Lawson: IH20 @ Trinity (East Fork)
Lawson straddles the Dallas–Kaufman county line in north Texas, a position that has placed the small city within the outward growth of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Interstate 20 crosses the East Fork of the Trinity River nearby, following a broad lowland corridor of grassland and woodland. The East Fork is a major tributary within the Trinity River basin, which drains much of North Texas. This section of I-20 is part of the long east–west route linking Dallas with Shreveport and carries both regional traffic and freight. Like other US interstates, the highway network developed from the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, a landmark in American transport planning.
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