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Highway 820 - Fort Worth, TX
Designed to alleviate traffic congestion in a heavily traveled part of the Dallas-Fort Worth roadway system, this multi-phase project will reconstruct Interstate 820 along a three-mile stretch within the city limits of Fort Worth, Hurst, and Richland Hills.
I-820 is a loop around Fort Worth that passes through 11 cities - Benbrook, White Settlement, Lake Worth, Saginaw, Haltom City, North Richland Hills, Hurst, Richland Hills, Kennedale, Forest Hill and Fort Worth. TxDOT has been developing and widening I-820 since 1949. As funding is identified, future widening is planned on the east loop from I-35W to I-20.
A NEW APPROACH TO INFRASTRUCTURE
SUMMARY
The highway was first conceived in 1949 as a beltway around 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 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 US 377 was designated as State Highway Loop 820 (Loop 820).
LOCATION
Fort Worth, TX
YEAR
2018
