State Highway 183
SH 183, highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length	35.942 mi[1] (57.843 km)
Existed	by 1939[1]–present
Major junctions
West end	I-20 in Fort Worth
Major intersections	US 377 in Fort Worth I-30 in Fort Worth I-35W / US 287 in Fort Worth I-820 from Hurst to N. Richland Hills SH 121 from Hurst to Bedford Pres. George Bush Turnpike / SH 161 in Irving SH 114 in Irving
East end	I-35E / US 77 in Dallas
Location
Country	United States
State	Texas
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec
← US 183 → SH 184

State Highway 183 (SH 183) is a state highway in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex in Texas. Its most heavily used section is designated Airport Freeway where it serves the southern entrance of Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport.

History

SH 183 was designated on November 30, 1932 from SH 15 east of Mesquite via Mesquite to Dallas. This highway was SH 15A before March 19, 1930, and this highway was erroneously omitted from the March 19, 1930 highway log.^[2] On September 26, 1939, it was extended to Fort Worth, replacing a section of SH 15. On October 30, 1939, SH 183 was extended west from US 81 to US 80. On October 6, 1943, SH 183 was extended south from US 80 to US 377, and SH 183 was rerouted east to US 77 northwest of Dallas. The section east of US 77 was renumbered as SH 352, and the old route west of US 77 would be designated as FM 684 on February 26, 1946, but this would be changed to SH 356 on August 8, 1946. On December 4, 1957, SH 183 was rerouted to end at I 35-E, and the old route of SH 183 was transferred to Loop 12. On May 13, 1977, SH 183 was extended southeast to I-20 over cancelled Loop 820. On August 29, 1979, SH 183 was rerouted over Spur 350 and SH 121 and I-820. The old route of SH 183 was redesignated as SH 10.

Route description

Its eastern terminus is the interchange with Interstate 35E in Dallas. It leads northwest as the John W. Carpenter Freeway, then moves westward at the three-way interchange with State Highway 114 and Loop 12 at the former site of Texas Stadium (from which Highway 114 continues as the Carpenter Freeway). The freeway continues as Airport Freeway on its westerly course through Irving, and forms the southern boundary of DFW Airport.

Moving into Tarrant County, the freeway, still called Airport Freeway, continues west through Euless, Bedford, and Hurst. In Bedford, 183 joins State Highway 121 and both follow the same co-signed westerly route. At the intersection with Interstate 820, 183 and 121 turn south with the interstate, and all three highways briefly share the same co-signed route.

Highway 183 leaves I-820 after less than two miles (3.2 km) at a parclo interchange with State Highway 10 (a route that formed the original pre-freeway alignment of SH 183). 183 then turns west as it becomes a surface street, Baker Boulevard, through Richland Hills. After entering Haltom City, 183 joins State Highway 26 and, briefly, U.S. Highway 377, leading southwest through Haltom City as East Belknap Street. At an intersection with Northeast 28th Street and Midway Road, 183 turns west onto the former. After entering the Fort Worth city limits, 183 intersects Interstate 35W/US 287 in a parclo interchange, then passes the historic Fort Worth Stock Yards.

In western Fort Worth and its environs, Highway 183 forms a partial ring road. In northwest Fort Worth, this semicircular route begins when 183 curves southwest as Ephriham Avenue. Continuing southwest, 183 becomes River Oaks Boulevard in River Oaks, Westworth Boulevard in Westworth Village, and Alta Mere Drive as it passes the eastern boundaries of Fort Worth Naval Air Base and White Settlement. Turning south past Ridgmar Mall and a cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 30, 183 crosses Spur 580 (formerly U.S. Highway 80, part of the Bankhead Highway) and again meets U.S. Highway 377 at a rotary intersection, referred to locally as a traffic circle. From the circle, it turns southeast as Southwest Boulevard, again becoming a freeway and passing through Benbrook before reaching its southern terminus at Interstate 20 and Southwest Loop 820 near Hulen Mall. This freeway segment served as the alignment of Interstates 20 and 820 before the current route was completed in the early 1980s.

Exit list

The entire route is located inside Tarrant and Dallas counties.

