Texas State Highway 121

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State Highway 121

Texas State Highway 121
SH 121; mainline in red, business routes in blue
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length85.563 mi [1]  (137.700 km)
Existedby 1939–present
Major junctions
South endUS 67.svg US 67 in Cleburne
Major intersections
North endTexas 78.svg SH 78 in Bonham
Location
Country United States
State Texas
Highway system
Texas 120.svg SH 120 Texas 122.svg SH 122

State Highway 121 (SH 121) is a state highway angling from southwest to northeast through north central Texas. It runs from Cleburne, Texas at US 67 to SH 78 in Bonham, Texas, just north of a junction with US 82.

Contents

Between Fort Worth and Euless, SH 121 is known as Airport Freeway (east of Euless, this name applies to SH 183). East of Coppell, the highway functions as the frontage road for the Sam Rayburn Tollway, a toll road that runs northeast to McKinney. From McKinney to Melissa, the state highway is concurrent with US 75 and the North Central Expressway. Northeast of Melissa, SH 121 is a less-traveled roadway often referred to as the Sam Rayburn Highway.

Route description

SH 121 Business west from I-35E towards Grapevine Bus Hwy 121 south from IH35E south.jpg
SH 121 Business west from I-35E towards Grapevine

Sections between downtown Fort Worth and Grapevine are freeway, including a small segment near Hurst that coincides with I-820. At Bedford, Texas it has an interchange with SH 183, the Irving freeway that leads toward Dallas; it has an interchange with SH 360, which leads towards Arlington, just to the west of the north entrance to DFW Airport, to which SH 121 gives access. At Grapevine it has interchanges with SH 114 and I-635 before becoming a limited-access tollway that passes between Lewisville and Frisco.

Signage originally used on the tolled mainlanes of SH 121 (now the Sam Rayburn Tollway) from 2006 to 2009. Toll Texas 121.svg
Signage originally used on the tolled mainlanes of SH 121 (now the Sam Rayburn Tollway) from 2006 to 2009.

It is very heavily traveled south and west of McKinney and has become an urban highway due to the rapid growth of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Service roads extending southwest to northeast along the corridor from Lewisville to McKinney are free of charge; however the main lanes within the right-of-way are tolled as part of the Sam Rayburn Tollway operated by the North Texas Tollway Authority. The highway's northeastern section between Melissa and Bonham carries less traffic and until recently was a two-lane rural highway. However, in recent years with an increase in traffic, the 19 mile section between the Collin–Fannin county line and its junction with SH 56 in Bonham has been upgraded to a "Super Two" highway system. This allows for alternating passing lanes. Beginning in 2016, the segment between Melissa and the Collin–Fannin county line is being upgraded to a four-lane divided highway system. In addition, a two-mile stretch between SH 56 and US 82 within Bonham city limits, was upgraded to a four-lane highway system with a continuous left-hand turn lane. Long term planning calls for upgrading the 19 mile stretch, from the Collin–Fannin county line to SH 56 in Bonham, into a four-lane divided highway system.

It meets I-35E at Lewisville, SH 289 near Frisco, US 75 and US 380 in McKinney, US 69 at Trenton, and SH 78 just north of Bonham.

Construction began in 2009 on the extension of 121 south from Fort Worth to Cleburne, as a toll road called Chisholm Trail Parkway in Tarrant and Johnson counties. This section is operated by the North Texas Tollway Authority and the entire project, from I-30 to U.S. 67 opened to traffic in 2013. [2]

In March 2009, work was completed on the eventual southbound lanes on a short stretch of 121 northeast of DFW Airport, which currently shares southbound and northbound traffic. This work upgraded two signalized at-grade intersections to a freeway, with overpasses at both intersections, improving traffic in that area. [3] The northbound freeway lanes are currently under construction, which also include new, separate exits and entrances for Freeport Parkway and Grapevine Mills Boulevard/Sandy Lake Road.

Interchange between SH 121 and SH 121 Business Route Business Texas State Highway 121.JPG
Interchange between SH 121 and SH 121 Business Route

Sam Rayburn Tollway

From McKinney to Coppell, State Highway 121 acts as a frontage road to Sam Rayburn Tollway, contrary to the popular misconception that the Sam Rayburn Tollway was the new SH 121.

