US 75 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained byTxDOT | ||||
| Length | 75.2 mi[1] (121.0 km) | |||
| Existed | 1927–present | |||
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| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | Dallas,Collin,Grayson | |||
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U.S. Highway 75 (US 75) is a part of theU.S. Highway System that travels fromI-345 inDallas, Texas northward to theCanadian border inNoyes, Minnesota. In the state ofTexas it runs from I-345 in Dallas and heads north to theOklahoma state line, a distance of about 75.3 miles (121.2 km).
In the initial assignment of state highways in 1917,Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston were connected by a branch ofState Highway 2 (SH 2, theMeridian Highway), which ran viaWaco andBryan and continued on toGalveston. The more direct route followed by US 75 was not initially part of the system betweenRichland (connected to Dallas bySH 14) andHuntsville (connected to Houston bySH 19).[2][3] This Richland–Huntsville cutoff was added by 1919 asSH 32,[4] and US 75 was assigned to the alignment, as well asSH 6 north of Dallas, in 1926.[5] The branch of SH 2, which US 75 followed between Houston and Galveston, eventually became part of SH 6,[citation needed] and these numbers were dropped in the 1939 renumbering.
Prior to the coming of theInterstate Highway System in the late 1950s, the only improvements to US 75 in Texas beyond building a two-lane paved roadway were in the Houston and Dallas areas.[citation needed] However, the highways in and near these cities included some of the firstfreeways in the state: the Gulf Freeway (Houston, opened to traffic on October 1, 1948) and theCentral Expressway. WhenI-45 was built in the 1960s, its alignment bypassed many of the towns and built-up areas betweenDowntown Dallas andHouston. The bypassed routes retained the US 75 designation until the designation was truncated to Downtown Dallas in 1987. Many of the original alignments continue to exist under other designations.
In Dallas, the route followed what is now theGood Latimer Expressway (formerlySpur 559)[6] southeast, out of downtown, alongUS 175 and south alongSH 310.[7]
NearFerris,Trumbull,Palmer,Ennis, andCorsicana I-45 veers east to avoid the more populated areas. The old US 75 alignments through these towns, decommissioned in 1987, now carry the following designations:

ThroughStreetman,Fairfield,Buffalo,Centerville,Madisonville,Huntsville,New Waverly,Willis, andConroe, US 75 followed what is nowSH 75.[13]
In Galveston, the alignment ofSH 87 from 20th Street to the southern terminus of I-45 was also part of US 75 until its 1987 truncation.[14]
In other cases alignments were bypassed while US 75 remained in existence; they now carry the following designations:
US 75 begins atI-345, an unsigned auxiliary route ofI-45 and heads north, first interchangingSpur 366 in the northeastern part of downtownDallas. The highway then interchanges withSL 12 (Northwest Highway) before forming theHigh Five Interchange withI-635. Then, it interchanges with thePresident George Bush Turnpike as it continues north throughPlano. It then interchanges with theSam Rayburn Tollway, becoming concurrent withSH 121 and then heads throughMcKinney and interchanging withUS 380. The stretch through McKinney is largely unchanged from its original design except for its intersection at theSam Rayburn Tollway.[18] to replace the original interchange. Plans to upgrade the facility through and north of McKinney are under way with the reconstruction of the US 380 bridge. US 75 then splits from SH 121 inMelissa and continues north. InSherman, the route crosses overSH 56 and thenUS 82. North ofDenison, it becomes concurrent withUS 69 for the next 2 miles (3.2 km) before crossing over theRed River and intoOklahoma.
Theexit numbers for US 75 are not based on mile markers; instead, the exits were numbered consecutively (the only remaining stretch of road in Texas with such a system). As the bypass route was completed around the Sherman–Denison area, the numbering system was continued for the new exits. Upon completion of the widened Central Expressway through Dallas, the exit numbering was changed for the section south of I-635 to correspond with the new (and fewer number of) exits, based on mileage, but the numbering system north of I-635 was left unchanged, thus explaining the gap in the current numbering system.
