Editing Interstate 30 (section)

==History==
[[File:DFW Turnpike Shield.svg|alt=Dallas–Fort Worth Turnpike signage|left|thumb|160x160px|Dallas–Fort Worth Turnpike signage]]
[[File:View of Interstate 30 from Reunion Tower August 2015 08.jpg|thumb|I-30 as viewed from [[Reunion Tower]] in Dallas as of August&nbsp;2015 during the construction of the [[Margaret McDermott Bridge]]]]
[[File:Margaret McDermott Bridge.jpg|thumb|The [[Margaret McDermott Bridge]] on I-30 crosses the [[Trinity River (Texas)|Trinity River]] in west Dallas. This bridge was completed in 2016 as part of the [[Horseshoe Project]] and the [[Trinity River Project]].]]
The very first fully controlled-access part of what is now I-30 was the Dallas–Fort Worth Turnpike, a {{convert|30|mi|km|adj=on}} controlled-access tollway in the [[Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex]]. Completed by 1957, it operated as a toll road between 1957 and 1977, afterward becoming a nondescript part of I-20 and then I-30. The road, three lanes in each direction but later widened, is the only direct connection between downtown [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] and downtown [[Dallas]], Texas. In October&nbsp;2001, the former turnpike was named the [[Tom Landry]] Highway, after the late [[Dallas Cowboys]] coach.<ref name="do100610">{{cite news |first = Robert |last = Wilonsky |title = Maybe One of the Few Times We'll Use 'Cotton Bowl' and 'Super Bowl' in Same Sentence |series = Unfair Park blog |work = [[Dallas Observer]] |url = http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2010/06/one_of_the_few_times_well_use.php |date = June 10, 2010 |access-date = June 10, 2010 |archive-date = January 19, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110119013010/http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2010/06/one_of_the_few_times_well_use.php |url-status = dead }}</ref>

The proposed expressway was studied as early as 1944 but was turned down by the state engineer due to the expense.<ref>{{cite news |title = $61,000,000 Road Planned for Dallas and Fort Worth |first = Richard M. |last = Morehead |work = The Dallas Morning News |date = November 14, 1944 }}{{page needed|date= September 2016}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} However, in 1953, the state legislature created the [[Texas Turnpike Authority]], which, in 1955, raised $58.5&nbsp;million (equivalent to ${{inflation|US-GDP|58.5|1955|r=2}}&nbsp;million in {{inflation/year|US-GDP}}{{inflation/fn|US-GDP}}) to build the project. Construction started later that year. On August&nbsp;27, 1957, the highway was open to traffic,<ref>{{cite news |title = Turnpike Travelers Pleased with Trip |first = Clardy |last = McCullar |work = The Dallas Morning News |date = August 28, 1957 }}{{page needed|date= September 2016}}</ref> but the official opening came a week later on September&nbsp;5.<ref>{{cite news |title = Pike Safety Factor Hailed by Governor |work = The Dallas Morning News |date = September 6, 1957 }}{{page needed|date= September 2016}}</ref> The turnpike's presence stimulated growth in [[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]] and [[Grand Prairie, Texas|Grand Prairie]] and facilitated construction of [[Six Flags Over Texas]]. At the end of 1977, the bonds were paid off, and the freeway was handed over to the state Department of Transportation, toll collection ceased, and the tollbooths were removed in the first week of 1978.<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://fortworthtexas.gov/flashback/2013/06/fort-worth-flashback-turnpike-stimulated-growth-between-fort-worth-dallas/ |title = Fort Worth Flashback: Turnpike Stimulated Growth Between Fort Worth, Dallas |publisher = City of Fort Worth, Texas |language = en |date=June 23, 2013 |access-date = May 14, 2018 |archive-date = August 15, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200815101403/http://fortworthtexas.gov/flashback/2013/06/fort-worth-flashback-turnpike-stimulated-growth-between-fort-worth-dallas/ |url-status = dead }}</ref>