Controversy

In early 2007, the Spanish firm Cintra agreed to a $2.8 billion, 50-year deal where they would lease the highway from TxDOT, finish building and maintain it, and collect the tolls. [4] However, critics of the deal questioned both its length—the contract allowed Cintra to collect tolls for 50 years—and the fact that the North Texas Tollway Authority was prevented from bidding on the contract. In addition, general opposition to the toll plan organized, pointing out that the segment through Denton County had already been paid for by taxpayer money. [5]

To answer some of these complaints, Texas legislators pressed the Texas Department of Transportation to allow the North Texas Toll Authority to bid. [6] The Authority announced their proposed bid in early May 2007, which would provide approximately $3.3 billion in road funding, but is based on traffic counts that differ from those used by Cintra. [7]

On June 28, 2007, the Texas Transportation Commission announced it would pursue the proposal from the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA). [8]

History

SH 121 was originally numbered on March 17, 1927, as a direct routing between Fort Worth and SH 40 near the Dallas–Denton county line. [9] On April 24, 1928, it was extended to McKinney. [10] By 1933, the route had been completed from Ft. Worth northeast through Grapevine to its intersection with SH 40/US 77 in far southern Denton County. On July 15, 1935, the east end was truncated to the Denton–Dallas county line. [11] On January 6, 1939, the section from the Dallas–Denton county line to SH 40/US 77 was restored. [12] A road was designated on February 21, 1938, from SH 114 to SH 121; either SH 114 Loop or SH 121 Loop. This was renumbered as Loop 10 on September 26, 1939. [13]

On November 24, 1941, SH 121 was extended from old US 77 to new US 77. On December 16, 1943, the section of SH 121 from US 77 (former SH 40) to McKinney was restored, and the ambitious plan to extend SH 121 northeast beyond McKinney to Bonham was approved by the Texas Department of Transportation, a part of which absorbed Farm to Market Road 82 between Bonham and Trenton. The section from Bonham to Randolph was designated as SH 263 until March 21, 1939. It was not until 1954 that the next section of this highway was completed between U.S. 77 at Lewisville and U.S. Route 75 near McKinney. The final section between McKinney and Trenton was not completed until November 20, 1963, including an extension around the western side of Bonham. In 1965, the section from downtown Fort Worth to Interstate 820 was transferred to newly completed freeway sections. On November 31, 1969, SH 121 was rerouted over Spur 459, which was cancelled. The old route of SH 121 was given to the city of Grapevine.

The Texas Department of Transportation proposed extending SH 121 to FM 1187, via a route to be known as the Northside–Southwest Freeway, on October 4, 1973. [14] This proposed extension was canceled on August 29, 1985. [15]

