Northwest Highway is a major highway/road in the
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area of
Texas. The highway was originally built as the route of
State Highway 114
The following highways are numbered 114:
Canada
* New Brunswick Route 114
* Prince Edward Island Route 114
Costa Rica
* National Route 114
Germany
* Bundesautobahn 114 (A114)
India
* National Highway 114 (India)
Japan
* Route 114 (Japan)
...
(SH 114) into
Dallas. The road has been the site of major development for almost half a decade, especially in Dallas. The route is known as other names at various points. This includes Northwest Parkway (SH 114 from SH 170 to the
Dallas county line) and Northwest Drive in
Mesquite.
Route description
SH 114 and Bus. SH 114-L
Northwest Highway begins at
SH 170 at the
Westlake
Westlake may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Westlake, Canberra, a ghost town suburb of Canberra
* Westlake, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane
New Zealand
* Westlake, New Zealand, a suburb of Auckland
** Westlake Girls High School
** Westlake Boys ...
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Trophy Club
Trophy Club is a suburb of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. When established in the 1970s, it was one of the earliest premier planned communities in Texas, built around the only golf course designed by Ben Hogan. It is located west of DFW Airport ...
line. Here, the highway is known as Northwest Parkway. The highway runs through
Southlake and leaves SH 114 onto the
Grapevine business route, Bus. SH 114-L. The Grapevine segment is the first to be signed as Northwest Highway. The highway has a short concurrency with
SH 26 in the eastern part of town. Northwest rejoins SH 114 (which is concurrent with
SH 121) near the north entrance of
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. SH 121 leaves at the next exit towards
Lewisville and onto the
Sam Rayburn Tollway.
At the Dallas-Tarrant county line, the highway's name becomes the John W. Carpenter Freeway, into
Irving Irving may refer to:
People
*Irving (name), including a list of people with the name
Fictional characters
* Irving, the main character's love interest in Cathy (comic strip)
* Lloyd Irving, the main protagonist in the ''Tales of Symphonia'' vide ...
. The highway crosses the
President George Bush Turnpike and leaves 114 shortly after this. Northwest traverses onto Spur 348.
Spur 348, Loop 12 and Spur 244
All 3.9 miles of Spur 348 runs along Northwest Highway from SH 114 to
Loop 12
Loop 12 is a state highway that runs mostly within the city limits of Dallas, Texas. The western segment of the loop is named after General Walton Walker, who served and died in South Korea. During the 1950s and 1960s, Loop 12 was the outer bel ...
. Spur 348 was designated on February 22, 1961, from Loop 12 to IH-35E. On January 1, 1971, Spur 348, as well as the old route of SH 114, became part of rerouted Loop 12, while Spur 348 was reassigned to the route from Loop 12 to SH 114 along the old location of SH 114. The old route of Loop 12 became
Spur 482. Loop 12 joins Northwest Highway from the south just west of
I-35E. The Loop 12 section is the busiest part of the highway. In the western part of the Loop 12 segment, Northwest runs along the north shore of
Bachman Lake
Bachman Lake is a small freshwater lake located in the Bachman Lake community of northwest Dallas, Texas (USA). It covers and lies on the northwest boundary of Dallas Love Field in the airport's landing path and the western boundary of the upscal ...
, which is just north of
Love Field. After the
Dallas North Tollway
The Dallas North Tollway (DNT, or simply the Tollway) is a controlled-access toll road operated by the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA), which runs from Interstate 35E near downtown Dallas, Texas (USA), to U.S. Highway 380, in Frisco, T ...
intersection, Northwest Highway runs past
Preston Hollow (whose town hall was located on NW HWY before being annexed by Dallas in 1945) and then forms the northern border of
University Park and interchanges with
US 75 near
Northpark Mall. Loop 12 leaves the highway to the south just northeast of White Rock Lake where the Spur 244 designation begins. Spur 244 ends at
SH 78 (Garland Road) just short of
I-635 Interstate 635 may refer to:
* Interstate 635 (Kansas–Missouri), a connector highway between Interstate 35 in Overland Park, Kansas and Interstate 29 in Kansas City, Missouri, signed as the Harry Darby Memorial Highway
* Interstate 635 (Texas), ...
. All 2.9 miles of Spur 244 is signed as Northwest Highway. Spur 244 was designated on June 21, 1951 on its current route.
Garland Road to Belt Line Road
After passing under I-635, Northwest Highway enters
Garland. The highway follows an east-west run to Centerville Road, where it turns to the southeast. After the La Prada Drive intersection, Northwest Highway enters
Mesquite as Northwest Drive. The road changes directions again, back to an eastbound route, at
I-30. The road travels for about another mile before ending at
Belt Line Road.
Junction list
NOTE: There are no mileposts along this highway.
References
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Transportation in Denton County, Texas
Transportation in Tarrant County, Texas
Transportation in Dallas County, Texas