State Highway 170 (SH 170), also known as the Alliance Gateway Freeway, is a Texas state highway in the northern suburbs of Fort Worth in the Alliance area. The highway was designated in 1988.
 State Highway 170 | ||||
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| Alliance Gateway Freeway | ||||
 SH 170 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 6.516 mi[1] (10.486 km) | |||
| Existed | 1988[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  I-35W in Fort Worth | |||
 US 377 in Fort Worth | ||||
| East end |  SH 114 in Westlake | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | Tarrant, Denton | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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This article needs to be updated. (July 2023) |
History
editPrevious route
editA previous route numbered SH 170 was designated on August 3, 1932, as a connector route from the Oklahoma state line west to US 60 and US 83 near Canadian.[2] This route was renumbered SH 33 on October 26, 1954, to coincide with OK 33, with which it connects.[1][3]
Current route
editThe current SH 170 was designated in 1988.[1]
Construction of an interchange at SH 114 began in 2016.[4]
TxDOT and the NTTA held a public hearing in Roanoke about the proposed toll road on February 26, 2015. The tollway was proposed to have six main lanes.[5] The main lanes between I-35W and SH 114 opened to traffic on March 18, 2024.[6]
Proposed Tollway
editThe North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) planned to build tolled main lanes by 2015 and will extend the highway west to US 287/US 81, and, eventually, ultimately to extend it to the Jacksboro Highway (SH 199), but it did not occur.[7]
Exit list
edit| County | Location | mi[8] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Tarrant | Fort Worth |   US 287 / US 81 | Proposed western terminus | ||
| Blue Mound Road or Avondale-Haslet Road | Part of proposed tollway expansion, exit depends on routing of tollway | ||||
 FM 156 | Part of proposed tollway expansion | ||||
| Harmon Road | Part of proposed tollway expansion | ||||
| 0.0 | 0.0 | I-35W / Haslet Parkway | Current western terminus, exit 65 on I-35W, northbound TEXpress and local exit and southbound TEXpress and local entrance | ||
| 1.0 | 1.6 | North Beach Street / Alta Vista Road | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
| 1.8 | 2.9 | North Beach Street / Old Denton Road | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 2.3 | 3.7 | Park Vista Boulevard | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
| 2.6 | 4.2 | Westport Parkway | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 3.2 | 5.1 | Park Vista Boulevard / Haslet-Roanoke Road | Westbound exit | ||
| 3.9 | 6.3 | Independence Parkway | |||
| Westlake | 4.8 | 7.7 | US 377 (Denton Highway) | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance, westbound exit via Roanoke Road | |
| 5.3 | 8.5 | Roanoke Road | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| Denton | 5.7 | 9.2 | Parish Lane | Former west end of freeway until March 18, 2024 | |
| 5.8– 6.9 | 9.3– 11.1 | SH 114 / Schwab Way, Trophy Lake Drive | Westbound entrance and eastbound exit | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ a b c d Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 170". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
- ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. August 2, 1932. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 33". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ Cokely, Kevin (September 13, 2016). "Traffic Bottlenecks Along Texas 114 Getting Relief". KXAS-TV. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ "TxDOT Public Hearing Looks at SH 170, in Coordination with NTTA". Driving North Texas. NTTA. January 26, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ Moore-Carrillo, Jaime (March 18, 2024). "This long-anticipated highway in far north Fort Worth finally opens its new lanes". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. McClatchy. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ^ Staff. "State Highway 170 Major study" (PDF). NTTA. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
- ^ "Overview Map of Texas State Highway 170 (Alliance Gateway)" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved September 22, 2013.