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<ref name="aards">{{cite web |publisher=AA Roads Interstate Guide |title=Interstate 345 Texas |url=http://www.interstate-guide.com/i-345_tx.html |date=January 13, 2007}}</ref>
<ref name="aards">{{cite web |publisher=AA Roads Interstate Guide |title=Interstate 345 Texas |url=http://www.interstate-guide.com/i-345_tx.html |date=January 13, 2007}}</ref>
<ref name=NBI>{{cite web |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]] |work=[[National Bridge Inventory]] |title=Structure Type by Year Built |url=http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi.cfm |date=2006}}</ref>
<ref name=NBI>{{cite web |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]] |work=[[National Bridge Inventory]] |title=Structure Type by Year Built |url=http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi.cfm |date=2006}}</ref>
<ref name="dmn120503">{{cite news |first=Michael |newspaper=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |title="A toll road foe's challenge to Mayor Rawlings: Build your road, but tear down I-345, too" |url=http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2012/05/a-toll-road-foes-challenge-to.html/ |last=Lindenberger |date=May 3, 2012}}</ref>
<ref name="dmn120503">{{cite news |first=Michael |newspaper=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |title=A toll road foe's challenge to Mayor Rawlings: Build your road, but tear down I-345, too |url=http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2012/05/a-toll-road-foes-challenge-to.html/ |last=Lindenberger |date=May 3, 2012}}</ref>
<ref name="do121127">{{cite news |first=Eric |last=Nicholson |newspaper=[[Dallas Observer]] |publisher=[[Voice Media Group]] |location=[[Dallas, TX]] |url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2012/11/txdot_considering_what_to_do_w.php/ |title="TxDOT Wondering What to Do With Bridge Between I-30 and Woodall Rodgers. (Hint: They're Not Going to Tear It Down)" |date=November 27, 2012}}</ref>
<ref name="do121127">{{cite news |first=Eric |last=Nicholson |newspaper=[[Dallas Observer]] |publisher=[[Voice Media Group]] |location=[[Dallas, TX]] |url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2012/11/txdot_considering_what_to_do_w.php/ |title=TxDOT Wondering What to Do With Bridge Between I-30 and Woodall Rodgers. (Hint: They're Not Going to Tear It Down) |date=November 27, 2012}}</ref>
<ref name="dmn121212">{{cite news |last=Wilonsky |first=Robert |authorlink=Robert Wilonsky |newspaper=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |title="At TxDOT hearing, leaving comments and making the case for tearing down highway separating Deep Ellum, downtown" |url=http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2012/12/at-txdot-hearing-leaving-comments-and-making-the-case-for-tearing-down-highway-separating-deep-ellum-downtown.html/ |date=December 12, 2012}}</ref>
<ref name="dmn121212">{{cite news |last=Wilonsky |first=Robert |authorlink=Robert Wilonsky |newspaper=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |title=At TxDOT hearing, leaving comments and making the case for tearing down highway separating Deep Ellum, downtown |url=http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2012/12/at-txdot-hearing-leaving-comments-and-making-the-case-for-tearing-down-highway-separating-deep-ellum-downtown.html/ |date=December 12, 2012}}</ref>
<ref name="dmag130121">{{cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Patrick |work=[[D Magazine]] |title="How Dallas is Throwing Away $4 Billion" |url=http://www.dmagazine.com/Home/D_Magazine/2013/February/How_Dallas_is_Throwing_Away_4_Billion_Dollar_Investment.aspx |date=January 21, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="dmag130121">{{cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Patrick |work=[[D Magazine]] |title=How Dallas is Throwing Away $4 Billion |url=http://www.dmagazine.com/Home/D_Magazine/2013/February/How_Dallas_is_Throwing_Away_4_Billion_Dollar_Investment.aspx |date=January 21, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="do130528">{{cite news |first=Eric |last=Nicholson |newspaper=[[Dallas Observer]] |publisher=[[Voice Media Group]] |location=[[Dallas, TX]] |title=The Push to Tear Down I-345 Gains Steam |url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2013/05/tear_down_ih-345.php |date=May 28, 2013 |accessdate=May 28, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="do130528">{{cite news |first=Eric |last=Nicholson |newspaper=[[Dallas Observer]] |publisher=[[Voice Media Group]] |location=[[Dallas, TX]] |title=The Push to Tear Down I-345 Gains Steam |url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2013/05/tear_down_ih-345.php |date=May 28, 2013 |accessdate=May 28, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="dmn052713">{{cite news |first=Robert |last=Wilonsky |newspaper=[[Dallas Morning News]] |location=[[Dallas, TX]] |title=Update: As debate revs up, a site launches to make the case for tearing down freeway separating downtown, Deep Ellum |url=http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2013/05/tearing-down-freeway-separating-downtown-deep-ellum-makes-a-lot-of-sense-says-downtown-dallas-ceo-but.html/ |date=May 27, 2013 |accessdate=May 28, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="dmn052713">{{cite news |first=Robert |last=Wilonsky |newspaper=[[Dallas Morning News]] |location=[[Dallas, TX]] |title=Update: As debate revs up, a site launches to make the case for tearing down freeway separating downtown, Deep Ellum |url=http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2013/05/tearing-down-freeway-separating-downtown-deep-ellum-makes-a-lot-of-sense-says-downtown-dallas-ceo-but.html/ |date=May 27, 2013 |accessdate=May 28, 2013}}</ref>

