Fort Worth Meacham International Airport
Fort Worth Meacham International Airport is a general aviation airport located near the intersection of Interstate 820 and Business U.S. Highway 287 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It is named after former Fort Worth Mayor Henry C. Meacham. The airport covers 745 acres.
Postcard of Fort Worth Municipal Airport, undated
Civilian training school students and instructors at Meacham Field in 1942
U.S. Route 287 Business (Mansfield–Fort Worth, Texas)
Business US Highway 287-P is a 38.613-mile-long (62.142 km) business loop of US Highway 287 in the state of Texas that serves as main street for Mansfield, downtown Fort Worth and Saginaw. The highway is known as Main Street while in Mansfield, Mansfield Highway while in southern Fort Worth, Kennedale Parkway in Kennedale, Riverside Drive and Rosedale Street in central Fort Worth, Commerce Street in downtown Fort Worth, Main Street in northern Fort Worth, and Saginaw Boulevard in Saginaw. The highway was originally designated on January 14, 1991, to replace a portion of Loop 496, and the old route of US 287 and US 81. The route was then rerouted several times during the 1990s. Bus. US 287-P is located almost entirely in Tarrant County, and is mostly located in Fort Worth. The highway is, as of 2010, the longest business route of US 287, while located in Texas. Bus. US 287-P is one of the few highways to be designated as a north–south highway.
Entrance to the Fort Worth Stockyards, located on Business U.S. 287-P
Hicks Airfield, with Bus. US 287-P on left
The Saginaw Chamber of Commerce, located along the highway
The Historic Tarrant County Courthouse