Editing Interstate 30 (section)

==Route description==
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|TX || {{convert|223.74|mi|disp=table}}
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|AR || {{convert|143.02|mi|disp=table}}
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|'''Total''' || {{convert|366.76|mi|disp=table}}
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The largest metropolitan areas that I-30 travels through include the [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex]], the [[Texarkana metropolitan area]], and the [[Little Rock metropolitan area]].
===Texas===
[[File:I30 fort worth texas.jpg|left|thumb|Tom Landry Freeway at Eastchase in Fort Worth, Texas]]

The western end and zero mile point of I-30 in Texas is at its intersection with I-20 in Parker County near Aledo. It then travels near downtown Fort Worth on a new routing further south than the now removed Lancaster Elevated section of the freeway.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.texasfreeway.com/Dallas/photos/i30_lancaster/i30_lancaster.shtml|title=TexasFreeway > Dallas/Fort Worth > Photo Gallery > Interstate 30 Lancaster Street Elevated}}</ref> The section of I-30 between Dallas and Fort Worth is designated the [[Tom Landry]] Highway in honor of the longtime [[Dallas Cowboys]] coach. This section was previously known as the Dallas–Fort Worth Turnpike, which preceded the Interstate System.{{cn|date=February 2025}} The section from downtown Dallas to Arlington was widened to over 16&nbsp;lanes in some sections by 2010.

In Dallas, I-30 is known as East R.L. Thornton Freeway between downtown Dallas and the eastern suburb of [[Mesquite, Texas|Mesquite]]. I-30 picks up the name from I-35E south at the Mixmaster interchange. The Mixmaster is scheduled to be reconstructed as part of the [[Horseshoe Project|Horseshoe project]],<ref>{{cite press release |url = http://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/media-room/news/statewide/060-2012.html |publisher = [[Texas Department of Transportation]] |title = TxDOT Sets in Motion Much-Anticipated Dallas Horseshoe Project |date = November 15, 2012 |access-date = November 16, 2012 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121119053551/http://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/media-room/news/statewide/060-2012.html |archive-date = November 19, 2012 }}</ref> derived from the larger Pegasus Project.<ref>{{cite news |first = Tom |last = Benning |title = Contract OK'd for Horseshoe Project's Massive Rebuilding of Downtown Dallas Freeways |url = http://www.dallasnews.com/news/transportation/20121115-contract-okd-for-horseshoe-projects-massive-rebuilding-of-downtown-dallas-freeways.ece |work = [[The Dallas Morning News]] |date = November 15, 2012 |access-date = November 16, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.projectpegasus.org/overview.htm |title = Project Pegasus Overview |access-date = April 7, 2012 }}</ref> The section from downtown Dallas to [[Texas State Highway Loop 12|State Highway Loop&nbsp;12]] (Loop&nbsp;12, Buckner Boulevard) is eight lanes plus an [[HOV]] lane. This section will be reconstructed under the East Corridor project to 12&nbsp;lanes by 2025–2030.<ref>{{cite web |publisher = The East Corridor |url = http://www.theeastcorridor.org/objectives.html |title = The East Corridor Website: Objectives and Goals |access-date = May 17, 2017 }}</ref> From [[Rockwall, Texas|Rockwall]] to a point past [[Sulphur Springs, Texas|Sulphur Springs]], I-30 runs concurrent with [[U.S. Route 67 in Texas|US&nbsp;67]]. Through the city of [[Greenville, Texas|Greenville]], I-30 is known as [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] Freeway.<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.heraldbanner.com/community/multiple-events-planned-to-honor-dr-king/article_a243d606-b8f7-11e5-b28e-8b0658198df2.html |title = Multiple events planned to honor Dr. King |last = Kellar |first = Brad |website = Herald-Banner |date = January 12, 2016 |access-date = May 25, 2016 }}</ref> I-30 continues northeasterly through [[East Texas]] until a few miles from the [[Oklahoma]] state line, when the route turns east toward Arkansas.

