Texas State Highway Loop 375

{{short description|Partial beltway of El Paso, Texas}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox road |state=TX |type=Loop |route=375 |maint=TxDOT |map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Texas State Highway Loop 375}}}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=Loop 375 highlighted in red | length_mi = 49.21 | length_ref = <ref name="State Highway 375">{{TxDOT|SL|375}}</ref> | established = 1963 | beltway_city = El Paso | direction_a = Counterclockwise | direction_b = Clockwise | terminus_a = {{jct|state=TX|I|10|US|85|US|180}} in El Paso | junction = {{plainlist| *{{jct|state=TX|US|54}} in El Paso *{{jct|state=TX|US|62|US|180}} in El Paso *{{jct|state=TX|I|10}} in El Paso *{{jct|state=TX|US|54}} in El Paso}} | terminus_b = {{jct|state=TX|US|62|US|85}} in El Paso | counties = El Paso | previous_type = Loop | previous_route = 374 | next_type = Loop | next_route = 376 }}

'''Loop 375''' is a beltway that partially encircles the city of El Paso, Texas. The beltway is mostly a freeway, except for its northern section, which includes at-grade intersections. The highway passes through various areas of El Paso, funneling traffic within and around the city. The road is known locally under different names, as Woodrow Bean Transmountain Drive in the northern section, Purple Heart Memorial Freeway in the northeastern section, Joe Battle Boulevard in the eastern section, the César Chávez Border Highway in the southern section, and the Border West Expressway on the southwest section.

==Route description==

=== Woodrow Bean Transmountain Drive === Loop 375 begins clockwise at an intersection with I-10 near Canutillo. Heading east, the highway enters and passes through the Franklin Mountains State Park and the Fort Bliss Castner Range before leaving at Northeast El Paso, where it meets US 54. The highway passes through Northeast El Paso before entering Fort Bliss.

The section through Franklin Mountains State Park includes many road cuts which expose outcrops of Precambrian rocks, which are some of the oldest in Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geo.utep.edu/loca/Precambrian/transmtn.htm|title=Geological Excursions to a Transmountain Precambrian Adventure|work=utep.edu}}</ref>

=== Purple Heart Memorial Freeway === After entering Fort Bliss, the highway bypasses Biggs Army Airfield to the north and east, and meets Spur 601 east of the airfield, before leaving at an intersection with US 62/US 180 in Southeast El Paso.

=== Joe Battle Boulevard === After leaving Fort Bliss, the highway passes through Southeast El Paso, heading south through residential neighborhoods, before curving southwest to meet I-10 at a stack interchange. Continuing southwest, the highway passes through more neighborhoods before meeting the El Paso Ysleta Port of Entry.

=== César Chávez Border Highway === After meeting the El Paso Ysleta Port of Entry, the highway curves northwest, following the Mexican border along the Rio Grande. Heading into downtown, the highway intersects US 54 at an interchange, passing unter the El Paso BOTA Port of Entry. The highway continues west into downtown, ending at US 62/US 85 Paisano Drive in downtown.

===Border West Expressway=== The newest segment of Loop 375, the '''Border West Expressway''', passes from downtown through a narrow gap between UTEP and the Mexican border. Between Interstate 10 and US Route 85 (the CanAm Highway), the route is elevated above railroad tracks.<ref name="Border West Expressway name change">{{cite news |date=November 13, 2014 |title=Loop 375 Extension Now Called 'Border West Expressway' |work=El Paso Development News |publisher= |url=http://www.elpasodevnews.com/2014/11/loop-375-extension-now-called-border.html |accessdate=August 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223152345/http://www.elpasodevnews.com/2014/11/loop-375-extension-now-called-border.html |archive-date=2014-12-23}}</ref> The segment serves as an alternate route to I-10 to relieve traffic congestion in and around downtown El Paso.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://borderwestexpressway.com/|title=Border West Expressway|publisher=Texas Department of Transportation|access-date=May 20, 2018}}</ref>

The project, originally known simply as the '''Loop 375 Extension''', was approved in September 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Loop 375 Border Highway West Extension |url=https://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/projects/studies/el-paso/border-highway-west.html |access-date=January 3, 2019 |website=Texas Department of Transportation}}</ref> The Border West Expressway name was adopted in 2014.<ref name="Border West Expressway name change" /> Construction began in 2015 with a planned completion date of late 2017, but this was pushed back to 2019.<ref name="Border West Delay">{{cite news |last1=Ochoa |first1=Adrian |date=March 9, 2018 |title=Completion of Border West Expressway is delayed further |work=KVIA-TV |publisher=News-Press & Gazette Company |url=https://www.kvia.com/news/el-paso/completion-of-border-west-expressway-is-delayed-further/714159949 |accessdate=August 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310073950/https://www.kvia.com/news/el-paso/completion-of-border-west-expressway-is-delayed-further/714159949 |archive-date=2018-03-10}}</ref>