County	Location	mi[3]	km	Destinations	Notes
Tarrant	Fort Worth	0.0	0.0	I-20 / Hulen Street – Dallas	I-20 exit 432 westbound.
		0.9	1.4	Chisholm Trail Parkway / Bryant Irvin Road	No westbound exit
	Benbrook	1.3	2.1	Crosslands Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Fort Worth	1.9	3.1	Ridglea Country Club Drive
		2.2	3.5	Vickery Boulevard	interchange; west end of freeway
		3.6	5.8	US 377 (Benbrook Highway / Camp Bowie Boulevard)	Traffic circle
		4.0	6.4	Spur 580 (Camp Bowie West Boulevard)
		5.0	8.0	I-30 / Spur 341 (Lockheed Boulevard) – Weatherford	Exit 7B on I-30
	Westworth Village	7.0	11.3	NAS Fort Worth JRB / FMC Carswell	Interchange
	Fort Worth	10.0	16.1	SH 199 (Jacksboro Highway)
		10.8	17.4	FM 1220 north (Azle Avenue)
		12.2	19.6	Bus. US 287 (North Main Street)
		13.8	22.2	I-35W / US 287	I-35W exit 54
	Haltom City	16.8	27.0	US 377 south (Belknap Street)	West end of overlap with US 377
		17.3	27.8	US 377 north (Denton Highway)	East end of overlap with US 377
		18.6	29.9	SH 26 north	Interchange; no eastbound entrance
	Richland Hills	19.0	30.6	To Rufe Snow Drive (Spur 474) / SH 26
	Hurst	20.9	33.6	I-820 south / SH 121 south / SH 10 east – Downtown Fort Worth	west end of I-820 / SH 121 overlap; SH 183 west follows exit 24A
		21.7	34.9	Pipeline Road / Glenview Drive	I-820 exit 23, access to North Hills Hospital
				SH 121 Express north / SH 183 Express east to FM 157	eastbound exit and westbound entrance; I-820 exit 23A
		22.0	35.4	SH 26 / FM 1938 north (Davis Boulevard) / Bedford-Euless Road – Colleyville, TCC Northeast Campus	I-820 exit 22B
		22.6	36.4	I-820 west	north end of I-820 overlap; SH 183 east follows exit 22A
		23.5	37.8	FM 3029 north (Precinct Line Road) / Hurstview Drive
	Hurst–Bedford line	24.8	39.9	Norwood Drive / Brown Trail
	Bedford	25.6	41.2	Bedford Road / Forest Ridge Drive
		26.4	42.5	Central Drive / Forest Ridge Drive
		27.1	43.6	SH 121 north – DFW Airport North Entry	East end of SH 121 overlap; no direct westbound exit (signed at Murphy Drive)
		27.4	44.1	Westpark Way / Murphy Drive
				SH 121 Express south / SH 183 Express west to I-820	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Bedford–Euless line	28.6	46.0	FM 157 (Industrial Boulevard)
	Euless	29.1	46.8	Ector Drive	no direct westbound exit (signed at Euless Main Street)
		29.3	47.2	Euless Main Street
		30.3	48.8	SH 10 west	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Fort Worth	30.8	49.6	SH 360 / FAA Road – Grand Prairie, Arlington, Grapevine, Euless
		31.5	50.7	Amon Carter Boulevard
		32.0	51.5	DFW Airport (International Parkway)
Dallas	Irving	32.6	52.5	County Line Road / Valley View Lane
		33.4	53.8	Pres. George Bush Turnpike / SH 161 north
		33.8	54.4	Esters Road
		34.7	55.8	SH 356 (Irving Boulevard) / Belt Line Road
		35.7	57.5	Story Road
				Frontage Road	westbound access only
		36.7	59.1	MacArthur Boulevard	Access to Baylor Medical Center of Irving
		37.2	59.9	O'Connor Road
		38.0	61.2	Frontage Road
		38.5	62.0	Carl Road
		39.1	62.9	University of Dallas	Westbound exit only
		39.4	63.4	Loop 12
		40.2	64.7	SH 114 / Spur 482 – Grapevine, DFW Airport North Entry
		40.6	65.3	Grauwyler Road
	Dallas	41.3	66.5	Regal Row
		42.2	67.9	Frontage Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		42.5	68.4	Mockingbird Lane – Dallas Love Field Airport
		42.7	68.7	I-35E south (US 77)	I-35E exit 433A
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Unopened

References

Bibliography

• Fort Worth Street Map. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1990. ISBN 0-528-96843-2
• "Dallas/Ft. Worth & Vicinity." Texas Atlas & Gazetteer. First edition. Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping, 1995. ISBN 0-89933-241-2
• "Dallas/Ft. Worth & Vicinity." The Road Atlas: United States, Canada & Mexico. Skokie, Illinois: Rand McNally, 2001. ISBN 0-528-84286-2