The Stemmons Corridor or Lower Stemmons is a stretch of industrial and commercial property in
northwest
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Dallas
Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County ...
,
Texas
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(
USA). From
downtown
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north,
Interstate 35E (I-35E) is known as the Stemmons Freeway, named so for
Leslie Stemmons
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by his son,
John M. Stemmons. It lies north of downtown, west of
Oak Lawn, east of the
Trinity River and
Irving, and south of the Elm Fork of the Trinity River. The area has a considerable amount of hotels and office towers. Property in the district accounts for 20% of Dallas' tax base. I-35E in Dallas Texas is currently the widest freeway in the DFW area with 16 total lanes, 10 lanes of high speed freeway with 6 lanes of access roads, stretching from the Woodall Rodgers Expressway in Downtown Dallas to the State Highway 183 split. I-35E is one of the most congested freeways in the country.
Neighborhoods
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Dallas Market Center
Dallas Market Center is a 5 million square foot (460,000 m2) wholesale trade center in Dallas, Texas, the United States, located at 2200 Stemmons Freeway, housing showrooms which sells consumer products including gifts, lighting, home décor, app ...
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Victory Park (also considered part of
downtown
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or
Oak Lawn).
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Arlington Park
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(also considered a part of
West Dallas).
Infrastructure
Health systems
Southwestern Medical Center
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern or UTSW) is a public academic health science center in Dallas, Texas. With approximately 18,800 employees, more than 2,900 full-time faculty, and nearly 4 million outpatient vi ...
,
Parkland Memorial Hospital (County Hospital), Dallas county Children's Medical center, and
St. Paul Hospital is located in the Stemmons Corridor.
Transportation
Commuter rail
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Medical/Market Center (TRE station)
Light rail
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DART
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* Dart, the equipment in the game of darts
Arts, entertainment and media
* Dart (comics), an Image Comics superhero
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: and
Highways
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Interstate 35E
See also
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References
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