The extension was planned as a four-lane toll road built by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) with tolls collected by the Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority (CRRMA).<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Frequently Asked Questions {{!}} Border West Expressway |url=http://borderwestexpressway.com/en/learn/frequently-asked-questions |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207082954/http://borderwestexpressway.com/en/learn/frequently-asked-questions |archive-date=2020-02-07 |access-date= |website=Border West Expressway |publisher=Texas Department of Transportation}}</ref> However, when the extension opened for traffic on October 3, 2019, no tolls were collected.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 3, 2019 |title=El Paso's new Border West Expressway opens to motorists |work=KVIA-TV |publisher=News-Press & Gazette Company |url=https://www.kvia.com/news/el-paso/el-paso-s-new-border-west-expressway-opens-thursday/1128296145 |accessdate=October 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010134656/https://www.kvia.com/news/el-paso/el-paso-s-new-border-west-expressway-opens-thursday/1128296145 |archive-date=2019-10-10}}</ref> CRRMA planned to start charging tolls once given approval by TxDOT,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Border West Expressway Loop 375 Toll Lanes |url=https://www.crrma.org/past-projects/border-west-expressway-loop-375-toll-lanes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811160253/https://www.crrma.org/past-projects/border-west-expressway-loop-375-toll-lanes |archive-date=2020-08-11 |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority}}</ref> but this did not occur. Eventually, on October 26, 2023, CRRMA and TxDOT agreed to remove tolls on the expressway altogether, as CRRMA determined the road would have operated at a loss if tolls were implemented. The road is set to be integrated into the State Highway system once the tolling equipment is removed.<ref>{{cite news |last=Montañez |first=Rosemary |date=October 26, 2019 |title=Loop 375’s Border West Expressway becomes non-tolled state highway, despite being free of charge |work=KVIA-TV |publisher=News-Press & Gazette Company |url=https://kvia.com/news/2023/10/26/loop-375s-border-west-expressway-becomes-non-tolled-state-highway-despite-being-free-of-charge/ |accessdate=October 28, 2019}}</ref>

<gallery widths="340px"> File:Border West Expressway pano from UTEP.jpg|A panoramic view from Sun Bowl Drive at the University of Texas at El Paso, toward the nearby residential neighborhood of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, about 350 m away. This pass full of transportation arteries is the "Paso del Norte" after which El Paso is named, the route of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (royal road of the interior land) from Mexico to Santa Fe. In this narrow valley are the Interstate 10 freeway, the under-construction (in August 2018) '''Border West Expressway''', the Union Pacific and BNSF railroads, US Highway 85 (Paisano Drive, CanAm Highway), a border fence, the American Canal, and the Rio Grande. The new expressway will mostly occupy space above the railroad tracks. File:Border West Expressway pano Jan 2019.jpg|January 2019 construction progress. Note the new ramp behind the UTEP Miners' pickaxe sculpture. This ramp and elevated roadway will carry the westbound lanes of the new expressway; the eastbound lanes are at grade, on the far side of the train tracks. File:Border West Expressway from Porfirio Diaz ramp Jan 2019.jpg|January 2019 view of another segment, from the Porfirio Diaz Street–Interstate 10 interchange ramp. The border fence, Rio Grande, and Ciudad Juarez are visible under the new elevated roadway. </gallery> ==History== Loop 375 was designated on January 26, 1962, from I-10 southeastward, eastward, southeastward, and southward to the Zaragoza International Bridge. On January 1, 1965, the section of FM 259 from I-10 to US 80 (now SH 20) became part of Loop 375. On April 1, 1968, Loop 375 was extended northwestward 12.5 miles, and the section to the Zaragoza International Bridge became a spur connection. On January 29, 1991, the section from SH 20 northeast to Loop 375 was also added, which when constructed, the old route of Loop 375 was to be deleted. On April 24, 2008, this section was deleted, but was restored as Spur 276 on July 31, 2008, but this was changed to Spur 16 on July 26, 2012, probably due to a reference to the old Loop 16.

