Mockingbird Lane is a road located mainly in central

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. It is one of three main arterial roads in this part of Dallas, and is also a major road through Highland Park.

Route description

The road runs west from Buckner Boulevard at its eastern terminus, then travels westward past the

Mockingbird Station SMU/Mockingbird station (originally Mockingbird station) is a DART light rail station in Dallas, Texas. The station is located at the intersection of Mockingbird Lane and North Central Expressway ( US 75). The station serves the , , and . ...

area between Greenville Avenue and

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, narrowing to two lanes as it forms the southern boundary of

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, crosses Hillcrest Avenue, and then passes over the

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, then intersects with Inwood Road. From there, it curves southwestward, intersecting with

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to give access to the terminal at Dallas Love Field Airport and forming the airport's southeastern boundary, past the

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while forming the campus's northwestern boundary, has an interchange with

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, curves to the west, and then again to the southwest as it passes under Interstate 35E and

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. Finally, it intersects Irving Boulevard after curving due south, and the street becomes Westmoreland Road at the midpoint of its bridge over the Trinity River floodway into

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. Further east, Mockingbird Lane becomes Peavy Road.

History

After the construction of

around 2002, developer Ken Hughes invested $600,000 in streetscape improvements for pedestrians. Unfortunately, the improvements made it worse for the pedestrians and half of the street lights were broken as of September 2012.

Points of interest

, Texas's first successful

transit-oriented development In urban planning, transit-oriented development (TOD) is a type of Real estate development, urban development that maximizes the amount of Residential area, residential, business and leisure space within Pedestrian, walking distance of public t ...

(TOD), is at Mockingbird Lane between Greenville Avenue and

. The station, built by

Dallas Area Rapid Transit Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is a transit agency serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex of Texas. It operates buses, light rail, commuter rail, and high-occupancy vehicle lanes in Dallas and twelve of its suburbs. In , the system had a r ...

(DART), brought forth a mall, park, and new life to an area that was formerly not desired for development. "What has done most to kindle interest in Dallas’s growing (and increasingly traffic-choked) suburbs is the TOD success story at Mockingbird Station. North of downtown Dallas, the Mockingbird Station capitalized on private developer initiative, a good site, strong local demographics, and an abundance of adjacent regional attractions.". Also, the Mockingbird Station area has the highest density population within three miles of any mass transit station in Texas. *

is a private university in Highland Park. It is on the north side of Mockingbird Lane, between Airline Road and Hillcrest Avenue.

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is adjacent to the campus. The

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is on the campus just off of Mockingbird. *

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, owned by the city of Dallas, is the second largest airport in the

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, just behind

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. It is located at the intersection of Cedar Springs Road and Mockingbird, between

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and the

References

{{Dallas Streets Dallas Area Rapid Transit Streets in Dallas Transportation in Dallas County, Texas