 State Highway 183 | ||||
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 SH 183, highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byTxDOT | ||||
| Length | 35.942 mi[1] (57.843 km) | |||
| Existed | by 1939[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  I-20 inFort Worth | |||
| Major intersections |  US 377 in Fort Worth
 SH 114 in Irving | |||
| East end |   I-35E /US 77 inDallas | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Highway 183 (SH 183) is astate highway in theDallas–Fort Worth metroplex inTexas. Its most heavily used section is designatedAirport Freeway where it serves the southern entrance ofDFW Airport.
SH 183 was designated on November 30, 1932 fromSH 15 east of Mesquite via Mesquite to Dallas. This highway was SH 15A before March 19, 1930, and this highway was erroneously omitted from the March 19, 1930 highway log.[2] On September 26, 1939, it was extended to Fort Worth, replacing a section ofSH 15. On October 30, 1939, SH 183 was extended west from US 81 to US 80. On October 6, 1943, SH 183 was extended south from US 80 to US 377, and SH 183 was rerouted east to US 77 northwest of Dallas. The section east of US 77 was renumbered asSH 352, and the old route west of US 77 would be designated asFM 684 on February 26, 1946, but this would be changed toSH 356 on August 8, 1946. On December 4, 1957, SH 183 was rerouted to end at I 35-E, and the old route of SH 183 was transferred to Loop 12. On May 13, 1977, SH 183 was extended southeast to I-20 over cancelled Loop 820. On August 29, 1979, SH 183 was rerouted overSpur 350 and SH 121 and I-820. The old route of SH 183 was redesignated asSH 10.
TX 183 begins in southFort Worth, nearHulen Mall, heading to the northwest as a freeway from an interchange withI-20 and theChisholm Trail Parkway. Entitled Southwest Boulevard, TX 183 crosses the Clear Fork of theTrinity River and meets Vickery Boulevard in a foldeddiamond interchange, from which it reverts to a three-lanearterial road. The route meets withUS 377 in a largeroundabout, shortly before heading north as Alta Mere Drive into an intersection with Camp Bowie West Boulevard (Spur 580). TX 183 meetsI-30 in acloverleaf interchange nearRidgmar Mall, turns northeast, and follows along the eastern boundaries ofFort Worth Naval Air Base andWhite Settlement as Westworth Boulevard.
EnteringWestworth Village heading east, TX 183 forms a trumpet interchange with northbound Pumphrey Drive, connects with White Settlement Road, crosses the West Fork of the Trinity River, and becomes River Oaks Boulevard as it entersRiver Oaks. The road meets the intersection with Jacksboro Boulevard (TX 199) and is named Ephriham Avenue until it enters the North Side neighborhood of Fort Worth, where the road is called NW 28th Street. TX 183 continues east as NE 28th Street, passing north of theFort Worth Stockyards and running over the interchange withI-35W, after which it forms the northern boundaries ofMount Olivet Cemetery.
TX 183 proceeds through the residential neighborhoods ofHaltom City until it joins US 377 at an intersection, turning northeast onto Belknap Street. US 377 departs from Belknap Street at Denton Highway, leaving TX 183 on Belknap Street until the route diverges eastward from Belknap Street and the southern terminus ofTX 26 as Baker Boulevard. The route continues throughRichland Hills until meeting the interchange withI-820 concurrent withTX 121. TX 183 turns north, joining both routes, and turns east along with TX 121 as I-820 turns west at a large interchange inNorth Richland Hills. In northernHurst, TX 183 and TX 121 are joined with theNorth Tarrant Express tollway from the I-820 interchange. TX 121 departs at another interchange inBedford. TX 183, along with its tollway, remains on the Airport Freeway, meetingTX 360 in an interchange atEuless. The route connects with the southern end ofInternational Parkway, which proceeds north intoDFW Airport as TX 183 continues eastward.
EnteringDallas County, TX 183 forms an interchange with thePresident George Bush Turnpike. As the route entersIrving, it forms acloverleaf interchange with NorthBelt Line Road, which connects with Irving Boulevard (TX 356). TX 183 then enters the former site of theTexas Stadium, proceeding into an interchange with Walton Walker Boulevard (Loop 12) and its toll road.Spur 482 stems off the highway before TX 183 merges withTX 114, heading southeast as John W. Carpenter Freeway until both routes terminate in a merger withI-35E inDallas.
