Texas State Highway Loop 9

Although it can be considered the southern counterpart to the President George Bush Turnpike (PGBT), it is actually being re-integrated into a plan for a broad outer loop that would extend far north of the metroplex.

[1] The alignment of Loop 9 is still under study by a task force under the direction of county governments.

The route is expected to start somewhere in southern Mesquite, Texas at an interchange with Interstate 20 where it may connect with either the PGBT or a proposed Rockwall/Kaufman County Outer Loop.

The proposed road has been affected by a national recession, a construction slowdown, and a severe shortage of state highway funds [2] and may remain in the planning stages for many years.

[4] On May 6, 1969, Loop 9 was designated from I-20 north, east, south, west, and northwest back to I-20.

Tentative master plan for Dallas-Fort Worth outer loops, as released by the North Central Texas Council of Governments Metropolitan Transportation Program in 2009. Loop 9, as defined by TxDOT, is highlighted in red; it is unknown whether the remainder of the loop would receive this designation.