Interstate 820

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{{Short description|Highway in Texas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2014}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox road
| state = TX
| route = 820
| type = I
| map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=290|frame-lat=32.755|frame-long=-97.343|zoom=10|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Interstate 820}}}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = I-820 highlighted in red
| length_mi = 35.173
| length_ref = <ref name="Interstate 820">{{TxDOT|IH|820|access-date=January 7, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Starks |first=Edward |date=January 27, 2022 |title=Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm |access-date=January 7, 2024 |work=FHWA Route Log and Finder List |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]] |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213083642/https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref>
| established = October 1, 1959<ref name="Interstate 820"/>
| spur_type = I
| spur_of = 20
| direction_a = West
| terminus_a = {{jct|state=TX|I|20}} in [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]]
| junction = {{plainlist|
*{{Jct|state=TX|I|30}} in Fort Worth
*{{Jct|state=TX|I|35W|US|287}} in Fort Worth
*{{Jct|state=TX|TX|121|TX|183}} in [[Hurst, Texas|Hurst]]
*{{Jct|state=TX|US|287}} in Fort Worth
}}
| direction_b = East
| terminus_b = {{jct|state=TX|I|20}} in Fort Worth
| counties = [[Tarrant County, Texas|Tarrant]]
| previous_type = I
| previous_route = 635
| next_type = SH
| next_route = 824
}}
'''Interstate 820''' ('''I-820'''{{efn|Some sources use "IH-820", as "IH" is an abbreviation used by TxDOT for Interstate Highways.<ref>{{cite web |author = Transportation Planning and Programming Division |date = n.d. |url = https://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/division/transportation-planning/highway-designation/glossary.html |title = Highway Designations Glossary |publisher = Texas Department of Transportation |access-date = May 20, 2020 |archive-date = July 10, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220710222932/https://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/division/transportation-planning/highway-designation/glossary.html |url-status = live }}</ref>}}) is an [[List of auxiliary Interstate Highways|auxiliary route]] of [[Interstate 20 in Texas|I-20]] in [[Fort Worth, Texas]], of approximately {{convert|35.173|mi|km}} around the city and some of its suburbs. Exit numbers begin at its interchange with I-20 in southwest Fort Worth and continue in a clockwise direction around the city until it ends at its interchange with I-20 in southeast Fort Worth. A portion of I-820 in the northeast quadrant is cosigned with [[Texas State Highway 121|State Highway 121]] (SH 121) as well as [[Texas State Highway 183|SH 183]].

The northwest segment of the loop is officially designated as the '''Jim Wright Freeway''' after former U.S. House Speaker [[Jim Wright]]. The name, however, is not commonly used; the colloquial reference by the general public is "Loop 820", or simply just 820. Additionally, the area of the highway is given based on its direction from [[Downtown Fort Worth]]; for example, "North Loop 820" or "East Loop 820" respectively specify the areas to the north or east of downtown. These colloquial designations do not refer to the direction of traffic flow.

==Route description==
I-820 begins in the southwestern [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] at an interchange with [[Interstate 20 in Texas|I-20]]. It heads north from this interchange to a junction with [[Texas State Highway Spur 580|Spur 580]] before reaching [[Interstate 30 in Texas|I-30]] at a [[stack interchange]]. Continuing to the north, the Interstate begins to turn to the northeast as it approaches [[Lake Worth (Texas)|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, Texas|Lake Worth]] briefly with junctions at [[Texas State Highway 199|SH 199]] and [[Farm to Market Road 1220]] (FM 1220) before reentering Fort Worth city limits. Continuing to the northeast, a junction with [[U.S. Route 287 Business (Mansfield–Fort Worth, Texas)|Business U.S. Highway 287-P]] (Bus. US 287-P) provides access to [[Fort Worth Meacham International Airport]]. At an interchange with [[Farm to Market Road 156|FM 156]] in the city of [[Saginaw, Texas|Saginaw]], I-820 begins to head toward the east. Continuing east, I-820 has a junction with [[Interstate 35W (Texas)|I-35W]] at a stack interchange. The freeway enters the city limits of [[Haltom City, Texas|Haltom City]] at North Beach Street and has an interchange with [[U.S. Route 377 in Texas|US 377]], before entering [[North Richland Hills, Texas|North Richland Hills]]. As it passes through North Richland Hills, the freeway turns toward the southeast briefly before turning back toward the east at [[Texas State Highway 26|SH 26]]. As it enters [[Hurst, Texas|Hurst]], the freeway has an interchange with [[concurrency (road)|concurrent]] [[Texas State Highway 121|SH 121]] and [[Texas State Highway 183|SH 183]]. I-820 begins to head south after the interchange, now running concurrently with SH 121 and SH 183. At an interchange with [[Texas State Highway 10|SH 10]], SH 183 leaves the concurrency to the west. At the next exit, SH 121 leaves I-820 toward the southwest. Continuing toward 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 [[Texas State Highway 180|SH 180]] (Lancaster Avenue) and [[Texas State Highway Spur 303|Spur 303]] (Rosedale Street) near [[Lake Arlington (Texas)|Lake Arlington]]. I-820 begins to follow the western shore of Lake Arlington to an interchange with [[U.S. Route 287 in Texas|US 287]]. I-820 and US 287 both continue to the south to an interchange with I-20 at the end of I-820.<ref name="Google Maps">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=12646548308625962506,32.687703,-97.465293%3B17170384886961160368,32.666250,-97.241400&saddr=I-820+N+%4032.687703,+-97.465293&daddr=32.839212,-97.293549+to:I-820+S+%4032.666250,+-97.241400&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=11&via=1&sll=32.754365,-97.26265&sspn=0.331466,0.752563&ie=UTF8&ll=32.753788,-97.305222&spn=0.331468,0.752563&z=11 |title= Overview Map of I-820 |access-date=February 24, 2008}}</ref>

