Interstate 820
I-820 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route ofI-20
Maintained byTxDOT
Length	35.173 mi[1][2] (56.605 km)
Existed	October 1, 1959[1]–present
NHS	Entire route
Major junctions
West end	I-20 inFort Worth
Major intersections	I-30 in Fort Worth I-35W /US 287 in Fort Worth SH 121 /SH 183 inHurst US 287 in Fort Worth
East end	I-20 in Fort Worth
Location
Country	United States
State	Texas
Counties	Tarrant
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future Highways in Texas Interstate US State Former Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec
←I-635 →SH 824

Interstate 820 (I-820^[a]) is anauxiliary route ofI-20 inFort Worth, Texas, of approximately 35.173 miles (56.605 km) around the city and some of its suburbs. Exit numbers begin at its interchange with I-20 in southwest Fort Worth and continue in a clockwise direction around the city until it ends at its interchange with I-20 in southeast Fort Worth. A portion of I-820 in the northeast quadrant is cosigned withState Highway 121 (SH 121) as well asSH 183.

The northwest segment of the loop is officially designated as theJim Wright Freeway after former U.S. House SpeakerJim Wright. The name, however, is not commonly used; the colloquial reference by the general public is "Loop 820", or simply just 820. Additionally, the area of the highway is given based on its direction fromDowntown Fort Worth; for example, "North Loop 820" or "East Loop 820" respectively specify the areas to the north or east of downtown. These colloquial designations do not refer to the direction of traffic flow.

I-820 begins in the southwesternFort Worth at an interchange withI-20. It heads north from this interchange to a junction withSpur 580 before reachingI-30 at astack interchange. Continuing to the north, the Interstate begins to turn to the northeast as it approachesLake Worth. It passes nearNaval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth as it passes over Lake Worth. I-820 passes through the city ofLake Worth briefly with junctions atSH 199 andFarm to Market Road 1220 (FM 1220) before reentering Fort Worth city limits. Continuing to the northeast, a junction withBusiness U.S. Highway 287-P (Bus. US 287-P) provides access toFort Worth Meacham International Airport. At an interchange withFM 156 in the city ofSaginaw, I-820 begins to head toward the east. Continuing east, I-820 has a junction withI-35W at a stack interchange. The freeway enters the city limits ofHaltom City at North Beach Street and has an interchange withUS 377, before enteringNorth Richland Hills. As it passes through North Richland Hills, the freeway turns toward the southeast briefly before turning back toward the east atSH 26. As it entersHurst, the freeway has an interchange withconcurrentSH 121 andSH 183. I-820 begins to head south after the interchange, now running concurrently with SH 121 and SH 183. At an interchange withSH 10, SH 183 leaves the concurrency to the west. At the next exit, SH 121 leaves I-820 toward the southwest. Continuing toward the south, I-820 leaves Hurst and reenters the Fort Worth city limits. Heading south through eastern Fort Worth, I-820 has a second junction with I-30, also at a stack interchange. After the interchange, the freeway continues south to a junction atSH 180 (Lancaster Avenue) andSpur 303 (Rosedale Street) nearLake Arlington. I-820 begins to follow the western shore of Lake Arlington to an interchange withUS 287. I-820 and US 287 both continue to the south to an interchange with I-20 at the end of I-820.^[4]

The highway was first conceived in 1949 as abeltway aroundFort Worth. It was originally designated from I-20 (now I-30) southeast, east, north, and west to I-35W. On April 18, 1963, I-820 was designated to use existingLoop 217 from SH 121 and SH 183 to Hulen Street while the section of Loop 217 from Hulen Street toUS 377 was designated asLoop 820.^[5] On September 1, 1965, another section of Loop 820 from I-20 north and east to I-35W was designated. This section of Loop 820 from I-20 north and east to I-35W became part of I-820 on January 21, 1969, making I-820 a full loop. The first section to open ran from McCart Avenue to US 377 at a cost of $11 million (equivalent to $86.1 million in 2024^[6]). On May 13, 1977, the remainder of Loop 820 became part of an extension of SH 183. The southern leg of the loop was redesignated asI-20 on December 2, 1971, and finished construction in 1982, completing a continuous loop around Fort Worth.^[7] Despite no longer being officially designated as I-820 on the southern arc (which is officially part of I-20), it is still unofficially referred to as Loop 820 for business purposes, and the frontage roads and business addresses along the southern arc still bear the names "SW Loop 820" and "SE Loop 820".

The loop is often considered the most congested road inNorth Texas, with the interchanges at Rufe Snow Drive, Holiday Lane, and Denton Highway (US 377) being named the first, second, and third worst, respectively, in 2010.^[8]

The North Tarrant Express (NTE) was a construction project that was supposed to add additional lanes,high-occupancy toll lanes, and continuous frontage roads and reconstruct the interchange with I-35W and various other interchanges between I-35W and SH 121/SH 183. This plan, however, was modified, with the additional mainlanes not being built, though theTexas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) plans to widen the freeway by no later than 2030.^[9] The NTE began construction in October 2010 and was completed in June 2015.^[9][10]

The entire route is inTarrant County.

Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Fort Worth	0.00	0.00		I-20 east –Dallas	Southern terminus
			0	I-20 west –Abilene	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; exit 428 on I-20
	0.83	1.34	1A	Team Ranch Road	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	2.01	3.23	1B	Chapin Road	No direct southbound exit (signed at exit 2)
	2.45	3.94	2	Spur 580 (Camp Bowie West Boulevard)	FormerUS 80
	3.39	5.46	3A-B	I-30 –Weatherford,Downtown Fort Worth	Signed as exits 3A (west) and 3B (east); exits 5A-C on I-30
	3.79	6.10	3C	Westpoint Boulevard / Alemeda Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	4.97	8.00	4	White Settlement Road
	5.34	8.59	5	Clifford Street
	5.92	9.53	6	Silver Creek Road
	6.67	10.73	7	Las Vegas Trail / Heron Drive
	7.35– 7.83	11.83– 12.60	Bridge overLake Worth
	7.95– 8.59	12.79– 13.82	8	Navajo Trail / Cahoba Drive
	9.53	15.34	9	Quebec Street	No direct westbound exit (signed at exit 10A)
Fort Worth–Lake Worth line	10.09	16.24	10	SH 199 (Jacksboro Highway)
Lake Worth	10.57	17.01	11	FM 1220 (Azle Avenue)	No direct eastbound exit (signed at exit 10A)
Fort Worth	12.41– 12.81	19.97– 20.62	12	Marine Creek Parkway / Old Decatur Road	Signed as exits 12A (Marine Creek) and 12B (Old Decatur) westbound
	13.88	22.34	14 (EB) 14A (WB)	Bus. US 287 (Main Street) –Saginaw
	14.19	22.84	14B	Railhead Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Saginaw–Fort Worth line	15.12	24.33	15	FM 156 (Blue Mound Road)
Fort Worth	16.42	26.43	16A	Mark IV Parkway
	16.91	27.21	16B	I-35W /I-35W Express /US 287 –Fort Worth,Denton	Exit 57 on I-35W
				I-820 Express east toSH 26 /SH 121 /SH 183 –DFW Airport,Dallas	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	17.63	28.37	17	Riverside Drive / Beach Street	Access toMercantile Center station
Haltom City	18.20– 19.00	29.29– 30.58	18	Haltom Road / North Beach Street	Access toMercantile Center station
	19.73	31.75	19	US 377 (Denton Highway)	No direct eastbound exit (signed at exit 18)
North Richland Hills	20.48	32.96	20A	Iron Horse Boulevard / Meadow Lakes Drive	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; access toNorth Richland Hills/Iron Horse station
				I-820 Express west toI-35W	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	21.21	34.13	20B	Rufe Snow Drive	Signed as exit 20 eastbound; access toNorth Richland Hills/Iron Horse station
	21.85	35.16	21	Holiday Lane	No direct eastbound exit (signed at exit 20)
	22.67	36.48	22A (SB) 22B (NB)	SH 26 /FM 1938 north / Bedford-Euless Road –Colleyville,TCC Northeast Campus	Access to North Hills Hospital
Hurst	23.21– 23.45	37.35– 37.74	22B (SB) 22A (NB)	SH 121 north /SH 183 east –DFW Airport,Dallas	Northern end of SH 121/SH 183 concurrency
			23A	SH 121 Express north /SH 183 Express east toFM 157	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	23.77	38.25	23B	Pipeline Road / Glenview Drive	Access to North Hills Hospital; signed as 23B northbound
	24.84	39.98	24	SH 10 east /SH 183 west	Southern end of SH 183 concurrency
	25.04	40.30	25A	SH 121 south –Downtown Fort Worth	Southern end of SH 121 concurrency
Fort Worth	25.63	41.25	25B	Trinity Boulevard
	26.98	43.42	26	Randol Mill Road
	27.81	44.76	27	John T. White Road / Bridge Street
	28.27	45.50	28A	I-30 –Dallas,Downtown Fort Worth	Signed as exits 28A (east) and 28B (west) southbound; exits 21A-C on I-30
	28.65	46.11	28B (NB) 28C (SB)	Brentwood Stair Road
	29.33	47.20	29	Meadowbrook Drive
	29.94	48.18	30A	Craig Street	No direct northbound exit (signed with SH 180)
	30.14	48.51	30A (NB) 30B (SB)	SH 180 (Lancaster Avenue)	FormerUS 80
	30.50	49.08	30B	Spur 303 (Rosedale Street)	No direct southbound exit (signed with SH 180)
	31.13	50.10	30C	Ramey Avenue
	32.07	51.61	31	East Berry Street
	32.87	52.90	32	Wilbarger Street	No direct northbound exit (signed at exit 33B); no southbound entrance
	33.28– 33.37	53.56– 53.70	33	US 287 north –Downtown Fort Worth	Northern end of US 287 concurrency
	33.50	53.91	35	Martin Street / Wilbarger Street	No southbound exit
	34.19	55.02	36	Sun Valley Drive
			39	I-20 east /US 287 south –Waxahachie,Dallas	Southbound left exit and northbound entrance; southern end of US 287 concurrency; exit 442B on I-20
	34.91	56.18		I-20 west –Abilene	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

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