End of US highway 175 |
Ever since it was commissioned in 1931, US 175 has run between Dallas and Jacksonville. However, it has terminated at four different intersections in Jacksonville, and it has had at least three different endpoints in Dallas. Photos of the historic downtown endpoints there are shown on the Dallas page.
That was known to locals as "Dead Man's Curve". US 175 formerly ended there, but at the time of that photo it continued to the right (and then in 2020 a new alignment of US 175 opened straight ahead; more on that below). These next photos were looking south on S. Central Expwy/Wright Fwy:
These shots show the former north end of US 175, looking north on S. Central/Wright. Historically US 75 continued straight ahead, and followed Central through downtown (that is now called Cesar Chavez, and the new Clearview version of that sign reflects that change). But now US 75 ends on the other (north) side of downtown, so US 175 was extended up to this point:
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Just past the bridge was the last US 175 confirming marker, although an "END 175" assembly would have been more appropriate in that location...
...but now the point is moot, because in 2020 the US 175 designation was removed from S. Central/Wright. A new direct connection to I-45 was built, such that US 175 now crosses S. Central/Wright in a perpendicular direction and ends at a new interchange numbered 282. This image was looking south on I-45 at the west beginning of US 175: |
Later, when Jackson was extended to the north and US 69 traffic was moved off Bolton, US 175 was extended south along the former US 69: south on Bolton, east on Cherokee, ending at Jackson. (There are some photos of this intersection below, taken when US 175 ended there during a later timeframe.)
Before too long a new Jackson Street viaduct was built, so that traffic could pass over the railyards. When this was completed in 1974, US 175 signage was extended down Jackson with US 69, ending at Rusk Street (US 79). This photo was looking north on Jackson at Rusk: |
For about 25 years, US 175 began straight ahead with US 69 (US 175 split off onto Cherokee, about four blocks ahead). At the time, US 79 traffic used Rusk east of Jackson, but not west of Jackson (as it does today). Instead, US 79 traffic had to jog one block and follow Larissa Street west out of town.
In 1999, Rusk was upgraded west of Jackson so that US 79 traffic could stay on Rusk all the way through town. When that happened, US 175 shields no longer appeared on the replacement signage, so the designation was essentially cut back to its former terminus on Cherokee at Jackson. The photo below was looking west on Cherokee from Jackson, which serves as US 69 (as well as a short segment of TX hwy. 135):
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That was the east beginning of US 175. From there, US 175 continued west on Cherokee for three blocks; then north about a half-mile on Bolton; and then west on Frankston, out of town. Above, the car at left had just reached the east end of US 175. Straight ahead (across Jackson) the driver would have seen the signage shown here:
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On the far side of the overpass is downtown Jacksonville, and the junction with US 79. In 2002, US 175 was extended straight through its intersection with Bolton on a new road called Alexander. It still ends at its junction with US 69, but this is now about a half-mile north of the historic Cherokee terminus. This photo was looking north on Jackson, or US 69:
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Research and/or photo credits: Robert Brooks; Justin Cozart; Karin and Martin Karner; Josh Lintz; Steven Nelson; Dale Sanderson; Eric Stuve; swissJohn; Mike Wiley
Page originally created 2000;
last updated Dec. 20, 2020.
last updated Dec. 20, 2020.