==History==
The highway was first conceived in 1949 as a [[beltway]] around [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]]. It was originally designated from I-20 (now I-30) southeast, east, north, and west to I-35W. On April 18, 1963, I-820 was designated to use existing [[Texas State Highway Loop 217|Loop 217]] from SH 121 and SH 183 to Hulen Street while the section of Loop 217 from Hulen Street to [[U.S. Route 377 in Texas|US 377]] was designated as [[Texas State Highway Loop 820|Loop 820]].<ref name="SL 820">{{TxDOT|SL|820|link=no|access-date=December 22, 2022}}</ref> On September 1, 1965, another section of Loop 820 from I-20 north and east to I-35W was designated. This section of Loop 820 from I-20 north and east to I-35W became part of I-820 on January 21, 1969, making I-820 a full loop. The first section to open ran from McCart Avenue to US 377 at a cost of $11 million (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{Inflation|US-GDP|11000000|1963}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}). On May 13, 1977, the remainder of Loop 820 became part of an extension of SH 183. The southern leg of the loop was redesignated as [[Interstate 20 in Texas|I-20]] on December 2, 1971, and finished construction in 1982, completing a continuous loop around Fort Worth.<ref name="timeline">{{cite web |author= Staff |publisher= Texas Department of Transportation |url= https://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/projects/studies/fort-worth/interstate-820/timeline.html |title= I-820 Timeline |access-date= April 25, 2014 |archive-date= April 26, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140426201131/https://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/projects/studies/fort-worth/interstate-820/timeline.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> Despite no longer being officially designated as I-820 on the southern arc (which is officially part of I-20), it is still unofficially referred to as Loop 820 for business purposes, and the frontage roads and business addresses along the southern arc still bear the names "SW Loop 820" and "SE Loop 820".

