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Interstate 30 Eastbound - Downtown Dallas to Kaufman County

Interstate 30 East
Leaving downtown, IH 30 draws near the Exit 47 off-ramp to 2nd Avenue (SH 352) near Fair Park. SH 352 begins here and follows 2nd Avenue to Robert B. Cullum Boulevard southeast. Fair Park is home of the Texas State Fairgrounds and the Cotton Bowl, though signs direct motorists to the football venue via Exit 38B (Barry Avenue south). 2nd Avenue was the original route of US 175 into the city. Today the US highway follows a freeway to IH 45. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Exit 47 leaves Interstate 30 east for 2nd Avenue (SH 352 east) and Fair Park. SH 352 travels 13.5 miles east to U.S. 80 north of Mesquite. For most of its route, 352 is known as Scyene Road. The name comes from pioneer settlers who wanted to name their area after the Seine River in Paris, but didn’t know how to spell it. Photo taken 10/19/03.
HOV exits signage posted within the median of Interstate 30 east near Fair Park. This stretch of IH 30 contains the first reversible HOV lane in Texas which is operated by Dallas’ transit authority, DART. The HOV lane opened in 1991. Today most of the freeways in the city have at least some HOV lanes. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Exit 48A follows with a loop ramp to Haskell Avenue and a second ramp to Peak Street and Carroll Avenue. Peak and Carroll head north to Old East Dallas; Haskell Avenue heads east to Military Parkway and north toward Baylor Hospital. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Upcoming exits signs for SH 78 (Exit 48B), Winslow Street (Exit 49A), and Dolphin Road (Exit 49B). These two exits are well known for their profusions of seedy liquor stores. Just to the north sits the city’s main municipal golf course and the large Samuell Grand Park. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Barry Avenue south to Fitzhugh Avenue southwest leads to Fair Park, home of the Superpages.com Center concert venue and the Cotton Bowl. Munger Boulevard continues Barry Avenue north to Munger Place. Munger Place was the city’s first deed-restricted subdivision, and opened in 1905. Today its home to a score of fine mansions and historic sites. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Exit 48B leaves and drops down to begin an eastbound frontage road at Barry Avenue. The service road connects with Grand Avenue and the eastbound beginning of SH 78. SH 78 follows Grand Avenue and Garland Road to Garland and the northeast suburbs. The state highway ends at the Oklahoma state line north of Bonham, continuing as OK 78. Photo taken 10/19/03.

