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Texas Loop 1 North - MoPac Expressway

Texas Loop 1 North
Ramps from both Cesar Chavez Street and West 6th Street combine under the Texas Loop 1 mainline off-ramp to Enfield Road. A slip ramp allows drivers from Cesar Chavez and 6th Streets the option to depart for Enfield Road. Newfield Lane, the northbound frontage road, carries motorists from Texas Loop 1 to Enfield Road ahead. Enfield Road travels east to the Enfield neighborhood and west to the Westfield and Tarrytown communities of central Austin. Photo taken 09/29/07.
A short distance of the Enfield Road ramps is a half-cloverleaf interchange with Windsor Road. Windsor Road serves north Enfield and Westfield neighborhoods nearby. Windsor Road becomes West 24th Street to the east at Lamar Boulevard en route to the University of Texas campus. Photo taken 09/29/07.
Upcoming exits overhead featuring the distances to Westover Road, 35th Street, and 45th Street. Westover Road serves the Bryker Woods neighborhood while 35th and 45th Streets provide access to the Camp Mabry Military Reservation, home of the Texas Military Forces Museum. Photo taken 09/29/07.
Northbound at the Westover Road diamond interchange on Texas Loop 1 (MoPac Expressway). Westover Road stems west from Northwood Road to Exposition Boulevard. Northwood Road travels east to Woolridge Drive in the north Enfield neighborhood. Photo taken 09/29/07.
Continuing north toward the West 35th Street three-quarter cloverleaf interchange on Texas Loop 1. West 35th Street in conjunction with 38th Street provides a through route between Interstate 35, the MoPac Expressway, and Lake Austin. Photo taken 09/29/07.
The Northwood Road on-ramp forms an exit-only lane for West 35th Street on Texas Loop 1 north. 35th Street travels west to Exposition Boulevard along the boundary to Camp Mabry (Texas National Guard). The road ends at Lake Austin south of the Mount Bonnell Terrace neighborhood. Photo taken 09/29/07.
A sharp ramp departs Texas Loop 1 north for West 35th Street. The off-ramp intersects 35th Street opposite Jackson Avenue north. 35th Street east splits with 38th Street before Shoal Creek. 38th Street continues east through the Hyde Park neighborhood to Duval Street and junction Interstate 35. Photo taken 09/29/07.

