I-35E Looking South: A Landscape Blissfully Free of Cars and Strip Malls — 1964
by Paula Bosse
I-35, pre-sprawl — photo by Squire Haskins (GIGANTIC when clicked)
by Paula Bosse
This is I-35. …I-35! I’m not sure what stretch of the interstate this is exactly, but I think we’re looking north toward Denton south from Denton. I might cry. No sprawl!
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UPDATE: I’ve had several comments about this photo from all over El Internet, and it appears that this is I-35E in Denton, looking south(east) toward Lake Lewisville (then Lake Dallas). More specifically, this shows the I-35 / US-77 (Dallas Dr.) interchange, with part of the old Hwy. 77 visible at the bottom of the photo. It’s been pointed out that the water tower at the top right is at the Denton State School. I hope this is correct! If anyone else has any suggestions, please let me know! (To see a 1965 road map of this area, see here.)
Here’s how it looks these days (thanks, Bill P.).
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Another amazing aerial photograph by Squire Haskins, from the collection of the Denton Public Library (with an incorrect description!). Accessible on the Portal to Texas History, here.
Click picture for larger image. In fact, it’ll get so big that it might break whatever device you’re viewing this on; proceed with caution.
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Flashback : Dallas 
here is an aerial from 1968 that confirms the location. as you can see the structure that is to the left of the highway (an oval shaped driveway)
http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?scale=1.6E-05&lat=33.1896799373334&lon=-97.1120374321278&year=1968
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Thanks, Peter!
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Just to clarify your update, the Lake Lewisville Dam was completed in 1955 and the Garza dam was breached in 1957 when Lake Dallas was renamed Lake Lewisville, so this 1964 shot shows the much larger Lake Lewisville.
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Thanks, Chris. Whenever I heard it referenced as a kid in the ’70s (and maybe even into the ’80s), it was always called “Lake Dallas.” Or course I heard this from Dallas residents, and I guess it was just the result of territorial Dallasites not wanting to let the name go! Thanks again — I will update my update.
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