| County | Location | mi | km | Old exit | New exit | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas | Dallas | 0.0 | 0.0 | Southern terminus; access viaI-345 | |||
| 286A (NB) 1A (SB) | Access viaSpur 366 (Woodall Rodgers Freeway) | ||||||
| 0.2 | 0.32 | 1–2 | 1A | Hall Street, Lemmon Avenue | Northbound exit and entrance | ||
| 0.7 | 1.1 | 2–4 | 1B | Haskell Avenue/Blackburn Street, Lemmon Avenue, Fitzhugh Avenue | |||
| 1.6 | 2.6 | 4–6 | 2 | Knox Street/Henderson Avenue, Fitzhugh Avenue, Monticello Avenue | |||
| 3.0 | 4.8 | 6–10 | 3 | Access toSMU/Mockingbird station | |||
| 4.1 | 6.6 | 10–12 | 4A | Lovers Lane, SMU Boulevard, Southwestern Boulevard | |||
| 4.8 | 7.7 | 13 | 4B | Caruth Haven Lane | No direct southbound exit (signed at exit 5A) | ||
| 5.0 | 8.0 | 14–15 | 5A | ||||
| 5.2 | 8.4 | 16 | 5B | Access toPark Lane station | |||
| 6.1 | 9.8 | 17–18 | 6 | Access toWalnut Hill station,Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, and Walnut Hill Medical Center | |||
| 7.3 | 11.7 | 18–19 | 7 | Royal Lane, Meadow Road | |||
| 8.1 | 13.0 | 20A | 8A | No direct southbound exit (signed at exit 20); access toForest Lane station, Forest Park Medical Center–Dallas, andMedical City Dallas Hospital | |||
| 8.3 | 13.4 | 20B | 8B | Coit Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 8.7 | 14.0 | 20 | Churchill Way | Signed as exit 20B northbound | |||
| 9.0 | 14.5 | 21 | High Five Interchange; exit 19A on I-635 | ||||
| Tolled; southern terminus of managed HOV lanes; southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||||||
| ♦ | Managed HOV lanes access only; southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||||
| 10.4 | 16.7 | 22A | Frontage Road | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
| 9.6 | 15.4 | 22 | Midpark Road | ||||
| Richardson | 10.5 | 16.9 | 23 | Access toSpring Valley station | |||
| 11.2 | 18.0 | 24 | Belt Line Road/Main Street | ||||
| 12.1 | 19.5 | 25 | Access toArapaho Center station | ||||
| 12.9 | 20.8 | 26 | Campbell Road, Collins Boulevard, Galatyn Parkway | ||||
| Collin | 14.1 | 22.7 | 27 | Signed as exit 27A northbound; access toGalatyn Park station | |||
| Richardson–Plano line | 15.4 | 24.8 | 28A | Access toCityLine/Bush station; 15th Street is formerFM 544 | |||
| 15.7 | 25.3 | 28B | Northbound entrance includes direct exit ramp onto 15th Street (exit 29) | ||||
| Plano | 16.5 | 26.6 | 29 | No northbound exit; access to Medical Center of Plano; 15th Street is formerFM 544 | |||
| 17.6 | 28.3 | 30 | Access toParker Road station | ||||
| 18.8 | 30.3 | 31 | Spring Creek Parkway | Southbound access via exit 32 | |||
| 20.1 | 32.3 | 32 | Legacy Drive | ||||
| Allen | ♦ | Managed HOV lanes | Northern terminus of Managed HOV lanes; southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||
| 21.5 | 34.6 | 32A | Frontage Road | Southbound exit only | |||
| 22.1 | 35.6 | 33 | Bethany Drive | ||||
| 22.5 | 36.2 | 34 | McDermott Drive | FormerFM 2170 | |||
| 23.6 | 38.0 | 35 | Allen Drive | Southbound access via exit 36 | |||
| 23.9 | 38.5 | 36 | Access to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen | ||||
| Fairview–Allen line | 24.4 | 39.3 | 37 | Stacy Road | FormerFM 2786 east; FM 2786 is still signed on the exit sign | ||
| 26.5 | 42.6 | 38A | Ridgeview Drive | ||||
