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SEC. 28-45.   EXPRESSWAYS AND FREEWAYS.
   (a)   A person commits an offense if he operates or drives a vehicle on any of the following designated freeways or expressways at a speed greater than the speed designated by this section for that freeway or expressway or portion of freeway or expressway, and any speed in excess of the limit provided in this section shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable nor prudent and is unlawful.
STREET
EXTENT
SPEED  (MPH)
STREET
EXTENT
SPEED  (MPH)
Central Expressway
Woodall Rodgers Freeway to Live Oak Street
50
Central Expressway
From a point 600 feet south of Taylor Street to Park Row
35
Central Expressway (S. M. Wright Freeway; US 175)
Park Row to C. F. Hawn Freeway
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 106769, as amended
Central Expressway (S. M. Wright Freeway; SH 310)
C. F. Hawn Freeway to a point two-tenths of a mile north of Overton Road
50
Central Expressway (S. M. Wright Freeway; SH 310)
From a point two- tenths of a mile north of Overton Road to Linfield Drive
50
Central Expressway (S. M. Wright Freeway; SH 310)
Linfield Drive to a point 750 feet north of Ledbetter Drive
50
Central Expressway (SH 310)
From a point 750 feet north of Ledbetter Drive to the south city limits at Langdon Drive
50
C. F. Hawn Freeway (US 175)
S. Central Expressway (SH 310) to Prairie Creek Road
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 114203
C. F. Hawn Freeway (US 175)
Prairie Creek Road to Dallas south city limits
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 114203
Dallas Ft. Worth Turnpike (IH 30)
West city limits to Stemmons Freeway (IH 35E)
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 114203
Dallas North Tollway
From a divergent point of McKinnon Avenue and Harry Hines Boulevard to the north city limits
Set by North Texas Tollway Authority Resolution No. 97-30, as amended
E.R.L. Thorton Freeway (IH 30)
First Avenue to Rockwall county line
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 114203
Good-Latimer Expressway
Taylor Street to Central Expressway
35
Interstate Highway 30
Dallas county line to Rockwall west city limits
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 114203
Interstate Highway 35E Managed Lanes
All portions within the city limits
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 114058, as amended
Interstate Highway 635 Managed Lanes
All portions within the city limits
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 114554, as amended
John W. Carpenter Freeway (SH 183)
All portions within the city limits
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 106769, as amended
Julius Schepps Freeway (IH 45)
E. R. L. Thornton Freeway (IH 30) to Hutchins north city limits
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 114203
Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway (IH 20)
Grand Prairie east city limits to Duncanville west city limits
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 114203
Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway (IH 20)
Duncanville east city limits to Lancaster west city limits
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 114203
Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway (IH 20)
Lancaster east city limits to Hutchins west city limits
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 114203
Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway (IH 20)
Hutchins east city limits to Balch Springs west city limits
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 114203
Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway (IH 635)
Farmers Branch city limits to Stemmons Freeway (IH 35E)
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 114203
Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway (IH 635)
N. Central Expressway (US 75) to Kingsley Road
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 114203
Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway (IH 635)
Stemmons Freeway (IH 35E) to N. Central Expressway (US 75)
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 114203
Marvin D. Love Freeway (US 67)
S. R. L. Thornton Freeway (IH 35E) to Dallas south city limits
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 116424
Mountain Creek Lake Bridge
From the Grand Prairie city limits to Mountain Creek Parkway
Set by North Texas Tollway Authority Resolution No. 97-31, as amended
N. Central Expressway
Richardson south city limits to Mockingbird Lane
70
N. Central Expressway
Mockingbird Lane to Woodall Rodgers Freeway
65
N. Central Expressway (IH 345)
Woodall Rodgers Freeway (Spur 366) to E. R. L. Thorton Freeway (IH 30)
