Texas State Highway Spur 366

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State Highway Spur 366

Woodall Rodgers Freeway
Texas State Highway Spur 366
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length2.6 mi [1]  (4.2 km)
Existed1962–present
Major junctions
West endBeckley Blvd / Singleton Ave in Dallas
Major intersectionsI-35E.svgUS 77.svg I-35E  / US 77 in Dallas
East endUS 75.svg I-345  / US 75 in Dallas
Location
Country United States
State Texas
Counties Dallas
Highway system
Texas Loop 365.svg Loop 365 Texas Loop 367.svg Loop 367
Facing southwest towards downtown from Harwood Street, with the angular Fountain Place in view (before the construction of Klyde Warren Park) State Highway Spur 366 (Texas) 1.jpg
Facing southwest towards downtown from Harwood Street, with the angular Fountain Place in view (before the construction of Klyde Warren Park)
Facing west from Harwood Street towards buildings in the International Center neighborhood of Uptown (before the construction of Klyde Warren Park) State Highway Spur 366 (Texas) 2.jpg
Facing west from Harwood Street towards buildings in the International Center neighborhood of Uptown (before the construction of Klyde Warren Park)
The beginning of work on the extension of Woodall Rodgers Freeway into West Dallas Dallasskyline0005.png
The beginning of work on the extension of Woodall Rodgers Freeway into West Dallas
Spur 366 interchange with Interstate 35E View of interchange from Reunion Tower August 2015 02.jpg
Spur 366 interchange with Interstate 35E

Spur 366, also named Woodall Rodgers Freeway, is a highway that connects Beckley Avenue and Singleton Boulevard in West Dallas to Interstate 35E and U.S. Highway 75 (North Central Expressway) in central Dallas, Texas. The highway, as part of the downtown freeway loop, also serves as a dividing line between downtown Dallas on the south and the Uptown and Victory Park neighborhoods on the north.

Contents

In 2012 the Santiago Calatrava designed Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge was opened, extending Woodall Rodgers west of Interstate 35E across the Trinity River, into West Dallas. The Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge is first of three planned bridges of the Trinity River Project.

Klyde Warren Park, completed in 2012, spans the freeway from Saint Paul Street to Pearl Street, connecting the downtown Arts District with Uptown. The freeway travels in a tunnel under the park.

The highway is named after Woodall Rodgers, a former mayor of Dallas responsible for the construction of Love Field and Central Expressway.

Route description

Spur 366 is often referred to by most locals as Woodall Rodgers Freeway (or simply Woodall Rodgers). The only signage for Spur 366 is on the ramps to the highway at the interchanges with I-35E and US 75/I-45. As such, the highway is signed TO I-35E westbound and TO US 75/I-45 eastbound.

The highway begins at a traffic signal at Beckley Avenue. Westbound traffic can continue past the light onto Singleton Boulevard. After the light, Spur 366 crosses the Trinity River on the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge. From the bridge, traffic can exit to Riverfront Boulevard (formerly Industrial Boulevard [2] ). An incomplete interchange with I-35E (Stemmons Freeway) follows, before the freeway serves as the dividing line between Downtown and Uptown. There are many exits for the next mile, most of which contain multiple ramps to serve different streets. The freeway ends at an interchange with US 75/I-45 in northeast Downtown. The exit ramp to northbound US 75 also serves Hall Street.

Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge

The Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge is a steel bridge that carries Woodall Rodgers Freeway over the Trinity River. This is the first steel bridge across the river. [3] The bridge opened in March 2012 and was designed by Santiago Calatrava. [4]

Klyde Warren Park

Klyde Warren Park is a 5.2-acre park [5] that connects Downtown Dallas with Uptown. The park is located above the freeway (which travels through a tunnel under the park, much like the Papago Freeway Tunnel) between Pearl and St. Paul streets to the west and east, and the frontage roads to the north and south.

History

Like many freeways in the United States, Spur 366 was built through a prominent African-American neighborhood, displacing the population and gentrifying the area.

Spur 366 was built along sections of Cochran and Munger Streets between I-35E and US 75/I-45. Once the freeway opened in 1983, it remained relatively unchanged until the construction of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge and Klyde Warren Park in 2012.

Exit list

The entire route is in Dallas, Dallas County.

mi [6] kmExitDestinationsNotes
0.000.00Singleton Boulevard / Hospital sign.svg Beckley AvenueWestern terminus; road continues as Singleton Boulevard
0.1–
0.2
0.16–
0.32
Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge over the Trinity River
0.7–
1.0
1.1–
1.6
North plate blue.svg
I-35E.svg
I-35E north (US 77 north) Denton
Exits 429A-B on I-35E; signed as "To I-35E north" eastbound
To plate blue.svg
South plate blue.svg
I-35E.svg
Riverfront Boulevard to I-35E south (US 77 south)
I-35E not signed westbound
South plate blue.svg
I-35E.svg
I-35E south (US 77) / Commerce Street west Waco
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
1.32.1Field Street
Griffin Street
No westbound signage for Griffin Street
1.52.4Saint Paul Street Arts District Westbound exit and entrance
1.3–
1.7
2.1–
2.7
Tunnel underneath Klyde Warren Park
1.72.7Pearl Street  American Airlines Center Not accessible to westbound traffic entering from South Central Expressway northbound
2.03.2South plate blue.svg
I-45.svg
I-45 south Houston
Access via unsigned I-345; eastbound exit and westbound entrance, exit 286A on I-345
2.23.51Hall Street / Lemmon AvenueExit number based on US 75 mileage; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
2.64.2North plate.svg
US 75.svg
US 75 north McKinney
Eastern terminus; exit 1A on US 75 southbound
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

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