Ramps to Winslow Street and Dolphin Road depart Interstate 30 next before the freeway spans White Rock Creek into the Pleasant Grove section of the city. Photo taken 10/19/03.
HOV signage for the slip ramp to the Interstate 30 mainline ahead of the Lawnview Avenue off-ramp (Exit 50A). Photo taken 10/19/03.
Winslow Avenue is a short street that travels north to Samuell Boulevard and SH 78 (Grand Avenue) at Samuell Grand Park and south to Henderson Avenue from Exit 49A. At Winslow and Grand sit a large commercial district and just to the north of that is Dallas’ unique Hare Krishna neighborhood. Photo taken 10/19/03.
A diamond interchange joins Interstate 30 with Dolphin Road. The Interstate 30 HOV roadway comes to an end at the Exit 49B ramp departure. Dolphin Road stems south from parallel Samuell Boulevard to Military Parkway and Hatcher Street. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Upcoming exits sign posted at the Dolphin Road overpass. The stretch of freeway here between Grand and Loop 12 opened in 1962, and the old bridges like the one here at Dolphin stand out. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Nearing the White Rock Creek crossing, one quarter mile out from the Exit 50A ramp to Lawnview Avenue. Lawnview Avenue travels south from Samuell Boulevard to MIlitary Parkway and SH 352 (Scyene Road). Photo taken 10/19/03.
Exit 50A leaves one quarter mile ahead of Exit 50B to Ferguson Road. Ferguson Road veers northeast from Samuell Boulevard to the Lake Highlands neighborhood. IH 30 follows Samuell Boulevard through East Dallas. The route, named after local doctor W.W. Samuell, was originally US 80. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Exit 50B consists of a diamond interchange with Ferguson Road from Interstate 30. Ferguson Road meanders northeast to Casa Linda, meeting Interstate 635 at Exit 11A (Centerville Road) and Garland. The curve here was so that the freeway could avoid a large wetlands area around the creek. Locally, it’s called the Ferguson curve. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Jim Miller Road ties into Interstate 30 at the Exit 52A diamond interchange in East Dallas. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Exit 52A leaves Interstate 30 east for Jim Miller Road in a commercial area. Jim Miller Road travels north into Forest Hills north of Highland Road and south with six lanes to Military Parkway. The road was named after a 1920s era county commissioner who pushed for a good roads plan. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Exit 52B follows from the Jim Miller Road overpass onto the adjacent frontage road to St. Francis Avenue. St. Francis Avenue provides a multi-lane connector between Forest Hills and Samuell Boulevard. Photo taken 10/19/03.
U.S. 80 begins at the Exit 54 partial "Y" interchange beyond Loop 12 (Buckner Boulevard). The federal highway is a shadow of its former self, traveling just between Mesquite and Tybee Island, Georgia. Loop 12 meanwhile travels south through Pleasant Grove to U.S. 175 (Hawn Freeway) and north to Casa Linda and White Rock Lake. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Loop 12 (Buckner Boulevard) travels high above with frontage roads providing the connections from Exit 54 via a "volleyball" interchange configuration. This interchange began in 1949 as a roundabout where US 67/80 and Loop 12 met. That year, US 67 opened a 16.6 mile long divided highway section all the way to the county line. Later, that highway would be upgraded and converted into IH 30. IH 30 meanwhile enters the city of Mesquite. Photo taken 10/19/03.
U.S. 80 begins its journey from Interstate 30 (Exit 53B) in Mesquite. The federal highway follows a freeway through northern reaches of the city toward junction Interstate 20 at Terrell. Exit 54B leaves with the U.S. 80 ramp for Big Town Boulevard, a north-south arterial to Eastfield College and the site of the former Big Town Mall. U.S. 80 historically traveled west through Dallas to Abilene, Midland, Odessa, Van Horn, El Paso, Las Cruces, Tucson, Phoenix, Yuma, and San Diego. Interstates 30, 20, 10, and 8 replaced much of the route. Photo taken 10/19/03.
A parting shot of the next upcoming exits sign posted along Interstate 30 eastbound from U.S. 80. Exit 55 lies 0.75 miles ahead with Motley Drive near the Town East Estates and View Heights communities of Mesquite. Interstate 635 also debuts here. Photo taken 10/19/03.
One half mile west of the Exit 55 diamond interchange with Motley Drive. Motley Drive travels north to Eastfield College and Oates Drive and south to Gross Road near U.S. 80. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Neutered IH 30 reassurance shield posted at the Big Town Boulevard on-ramp from Exit 49. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Exit 55 leaves IH 30 for Motley Drive. Motley Drive and Town East Boulevard cross paths nearby at Eastridge Park. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Gus Thomasson Road (Exit 56A) crosses paths with Interstate 30 ahead of the symmetrical stack interchange with IH 635 (Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway). Like Jim Miller Road, Gus Thomasson was renamed in the 1930s for a county road commissioner. Photo taken 10/19/03.
A half diamond interchange (Exit 56A) joins Interstate 30 east with Gus Thomasson Road at Town Crossing and View Heights in Mesquite. The frontage road system connects the freeway with Galloway Avenue east of IH 635. Galloway Avenue stems southeast from La Prada Drive to U.S. 80 and Towne Centre Village. Photo taken 10/19/03.
IH 30 east at the Exit 56A ramp departure to Gus Thomasson Road. Gus Thomasson Road heads south to Gross and Motley Roads at Eastridge Park and northwest to Dallas at Maylee Boulevard. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Interstate 635 (Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway) meets Interstate 30 at the Exit 56B/C stack interchange in Mesquite. Interstate 635 comprises a commuter freeway encircling east and north Dallas between Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Balch Springs. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Typical for Dallas area three-digit Interstates, no control points are used on the Interstate 635 (Exit 56B/C) overheads at Gus Thomasson Road. Interstate 635 ends at Interstate 20 eight miles southward at Dallas and Balch Springs. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Drawing closer to the stack interchange with Interstate 635. High flyover ramps facilitate the movements between the two freeways, spanning the associated frontage roads in the process. Photo taken 10/19/03.
This symmetrical stack is inverted in that Exit 56B departs for Interstate 635 north to Garland and Richardson before the southbound ramp to Balch Springs. Interstate 635 represents one of the busiest freeways in Dallas on its westward trek through the Dallas High Five interchange (junction U.S. 75) and Farmers Branch. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Following quickly is the Exit 56C ramp departure onto Interstate 635 south. Interstate 635 continues by the Town East Mall to junction U.S. 80 through Mesquite. Originally the route continued west with Interstate 20 to Exit 467 (junction Interstate 35E). Photo taken 10/19/03.
Passing through and exiting the stack interchange with Interstate 635 on Interstate 30 east. The stack was one of three identical ones built along IH 635 in 1971/72. Today, this particular stack is undergoing renovation to facilitate between movements along IH 635. Galloway Avenue passes in the distance. Photos taken 10/19/03.

Next in line for eastbound drivers is the final Mesquite interchange (Exit 57) with Northwest Drive at the Palos Verdes section of Mesquite. Northwest Drive is the eastern extension of Northwest Highway and Loop 12, a major arterial in North Dallas. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Exit 57 joins the adjacent frontage road ahead of a return ramp from Galloway Avenue. Northwest Drive crosses over in the distance between Belt Line Road and the Los Altos community at La Prada Drive. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Another eastbound reassurance shield, this time posted near the Northwest Driver overpass. IH 30 enters southeast Garland ahead of Belt Line Road (Exit 58). Photo taken 10/19/03.
Belt Line Road (known in Garland as Broadway Boulevard), meets Interstate 30 at the Exit 59 diamond interchange. The road met Interstate 30 before in Grand Prairie (Exit 34). Belt Line was established in 1928 as a 96-mile loop of Dallas, connecting all of the outlying communities. Today, it still encircles the city as an important arterial route. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Interstate 30 eastbound reaches the Exit 59 ramp departure onto the adjacent frontage road for Broadway Boulevard north into Garland and Belt Line Road south into Mesquite. Broadway Boulevard continues into downtown Garland while Belt Line Road parallels Interstate 635 to Balch Springs. Photo taken 10/19/03.

Page Updated July 29, 2008.