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 114203
President George Bush Turnpike
All portions within the city limits
Set by North Texas Tollway Authority Resolution No. 01-40, as amended
R. L. Thornton Freeway (IH 30)
Stemmons Freeway to First Avenue
55
S. R. L. Thorton Freeway (IH 35E)
E. R. L. Thorton Freeway (IH 30)to Dallas south city limits
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 114203
Spur 408
Walton Walker Boulevard (Loop 12) to Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway (IH 20)
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 114229
Stemmons Freeway (IH 35E)
R. L. Thornton Freeway to Woodall Rodgers Freeway
55
Stemmons Freeway (IH 35E)
Woodall Rodgers Freeway to Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 106769, as amended
Stemmons Freeway (IH 35E)
Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway to the north city limits
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 106410, as amended
U.S. Highway 80
R. L. Thornton Freeway to the east city limits
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 106769, as amended
Walton Walker Boulevard (Loop 12)
Stemmons Freeway to the city limits of Irving, Texas
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 106769, as amended
Walton Walker Boulevard (Loop 12)
Spur 408 to a point 1350 feet south of Illinois Avenue
55
Walton Walker Boulevard (Loop 12)
Spur 408 to Irving south city limits
Set by Texas Transportation Commission Minute Order No. 114229
Woodall Rodgers Freeway
North Central Expressway to 1440 feet west of Stemmons Freeway
50
Woodall Rodgers Freeway
1440 feet west of Stemmons Freeway to the east levee of the Trinity River
40
Woodall Rodgers Freeway
The east levee of the Trinity River to Beckley Avenue
35
 
   (b)   A person commits an offense if he operates or drives a vehicle on the following designated roads at a speed greater than the speed designated by this section for that road or portion of that road, and any speed in excess of the limit provided in this section shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable nor prudent and is unlawful.
STREET
EXTENT
SPEED
(MPH)
STREET
EXTENT
SPEED
(MPH)
Central Expressway East Service Road
The north city limits to Northwest Highway
40
Central Expressway West Service Road
The north city limits to Northwest Highway
40
Central Expressway Service Roads
Northwest Highway to Live Oak Street
35
Central Expressway West Service Road
Grand Avenue to Haven Street
35
Central Expressway East Service Road
Pennsylvania Avenue to Harding Street
35
C. F. Hawn Freeway Service Roads
Lake June Road to Big Oaks Drive
40
C. F. Hawn Freeway Service Roads
Big Oaks Drive to the southeast city limits at Cade Road
45
Interstate Highway 30 service roads
Stemmons Freeway to the Grand Prairie city limits
40
John W. Carpenter Freeway Service Roads
All portions within the city limits
40
Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway Service Roads
From the Farmers Branch, Texas city limits to Emerald Street
45
Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway Service Roads
All remaining portions within the city limits
40
Marvin D. Love Freeway Service Roads
All portions within the city limits
40
R. L. Thornton Freeway Service Roads
All portions within the city limits
40
R. L. Thornton Freeway Collector-Distributor Road
All portions between Malcolm X Boulevard and Stemmons Freeway
45
State Highway 190 access roads
All portions within the city limits
45
Stemmons Freeway West Service Road
Regal Row to Mockingbird Lane
40
Stemmons Freeway West Service Road
Commonwealth Drive to Industrial Boulevard
40
Stemmons Freeway West Service Road
Industrial Boulevard to Commerce Street
35
Stemmons Freeway East Service Road
Industrial Boulevard to Regal Row
40
Walton Walker Boulevard East Service Road
Illinois Avenue to 2300 feet north of Davis Street
40
Walton Walker Boulevard East Service Road
2300 feet north of Davis Street to 900 feet north of the Interstate Highway 30 bridge
35
Walton Walker Boulevard East Service Road
900 feet north of the Interstate Highway 30 bridge to Singleton Boulevard
40
Walton Walker Boulevard West Service Road
Illinois Avenue to 2300 feet north of Davis Street
40
Walton Walker Boulevard West Service Road
2300 feet north of Davis Street to 50 feet north of Richey Street
35
Walton Walker Boulevard West Service Road
50 feet north of Richey Street to Singleton Boulevard
40
Woodall Rodgers Freeway North Service Road
Central Expressway to Routh Street
35
 
(Ord. Nos. 14584; 14922; 14974; 15194; 15455; 16018; 16166; 16411; 16501; 17345; 18265; 18283; 19749; 19814; 20196; 22643; 22731; 25833; 27294; 27700; 28583; 28871; 29613; 30022; 31770; 32597; 32847)