On April 14, 1980, SH 121 was relocated in Bedford and Grapevine. On November 18, 1999, SH 121 was rerouted over Spur 553, which was cancelled. The old route of SH 121 became Business SH 121. On February 27, 2003, the SH 121 designation was extended to US 67 in Cleburne. This extension, known as the Chisholm Trail Parkway, was built in stages from 2008 to 2014 and opened to traffic on May 11, 2014. The CTP's frontage roads in southwest Fort Worth are signed as SH 121.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi [16] kmDestinationsNotes
See Chisholm Trail Parkway, I-30.svg I-30, and I-35W.svg I-35W
Tarrant Fort Worth 0.00.0I-35W.svgUS 287.svgSouth plate.svg
US 377.svg
I-35W  / US 287  / US 377 south Waco, Denton
West plate.svg
Texas Spur 347.svg
Rail Sign.svg Spur 347 west (Belknap St) Downtown
Exit 52B (I-35W), access to Fort Worth Central Station
0.81.3Sylvania Ave
1.21.9Riverside Dr
2.13.4Beach St
2.74.3Maxine StNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
Haltom City 3.15.0Haltom Rd
4.26.8Carson St
4.97.9Minnis Dr
Richland Hills 6.410.3Rail Sign.svg Handley-Ederville Rd Access to Richland Hills Station
Hurst 7.311.7South plate blue.svg
I-820.svg
I-820 south
South end of the overlap with I-820; SH 121 south follows exit 24B
East plate.svg
Texas 10.svg
West plate.svg
Texas 183.svg
SH 10 east / SH 183 west
South end of the overlap with SH 183; Exit 24A (I-820)
8.413.5Hospital sign.svg Pipeline Rd/Glenview DrExit 23 (I-820), access to North Hills Hospital
North plate.svg
121 Express Lane free.svg
East plate.svg
183 Express Lane free.svg
To plate.svg
Texas FM 157.svg
SH 121 Express north / SH 183 Express east to FM 157
Northbound exit and southbound entrance; Exit 23A (I-820)
8.513.7Texas 26.svgNorth plate.svg
Texas FM 1938.svg
SH 26  / FM 1938 north (Davis Blvd) / Bedford-Euless Rd Colleyville, TCC NE Campus
Exit 22B (I-820)
8.914.3West plate blue.svg
I-820.svg
I-820 west
North end of the overlap with I-820; SH 121 north follows exit 22A
10.116.3North plate.svg
Texas FM 3029.svg
FM 3029 north (Precinct Line Rd) / Hurstview Dr
HurstBedford line11.518.5Norwood Dr, Brown Trail
Bedford 12.520.1Bedford Rd,Forest Ridge Dr
13.020.9Hospital sign.svg Central Dr, Forest Ridge DrAccess to Texas Health HEB
13.621.9East plate.svg
Texas 183.svg
SH 183 east DFW Airport SOUTH ENTRY, Irving
North end of the overlap with SH 183; no direct southbound exit (signed at Murphy Drive)
14.022.5Westpark Way/Murphy Dr
15.024.1Harwood Rd
South plate.svg
121 Express Lane free.svg
West plate.svg
183 Express Lane free.svg
To plate blue.svg
I-820.svg
SH 121 Express south / SH 183 Express west to I-820
Southbound exit and northbound entrance
BedfordEuless line16.726.9South plate.svg
Texas FM 157.svg
FM 157 south / Cheek-Sparger Rd
EulessGrapevine line17.227.7Glade Rd
Grapevine 18.129.1Hall-Johnson Rd
18.730.1South plate.svg
Texas 360.svg
SH 360 south / Stone Myers Pkwy
Northbound exit and southbound entrance
19.331.1South plate.svg
Texas 360.svg
SH 360 south Arlington, Grand Prairie
Southbound exit and northbound entrance
20.833.5West plate.svg
Texas 114.svg
To plate.svg
Texas FM 1709.svg
SH 114 west to FM 1709  / William D Tate Ave / Mustang Dr Southlake
South end of the overlap with SH 114
21.935.2North plate.svg
Texas 26.svg
West plate.svg
Business plate.svg
Texas 114.svg
SH 26 north / Bus. SH 114 west (Texan Trail) / Main St Grapevine Historic District
No northbound entrance
22.436.0East plate.svg
Texas 114.svg
SH 114 east Dallas
North end of the overlap with SH 114
22.936.9 DFW Airport
24.339.1East plate blue.svg
I-635.svg
I-635 east
Exit 36 (I-635); western terminus of I-635
24.739.8Bass Pro Dr/Bethel Rd / Grapevine Mills Tr
25.340.7North plate.svg
Texas FM 2499.svg
FM 2499 north (Grapevine Mills Pkwy) / Star and Stripes Way Flower Mound
Northbound exit and southbound entrance, access to Grapevine Mills Mall
Dallas CoppellGrapevine line26.242.2Grapevine Mills Blvd/Sandy Lake Rd, Freeport Pkwy
Denton Lewisville 27.644.4North plate.svg
Business plate.svg
Texas 121.svg
Bus. SH 121 north Lewisville
Dallas CoppellLewisville line28.846.3North plate blue.svg
Toll Texas SRT new.svg
Sam Rayburn Tollway north / Denton Tap Rd McKinney
North end of the freeway; south end of the Sam Rayburn Tollway
Denton Lewisville 30.048.3Toll Texas SRT new.svg Sam Rayburn Tollway  / MacArthur Blvd
31.150.1South plate blue.svg
Toll Texas SRT new.svg
I-35E.svg Sam Rayburn Tollway south / I-35E  Denton, Dallas