Three quarters of a mile south of the 45th Street diamond interchange at the 35th Street overpass. Photo taken 09/29/07.
Approaching the West 45th Street off-ramp on the northbound Mopac Expressway. 45th Street turns into Horseshoe Bend at Camp Mabry, leading north to Perry Lane and Highland Terrace at the Balcones Park neighborhood. Eastward, 45th Street travels by the Great Oaks community into Hyde Park. Photo taken 09/29/07.
The Union Pacific Railroad, formerly the Missouri Pacific Railroad, comes into view at the 45th Street off-ramp. 45th Street travels all the way to Airport Boulevard at its interchange with Interstate 35 & U.S. 290. Photo taken 09/29/07.
Passing over West 45th Street, Texas Loop 1 continues to within 0.75 miles of junction Texas Ranch to Market Road 2222 (Northland Drive). RM 2222 meanders westward through the Northwest Hills area to junction Texas Loop 360 (Capital of Texas Highway) at Shepherd Mountain. The road continues from there northwest to Four Points. Photo taken 09/29/07.
A partial-cloverleaf interchange joins Texas Loop 1 with Ranch to Market Road 2222 (Northland Drive). RM 2222 east follows Allandale Drive across Shoal Creek at the Allandale community. East of there, RM 222 turns southeast along Koenig Lane to the U.S. 290 freeway at Airport Boulevard. Photo taken 09/29/07.
Attached to the Hancock Drive overpass is an upcoming exits sign for Ranch to Market 2222 at Allandale, Far West Boulevard at Highland Hills and Anderson Lane at Balcones West. Photo taken 09/29/07.
A two-lane off-ramp leaves the Mopac Expressway northbound for Northland Drive. Ranch to Market Road 2222 utilizes a short freeway from Airport Boulevard to junction Interstate 35 & U.S. 290. That spur was built in anticipation of a freeway corridor planned for Koeing Lane. The original freeway was cancelled in the 1960s and resurrected in planning later but again defeated in 1994. Neighborhood opposition resisted both plans.1 Photo taken 09/29/07.
Next in line for northbound travelers is the Far West Boulevard diamond interchange at the Highland Hills community. Far West Boulevard travels west from Texas Loop 1 to Mesa Drive and the Cat Mountain North community. Photo taken 09/29/07.
The Union Pacific Railroad slips from the median of the MoPac Expressway to the right-hand side of Texas Loop 1. Texas Loop 1 draws to within one quarter mile of Far West Boulevard at this upcoming exits sign. Photo taken 09/29/07.
Far West Boulevard travelers depart Texas Loop 1 northbound. A pedestrian bridge spans the Union Pacific Railroad in the background. Far West Boulevard serves the Northwest HIlls and Meadow Mountain Neighborhoods at Mesa Drive. Photo taken 09/29/07.
0.50-mile overhead for Anderson Lane east and Spicewood Springs Road west on the northbound MoPac Expressway. Anderson Lane travels southeast to Northcross Mall and junction U.S. 183 (Research Boulevard) at Texas Loop 275 (Lamar Boulevard). Photo taken 09/29/07.
U.S. 183 (Research Boulevard) appears on MoPac Expressway northbound signage for the first time on this upcoming exits sign south of the Anderson Lane. U.S. 183 becomes part of Anderson Lane east of Lamar Boulevard. Photo taken 09/29/07.
Spicewood Springs Road continues Anderson Lane northwest from the MoPac Expressway to Mesa Drive and junction Texas Loop 360 (Capital of Texas Highway). Spicewood Springs Road sees another section of roadway north from the Capital of Texas Highway to U.S. 183 (Research Boulevard) in Williamson County. Photo taken 09/29/07.
Just north of Anderson Lane is the departure of the Steck Avenue off-ramp. Steck Avenue serves the Allandale Estates and Balcones West neighborhood areas on its drive between Burnet Road and Mesa Drive. Texas Loop 1 draws to within three quarters of a mile to U.S. 183 (Research Boulevard) otherwise. Photo taken 09/29/07.
A large symmetrical stack interchange joins the two freeways of Texas Loop 1 and U.S. 183. U.S. 183, upgraded from a surface boulevard into an elevated freeway, stems northwest from Interstate 35 to the Williamson County city of Cedar Park. The name Research Boulevard is derived from the nearby J.J. Pickle Research Center of the University of Texas. Photo taken 09/29/07.
Three lanes ascend from the northbound MoPac Expressway onto flyover ramps for U.S. 183 (Research Boulevard). U.S. 183 overall joins the city of Austin with Austi-Bergstrom International Airport and Mustang Ridge in south Travis County with Cedar Park and Leander in Williamson County. Photo taken 09/29/07.
Departing from within the U.S. 183 (Research Boulevard) stack interchange is the northbound Texas Loop 1 off-ramp for Texas Loop 360 (Capital of Texas Highway) and Braker Lane. The Mopac Expressway frontage road system facilitates the movements to both roads and the nearby research center. Photo taken 09/29/07.
Passing underneath the high flyovers associated with the U.S. 183 and Texas Loop 1 stack interchange. Photo taken 09/29/07.
Northbound at the Braker Lane and Texas Loop 360 off-ramp. Texas Loop 360 begins ahead and follows the Capital of Texas Highway, a varying surface arterial and expressway, west around the city of Austin to West Lake Hills. Braker Lane meanwhile serves the J.J. Pickle Research Center to the east on its alignment between U.S. 183 and Dessau Road near Interstate 35. Photo taken 09/29/07.
Drivers merging onto the northbound MoPac Expressway are provided with the option of joining the Texas Loop 1 frontage road ahead of Texas Loop 360 and Braker Lane. Photo taken 09/29/07.
Leaving the symmetrical stack interchange with U.S. 183 (Research Boulevard), Texas Loop 1 nears the Texas Loop 360 (Capital of Texas Highway) overpass near the J.J. Pickle Research Center of the University of Texas. An upcoming exits sign lists the final two off-ramps of the MoPac Expressway. Photo taken 09/28/07.
Attached to the Braker Lane overpass is the 0.75-mile overhead for junction Texas Farm to Market Road 1325 (Burnet Road). FM 1325 follows Burnet Road south to the JJ Pickle Research Center and U.S. 183 (Research Boulevard) frontage roads. Burnet Road continues south from there to the Northcross Mall area. Photo taken 09/28/07.
Drivers merge onto Texas Loop 1 northbound from Braker Lane ahead of the Union Pacific Railroad under crossing. The merging lane forms an exit-only lane for Texas Farm to Market Road 1325 (Burnet Road) south and Duval Road west. Duval Road stems west from the FM 1325 merge onto the Mopac Expressway frontage roads to the Mesa Park neighborhood of the city. Photo taken 09/28/07.
Northbound Texas Loop 1 at the slip ramp onto the northbound frontage road for junction Texas Farm to Market Road 1325 (Burnet Road south) and Duval Road west. Texas Farm to Market Road 1325 continues north alongside the MoPac Expressway frontage roads. Photo taken 09/28/07.
Texas Loop 1 passes underneath Duval Road / Burnet Road one half mile south of the Texas Farm to Market Road 734 (Parmer Lane) off-ramp. The Parmer Lane exit serves the Lamplight Village and Walnut Crossing neighborhoods of north Austin. Photo taken 09/28/07.
Parmer Lane carries all of Texas Farm to Market Road 743 from U.S. 290 near Manor east of Austin to the north suburb of Cedar Park. Parmer Lane constitutes a divided surface arterial. Drivers utilizing the off-ramp merge onto the adjacent Texas Farm to Market Road 1325 ahead of the Cedar Bend Drive entrance into the Village at Walnut Creek area. Photo taken 09/28/07.
Texas Loop 1 (MoPac Expressway) passes underneath Parmer Lane and approaches the Scofield Ridge Parkway off-ramp. Scofield Ridge Parkway travels east from Texas Farm to Market Road 1325 and the MoPac Expressway to Howard Lane through suburban neighborhoods of north Austin. Photo taken 09/28/07.
Texas Loop 1 transitions into Texas Toll 1 at the off-ramp to Scofield Ridge Parkway. This marks the end of the MoPac Expressway, a free route, and the beginning of the Central Texas Turnpike System network. Scofield Parkway otherwise merges with Howard Lane west of Metric Boulevard and junction Interstate 35. Photo taken 09/28/07.

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Page Updated October 28, 2007.