DALLAS–FORT WORTH / THE MAP ARCHIVE
Rand McNally Dallas–Fort Worth map, 1974
This 1974 Rand McNally sheet shows the regional road network around the new DFW airport. The archived account points to three unfinished pieces: airport-area roads not yet shown as freeways, an IH-20 gap through the mid-cities and missing western IH-820.
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- Map Date
- 1974
The archived title identifies this as a 1974 Dallas–Fort Worth map.
- Publisher
- Rand McNally
The source identifies the publisher as Rand McNally Roadmap.
- Period Forecast
- 1976
The archived account predicted that the mid-cities IH-20 gap would be closed by 1976.
1974 · Dallas–Fort Worth
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The new airport sits between the two cities
The sheet labels Dallas–Fort Worth Regional Airport in the mid-cities. The archived description notes that most roadways around the new airport are shown as highways rather than freeways.
IH-20 still has a mid-cities gap
The archived account identifies a large break in IH-20 and says it would be closed by 1976. That is a forecast written with this map, not a current-status statement.
Western IH-820 remains incomplete
Most of the western IH-820 loop in Fort Worth is still missing in the archived description of the 1974 network.
DALLAS–FORT WORTH / HISTORICAL CONTEXT
A regional network with three unfinished pieces
The archived page focused on the network around the new DFW airport. It said most nearby roads appeared as highways rather than freeways, while a large gap remained in IH-20 through the mid-cities.
The same account expected the IH-20 gap to close by 1976 and noted that most of western IH-820 in Fort Worth was still missing. Those statements describe the system as it was understood when this map entered the archive.
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Rand McNally, Dallas-Fort Worth Map, 1974
Created 20-July-2004
Description: Most of the roadways around the new DFW airport are shown as highways, not freeways. A big gap in IH-20 exists in the mid-cities area, but it would be closed by 1976. Most of the western IH-820 in Fort Worth is still missing.
Publisher: Rand McNally Roadmap.