Loop 375 West - IH 10 to Downtown El Paso

Heading southwest from IH 10, SL 375 approaches a diamond interchange (Exit 45) with FM 76 (North Loop Road).

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FM 76 (North Loop Road) branches east from SH 20 (old U.S. 80) at Fabens and travels 23.80 miles north to Clint, Socorro and El Paso. The state highway concludes at SH 20 (Alameda Avenue) again via Delta Drive.

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Exit 45 leaves SL 375 south for FM 76 (North Loop Road). A split diamond interchange (Exit 47) follows for both SH 20 (Alameda Avenue) and FM 258 (Socorro Road).

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Forthcoming SH 20 (Alameda Avenue) and FM 258 (Soccoro Road) parallel one another south from El Paso to the city of Socorro. SH 20 represents the historic alignment of U.S. 80, and later U.S. 80 Business.

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Loop 375 south passes over a Union Pacific Railroad line on the quarter mile approach to Exit 47.

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Exit 47 separates from Loop 375 south for the adjacent frontage road (North Americas Avenue) ahead of SH 20. Pan American Drive stems south from nearby to a large industrial park.

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Loop 375 bends more westerly after Pan American Drive and next meets Zaragoza Road. Zaragoza Road met the freeway previously as FM 659 at Exit 40.

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A weigh station lines the north side of Americas Drive at Exit 48, requiring truckers to depart the freeway when in operation.

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Zaragoza Road angles south from Yselta in El Paso to Loop 375 and the Zaragoza International Bridge port of entry. The Zaragoza Bridge is the first of four spans across the Rio Grande between El Paso and Juarez, Mexico.

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2001 legislature designated SL 375 west from Zaragoza Road to Santa Fe Street as the Cesar Chavez Border Highway.

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Padres Drive stems east from a diamond interchange (Exit 49) with Loop 375 to SH 20 (Alameda Avenue) through the Capistrano Park community.

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Loop 375 (Cesar Chavez Border Highway) runs along the Rio Grande and the American Canal Extension Canal leading to the diamond interchange (Exit 51) with Yarbrough Drive.

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Exit 51 leaves Loop 375 west by J.P. Shawver Park to Yarbrough Drive north. Yarbrough Drive winds northeast through a mixture of subdivisions and retail strip centers.

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The freeway curves northward, matching the course of the Rio Grande, to the Thomas Manor community.

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Midway Drive connects SL 375 with Thomas Manor and Riverside High School in one half mile.

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Midway Drive links SL 375 (Cesar Chavez Border Highway) at Exit 53 with SH 20 (Alameda Avenue).

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Turning westward again, SL 375 advances by Ascarate Park to Exit 56 with Fonseca Boulevard.

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Fonesca Boulevard arcs east from a diamond interchange (Exit 56) with SL 375 between the Parkdale community and Ascarate Park SH 20 (Alameda Avenue) at FM 76 (Delta Drive).

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Confirming marker for SL 375 west, posted south of the Clardy Fox neighborhood and west of Fonseca Avenue.

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Curving northward, SL 375 approaches ramps for both U.S. 54 (Patriot Freeway) east and U.S. 62 (Paisano Drive) to Chamizal National Memorial.

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Designated Exit 20 from SL 375 west and Exit 58 from SL 375 east, the semi directional T interchange with U.S. 54 represents the western terminus of the nearly 1,200 mile route to Griggsville, Illinois.

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Prior to 1974, U.S. 54 extended west to Downtown El Paso, ending at the Stanton Street bridge to Juarez, Mexico. The route was realigned to the Cordova International Bridge at that time.

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Exit 20 parts ways with Loop 375 (Cesar Chavez Border Highway) west for U.S. 54 (Patriot Freeway) north to IH 10 and Alamogordo, New Mexico and parallel U.S. 62 (Paisano Drive), which leads west to Downtown El Paso.

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Loop 375 (Cesar Chavez Border Highway) passes below the Bridge of the Americas joining IH 110 with Mexico 45 to the immediate west of U.S. 54 (Patriot Freeway).

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Downtown El Paso comes into view as SL 375 curves with the Rio Grande by Chamizal National Memorial.

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The Border West Expressway Connectors will connect Loop 375 with U.S. 62 (Paisano Drive) directly at Coles Street. Substantial completion of construction for the new roadway is expected by fall 2018.

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A viaduct takes Loop 375 across Union Pacific Railroad tracks at the wye interchange with the Border West Expressway Connectors.

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A monotube assembly placed for the future eastbound off-ramp to Delta Drive and U.S. 62 (Paisano Drive).

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Cesar Chavez Border Highway squeezes between a Union Pacific Railroad yard and the El Paso street grid along 9th Avenue.

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Reassurance marker for Loop 375, posted after the RIRO intersection with Park Street north.

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Loop 375 continues west as an at-grade arterial to Campbell Street south of Downtown El Paso.

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Kansas Street flows south to the signalized intersection with Loop 375. One block further, Stanton Street bridge crosses Loop 375 and the Rio Grande, connecting the south end of U.S. 62 and 82 with Juarez, Mexico.

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Loop 375 ends just west of Oregon Street at the turn onto Santa Fe Street. The El Paso Street bridge linking Juarez with U.S. 62 & 85 north appears beyond barricades placed for construction of the Border West Expressway. The toll road will extend northwest from here to IH 10 near Doniphan Drive.

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