Revision as of 15:42, 29 May 2013

Interstate 345 marker
Interstate 345
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length1.4 mi[1] (2.3 km)
ExistedAugust 23, 1973–present
NHSEntire route
Major junctions
South end I-30 in Dallas
North end Spur 366 in Dallas
Location
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
Highway system
← SH 344→ SH 345

Interstate 345 (I-345 or IH-345) is a 1.4-mile section of the U.S. 75 freeway connecting Interstate 45 (which ends at the intersection with Interstate 30) with the northbound U.S. 75 (North Central Expressway) at the Woodall Rodgers Freeway (Spur 366) in Dallas. Few maps actually display the road as Interstate 345. Sign posts on the road only show US 75.

Route description

Interstate 345 serves as the connection between Interstate 45 and the North Central Expressway (US 75). It starts at the intersection of Interstate 45 and Interstate 30, passes by downtown Dallas and connects to US 75 at the Spur 366 junction. The entire stretch of I-345 is elevated allowing for better connections between the Central Business District and Deep Ellum.

Although I-345 uses its own mileposts, the exit numbering is not consistent either. The exit numbers on the northbound stretch count upwards from the Interstate 45 numbers (the exit for Spur 366 being labeled as Exit 286A), while on the southbound stretch the Spur 366 exit is numbered Exit 1A, followed by the exit for Ross Avenue numbered Exit 285.[2]

History

1955 "Yellow Book" plan for Interstates in Dallas

In 1964 I-345, extending I-45 north along the proposed Central Expressway bypass, was added as a proposed state highway.[1] I-345 was built and opened in the 1970s. At the north end, before it merged into the Central Expressway (which continued to carry US 75), I-345 straddled the bridges over Bryan Street and Ross Avenue, the latter the location of the opening ceremonies in 1949.[3] Because of their location, these two bridges were not replaced in the 1990s reconstruction of the North Central Expressway, and are the only surviving grade separations from the initial construction north from downtown.[4]

In 2012 and 2013, a small but vocal minority of Dallas residents received local press coverage discussing their proposals to remove I-345.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

Exit list

The entire route is in Dallas, Dallas County.

mikmExitDestinationsNotes
I-45 – HoustonSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
284A I-30 (East R. L. Thornton Freeway)
284BMain Street west, Elm StreetNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
284CLive Oak Street – Downtown DallasSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
285Bryan Street eastNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
285Ross AvenueSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
286A
 Spur 366 (Woodall Rodgers Freeway) to I-35E – Denton		Northbound exit and southbound entrance
1A
 Spur 366 (Woodall Rodgers Freeway) to I-35E – Denton		Southbound exit

 US 75 north (North Central Expressway) – McKinney		Northbound exit and southbound entrance
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ a b "Interstate Highway No. 345". Highway Designation File. Texas Department of Transportation. October 6, 2012.
  2. ^ "Interstate 345 Texas". AA Roads Interstate Guide. January 13, 2007.
  3. ^ Dallas Morning News, North Central Turns 35 Today, August 19, 1984
  4. ^ "Structure Type by Year Built". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration. 2006.
  5. ^ Lindenberger, Michael (May 3, 2012). "A toll road foe's challenge to Mayor Rawlings: Build your road, but tear down I-345, too". The Dallas Morning News.
  6. ^ Nicholson, Eric (November 27, 2012). "TxDOT Wondering What to Do With Bridge Between I-30 and Woodall Rodgers. (Hint: They're Not Going to Tear It Down)". Dallas Observer. Dallas, TX: Voice Media Group.
  7. ^ Wilonsky, Robert (December 12, 2012). "At TxDOT hearing, leaving comments and making the case for tearing down highway separating Deep Ellum, downtown". The Dallas Morning News.
  8. ^ Kennedy, Patrick (January 21, 2013). "How Dallas is Throwing Away $4 Billion". D Magazine.
  9. ^ Nicholson, Eric (May 28, 2013). "The Push to Tear Down I-345 Gains Steam". Dallas Observer. Dallas, TX: Voice Media Group. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  10. ^ Wilonsky, Robert (May 27, 2013). "Update: As debate revs up, a site launches to make the case for tearing down freeway separating downtown, Deep Ellum". Dallas Morning News. Dallas, TX. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
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