South end of the overlap with the Sam Rayburn Tollway; south end of the freeway; Exits 447A-447B-448A (I-35E)
Carrollton 32.352.0Marchant Blvd /Huffines Blvd
33.253.4North plate blue.svg
Toll Texas SRT new.svg
Sam Rayburn Tollway north / Hebron Pkwy
North end of the overlap with the Sam Rayburn Tollway; north end of the freeway
34.355.2Toll Texas SRT new.svg Sam Rayburn Tollway  / Carrollton Pkwy
Lewisville 35.156.5South plate blue.svg
Toll Texas SRT new.svg
Texas FM 544.svg Sam Rayburn Tollway south / FM 544 (Parker Rd)
35.757.5Toll Texas SRT new.svgSouth plate.svg
Business plate.svg
Texas 121.svg
Sam Rayburn Tollway  / Bus. SH 121 south Lewisville
Texas FM 2281.svg FM 2281 (Old Denton Rd)
36.658.9Toll Texas SRT new.svg Sam Rayburn Tollway  / Standridge Dr/Castle Hills Dr
36.959.4Toll Texas SRT new.svgTexas FM 423.svg Sam Rayburn Tollway  / FM 423 (Main St) / Josey Ln Little Elm
The Colony 38.361.6Toll Texas SRT new.svg Sam Rayburn Tollway  / Paige Rd/Plano Pkwy
South plate blue.svg
Toll Texas SRT new.svg
Sam Rayburn Tollway south
Southbound exit and northbound entrance
39.964.2Toll Texas SRT new.svg Sam Rayburn Tollway  / Spring Creek Pkwy
Collin PlanoFrisco line40.765.5Toll Texas SRT new.svg Sam Rayburn Tollway  / Legacy Dr
41.767.1To plate blue.svg
Toll Texas DNT new.svg
To Dallas North Tollway  / Dallas Pkwy
Toll Texas SRT new.svg Sam Rayburn Tollway  / Parkwood Blvd
42.868.9North plate blue.svg
Toll Texas SRT new.svg
Toll Texas DNT new.svgTexas 289.svg Sam Rayburn Tollway north / Dallas North Tollway  / SH 289 (Preston Rd)
Toll Texas SRT new.svg Sam Rayburn Tollway  / Ohio Drinterchange
43.970.7North plate blue.svg
Toll Texas SRT new.svg
Sam Rayburn Tollway north / Hillcrest Rd /Rasor Blvd
45.272.7Toll Texas SRT new.svg Sam Rayburn Tollway  / Coit Rd
46.374.5Toll Texas SRT new.svg Sam Rayburn Tollway  / Independence Pkwy
PlanoFrisco
AllenMcKinney quadripoint
47.276.0South plate blue.svg
Toll Texas SRT new.svg
Texas FM 2478.svg Sam Rayburn Tollway south / FM 2478 (Custer Rd)
AllenMcKinney line48.177.4Toll Texas SRT new.svg Sam Rayburn Tollway  / Exchange Pkwy
49.078.9North plate blue.svg
Toll Texas SRT new.svg
Sam Rayburn Tollway north / Alma Dr
50.080.5Toll Texas SRT new.svg Sam Rayburn Tollway  / Stacy Rd
50.881.8Toll Texas SRT new.svg Sam Rayburn Tollway  / Watters Rd/Lake Forest Dr
51.883.4Toll Texas SRT new.svg Sam Rayburn Tollway  / Chelsea Blvd/Hardin Blvd
52.985.1South plate.svg
US 75.svg
US 75 south Dallas
To plate.svg
Texas 5.svg
To SH 5
South end of the overlap with US 75; SH 121 south follows exit 38C
see US 75
Melissa 61.298.5North plate.svg
US 75.svg
US 75 north Sherman
North end of US 75 overlap; SH 121 north follows exit 44
South plate.svg
Texas 5.svg
SH 5 south
South end of the overlap with SH 5
62.2100.1North plate.svg
Texas 5.svg
SH 5 north Melissa, Anna
Interchange; North end of the overlap with SH 5
63.7102.5Texas FM 545.svg FM 545 (E Melissa Rd) Melissa, Blue Ridge
64.9104.4South plate.svg
Texas FM 2933.svg
FM 2933 south New Hope
Anna Outer Loop Rd
West plate.svg
Texas FM 455.svg
FM 455 west Anna
South end of the overlap with FM 455
East plate.svg
Texas FM 455.svg
To plate.svg
Texas FM 2862.svg
FM 455 east to FM 2862
North end of the overlap with FM 455
71.6115.2Texas FM 2862.svg FM 2862  Westminster
Desert 75.4121.3Texas 160.svg SH 160  Whitewright, Blue Ridge
Fannin Trenton West plate.svg
Texas FM 814.svg
FM 814 west
South end of the overlap with FM 814
East plate.svg
Texas FM 814.svg
FM 814 east Trenton
North end of the overlap with FM 814
80.7129.9US 69.svgBusiness plate.svg
US 69.svg
US 69  / Bus. US 69  Whitewright, Leonard
Interchange
86.0138.4North plate.svg
Business plate.svg
Texas 121.svg
Bus. SH 121 north
86.5139.2Texas 11.svg SH 11  Sherman, Commerce Interchange
87.7141.1South plate.svg
Business plate.svg
Texas 121.svg
Bus. SH 121 south Randolph
90.5145.6East plate.svg
Texas FM 1629.svg
FM 1629 east Edhube
93.0149.7North plate.svg
Texas Spur 311.svg
To plate.svg
West plate.svg
Texas 56.svg
Spur 311 north to SH 56 west Sherman, Sam Rayburn House
Bonham 93.7150.8West plate.svg
Texas 56.svg
SH 56 west Sherman
South end of the overlap with SH 56
94.2151.6East plate.svg
Texas 56.svg
SH 56 east Bonham, Sam Rayburn Library
North end of the overlap with SH 56
96.1154.7US 82.svg US 82  Sherman, Paris Exit 670 (US 82)
96.9155.9West plate.svg
Texas FM 898.svg
FM 898 west Ector
98.3158.2Texas 78.svg SH 78  Durant, Bonham
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Business routes