All exits are unnumbered.
| County | Location | mi[3] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Tarrant | Fort Worth | 0.0 | 0.0 | I-20 / Hulen Street –Dallas | I-20 exit 432 westbound. |
| 0.9 | 1.4 |  Chisholm Trail Parkway / Bryant Irvin Road | No westbound exit | ||
| Benbrook | 1.3 | 2.1 | Crosslands Road | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
| Fort Worth | 1.9 | 3.1 | Ridglea Country Club Drive | ||
| 2.2 | 3.5 | Vickery Boulevard | interchange; west end of the freeway | ||
| 3.6 | 5.8 | US 377 (Benbrook Highway/Camp Bowie West Boulevard) | Traffic circle | ||
| 4.0 | 6.4 |  Spur 580 (Camp Bowie West Boulevard) | |||
| 5.0 | 8.0 |   I-30 /Spur 341 (Lockheed Boulevard) –Weatherford | Exit 7B (I-30) | ||
| Westworth Village | 7.0 | 11.3 | NAS Fort Worth JRB /FMC Carswell | Interchange | |
| Fort Worth | 10.0 | 16.1 |  SH 199 (Jacksboro Highway) | ||
| 10.8 | 17.4 |   FM 1220 north (Azle Avenue) | |||
| 12.2 | 19.6 |   Bus. US 287 (North Main Street) | |||
| 13.8 | 22.2 |  I-35W /US 287 | Exit 54 (I-35W) | ||
| Haltom City | 16.8 | 27.0 |  US 377 south (Belknap Street) | West end of the overlap with US 377 | |
| 17.3 | 27.8 | US 377 north (Denton Highway) | East end of the overlap with US 377 | ||
| 18.6 | 29.9 |  SH 26 north | Interchange; no eastbound entrance | ||
| Richland Hills | 19.0 | 30.6 |  To Rufe Snow Drive /SH 26 | ||
| Hurst | 20.9 | 33.6 |    I-820 south /SH 121 south –Downtown Ft Worth  SH 10 east | West end of the overlap with I-820 / SH 121; SH 183 west follows exit 24A | |
| 21.7 | 34.9 |  Pipeline Road/Glenview Drive | Exit 23 (I-820), access to North Hills Hospital | ||
   SH 121 Express north /SH 183 Express east toFM 157 | eastbound exit and westbound entrance; Exit 23A (I-820) | ||||
| 22.0 | 35.4 |  SH 26 /FM 1938 north (Davis Bouleavrd) / Bedford-Euless Road –Colleyville,TCC Northeast Campus | Exit 22B (I-820) | ||
| 22.6 | 36.4 |  I-820 west | North end of the overlap with I-820; SH 183 east follows exit 22A | ||
| 23.5 | 37.8 |  FM 3029 north (Precinct Line Road) / Hurstview Drive | |||
| Hurst–Bedford line | 24.8 | 39.9 | Norwood Drive, Brown Trail | ||
| Bedford | 25.6 | 41.2 | Bedford Road, Forest Ridge Drive | ||
| 26.4 | 42.5 | Central Drive, Forest Ridge Drive | |||
| 27.1 | 43.6 | SH 121 north –DFW Airport NORTH ENTRY | East end of the overlap with SH 121; no direct westbound exit (signed at Murphy Drive) | ||
| 27.4 | 44.1 | Westpark Way/Murphy Drive | |||
  SH 121 Express south /SH 183 Express west toI-820 | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
| Bedford–Euless line | 28.6 | 46.0 | FM 157 (Industrial Boulevard) | ||
| Euless | 29.1 | 46.8 | Ector Drive | no direct westbound exit (signed at Euless Main Street) | |
| 29.3 | 47.2 | Euless Main Street | |||
| 30.3 | 48.8 | SH 10 west | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| Fort Worth | 30.8 | 49.6 |  SH 360 / FAA Road –Grand Prairie,Arlington,Grapevine,Euless | ||
| 31.5 | 50.7 | Amon Carter Boulevard | |||
| 32.0 | 51.5 | DFW Airport | |||
| Dallas | Irving | 32.6 | 52.5 | County Line Road, Valley View Lane | |
| 33.4 | 53.8 |   Pres. George Bush Turnpike /SH 161 north | |||
| 33.8 | 54.4 | Esters Road | |||
| 34.7 | 55.8 |  SH 356 (Irving Boulevard) /Belt Line Road | |||
| 35.7 | 57.5 | Story Road | |||
| Frontage Road | Westbound access only | ||||
| 36.7 | 59.1 | MacArthur Boulevard | Access to Baylor Medical Center of Irving | ||
| 37.2 | 59.9 | O'Connor Road | |||
| 38.0 | 61.2 | Frontage Road | |||
| 38.5 | 62.0 | Carl Road | |||
| 39.1 | 62.9 | University of Dallas | Westbound exit only | ||
| 39.4 | 63.4 |  Loop 12 | |||
| 40.2 | 64.7 |  SH 114 /Spur 482 –Grapevine,DFW Airport NORTH ENTRY | |||
| 40.6 | 65.3 | Grauwyler Road | |||
| Dallas | 41.3 | 66.5 | Regal Row | ||
| 42.2 | 67.9 | Frontage Road | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 42.5 | 68.4 | Mockingbird Lane –Dallas Love Field Airport | |||
| 42.7 | 68.7 | I-35E south | Exit 433A (I-35E) | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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