LBJ/Skillman station

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{{Infobox station

| name = LBJ/Skillman

| style = Dallas Area Rapid Transit

| type = DART light rail station

| image = LBJ & Skillman DART station.JPG

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| address = 10100 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway

| borough = Dallas, Texas

| coordinates = {{coord|32|53|53|N|96|42|42|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-TX|display=inline,title}}

| line =

| connections = {{rint|bus|1}} DART: {{DART LB|17}}, {{DART LB|204}}, and {{DART LB|243}}

| structure = At-grade

| platform = Two side platforms

| parking = 654 spaces

| bicycle = 2 lockers,{{Cite web |title=Bicycle Parking |url=https://www.dart.org/guide/supporting-services/bike-information/bicycle-parking |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=Dallas Area Rapid Transit |language=en}} 1 rack

| opened = {{Start date|2002|05|06}}

| rebuilt =

| accessible = Yes

| code =

| owned = Dallas Area Rapid Transit

| zone =

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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=DART|line=Blue|left=Lake Highlands|right=Forest/Jupiter}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-light |marker-color=#{{rcr|DART|Blue}} |zoom=15 }}

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LBJ/Skillman station is a DART light rail station in Dallas, Texas. It is located on the western frontage road of Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway (I-635),{{Cite web |title=LBJ/Skillman Station |url=https://www.dart.org/guide/transit-and-use/rail/rail-station-detail/lbj-skillman-station |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=Dallas Area Rapid Transit |language=en}} approximately {{Convert|1/2|mi|km}} southeast of the road's interchange with Skillman Street and Audelia Road.{{Efn|Skillman Street and Audelia Road temporarily merge while crossing I-635.}} The station serves the {{DART B}}.

The station is a park-and-ride lot. A bus route connects the station to Dallas College Richland Campus.

Artwork

In tribute to both I-635 and Lady Bird Johnson's support of highway beautification, LBJ/Skillman station is decorated with a highway theme. The station's columns feature tire tread patterns containing DART's chevron logo, and the station's paving contains a stylized map of I-635. Windscreens contain quotations from Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson stylized to resemble highway signage.

A seating area on the northwest corner of the platform is designed to resemble a highway rest area. The surrounding parking lots contain a central median with mile markers counting down to the station platform. The station is dedicated with native plants and wildflowers similar to those used on Texas roadways, which Lady Bird Johnson personally praised.{{Cite web |title=DART Gallery: A Collection of Public Art |url=https://dartorgcmsblob.dart.org/prod/docs/default-source/station-art/dartgallery.pdf |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=Dallas Area Rapid Transit}}

History

Plans for a station at the intersection of LBJ and Skillman/Audelia, which would be located on an existing Missouri–Kansas–Texas freight corridor, date back to DART's original 1983 rail plan.{{Cite news |last=Rodrigue |first=George |date=1983-08-07 |title=The DART Decision: DART would alter growth pattern, experts say |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0FC00B934DD580D0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A0F99DDB671832188%2540EANX-NB-1344984BEF2535BD%25402445554-134490109EB9E8A0%254030-1395D4116619D3A0%2540The%252BDart%252BDecision%252BDART%252Bwould%252Balter%252Bgrowth%252Bpattern%25252C%252Bexperts%252Bsay/hlterms%3A |work=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=A. H. Belo Corporation |pages=31A |via=NewsBank}} A 1997 proposal, which called the station LBJ/Audelia, outlined five potential locations: two north of I-635 on its frontage road, two south of I-635 on Audelia Road, and one on the bridge crossing I-635.{{cite archive|item=Northeast Corridor: Final Local Environmental Assessment (Final LEA)|item-url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1138597/|type=report|year=1997|publisher=Dallas Area Rapid Transit|pages=1-17, 1-19, 1-20, 1-21, 1-22, 1-23, 1-24, 1-25|collection=DART Historical Archive|repository=The Portal to Texas History|institution=University of North Texas}}

The station opened on May 6, 2002.{{Cite news |last=Hartzel |first=Tony |date=2002-05-05 |title='It's a beautiful ride' - On Monday, DART commuters will venture beyond LBJ Freeway |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0FC00B934DD580D0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0F35F40900156BF7 |work=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=A. H. Belo Corporation |pages=31A |via=NewsBank}} It served as the northern terminus of the Blue Line until the line was extended to Downtown Garland in November.

In 2009, the city of Dallas announced the construction of a {{Convert|650|ft|m|adj=on}} pedestrian bridge over I-635, which would connect the station to Audelia Road south of I-635.{{Cite news |date=2009-05-02 |title=Hits and Misses: Keep on Truckin' |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0FC00B934DD580D0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F127F2EEC9D4A69C0 |work=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=A. H. Belo Corporation |pages=20A |via=NewsBank}} The bridge was completed in 2011.

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References

External links

[https://www.dart.org/ Dallas Area Rapid Transit] - [https://www.dart.org/guide/transit-and-use/rail/rail-station-detail/lbj-skillman-station LBJ/Skillman Station]

Category:Dallas Area Rapid Transit light rail stations in Dallas

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 2002

Category:2002 establishments in Texas

Category:Bus stations in Dallas

Category:Railway stations in Dallas County, Texas

Category:Blue Line (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)