Chisholm Trail Parkway

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Chisholm Trail Parkway

Southwest Parkway
Chisholm Trail Parkway
Chisholm Trail Parkway highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NTTA
Length27.6 mi [1] [2]  (44.4 km)
ExistedMay 11, 2014–present
Major junctions
South endUS 67.svg US 67 near Cleburne
Major intersectionsI-20.svg I-20 in Fort Worth
North endI-30.svgUS 377.svg I-30  / US 377 in Fort Worth
Location
Country United States
State Texas
Counties Johnson, Tarrant
Highway system

The Chisholm Trail Parkway is a controlled-access toll road operated by the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) in Tarrant and Johnson counties connecting the central business district of the city of Fort Worth at Interstate 30 to US 67 in Cleburne.

Contents

The parkway is a 27.6-mile (44.4 km) two- to six-lane freeway along the route of an extension of State Highway 121. Environmental clearance for the project was received in June 2005. Initial construction began in April 2010. The Chisholm Trail Parkway opened to traffic on May 11, 2014. [3] The cost of the parkway was approximately $1.4 billion.

The segment of the parkway from FM 1187 to I-30 in Tarrant County was originally named Southwest Parkway. Legislation renaming that segment was passed in May 2011. [4]

Route description

The tollway starts at an interchange with US 67 in northern Cleburne, near SH 171. The first main lane toll gantry is between Sparks Road and Johnson County Road 904. At the interchange with FM 917 the tollway enters the southwestern tip of Burleson, near Joshua. FM 1902 runs parallel to the tollway from here to FM 1187. Just north of Johnson County Road 920, the Chisholm Trail Parkway crosses into Tarrant County. The interchange with FM 1187 is just to the west of Crowley. The second main lane toll gantry is near Stewart Feltz Road. Near Benbrook, the tollway has a complex stack interchange with I-20 and SH 183. The third and final main lane toll gantry is just before the University Drive exit. The Chisholm Trail Parkway ends at an interchange with I-30 near University Drive and Vickery Boulevard in Fort Worth, near TCU.

History

The Chisholm Trail Parkway was built as a collaboration between NTTA, TxDOT, NCTCOG, the cities of Cleburne, Burleson, and Fort Worth, and the Fort Worth & Western and Union Pacific Railroads. [5]

About halfway between Fort Worth and Cleburne, a mixed use development is planned to be built along the corridor. Chisholm Trail Ranch [6] will feature a movie theater and several restaurants, as well as residential areas. As part of the tollway's initial plans, Old Granbury Road was closed permanently on October 7, 2013, where it crosses the toll road and ends at a cul-de-sac. [7]

The toll road was built in stages from 2008 to early 2014. Unlike many toll roads in North Texas, the entire length of the highway opened all at once, although the portion south of FM 1187 is initially a two-lane road.

The City of Fort Worth Public Art program cooperated with the parkway to add ten monumental glass and stone columnar “Watershed Crossing Markers” in the first eight and a half miles within the Fort Worth city limits, heading north, and twelve "Trinity Water Fowls" murals on the six monuments of the East Clearfork crossing bridge. [8] The columns and monument murals, created by public artist Norie Sato, feature mosaics showing wildlife of the Trinity River watershed, utilizing images from local photographers. [9]

Most of the CTP in Fort Worth north of Interstate 20 had an unusually low speed limit of 50 MPH when it first opened to traffic in 2014. The low speed limit was enacted by the city of Fort Worth to minimize the noise levels of passing traffic as the tollway passed through or near older neighborhoods. [10] On September 1, 2016, the speed limit on the tollway between University Drive and Arborlawn Drive was raised from 50 MPH to 60 with the section between Arborlawn and Alta Mesa Boulevard being raised from 60 to 65. [11]

Tolls

As of August 2020, it costs a two-axle passenger vehicle $8.70 in cash to drive the entire length of the toll road in either direction. Two-axle vehicles paying with TollTag are only charged $5.79 for the same trip. [12]

Exit list

All exits are unnumbered.

CountyLocationmi [2] kmDestinationsNotes
Johnson Cleburne 0.00.0US 67.svgTo plate.svg
Texas 171.svg
US 67 to SH 171  / Nolan River Road
At-grade intersection with US 67 frontage roads; future interchange
0.10.16County Road 1216At-grade intersection; southern terminus of freeway
0.91.4County Road 1125Southbound exit and northbound entrance
1.82.9Sparks RoadTolled northbound exit and southbound entrance
3.15.0CR 904 / Sparks Road Main Lane Gantry
3.96.3County Road 904Tolled southbound exit and northbound entrance
Burleson 5.99.5Texas FM 917.svg FM 917  Joshua, Godley Tolled southbound exit and northbound entrance
7.612.2County Road 913Tolled southbound exit and northbound entrance
9.715.6Texas FM 1902.svg FM 1902
11.819.0County Road 920Tolled northbound exit and southbound entrance
Tarrant 13.221.2Texas FM 1187.svg FM 1187  Crowley Tolled northbound exit and southbound entrance
Fort Worth 15.324.6Stewart Feltz Main Lane Gantry
16.526.6McPherson BoulevardTolled southbound exit and northbound entrance
17.127.5Sycamore School RoadTolled southbound exit and northbound entrance
19.230.9Altamesa BoulevardTolled southbound exit and northbound entrance
20.432.8Oakmont BoulevardTolled southbound exit and northbound entrance
21.534.6West plate.svg
Texas 183.svg
SH 183 west / Overton Ridge Boulevard
No direct southbound exit (signed at Arborlawn Drive)
22.035.4I-20.svg I-20  Abilene, Dallas No direct northbound exit to I-20 west or southbound exit to I-20 east; exit 432 on I-20
23.037.0Arborlawn DriveTolled northbound exit and southbound entrance
24.238.9Edwards Ranch RoadTolled northbound exit and southbound entrance
25.841.5Montgomery Main Lane Gantry
26.041.8Montgomery Street / Rosedale Street / University DriveNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
26.743.0East plate blue.svg
I-30.svg
I-30 east (US 377 north) / Cherry Street / Lancaster Avenue Dallas, Convention Center
Northbound exit and southbound entrance; exits 12B-13 on I-30
27.944.9Forest Park BoulevardAt-grade intersection
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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