Loop 375 West - Woodrow Bean Transmountain Road

Exit 24A serves all traffic interests to FM 2529 (McCombs Street) north U.S. 54 Business (Dyer Street) and Rushing Road.

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On-ramps merge with SL 375 west beyond Bomarc Street and Rushing Road. The freeway otherwise continues uninterrupted to Exit 21 with U.S. 54 (Patriot Freeway).

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The Franklin Mountains rise along the western horizon, foreshadowing the climb along Woodrow Bean Transmountain Drive after U.S. 54.

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U.S. 54 travels north along the Patriot Freeway from SL 375 (Cesar Chavez Border Highway) to Northeast El Paso. The freeway is incomplete beyond FM 3255, with U.S. 54 shifting to the frontage road system to the New Mexico state line.

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A third lane opens along Loop 375 to Exit 21 with U.S. 54 (Patriot Freeway).

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U.S. 54 travels 20 miles through El Paso and overall from West Texas to Alamogordo, New Mexico; Wichita, Kansas; Jefferson City, Missouri and Pittsfield, Illinois.

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Loop 375 (Woodrow Bean Transmountain Drive) lowers through the three-level interchange with U.S. 54 (Patriot Freeway). Connections between the two highways utilizes the respective frontage road systems of each.

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Woodrow Bean Transmountain Drive transitions into an at-grade expressway just beyond the volleyball interchange with U.S. 54.

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The El Paso Museum of Archeology and the National Border Patrol Museum lie just north of SL 375 at the freeway end.

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Loop 375 gaining over 700 feet in elevation and encircles the Castner Range along a sweeping horse shoe curve.

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Continuing west, Loop 375 makes an S-curve across Oak Tree Canyon.

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Woodrow Bean Transmountain Drive swings southwest across Whispering Springs Canyon to circumvent the south slopes of North Franklin Mountain.

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Passing through Fusselman Canyon, SL 375 leaves the Castner Range of Fort Bliss and enters Franklin Mountain State Park.

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The expressway navigates through Smugglers Pass between North and South Franklin Mountain. A parking lot lines the south side of SL 375 at the trailhead for the Ron Coleman Trail.

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A separate picnic area and scenic overlook is located just west of Smugglers Pass along the eastbound lanes of SL 375.

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Woodrow Bean Transmountain Drive crests at 5,280 feet above sea level through Smugglers Pass.

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Loop 375 drops at an 8% grade northwest from Smugglers Pass through Franklin Mountains State Park. The expressway descends 800 feet in elevation over the ensuing three miles.

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A reassurance marker stands west of the runaway truck ramp and ahead of Tom Mays Access Road.

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Out door activities at the Tom Mays Unit of Franklin Mountains State Park includes camping, rock climbing and an array of biking and hiking trails.

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Leaving Frankln Mountains State Park, Loop 375 expands again into a full freeway with frontage roads at Exit 12.

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Westbound travelers along SL 375 reenter the El Paso city limits beyond this reassurance marker.

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One last S-curve leads SL 375 west into the diamond interchange (Exit 12) for Paseo Del Norte Drive.

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Paseo Del Norte Drive, and nearby Plexxar Drive, are future roads serving potential development along either side of the Woodrow Bean Transmountain Drive freeway. The two roads were initially constructed as connectors linking the north and south side frontage roads.

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Reassurance shield posted at the Paseo Del Norte Drive underpass. Mast-arm signals were installed along each frontage road at both Paseo Del Norte and Plexxar Drives, even though neither extends beyond the SL 375 right of way.

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Resler Drive stems southward from forthcoming Exit 11B to newer development including the Hospitals of Providence medical complex and a number of distribution centers.

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The diamond interchange at Exit 11B connects SL 375 with Resler Drive directly, while Northwestern Drive parallels further west from the frontage roads.

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The freeway portion of Loop 375 concludes in one mile at Interstate 10.

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A flyover provides a seamless movement from Loop 375 west to Interstate 10 east at Exit 11A. The high speed ramp was completed in 2014.

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Intestate 10 travels south to Downtown El Paso. U.S. 180 overlaps with the freeway to U.S. 62 (Montana Drive), while U.S. 85 accompanies the route to Paisano Drive, where the Border West Expressway splits from IH 10.

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Loop 375 (Woodrow Bean Transmountain Drive) transitions into an at-grade arterial at the diamond interchange linking with IH 10 & U.S. 85-180 west to Anthony and Las Cruces, New Mexico.

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Loop 375 extends west between The Outlet Shoppes at El Paso and Trans-Mountain Commercial Park to Talbot Drive at Spur 16. The route ends at SH 20 (Doniphan Drive) by the Rio Grande.

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