Interstate 820

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Interstate 820 Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	35.2 mi[1] (56.6 km)
Formed:	1959[1]
CCW end:	I-20
Major junctions:	I-30 I-35W SH 121/SH 183 U.S. Highway 287
CW end:	I-20
Highways in Texas < I-635 SH 824 >

Interstate 820 (abbreviated I-820) is a loop of Interstate 20 in Fort Worth, Texas of approximately 35 miles around the city and some of its suburbs. Exit numbers begin at its intersection with I-20 in southwest Fort Worth, and continue in a clockwise direction around the city until it ends at its intersection with I-20 in southeast Fort Worth. A portion of I-820 in the northeast quadrant is co-signed with State Highway 121 as well as State Highway 183. The northwest segment of the loop is officially designated as the Jim Wright Freeway after former United States House Speaker Jim Wright. However, the name is not commonly used, the colloquial reference by the general public is 820.

[edit] Route description

I-20 begins in the southwestern Fort Worth at an interchange with I-20. It heads north from this interchange to an junction with Spur 580 before reaching I-30 at a stack interchange. Continuing to the north, the Interstate begins to turn to the northeast as it approaches Lake Worth. It passes near Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth as it passes over Lake Worth. I-820 passes through the city of Lake Worth briefly with junctions at SH 199 and FM 1220 before reentering Fort Worth city limits. Continuing to the northeast, a junction with U.S. Highway 287 Business provides access to Fort Worth Meacham International Airport. At an interchange with FM 156 in the city of Saginaw, I-820 begins to head towards the east. Continuing east, I-820 has a junction with I-35W at a stack interchange. The freeway enters the city limits of Haltom City at North Beach Street and has an interchange with US 377 before entering North Richland Hills. As it passes through North Richland Hills, the freeway turns towards the southeast briefly before turning back towards the east at SH 26. As it enters Hurst the freeway has an interchange with a concurrent SH 121 and State Highway 183. I-820 begins to head south after the interchange, now running concurrently with SH 121 and SH 183. At an interchange with SH 10, SH 183 leaves the concurrency to the west. At the next exit, SH 121 leaves I-820 towards the southwest. Continuing towards the South, I-820 leaves Hurst and reenters the Fort Worth city limits. Heading south through eastern Fort Worth, I-820 has a second junction with I-30, also at a stack interchange. After the interchange, the freeway continues south to a junction at SH 180 near Lake Arlington. I-820 begins to follow the western shore of Lake Arlington to an interchange with US 287. I-820 and US 287 both continue to the south to an interchange with I-20 at the end of I-820.^[2]

[edit] Exit list

The entire route is in Tarrant County.

Location	#	Destinations	Notes
Fort Worth		I-20 east – Dallas	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	1	I-20 west – Abilene	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	1A	Team Ranch Road
	1B	Chapin Road	Southbound exit is via exit 2
	2	Spur 580
	3	I-30 – Weatherford, Downtown Fort Worth	Signed as exits 3A (west) and 3B (east)
	3C	Westpoint Boulevard, Alemeda Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	4	White Settlement Road
	5A	Clifford Street
	5B	Silver Creek Road
	6	Las Vegas Trail, Heron Drive
	8	Navajo Trail, Cajoba Drive
	9	Quebec Street	Westbound exit is part of exit 10A
	10A	SH 199 (Jacksboro Highway)
Lake Worth
	10B	FM 1220 (Azle Avenue)	Eastbound exit is part of exit 10A
Fort Worth	12	Marine Creek Parkway, Old Decatur Road	Signed as exits 12A (Marine Creek Parkway) and 12B (Old Decatur Road) westbound
	13	US 287 Bus. (Main Street) – Saginaw
	14	Railhead Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Saginaw	15	FM 156 – Blue Mound
Fort Worth
	16C	Mark IV Parkway
	16	I-35W / US 287 – Denton, Downtown Fort Worth	Signed as exits 16A (north) and 16B (south)
	17A	Frontage Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	17B	North Beach Street
Haltom City
	18	Haltom Road
	19	US 377 (Denton Highway)
North Richland Hills	20A	Meadow Lakes Drive, Industrial Park Boulevard	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	20B	Rufe Snow Drive
	21	Holiday Lane
	22A	SH 26 / FM 1938 north / Bedford-Euless Road – Colleyville - Tarrant County College Northeast Campus
Hurst	22B	SH 121 north / SH 183 east – D/FW Airport, Dallas	North end of SH 121/SH 183 overlap
	23	Pipeline Road, Glenview Drive
	24A	SH 10 east / SH 183 west – Richland Hills	South end of SH 183 overlap; signed as exit 24 northbound
	24B	SH 121 south – Downtown Fort Worth	South end of SH 121 overlap; northbound exit is via a U-turn at exit 24A
Fort Worth	25	Trinity Boulevard
	26	Randol Mill Road
	27	John T. White Road, Bridge Street
	28	I-30 – Dallas, Downtown Fort Worth	Signed as exits 28A (east) and 28B (west)
	28C	Brentwood Stair Road
	29	Meadowbrook Drive
	30A	Craig Street
		SH 180 (Lancaster Avenue)	Part of exit 30B northbound and 30A southbound
	30B	Spur 303 (Rosedale Street)
	30C	Ramey Avenue
	31	Berry Street
	32	Wilbarger Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	33A	US 287 north – Downtown Fort Worth	North end of US 287 overlap
	33B	Martin Street, Wilbarger Street	No southbound exit
	33C	Sun Valley Drive
	34A	I-20 east / US 287 south – Waxahachie, Dallas	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		I-20 west – Abilene	Southbound exit and northbound entrance

[edit] References

v • d • e Auxiliary routes of Interstate 20 Texas: 820 — Louisiana: 220 • 420 (former) — Mississippi: 220 — Georgia: 420 (former) — Georgia-South Carolina: 520