| 26.6 | 42.8 | 38B | Northbound exit only; access to Medical Center of McKinney | ||||
| Fairview–Allen– McKinney city tripoint | 26.8 | 43.1 | 38C | No direct access from US 75 south to Spur 399/SH 5 | |||
| 27.6 | 44.4 | 39A | Southern end of the concurrency with SH 121; access to Medical Center of McKinney | ||||
| McKinney | 28.7 | 46.2 | 39B | Frontage Road | Southbound exit only | ||
| 28.9 | 46.5 | 40A | Louisiana Street/Virginia Parkway | FormerFM 3038 west; former Spur 359 east | |||
| 30.4 | 48.9 | 40B | White Avenue | No direct southbound exit | |||
| 31.2 | 50.2 | 41 | Access to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center McKinney | ||||
| 31.7 | 51.0 | 42 | Wilmeth Road | Signed as exit 42A northbound and exit 42B southbound | |||
| 32.7 | 52.6 | 42 | Bloomdale Road | Signed as exit 42B northbound and exit 42A southbound | |||
| 33.4 | 53.8 | 43 | |||||
| Melissa | 35.4 | 57.0 | 45 | 44-45 | Northern end of the concurrency with SH 121; northbound exit and southbound entrance; exit 44 northbound and exit 45 southbound | ||
| 35.7 | 57.5 | 44 | 45 | Bucees Boulevard not signed southbound; SH 121 access southbound only | |||
| 36.3 | 58.4 | 46 | Melissa Road | ||||
| 38.4 | 61.8 | 47A | Throckmorton Road | ||||
| Anna | 39.0 | 62.8 | 47B | Collin County Outer Loop | |||
| 40.9 | 65.8 | 48A | |||||
| 41.5 | 66.8 | 48B | Rosamond Parkway | ||||
| 43.8 | 70.5 | 49 | Mantua Road | ||||
| Collin–Grayson county line | Van Alstyne | 45.0 | 72.4 | 50 | County Line Road | ||
| Grayson | 46.2 | 74.4 | 51 | Due to confusion between this road and SH 121 to the south, southbound signs are marked "DFW Traffic Use Exit 38C" | |||
| Van Alstyne–Howe city line | 49.7 | 80.0 | 52 | Blythe Road/West Farmington Road | |||
| Howe | 51.9 | 83.5 | 53 | ||||
| 54.3 | 87.4 | 54 | |||||
| Sherman | 55.8 | 89.8 | 54A | Shepherd Drive | |||
| 57.4 | 92.4 | 55 | Frontage Road | ||||
| 59.1 | 95.1 | 56 | 57 | ||||
| 59.6 | 95.9 | 56A | South Travis Street | Former northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
| 59.9 | 96.4 | 56B | Frontage Road | Former northbound exit only | |||
| 60.5 | 97.4 | 57 | 58 | Park Avenue, Center Street | |||
| 61.9 | 99.6 | 58 | 59 | ||||
| 62.3 | 100.3 | 59 | Washington Street | ||||
| 62.9 | 101.2 | 60 | |||||
| 63.2 | 101.7 | 61 | No southbound exit | ||||
| 63.9 | 102.8 | 62 | Lamberth Road, Taylor Street | No northbound entrance | |||
| 64.3 | 103.5 | 63 | Exit 642 on US 82 | ||||
| 64.8 | 104.3 | 64 | South Loy Lake Road, Fallon Drive | ||||
| Sherman–Denison city line | 67.2 | 108.1 | 65 | Access to Texoma Medical Center | |||
| Denison | 68.3 | 109.9 | 66 | Spur 503 exit 596 to US 75 northbound | |||
| 68.8 | 110.7 | 67 | North Loy Lake Road | ||||
| 70.1 | 112.8 | 68 | Crawford Street | ||||
| 71.0 | 114.3 | 69 | |||||
| 72.2 | 116.2 | 70 | |||||
| 73.3 | 118.0 | 71 | Randell Lake Road | ||||
| 74.3 | 119.6 | 72 | |||||
| 75.3 | 121.2 | 73 | Southern end of the concurrency with US 69 | ||||
| 76.1 | 122.5 | 74 | Frontage Road | Southbound exit and entrance | |||
| 77.2 | 124.2 | 75 | Texas Travel Info Center | Southern end of the concurrency with northbound US 69; signed as exit 74 northbound | |||
| 77.4 | 124.6 | Continuation into Oklahoma | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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