The Good-Latimer Expressway is a street in the central part of

Dallas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

, in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of

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. It begins in south Dallas as an exit off U.S. Highway 175 (US 175) at that highway's western terminus at

Interstate 45 Interstate 45 (I-45) is a major Interstate Highway located entirely within the U.S. state of Texas. While most primary Interstate routes which have numbers ending in "5" are cross-country north–south routes, I-45 is comparatively short, ...

(I-45). The street travels in a north-northwest direction through south Dallas, the Cedars, the Farmers Market District of

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, and finally through Deep Ellum. It becomes Routh Street as it passes out of Deep Ellum underneath I-345 /

US 75 U.S. Route 75 is a north–south U.S. Highway that runs in the central United States. The highway's northern terminus is located at the Canadian border near Noyes, Minnesota, at a now-closed border crossing. From this point, the highway ...

. It was part of US 75 until 1987, connecting the two

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sections of the Central Expressway. From January 28, 1987, to June 25, 1991, when the portion between I-45 and I-345 / US 75 was given to the city of Dallas, that segment was Spur 559. The expressway was named for former Mayor and Judge John Jay Good and James W. "Weck" Latimer, editor of the Dallas Herald, both citizens from Dallas' pioneer past.

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Streets in Dallas U.S. Route 75 Expressways in the United States {{Texas-road-stub