Randolph

Business plate.svg

Texas 121.svg

Business State Highway 121-D

Location Randolph
Length1.734 mi [17]  (2.791 km)
Existed1990 [17] –present

Business State Highway 121-D (Bus. SH 121-D) is a business route of SH 121 that serves the town of Randolph. The highway was designated in 1990 with the mileage being transferred from Loop 451. [18]

Bus. SH 121-D begins at an intersection with SH 121 and travels northeast before intersecting with FM 896. After intersecting with FM 896, the highway runs north and has a brief overlap with SH 11 through the town. After leaving the concurrency with SH 11, Bus. SH 121-D runs north and northeast before ending at an intersection with SH 121.

Junction list

The entire route is in Fannin County.

Locationmi [19] kmDestinationsNotes
0.00.0Texas 121.svg SH 121
Randolph 0.50.80South plate.svg
Texas FM 896.svg
FM 896 south Leonard
0.60.97West plate.svg
Texas 11.svg
SH 11 west Whitewright, Bonham
South end of the overlap with SH 11
0.71.1East plate.svg
Texas 11.svg
SH 11 east Bailey
North end of the overlap with SH 11
1.72.7Texas 121.svg SH 121
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Lewisville

Business plate.svg

Texas 121.svg

Business State Highway 121-H

Location Dallas and Denton counties
Length8.486 mi [20]  (13.657 km)
Existed1999 [20] –present

Business State Highway 121-H (Bus. SH 121-H) is a business route of SH 121 that serves the town of Lewisville. The highway was designated in 1999 when SH 121 was re-routed around the city.

Business SH 121-H begins at an interchange with SH 121/Sam Rayburn Tollway in Coppell. The highway runs northeast through industrial areas of Lewisville and turns to the north at an interchange with Round Grove Road/Denton Tap Road (FM 3040). Business North of here, SH 121-H runs by many residential areas before meeting I-35E. North of I-35E, the highway runs just south of the city's central business district and turns in a northeast direction. At Main Street, Bus. SH 121-H turns in a more eastern direction and crosses over the Elm Fork Trinity River. The highway continues to run east and meets FM 544 at an intersection before ending at an interchange with SH 121/Sam Rayburn Tollway.

Junction list
CountyLocationmi [21] kmDestinationsNotes
Dallas Coppell 0.00.0Texas 121.svgNorth plate blue.svg
Toll Texas SRT new.svg
SH 121 / Sam Rayburn Tollway north
Interchange
Denton Lewisville 1.01.6Texas FM 3040.svg FM 3040 (Round Grove Rd) / Denton Tap RdInterchange
3.35.3I-35E.svg I-35E Exit 450 (I-35E)
4.57.2Main StreetFormer FM 1171
5.79.2Bridge over the Elm Fork Trinity River
7.712.4East plate.svg
Texas FM 544.svg
FM 544 east Carrollton
8.413.5Texas 121.svgNorth plate blue.svg
Toll Texas SRT new.svg
SH 121 / Sam Rayburn Tollway north
Interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

  1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 121". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation . Retrieved June 15, 2010.
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