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{{Short description|DART light rail station in Dallas, Texas}}
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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
| image_size         = 
| image_caption      = 
| address            = 10100 [[Interstate 635 (Texas)|Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway]]<ref name="Station Guide" />
| borough            = Dallas, Texas
| coordinates        = {{coord|32|53|53|N|96|42|42|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-TX|display=inline,title}}
| line               = <!-- line information is detailed under "services" -->
| connections        = {{rint|bus|1}} '''[[Dallas Area Rapid Transit#Buses|DART]]''': {{DART LB|17}}, {{DART LB|204}}, and {{DART LB|243}}
| structure          = At-grade
| platform           = Two [[side platforms]]
| parking            = 654 spaces<ref name="Station Guide" />
| bicycle            = 2 lockers,<ref>{{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}}</ref> 1 rack
| opened             = {{Start date|2002|05|06}}<ref name="LBJ/Skillman Opening" />
| rebuilt            = 
| accessible         = Yes
| code               = 
| owned              = [[Dallas Area Rapid Transit]]
| zone               = 
| former             = 
| passengers         = 
| pass_year          = 
| pass_percent       = 
| 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 }}
}}

'''LBJ/Skillman station''' is a [[DART light rail]] station in [[Dallas, Texas]]. It is located on the western [[frontage road]] of [[Interstate 635 (Texas)|Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway]] (I-635),<ref name="Station Guide">{{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}}</ref> 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|park-and-ride]] lot. A bus route connects the station to [[Dallas College Richland|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 [[Traffic sign|highway signage]].

A seating area on the northwest corner of the platform is designed to resemble a [[Rest area|highway rest area]]. The surrounding parking lots contain a central median with [[Milestone|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.<ref name="LBJ/Skillman Opening" /><ref>{{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]]}}</ref>

== History ==
Plans for a station at the intersection of LBJ and Skillman/Audelia, which would be located on an existing [[Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad|Missouri–Kansas–Texas]] freight corridor, date back to DART's original 1983 rail plan.<ref>{{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=[[DallasNews Corporation|A. H. Belo Corporation]] |pages=31A |via=[[NewsBank]]}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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]]}}</ref>

The station opened on May 6, 2002.<ref name="LBJ/Skillman Opening">{{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=[[DallasNews Corporation|A. H. Belo Corporation]] |pages=31A |via=[[NewsBank]]}}</ref> It served as the northern terminus of the Blue Line until the line was extended to [[Downtown Garland station|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.<ref>{{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=[[DallasNews Corporation|A. H. Belo Corporation]] |pages=20A |via=[[NewsBank]]}}</ref> The bridge was completed in 2011.

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== 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]

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