Belt Line Road is a loop road that traverses 92 mi through 16 cities in Dallas County, Texas. Belt Line Road is the outer complete loop which encircles Dallas, in contrast with I-635 which forms a partial inner loop, Loop 12 which forms a complete inner loop, and the President George Bush Turnpike, a partial outer loop. Belt Line Road is not designated as a Texas State Loop, but as a local street in each jurisdiction through which it passes. One stretch of the road is designated as FM 1382 and is maintained by the state. No portion of Belt Line Road is a controlled access freeway.

Route description

In addition to entering the city limits of Dallas for multiple stretches of the road, Belt Line Road also travels through the municipalities of Cedar Hill, Grand Prairie, Irving, Coppell, Carrollton, Addison, Richardson, Garland, Mesquite, Sunnyvale, Balch Springs, Wilmer, Lancaster, and DeSoto.

Discontinuities

Belt Line Road is not a straightforward and continuous loop. As one follows the entire course of Belt Line Road, there are several discontinuities and name variations. Starting in the northwest corner of the loop road, the following deviations and turns are noted:

Farm to Market Road 1382

FM 1382 is a Farm to Market road in Texas that runs from I-35E in DeSoto to SH 180 in Grand Prairie. Most of the highway is part of Belt Line Road, becoming its own route through Cedar Hill around Joe Pool Lake. FM 1382 was designated in 1949 from US 80 (now SH 180) southward 4.8 miles to a road intersection. In 1954, FM 1382 extended southeast 6 miles to a county road near Cedar Hill. In 1958, FM 1382 extended 1.7 miles to Belt Line Road in Cedar Hill. In 1972, FM 1382 extended east to I-35E, replacing FM 1381 which started in DeSoto 2.2 miles west of I-35E. In 1995, FM 1382 became an Urban Road.

Major intersections