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Dallas
I-20 LBJ Freeway
I-30 R.L. Thornton Freeway East
I-35E North Stemmons Freeway
I-35E South Thornton Freeway South
I-45 Schepps Freeway
I-345 Downtown
I-635 LBJ Freeway
US 67 Marvin Love Freeway
US 75 Central Expressway
US 80
US 175 CF Hawn, SM Wright Freeways
SH 114 Carpenter Freeway
SH 183 Airport, Carpenter Freeways
Bush Turnpike SH 190 and SH 161
Dallas North Tollway
SH 121 including Sam Rayburn Turnpike
Loop 12 Walton Walker Blvd
Spur 366 Woodall Rodgers Freeway
Spur 408 Patriot Freeway
Collin County Outer Loop
Fort Worth
I-20
I-30 West Freeway
I-30 Tom Landry Highway
I-35W North and South Freeways
I-820 Jim Wright Freeway
US 287 south M.L. King Freeway
US 287 north
SH 121 Airport Freeway
SH 170 Alliance Gateway Freeway
SH 199
Chisholm Trail Parkway Toll Road
Mid-Cities
I-20 West
I-30 Tom Landry Highway
SH 360 Angus Wynne Freeway
SH 183/SH 121 Airport Freeway
SH 114 Carpenter Freeway
Bush Turnpike SH 161
Non-Highway
Chihuly at Dallas Arboretum 2012
Wright Amendment Expiration Billboards 2013-2014
Dallas-Fort Worth Freeways, Texas-Sized Ambition
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Featuring complete historical information and comprehensive photography for North Texas freeways.
Released
 May 2014
Author
 Oscar Slotboom
Pages
 541
Illustrations
 887
eBook
 Free
Printed book price
 List: $150
ISBN
 978-0974160511
Quantity Printed 
 160
Books available for donation to libraries
May 22, 2024: While moving recently, I found a box of seven new books. I'm making these books available for donation to public or university libraries. Contact me via email if your library is interested in receiving a donated book.
Dallas-Fort Worth has one of the world’s most extensive urban freeway systems. It is the product of the pro-growth ambition of political and business leaders, and has empowered the ambition of real estate developers, big business, the technology industry and entrepreneurs. The North Texas cultural spirit to think big and build big has guided the ongoing growth and expansion of Dallas-Fort Worth freeways, a transportation system which has propelled North Texas to be among the most economically successful regions in the United States in the post-World War II era. Dallas-Fort Worth Freeways documents the origins, politics, influence and resulting urban landscape of North Texas freeways.
Complete Book
Dallas-Fort Worth Freeways, Texas-Sized Ambition
541 pages Quick View PDF, 124 MB
Chapters
Cover, Contents and Foreword
8 pages Quick View PDF, 1 MB
1 Putting North Texas Style into Freeway Openings and Celebrations
42 pages Quick View PDF, 13 MB
2 Planning, Controversy and Cancellations
32 pages Quick View PDF, 7 MB
3 Central Expressway, the Original
43 pages Quick View PDF, 11 MB
4 Central Expressway, the Modern Freeway
30 pages Quick View PDF, 9 MB
5 Stemmons Freeway and the John F. Kennedy Assassination
31 pages Quick View PDF, 6 MB
6 Dallas Freeways
166 pages Quick View PDF, 40 MB
7 Freeway Adventures in Dallas
24 pages Quick View PDF, 5 MB
8 Texas Stadium Freeways
22 pages Quick View PDF, 6 MB
9 Tom Landry Highway
29 pages Quick View PDF, 9 MB
10 Mid-Cities Freeways
45 pages Quick View PDF, 11 MB
11 Fort Worth Freeways
67 pages Quick View PDF, 17 MB
Index, About the Author
10 pages Quick View PDF, 1 MB
Excerpts
Regional
Canceled Freeways
6 pages Quick View
Controversy, includes a ranking of top controversies
6 pages Quick View
Illustrations and Cartoons
12 pages Quick View
Dallas
Stemmons Freeway, Interstate 35E North
21 pages Quick View
Trinity Parkway
12 pages Quick View
Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Spur 366
16 pages Quick View
LBJ Freeway, Interstate 635
13 pages Quick View
Interstate 30 East, the R.L. Thornton Freeway
12 pages Quick View
Dallas North Tollway
15 pages Quick View
Bush Turnpike, SH 190 and SH 161
17 pages Quick View
US 175, C.F. Hawn and S.M. Wright Freeways
8 pages Quick View
Central Expressway, Technology and the Telecom Corridor
15 pages Quick View
Texas Stadium Implosion, April 10, 2010
6 pages Quick View
The Cookie-Cutter Interchanges
8 pages Quick View
JFK Assassination and Stemmons Freeway: the Freeway Photos
7 pages Quick View
JFK Assassination and Stemmons Freeway: the Freeway Signs in Dealey Plaza
19 pages Quick View
JFK Assassination and Stemmons Freeway: the Stemmons Freeway Sign and the Zapruder Film
4 pages Quick View
Mid-Cities
The Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike, 1957-1977
14 pages Quick View
SH 183 Airport Freeway
12 pages Quick View
SH 114 Carpenter Freeway and Las Colinas
8 pages Quick View
SH 114 and the Delta 191 Crash, August 2, 1985
8 pages Quick View
International Parkway and the Concorde at DFW Airport
5 pages Quick View
Tom Landry Highway: the Stadiums of Arlington
5 pages Quick View
Tom Landry Highway: Six Flags Over Texas
5 pages Quick View
Fort Worth
Fort Worth Mixmaster
2 pages Quick View
Fort Worth Lancaster Elevated Controversy
12 pages Quick View
Fort Worth Interstate 30, the West Freeway
7 pages Quick View
Fort Worth Interstate 20 and Loop 820
8 pages Quick View
Fort Worth Interstate 35W South, the South Freeway
7 pages Quick View
Fort Worth, the Life and Death of the Downtown Freeway Loop
6 pages Quick View