U.S. Route 175

US Highway 175
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	111.0 mi (178.6 km)
Existed:	1932 – present
Major junctions
West end:	I-45 in Dallas
	SH 310 in Dallas I-20 in Balch Springs SH 243 in Kaufman SH 34 in Kaufman SH 274 in Kemp SH 198 in Mabank SH 31 in Athens SH 19 in Athens SH 155 in Frankston
East end:	US 69 in Jacksonville
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Replaced Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← US 164 US 180 →

U.S. Highway 175 (US 175) is an east-west United States highway completely within the state of Texas. It comes very close to meeting its "parent" route, US 75, but decommissioning and rerouting in downtown Dallas, Texas brings it a couple of miles short. Before the decommissioning of US 75 south of downtown Dallas in favor of Interstate 45, US 175 met its "parent" US 75. US 175's western terminus is in Dallas, Texas at Interstate 45. The highway's eastern terminus is in Jacksonville, Texas at an intersection with US 69.

Much of the US 175 corridor (from I-20 in Balch Springs to US 69 in Jacksonville) is part of TxDOT's network of evacuation routes in the event of a hurricane. TxDOT also considers the highway an alternative to using I-20 to travel to and from Dallas-Fort Worth. The state transportation agency feels the corridor is an important aid that students can use to get to Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, as well.

US 175 begins south of downtown Dallas at an interchange with Interstate 45 south of Interstate 30, Cesar Chavez Boulevard, and Good-Latimer Expressway. At this point, US 175 is six lanes in width (three westbound, three eastbound). The highway heads towards the southeast as a freeway carrying the moniker of S.M. Wright Freeway (named for a local minister and community leader in South Dallas); it was previously named South Central Expressway in this section.

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