The existing US&nbsp;67 route was already in heavy use in the early 1950s, at which point it was twinned from just east of Dallas to Rockwall and also a rural section near Greenville and a few miles in Hopkins County. There were still a few at-grade crossings on these two sections into the 1980s. The twinned US&nbsp;67 routes were upgraded to [[Interstate Highway standards]] beginning in 1961, forming the R.L. Thornton Freeway. By the mid-1960s, much of I-30 was under construction outside the metroplex as well. The majority of the route was completed by 1965, but a {{convert|40|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch through rural areas built on a new alignment well away from US&nbsp;67 between [[Mount Pleasant, Texas|Mount Pleasant]] and [[New Boston, Texas|New Boston]] remained unfinished. This remaining segment was finally built and opened to traffic in 1971, completing I-30.<ref>{{cite web |title = Old Road Maps of Texas |date=Jan 27, 2008 |website=Dallas-Fort Worth Freeways |first = Oscar |last = Slotboom |url = http://www.dfwfreeways.info/pages/oldroadmaps.aspx |url-status = usurped |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090412155821/http://www.dfwfreeways.info/pages/oldroadmaps.aspx |archive-date = April 12, 2009 |df = mdy-all }}{{self-published source|date= February 2014}}</ref>{{self-published inline|certain=yes|date= February 2014}}

Originally, the west end of I-30 was at the current intersection of I-30 and [[U.S. Route 80 in Texas|US&nbsp;80]] near the border of Mesquite and Dallas. I-20 went into downtown Dallas and across the former turnpike through downtown Fort Worth and to points west. Later, I-20 took its current southerly route around Dallas and Fort Worth, and I-30 assumed the former I-20 route from US&nbsp;80 to western Fort Worth, and later to the current intersection with I-20 near Aledo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1973 exxon dfw east large |url=http://dallasfreeways.com/dfwfreeways/old-highway-maps/1973_exxon_dfw_east_large.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010000727/http://dallasfreeways.com/dfwfreeways/old-highway-maps/1973_exxon_dfw_east_large.jpg |archive-date=Oct 10, 2023}}</ref>
I-30 was proposed to be extended along the [[U.S. Route 67|US&nbsp;67]] freeway from Little Rock. However, this conflicted with the [[Missouri Department of Transportation]]'s plan to extend [[Interstate 57|I-57]], which is also planned to use US&nbsp;67.{{citation needed |date=February 2014}} In April&nbsp;2016, a provision designating US&nbsp;67 from North Little Rock to [[Walnut Ridge, Arkansas]], as "Future I-57" was added to the federal fiscal year&nbsp;2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development funding bill. The provision would also give Arkansas the ability to request any segment of the road built to Interstate Highway standards be officially added to the Interstate Highway System as I-57.<ref>{{cite press release |title = Boozman Provision in Appropriations Bill Paves Way for Interstate Status of US 67 |url = https://www.boozman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=F06B1DF1-91E3-4D75-B452-90AE49E2E3FF |access-date = April 26, 2016 |publisher = John Boozman |date = April 25, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108230859/https://www.boozman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=F06B1DF1-91E3-4D75-B452-90AE49E2E3FF |archive-date= Nov 8, 2016 }}</ref>

If I-30 had been extended, there were plans to upgrade [[Arkansas Highway 226]] (AR&nbsp;226) to [[Interstate standards]] and designate it as I-730. This would eventually become part of [[U.S. Route 78|US&nbsp;78]] in 2023.<ref name=I-730_1>{{cite news |date = March 12, 2003 |title = A Faster Trip From Region 8 |url = http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=1176876&nav=0jshEXf7 |location = Jonesboro, AR |publisher = [[KAIT]]-TV |access-date = July 18, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160921221022/http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=1176876&nav=0jshEXf7 |archive-date = September 21, 2016 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name=I-730_2>{{cite news |date = February 20, 2004 |title = Jonesboro Chamber of Commerce Headed to Nation's Capitol |url = http://www.kait8.com/story/1657357/jonesboro-chamber-of-commerce-headed-to-nations-capitol |location = Jonesboro, AR |publisher = KAIT-TV |access-date = July 18, 2016 }}</ref>

[[Interstate 130|I-130]] was a proposed auxiliary route of I-30 that was planned to be [[Concurrency (road)|concurrent]] with I-49. Once the eastern segment of the [[Loop (Texarkana)|Texarkana Loop]] had been upgraded to Interstate standards, I-130 was to have been signed; however, it is now part of [[Interstate 49 in Arkansas|I-49]].<ref>{{cite press release |author = Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |author-link = Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |url = http://www.arkansashighways.com/News/News2001/NR01-002.htm |title = Interstate 130 to Be Designated in Arkansas |date = January 2001 |publisher = Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131213095620/http://www.arkansashighways.com/News/News2001/NR01-002.htm |archive-date = December 13, 2013 }}</ref>