===Arkansas===
[[File:Northern terminus of Interstate 30, Little Rock, AR.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Traffic flows down a four-lane Interstate highway underneath a large sign indicating traffic exits|I-30's eastern terminus at I-40 in North Little Rock, Arkansas]]
I-30 enters southwestern Arkansas at [[Texarkana, Arkansas|Texarkana]].<ref name="okrdoad">{{cite web |title = OK Roads |url = http://www.okroads.com/guides/ar/i30.html |website = OK Roads |access-date = December 23, 2018 }}{{self-published source|date=December 2018}}</ref>{{self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2018}} I-30 intersects [[Interstate 49 in Arkansas|I-49]],<ref name="okrdoad"/> after which it travels northeast. I-30 then passes through [[Hope, Arkansas|Hope]],<ref name="okrdoad"/> [[Prescott, Arkansas|Prescott]], [[Gurdon, Arkansas|Gurdon]], [[Arkadelphia, Arkansas|Arkadelphia]], and [[Malvern, Arkansas|Malvern]]. At Malvern, drivers can use [[U.S. Route 70 in Arkansas|US&nbsp;70]] or [[U.S. Route 270 in Arkansas|US&nbsp;270]] to travel into historic [[Hot Springs, Arkansas|Hot Springs]] or beyond into [[Ouachita National Forest]]. There, US&nbsp;70 and US&nbsp;67 join I-30 and stay with the Interstate into the Little Rock city limits. Northeast of Malvern, I-30 passes through [[Benton, Arkansas|Benton]] before reaching the [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]] city limits.<ref>{{cite web |title = Bus Crash near Benton Kills Child, Injures 45 Others |url = http://www.magnoliareporter.com/news_and_business/regional_news/article_dc597f38-f70d-11e8-b907-ffaa64fce868.html |website = Magnolia Reporter |date = December 3, 2018 |access-date = December 23, 2018 }}</ref> From Benton to its end at I-40, I-30 is a six-lane highway with up to 85,000&nbsp;vehicles per day.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} As I-30 enters Little Rock, [[Interstate 430|I-430]] leaves its parent route to create a western bypass of the city. Just south of downtown, I-30 meets the western terminus of [[Interstate 440 (Arkansas)|I-440]] and the northern terminus of another auxiliary route in [[Interstate 530|I-530]]. I-530 travels {{convert|46|mi|km}} south to [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas|Pine Bluff]]. At this three-way junction of Interstates, I-30 turns due north for the final few miles of its route. Here, I-30 passes through the capitol district of Little Rock.<ref>{{cite web |title = I-30 Project Slowed by Potential Impact on Oldest Neighborhood in |url = https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/jan/29/i-30-project-is-slowed-by-downtown-worr-1/ |website = Arkansas Online |date = January 29, 2018 |access-date = December 23, 2018 }}</ref> I-30 also creates one final auxiliary route in [[Interstate 630|I-630]], or the Wilbur D. Mills Freeway, which splits downtown Little Rock in an east–west direction before coming to its other end at I-430 just west of downtown. After passing I-630, I-30 crosses the [[Arkansas River]] into [[North Little Rock, Arkansas|North Little Rock]] and comes to its eastern terminus,<ref>{{cite web |title = Authorities ID Man Pulled from Arkansas River After He Crashed on I-30 . |url = https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/nov/02/authorities-id-man-pulled-arkansas-river-after-he-/ |website = Arkansas Online |date = November 2, 2018 |access-date = December 23, 2018 }}</ref> despite facing north, at [[Interstate 40|I-40]]. At its end, I-30 is joined by [[U.S. Route 65|US&nbsp;65]], US&nbsp;67, and [[U.S. Route 167|US&nbsp;167]]. US&nbsp;65 joins I-40 westbound, while US&nbsp;67 and US&nbsp;167 join I-40 eastbound from I-30's eastern terminus.