over Henderson Street in anticipation of the Exit 15A stack interchange with Interstate 35W. U.S. 377 joins Interstate 35W north for just one mile to the Texas 121 Airport Freeway interchange. U.S. 287 also follows Interstate 35W northward between Exit 52 and 60 through north Fort Worth. Photo taken 10/19/03. Exit 15A prepares to depart Interstate 30 east & U.S. 377 north for Interstate 35E south to Burleson and Waco (via Interstate 35). Interstate 35W continues five miles south to junction Interstate 20 near Edgecliff and 13 miles to Burleson and the Johnson County line. Photo taken 10/19/03. Rising along the north side of Interstate 30 is the Texas and Pacific Terminal Complex, a building that opened October 25, 1931. Originally the building included a passenger rail station, but that was abandoned in 1967 after completion of the 1958-built Interstate 30 viaduct (since replaced in 2002) caused a decline in passenger totals. Restoration of the building followed in 1999 and passenger service returned in 2001 via Trinity Railway Express.3 Photo taken 10/19/03. All traffic bound for Interstate 35W leaves Interstate 30 east in unison. A high flyover carries U.S. 377 northbound drivers onto Interstate 35W north ahead of the Exit 52 merge with U.S. 287 and Texas Spur 280 west into downtown Fort Worth. U.S. 377 follows a surface street routing through northeast Fort Worth, Haltom City, Watauga, and Keller while Interstate 35W & U.S. 277 continue to their split at Exit 60 wholly within the city of Fort Worth. Photo taken 10/19/03. Sources: "Southwest Parkway (State Highway Toll 121)," City of Fort Worth. Texas 199 @ Wikipedia.org. T&P Station @ Wikipedia.org Page Updated February 3, 2008.