In 2012, construction commenced on upgrades of the Transmountain Drive section of Loop 375. This expansion was controversial, as this section passes through the protected Franklin Mountains State Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sundt.com/projects/loop-375-transmountain-west/|title=Loop 375 – Transmountain West – Sundt|work=Sundt}}</ref>

== Future == As of 2026, the toll signage and equipment, on the Border-West Expressway segment, is still in place. There is still no information as to when TXDOT will go about removing the equipment and replacing the signage.

After allegations that activist César Chávez incurred in improper sexual conduct in the past surfaced and went mainstream on March 18th, 2026, officials in the City of El Paso were looking forward to removing the Cesar Chavez name from the highway.

==Exit list== {{mileposts}} {{jcttop|exit|county=El Paso|state=TX}} {{TXint|exit |location=El Paso |lspan=12 |type=proposed |mile=0.00 |exit=8 |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|20}} |notes=Future interchange; counterclockwise terminus }} {{TXint|exit |type=proposed |mile=0.75 |exit=9 |road= {{jct|state=TX|Spur|16|dir1=south|name1=Transmountain Drive west}} |notes=Future interchange }} {{TXint|exit |mile=0.99 |exit=10 |road={{jct|state=TX|I|10|US|85|US|180|location1=Las Cruces}} |notes=Interchange; I-10 exit 6A }} {{TXint|exit |type=incomplete |mile=1.18 |mile2=1.55 |mspan=2 |exit=11A |espan=2 |road=Northwestern Drive |notes=Interchange; west (counterclockwise) end of freeway; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; westbound access via exit 11B }} {{TXint |type=incomplete |mile=none |road={{jct|state=TX|I|10|name1= US 85 / US 180|dir1=east|city1=El Paso}} |notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; I-10 exit 6B }} {{TXint|exit |mile=1.62 |exit=11B |road=Resler Drive / Plexxar Drive |notes=Plexxar Drive replaced by Northwestern Drive on westbound signage}} {{TXint|exit |mile=2.61 |exit=12 |road=Paseo Del Norte Drive |notes=Interchange; east (clockwise) end of freeway }} {{jctgap|text = Gap in route}} {{TXint|exit |mile=11.18 |exit=21 |road={{jct|state=TX|US|54|road|Kenworthy Street}} |notes=Interchange; west (counterclockwise) end of freeway; US 54 exit 29 }} {{TXint|exit |mile=12.43 |exit=22 |road={{jct|state=TX|US-Bus|54|dab1=El Paso|name1=Dyer Street|FM|2529|name2=McCombs Street}} |notes=Signed as exit 24A westbound}} {{TXint|exit |mile=13.67 |exit=24 |road=Bomarc Street / Railroad Drive |notes=Signed as exit 24B westbound; Bomarc Street not signed westbound }} {{TXint|exit |mile=16.16 |exit=25 |type=proposed |road={{jct|state=TX|Spur|320|dir1=north|name1=Borderland Expressway}} |notes=}} {{Jctplace|exit |location_special=Fort Bliss |lspan=4 |mile=16.61 |place=Cardinal direction change: Northern leg (west–east) / Eastern leg (north–south) }} {{TXint|exit |mile=18.20 |exit=26 |road=Sergeant Major Boulevard |notes=Access to Biggs Army Airfield and East Fort Bliss; formerly signed as "Not a Public Exit – Construction Vehicles Only" }} {{TXint|exit |mile=20.51 |exit=30 |road={{jct|state=TX|Spur|601|dir1=west|name1=Liberty Expressway|extra=airport|location1=Airport}} }} {{TXint|exit |mile=21.75 |exit=32 |road=Iron Medics Drive |notes=Provides access to the William Beaumont Army Medical Center}} {{TXint|exit |location=El Paso |lspan=32 |mile=24.85 |exit=35 |road={{jct|state=TX|US|62|US|180|name2=Montana Avenue}} }} {{TXint|exit |mile=26.00 |exit=38 |road=Edgemere Boulevard }} {{TXint|exit |mile=26.72 |exit=39 |road=Pebble Hills Boulevard }} {{TXint|exit |mile= |exit=40 |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|659|name1=Zaragoza Road|road|Montwood Drive}} |notes=Signed as exit 40B northbound}} {{TXint|exit |type=incomplete |mile= |exit=40A |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|659|dir1=north|name1=Zaragoza Road}} |notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance}} {{TXint|exit |mile= |exit=41 |road=Vista Del Sol Drive }} {{TXint|exit |mile= |exit=42A |road=Pellicano Drive / Rojas Drive |notes=Signed as exit 42 southbound; signed as Pellicano