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Interstate 635 Westbound

Interstate 635 West
Interstate 635 meets the North Dallas Tollway at a full-cloverleaf interchange (Exits 22C/D) near Inwood in north Dallas. The parallel frontage road system intersects the frontage roads of the tollway above the respective freeways. Exit 22B departs Interstate 635 westbound for Inwood Road north and Dallas Parkway south, the respective frontage roads of the North Dallas Tollway. The corridors of both highways are heavily developed with office complexes and shopping centers nearby. Photo taken 10/21/03.
Exit 22C provides a direct connection onto the North Dallas Tollway northbound to Addison, Plano, and the suburbs of Collin County. The toll road ends at junction Texas 121 near Plano, but an extension will continue the route north to U.S. 380. Photo taken 10/21/03.
A collector/distributor roadway provides access onto the North Dallas Tollway southbound to downtown Dallas. Exit 22D loops onto the toll road nine miles north of its end at junction Interstate 35E. Photo taken 10/21/03.
Exit 23 follows quickly on Interstate 635 westbound to join the Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway with Midway Road. Midway Road ventures north through northwest Dallas to Farmers Branch and Addison Airport. Photo taken 10/21/03.
Nearing the Rosser Road overpass on Interstate 635 westbound. A reassurance marker accompanies a hazardous cargo sign in this scene. Vehicles carrying hazardous materials based cargo are to use Interstate 635 in lieu of the Dallas central business district. Photo taken 10/21/03.
Next in line for westbound travelers is the Marsh Lane three-quarter diamond interchange (Exit 24). Marsh Lane comprises a north-south arterial between Loop 12 (Northwest Highway) and FM 544 (Hebron Parkway) in the far northern surburbs. Photo taken 10/20/03.
Exit 24 departs Interstate 635 westbound to resume the westbound frontage road ahead of Marsh Lane. Marsh Lane intersects Valley View Lane and Spring Valley Road within two miles to the north and Forest and Royal Lanes within two miles to the south. The first sign for the impending junction with Interstate 35E (Exits 27B/C) is posted here. Photo taken 10/20/03.

Exit 25 consists of a slip ramp onto the westbound frontage road just west of Marsh Lane for Webb Chapel Road and Josey Lane. Webb Chapel Road and Josey Lanes comprises parallel north-south roads serving northwest Dallas and Farmers Branch. Josey Lane stems northward from Dennis Road and Forest Lane to Carrollton. Webb Chapel Lane travels south from Belt Line Road to Texas 354 Loop (Harry Hines Boulevard) and Bachman Lake. Photo taken 10/20/03.
IH 635 westbound before Denton Dr/Harry Hines - an old routing of US 77 supplanted by Stemmons Fwy. Photo taken 10/20/03.
Westbound before the stack at IH 35E, note the three digit interstates in two digit shields. Dallas is slowly getting up to speed with new 3 digit shields replacing these. Photo taken 10/21/03.
Westbound at Denton/Harry Hines. Besides being an old routing of US 77, Harry Hines is notable for being one of Dallas' notable red light districts. Photo taken 10/20/03.
IH 635 westbound at IH 35E. Oklahoma City, a logical control point, isnt mentioned here - but rather Denton, where 35E meets with 35W. Photo taken 10/20/03.

Two views of the 635/35E stack, built originally in 1966, and updated several times over. It's overdue for another. Photo taken 10/19/03.

Two views of 635 westbound at IH 35E. The road originally ended here, and loses two lanes in this left exit to 35E southbound. This marks the end of the 1966 freeway headed westbound, and the beginning of the 1981 construction. Photo taken 10/21/03.
IH 635 westbound at Valley View Lane in far northwest Dallas. 635 was routed over the former arterial in the late 1960s, and only relatively small portions of Valley View remain. Photo taken 10/19/03.
The exit at Valley View Lane, and the stack for the President George Bush Turnpike beyond. Photo taken 10/19/03.
The 6 lanes of 635 westbound split here, in anticipation of the PGBT interchange. Photo taken 10/19/03.
A view of the then-uncompleted PGBT/635 stack in north Irving. The full billion-dollar PGBT connection was completed and opened to traffic in late 2005. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Another view of the then-uncompleted stack. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Exit ramps for MacArthur Blvd were kept in place during construction of the PGBT stack. Photo taken 10/19/03.
IH 635 westbound at MacArthur Blvd in Irving. MacArthur is an important north-south arterial spanning all of Irving and connecting IH 30 in Grand Prairie with IH 35E in Lewisville. This exit sports a lot of big box retail. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Olympus Blvd is the next exit westbond on IH 635. The exit was opened in the late 90s to serve more of the big box retail and corporate parks in the area. Photo taken 10/19/03.
IH 635 westbound at Olympus Blvd in Irving. The freeway is down to 3 through-lanes in each direction here. Photo taken 10/19/03.
IH 635 is new concrete at the Olympus exit, due to it's relatively recent construction. The advance exits sign lists interchanges all serving the northwestern Dallas suburb of Coppell. Photo taken 10/19/03.
IH 635 westbound at Belt Line in Coppell. Belt Line forms a 96 mile arterial loop around Dallas. This area of 635 is wide open prairie, with scattered corporate office parks. Photo taken 10/19/03.
IH 635 westbound before Freeport Pkwy in Coppell. Freeport Pkwy, much like Olympus Blvd, is simply a short connector road with local industrial parks. Photo taken 10/19/03.
IH 635 westbound at Freeport Pkwy in Coppell. Photo taken 10/19/03.
IH 635 westbound before Royal Lane, the last exit on the interstate. Royal Lane runs along the length of north Dallas, east to west. It was extended westward and northward throughout the 80s. Photo taken 10/19/03.
The evening sun illuminates the industrial parks of Coppell, at 635's exit with Royal Lane. Photo taken 10/19/03.
635 nears its end at SH 121 in Grapevine as this advance signage shows. Bass Pro Dr is a separate, local road and is not SH 121 as this sign seems to indicate. Photo taken 10/19/03.
Grapeville Mills mall, part of a nationwide chain, anchors the area at 635's western end. The facility opened in the fall of 1997 as the largest mall in the region, but has since been upstaged. This is 635's last westbound shield. Photo taken 10/19/03.
The freeway prepares to end at SH 121 in Grapevine. 635 briefly crosses the county line, giving Tarrant County two three-digit-interstates. Photo taken 10/19/03.
635 ends with the split at Bass Pro Drive and SH 121 southbound in Grapevine. SH 121 continues southward directly into downtown Fort Worth. Photo taken 10/19/03.

Page Updated August 18, 2006.