BELT LINE ROAD (TEXAS)

'Belt Line Road' is a loop road that traverses across a total of 16 different cities in Dallas County, Texas (USA). While Loop 12 serves as the inner complete loop that encircles Dallas, Belt Line Road is the outer complete loop. However, Belt Line Road is not designated as a Texas State Loop (however, the stretch of the road designated FM 1382 is maintained by the state), but simply like any other local streets in the surrounding suburbs it passes. In addition, no portions of Belt Line Road are controlled access freeways.
;Starting with its origin North Dallas and proceeding in a clockwise direction, Belt Line traverses the following municipalities in Dallas county:

Municipality	length
North Dallas
Richardson
Garland
Mesquite
Sunnyvale
Balch Springs
Southeast Dallas
Wilmer
Lancaster
DeSoto
Cedar Hill
Southwest Dallas
Grand Prairie
Irving
Coppell
Northwest Dallas
Carrollton
Addison

Belt Line Road also traverses unincorporated parts of Dallas County between southeast Dallas and Wilmer (), and between Wilmer and Lancaster ().
;Belt Line Road crosses the following freeways, starting with the Dallas North Tollway and proceeding clockwise:

★ Dallas North Tollway Dallas Pkwy, North Dallas

★ US 75 Central Expressway, Richardson

★ I-30 R. L. Thornton Freeway, Garland

★ US 80, Mesquite

★ I-20 Lyndon B Johnson Freeway, Balch Springs

★ US 175 C. F. Hawn Freeway, SE Dallas

★ I-45 Julius Schepps Freeway, Wilmer

★ I-35E R. L. Thornton Freeway, Lancaster/DeSoto

★ US 67 Marvin D Love Freeway, Cedar Hill

★ I-20 Lyndon B Johnson Freeway, Grand Prairie

★ I-30 Tom Landry Highway, Grand Prairie

★ SH 183 Airport Freeway, Irving

★ SH 161/President George Bush Turnpike, Irving

★ SH 114 John Carpenter Freeway, Irving

★ I-635 Lyndon B Johnson Freeway, Irving

★ President George Bush Turnpike, Carrollton

★ I-35E Stemmons Freeway, Carrollton
;Other highways (but not freeways) that Belt Line Road intersects include:

★ SH 289 Preston Road, Dallas

★ SH 78 Lavon Drive, Garland

★ SH 66 Avenue D, Garland

★ SH 352 Main Street, Mesquite

★ SH 342 Dallas Avenue, Lancaster

★ SH Spur 303 Pioneer Parkway, Grand Prairie

★ SH 180 Main Street, Grand Prairie

★ SH 356 Irving Boulevard, Irving
Belt Line Road is not a straightforward and continuous loop. As one follows the entire course of Belt Line Road, there are several discontinuities and name variations present that may result in getting lost. Starting with North Dallas and proceeding clockwise the following deviations and turns are noted:
#In Richardson, a portion of Belt Line Road is named Main Street from US 75 to Bowser Road After Bowser Road, Main Street becomes Belt Line again.
#In Garland, Belt Line Road becomes First Street from Buckingham Road until the junction of First Street and Broadway Blvd, where the course of Belt Line follows Broadway Blvd. After crossing I-30 in south Garland, where Broadway becomes Belt Line again.
#In central Mesquite, shortly after crossing US 80, a short segment of Belt Line is called "Bryan-Belt Line Road"
#In south Mesquite, Belt Line Road makes a left turn at a T intersection with Lake June Rd, where Belt Line proceeds southeast towards Balch Springs. Likewise, when proceeding to this T intersection from Balch Springs, to follow the course of Belt Line Road one must make a right turn.
#From I-35E in DeSoto, Belt Line Road is also called FM 1382. However, in Cedar Hill, the name "Belt Line" is temporarily lost as FM 1382 starts to head northwest (the name instead follows the original routing of Belt Line Road, some of which was submerged with the creation of Joe Pool Lake). After passing west of Joe Wilson Road, follow the course of FM 1382.
#At I-20 in Grand Prairie, the name "Belt Line" re-appears with FM 1382. FM 1382 is continued as part of Belt Line Road until it reaches SH 180-Main Street.
#At Jefferson St/SH 180-Main St in central Grand Prairie, southbound Belt Line Road becomes 8th Street while northbound Belt Line Road becomes 9th Street through the middle of Grand Prairie. (9th Street was not originally part of Belt Line; it was added later when 8th Street was made one way to alleviate congestion. As of 2007 construction is underway on a new overpass at this intersection, as cars must often wait for crossing Union Pacific trains.)
#At Coppell, to follow Belt Line one must make a right turn at a 4-way intersection with Southwestern Drive and Denton Tap Road. Likewise, when proceeding to this intersection from the opposite direction, to follow the course of Belt Line Road one must make a left turn.