Drive only northbound }} {{TXint|exit |mile= |exit=42B |road=Bob Hope Drive |notes=No direct southbound exit (signed at exit 42) }} {{TXint|exit |mile= |exit=44 |road={{jct|state=TX|I|10}} |notes=Exits from frontage road signed as 44B (I-10 west) and 44C (I-10 east); I-10 exit 34 }} {{TXint|exit |mile= |exit=45 |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|76|name1=North Loop Road|road|Rojas Drive}} }} {{TXint|exit |mile= |exit=47 |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|20|name1=Alameda Avenue|FM|258|name2=Socorro Road|road|Pan American Drive}} }} {{TXint|exit |mile= |mspan=2 |exit=48 |road=Zaragoza Road |notes=To Zaragoza International Bridge }} {{jctplace|exit |mile=none |place=Cardinal direction change: Eastern leg (north–south) / Southern leg (west–east) }} {{TXint|exit |mile= |exit=49 |road=Padres Drive }} {{TXint|exit |type=incomplete |mile= |exit=— |road=Plant Road |notes=Eastbound exit and entrance }} {{TXint|exit |mile= |exit=51 |road=Yarbrough Drive }} {{TXint|exit |mile= |exit=53 |road=Midway Drive }} {{TXint|exit |mile= |exit=56 |road=Fonseca Drive }} {{TXint|exit |mile= |exit=58 |road={{jct|state=TX|US|54|dir1=east|to2=to|I|10|name2=US 180}} |notes=Western terminus of US 54 }} {{TXint|exit |mile= |exit=59 |road={{jct|state=TX|US|62|name1=Paisano Drive|road|Coles Street}} |notes=Coles Street not signed westbound }} {{TXint|exit |type=closed |mile= |exit=60A |road=Campbell Street |notes=Closed; was westbound right-in/right-out }} {{TXint|exit |type=incomplete |mile= |exit=60 |road=Oregon Street |notes=Westbound right-in/right-out was signed as 60B }} {{TXint|exit |type= |mile= |exit=62 |road={{jct|state=TX|Spur|1966|location1=UT El Paso}} |notes= }} {{TXint|exit |type= |mile= |exit=64 |road=Executive Center Boulevard |notes= }} {{TXint|exit |type=incomplete |mile= |exit=65A |road=Doniphan Road |notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance }} {{TXint|exit |type=incomplete |mile= |exit=65B |road={{jct|state=TX|road|Sunland Park Drive|to2=To|I|10|dir2=east|name2=US 180 east}} |notes=Westbound exit only }} {{TXint|exit |type=concur |mile= |exit=66 |road={{jct|state=TX|US|85|dir1=east|name1=Paisano Drive}} |notes=East end of US 85 overlap; eastbound exit and westbound entrance }} {{TXint|exit |type=incomplete |mile= |exit=— |road=Racetrack Drive |notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance }} {{TXint|exit |type=incomplete |mile= |exit=13 |road=Sunland Park Drive |notes=Exit numbers follow I-10 mileage; no westbound exit }} {{TXint|exit |type=incomplete |mile= |exit=12 |road=Resler Drive |notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance }} {{TXint|exit |type=incomplete |mile= |exit=11 |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|20|name1=Mesa Street}} |notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance

}} {{TXint|exit

|type=concur |mile= |exit= |road={{jct|state=TX|I|10|dir1=west|name1=US 85 north / US 180 west}} |notes=Clockwise terminus; west end of US 85 overlap; I-10 exit 13 }}  {{jctbtm|exit|keys=closed,concur,incomplete,trans,proposed}}

<gallery widths="300px"> File:Transmountain Road cut.jpg|The largest road cut on Transmountain Drive, at the mile-high crest of Smuggler's Pass File:Loop 375 Border West Expressway and I-10 in west El Paso.jpg|Border West Expressway and I-10 in west El Paso File:Border West Expressway aerial detail.jpg|This aerial view of the Mexico–US border near the Sun Bowl stadium in El Paso, Texas, shows the state of construction of the Border West Expressway crossing above the railroad tracks (center), in December 2017. The neighborhood at the lower left is in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. </gallery>

==See also== {{portal|U.S. Roads|Texas}} * List of state highway loops in Texas

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Texas State Highway Loop 375}} {{Attached KML|display=inline,title}} *{{osmrelation|445315|Texas State Highway Loop 375}} * [http://www.texasfreeway.com/ElPaso/photos/lp375/375_border.shtml Loop 375 Border Highway]

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