The loop is often considered the most congested road in [[North Texas]], with the interchanges at Rufe Snow Drive, Holiday Lane, and Denton Highway (US 377) being named the first, second, and third worst, respectively, in 2010.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tomaso |first=Bruce |date=February 24, 2010 |title=Fort Worth's Loop 820 tops list of region's worst |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/transportation/2010/02/24/fort-worth-s-loop-820-tops-list-of-region-s-worst/ |access-date=April 25, 2014 |work=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421223814/https://www.dallasnews.com/news/transportation/2010/02/24/fort-worth-s-loop-820-tops-list-of-region-s-worst/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===North Tarrant Express===
{{Main|North Tarrant Express}}
The North Tarrant Express (NTE) was a construction project that was supposed to add additional lanes, [[high-occupancy toll lane]]s, and continuous frontage roads and reconstruct the interchange with I-35W and various other interchanges between I-35W and SH 121/SH 183. This plan, however, was modified, with the additional mainlanes not being built, though the [[Texas Department of Transportation]] (TxDOT) plans to widen the freeway by no later than 2030.<ref name=NTE/> The NTE began construction in October 2010 and was completed in June 2015.<ref name=NTE>{{cite web|author=Staff|publisher=Texas Department of Transportation|url=https://www.txdot.gov/business/partnerships/current-cda/north-tarrant-express.html|title=North Tarrant Express|access-date=April 25, 2014|archive-date=April 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426201400/http://www.txdot.gov/business/partnerships/current-cda/north-tarrant-express.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Staff|publisher=North Tarrant Express|url=http://www.northtarrantexpress.com/ProjectTimeline.asp|title=Project Timeline for the North Tarrant Express (NTE) Project|access-date=April 25, 2014|archive-date=April 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417030637/http://www.northtarrantexpress.com/ProjectTimeline.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Exit list==
{{jcttop|exit|state=TX|county=Tarrant|length_ref=}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=Fort Worth
|lspan=14
|mile=0.00
|road={{jct|state=TX|I|20|city1=Dallas|dir1=east}}
|notes=Southern terminus
}}
{{TXint|exit
|exit=0
|road={{jct|state=TX|I|20|city1=Abilene|dir1=west}}
|type=incomplete
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance; exit 428 on I-20
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=0.83
|exit=1A
|road=Team Ranch Road
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=2.01
|exit=1B
|road=Chapin Road
|notes=No direct southbound exit (signed at exit 2)
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=2.45
|exit=2
|road={{jct|state=TX|Spur|580|name1=Camp Bowie West Boulevard}}
|notes=Former [[U.S. Route 80 in Texas|US 80]]}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=3.39
|exit=3A-B
|road={{jct|state=TX|I|30|city1=Weatherford|city2=Downtown Fort Worth}}
|notes=Signed as exits 3A (west) and 3B (east); exits 5A-C on I-30
}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=incomplete
|mile=3.79
|exit=3C
|road=Westpoint Boulevard / Alemeda Street
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=4.97
|exit=4
|road=White Settlement Road
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=5.34
|exit=5
|road=Clifford Street
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=5.92
|exit=6
|road=Silver Creek Road
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=6.67
|exit=7
|road=Las Vegas Trail / Heron Drive
}}
{{jctbridge|exit
|mile=7.35
|mile2=7.83
|bridge=Bridge over [[Lake Worth (Texas)|Lake Worth]]
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=7.95
|mile2=8.59
|exit=8
|road=Navajo Trail / Cahoba Drive
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=9.53
|exit=9
|road=Quebec Street
|notes=No direct westbound exit (signed at exit 10A)
}}
{{TXint|exit
|location1=Fort Worth
|location2=Lake Worth
|mile=10.09
|exit=10
|road={{jct|state=TX|SH|199|name1=Jacksboro Highway}}
}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=Lake Worth
|mile=10.57
|exit=11
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1220|name1=Azle Avenue}}
|notes=No direct eastbound exit (signed at exit 10A)
}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=Fort Worth
|lspan=3
|mile=12.41
|mile2=12.81
|exit=12
|road=Marine Creek Parkway / Old Decatur Road
|notes=Signed as exits 12A (Marine Creek) and 12B (Old Decatur) westbound
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=13.88
|exit=14 (EB) 14A (WB)
|road={{jct|state=TX|US-Bus|287|dab1=Fort Worth|name1=Main Street|city1=Saginaw}}
}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=incomplete
|mile=14.19
|exit=14B
|road=Railhead Road
|notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
}}
{{TXint|exit
|location1=Saginaw
|location2=Fort Worth
|mile=15.12
|exit=15
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|156|name1=Blue Mound Road}}
}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=Fort Worth
|lspan=4
|mile=16.42
|exit=16A
|road=Mark IV Parkway
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=16.91
|mspan=2
|exit=16B
|road={{jct|state=TX|I|35W|I-Express|35W|US|287|city1=Fort Worth|city2=Denton}}
|notes=Exit 57 on I-35W
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=none
|type=incomplete
|road={{jct|state=TX|I-Express|820|dir1=east|to2=to|SH|26|SH|121|SH|183|location1=[[DFW Airport]]|city2=Dallas}}
|notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=17.63
