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===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 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 12]] (Loop 12, Buckner Boulevard) is eight lanes plus an [[HOV]] lane. This section will be reconstructed under the East Corridor project to 12 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 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.
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