Mockingbird Lane (Dallas) Explained

Mockingbird Lane
Length Mi:10.6
Location:Dallas, Texas
Direction A:West
Terminus A:Trinity River
Direction B:East
Junction:


Mockingbird Lane is a road located mainly in central Dallas, Texas. It is one of three main arterial roads in this part of Dallas, and is also a major road through Highland Park.

Route description

The road runs west from Buckner Boulevard at its eastern terminus, then travels westward past the Mockingbird Station area between Greenville Avenue and North Central Expressway, narrowing to two lanes as it forms the southern boundary of Southern Methodist University, crosses Hillcrest Avenue, and then passes over the Dallas North Tollway, then intersects with Inwood Road. From there, it curves southwestward, intersecting with Cedar Springs Road to give access to the terminal at Dallas Love Field Airport and forming the airport's southeastern boundary, past the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center while forming the campus's northwestern boundary, has an interchange with Harry Hines Boulevard, curves to the west, and then again to the southwest as it passes under Interstate 35E and Texas State Highway 183. Finally, it intersects Irving Boulevard after curving due south, and the street becomes Westmoreland Road at the midpoint of its bridge over the Trinity River floodway into West Dallas. Further east, Mockingbird Lane becomes Peavy Road.

History

After the construction of Mockingbird Station around 2002, developer Ken Hughes invested $600,000 in streetscape improvements for pedestrians. Unfortunately, the improvements made it worse for the pedestrians and half of the street lights were broken as of September 2012.[1]

Points of interest

Notes and References

  1. News: Patrick . Kennedy . Mockingbird Lane: The Ugliest Road in Dallas . D Magazine . June 1, 2014.
  2. Transit Cooperative Research Program . Transit-Oriented Development in the United States: Experiences, Challenges, and Prospects . PDF . TCRP Report 102 . Transportation Research Board . Washington, D.C . June 3, 2013 .
  3. Web site: Dallas Area Rapid Transit . Mockingbird Station . June 4, 2014.
  4. Web site: George W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum. June 4, 2014.
  5. News: Tom . Benning . Love Field Parking Could Go Up $3 a Day . . June 4, 2014.