|exit=17
|road={{jct|extra=rail}} Riverside Drive / Beach Street
|notes=Access to [[Mercantile Center station]]}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=Haltom City
|lspan=2
|mile=18.20
|mile2=19.00
|exit=18
|road={{jct|extra=rail}} Haltom Road / North Beach Street
|notes=Access to [[Mercantile Center station]]}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=19.73
|exit=19
|road={{jct|state=TX|US|377|name1=Denton Highway}}
|notes=No direct eastbound exit (signed at exit 18)
}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=North Richland Hills
|lspan=5
|type=incomplete
|mile=20.48
|mspan=2
|exit=20A
|road={{jct|extra=rail}} Iron Horse Boulevard / Meadow Lakes Drive
|notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; access to [[North Richland Hills/Iron Horse station]]
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=none
|type=incomplete
|road={{jct|state=TX|I-Express|820|dir1=west|to2=to|I|35W}}
|notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=21.21
|exit=20B
|road={{jct|extra=rail}} Rufe Snow Drive
|notes=Signed as exit 20 eastbound; access to [[North Richland Hills/Iron Horse station]]
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=21.85
|exit=21
|road=Holiday Lane
|notes=No direct eastbound exit (signed at exit 20)
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=22.67
|exit=22A (SB)<br>22B (NB)
|road={{jct|state=TX|SH|26|FM|1938|dir2=north|road|Bedford-Euless Road|city1=Colleyville|location2=[[Tarrant County College Northeast Campus|TCC Northeast Campus]]|extra=hospital}}
|notes=Access to North Hills Hospital
}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=Hurst
|lspan=5
|type=concur
|mile=23.21
|mile2=23.45
|mspan=2
|exit=22B (SB)<br>22A (NB)
|road={{jct|state=TX|SH|121|dir1=north|SH|183|dir2=east|location1=[[DFW Airport]]|city2=Dallas}}
|notes=Northern end of SH 121/SH 183 concurrency
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=none
|type=incomplete
|exit=23A
|road={{jct|state=TX|SH-Express|121|dir1=north|SH-Express|183|dir2=east|to3=to|FM|157}}
|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=23.77
|exit=23B
|road={{jct|extra=hospital}} Pipeline Road / Glenview Drive
|notes=Access to North Hills Hospital; signed as 23B northbound
}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=concur
|mile=24.84
|exit=24
|road={{jct|state=TX|SH|10|dir1=east|SH|183|dir2=west}}
|notes=Southern end of SH 183 concurrency
}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=concur
|mile=25.04
|exit=25A
|road={{jct|state=TX|SH|121|dir1=south|city1=Downtown Fort Worth|extra=rail}}
|notes=Southern end of SH 121 concurrency
}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=Fort Worth
|lspan=17
|mile=25.63
|exit=25B
|road=Trinity Boulevard
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=26.98
|exit=26
|road=Randol Mill Road
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=27.81
|exit=27
|road=John T. White Road / Bridge Street
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=28.27
|exit=28A
|road={{jct|state=TX|I|30|city1=Dallas|city2=Downtown Fort Worth}}
|notes=Signed as exits 28A (east) and 28B (west) southbound; exits 21A-C on I-30
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=28.65
|exit=28B (NB)<br>28C (SB)
|road=Brentwood Stair Road
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=29.33
|exit=29
|road=Meadowbrook Drive
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=29.94
|exit=30A
|road=Craig Street
|notes=No direct northbound exit (signed with SH 180)
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=30.14
|exit=30A (NB)<br>30B (SB)
|road={{jct|state=TX|SH|180|name1=Lancaster Avenue}}
|notes=Former [[U.S. Route 80 in Texas|US 80]]
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=30.50
|exit=30B
|road={{jct|state=TX|Spur|303|name1=Rosedale Street}}
|notes=No direct southbound exit (signed with SH 180)
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=31.13
|exit=30C
|road=Ramey Avenue
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=32.07
|exit=31
|road=East Berry Street
}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=incomplete
|mile=32.87
|exit=32
|road=Wilbarger Street
|notes=No direct northbound exit (signed at exit 33B); no southbound entrance
}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=concur
|mile=33.28
|mile2=33.37
|exit=33
|road={{jct|state=TX|US|287|dir1=north|city1=Downtown Fort Worth}}
|notes=Northern end of US 287 concurrency
}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=incomplete
|mile=33.50
|exit=35
|road=Martin Street / Wilbarger Street
|notes=No southbound exit
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=34.19
|exit=36
|road=Sun Valley Drive
}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=concur
|mile=
|exit=39
|road={{jct|state=TX|I|20|dir1=east|US|287|dir2=south|city1=Waxahachie|city2=Dallas}}
|notes=Southbound left exit and northbound entrance; southern end of US 287 concurrency; exit 442B on I-20
}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=34.91
|road={{jct|state=TX|I|20|dir1=west|city1=Abilene}}
|notes=Eastern terminus
}}
{{jctbtm|exit|keys=concur,incomplete}}

==Notes==
{{Noteslist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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{{commons category|Interstate 820}}
* [https://www.interstate-guide.com/i-820_tx.html Interstate Guide: I-820]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150309045012/http://www.dfwfreeways.com/pages/highwayInfo/highwayInfoHome.aspx?highway=820 I-820 info page]—from dfwfreeways.info

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