U.S. Route 287 in Texas

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 287 in Texas. For the entire length of the highway, see U.S. Route 287.

US Highway 287
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	503.898 mi (810.945 km)
Existed:	1942 – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 69 / US 96 / SH 87 in Port Arthur
	I-10 in Beaumont I-45 in Corsicana I-35E in Waxahachie I-20 in Arlington I-20 / I-820 in Fort Worth I-30 in Fort Worth I-35W / US 81 in Fort Worth I-44 / US 277 / US 281 in Wichita Falls I-40 in Amarillo I-27 / I-40 / US 60 / US 87 in Amarillo
North end:	US-287 near Kerrick
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced Highways in Texas Interstate US State Loops Spurs Rec FM Toll ← SH 286 SH 287 → ← SH 105 SH 106 SH 107 → ← SH 229 SH 230 SH 231 →

U.S. Route 287 in North Texas

U.S. Highway 287 (US 287) in the U.S. state of Texas is a U.S. Highway that begins on the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur and heads north through Fort Worth, northwest to Childress, Clarendon, and Amarillo in the Texas Panhandle and into Oklahoma near Kerrick.

Route description

US 287 crosses into Texas at Kerrick and continues southeast through to Stratford, where it takes a more southerly turn. In Dumas, US 287 merges with its "parent route", US 87, and continues its south/southeasterly path as a co-signed route to Amarillo.

After passing through the heart of downtown Amarillo, US 87 splits off to the south to merge with I-27, and US 287 merges with I-40 and continues co-signed with the interstate until just west of Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, where it veers to the southeast toward Claude, the seat of Armstrong County.

US 287 follows this east-southeasterly path through Clarendon and Childress, where it intersects US Highways 83 and 62. US 287 then proceeds to Vernon, where it merges with (and is briefly co-signed with) US 70 and US 183. After US 70 and US 183 leave the route at Oklaunion and veer to the northeast, US 287 resumes its east-southeasterly track passing through Harrold and Electra on its way to Wichita Falls. On the northwest side of the city US 287 merges with I-44, US 82, and (briefly) US 277. After leaving Wichita Falls, US 82/287 continues as a co-signed route until Henrietta, where US 82 leaves the route. After merging with US 81 in Bowie, US 287/81 continues southeast to Fort Worth, where it merges with I-35W on the north side of town. Just northwest of this interchange, Business US 287 veers off to the right following the original routing into Saginaw and into downtown Fort Worth while zig zagging its way through city streets to Kennedale and Mansfield before coming out onto the US 287 Freeway south of Interstate 20 near the Ellis County line just north of Midlothian.

Here, US 81 hits its terminus, but US 287 continues, concurrent route with I-35W through to the north end of downtown Fort Worth before splitting off to the southeast and once again picking up its own signage. This stretch of US 287, which runs from downtown to the southeast side of the city, is also known as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Freeway. In southeast Fort Worth, US 287 intersects with, and is briefly co-signed with, I-820 (which then dumps into I-20) before veering to the southeast yet again, where it passes through the extreme western side of Arlington, and then on in to Mansfield and Midlothian The freeway which previously terminated at the Tarrant/Johnson County line has been extended continuing on into Ellis County to connect with the existing freeway around Waxahachie, which includes a bypass around Midlothian and an interchange with US 67.

After intersecting with I-35E just north of Waxahachie, US 287 continues to the southeast, where it merges with I-45 just south of Ennis and follows the interstate to Corsicana where it then leaves the route and makes another sharp turn to the east. The highway continues southeastward to Palestine, where it merges with State Highway 19. US 287/SH 19 continues as a co-signed route until Crockett, where US 287 leaves SH 19 and continues its southeasterly track toward the Texas Gulf Coast.

In Woodville, US 287 merges with US 69 and takes on a more due-southerly route to Lumberton, where a co-signed US 69/287 also merges with US 96. The highway then continues to the southeast through Beaumont with a short stint with Interstate 10 and on to Port Arthur, where the route terminates at an intersection with State Highway 87.

History

Before 1939, the portion from Oklahoma to Amarillo was SH 9, from Amarillo to Henrietta was SH 5, Henrietta to Fort Worth was SH 2 and US 81, Fort Worth to Ennis SH 34, Ennis to Corsicana was SH 14/US 75, Corsicana to Palestine was SH 22, Palestine to Crockett was SH 19, Crockett and Woodville was SH 106, Woodville to Port Arthur was SH 8. All of these state highways were shortened in the 1939 renumbering. SH 106 was decommissioned. SH 19 was deleted until 1960, when it extended back south.

Junction list

County	Location	Mile	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Jefferson	Port Arthur	0.0	0.0		SH 87 (16th Street) – Galveston, Orange	South end of US 69 and US 96 overlaps; south end of highway
					SH 73 – Winnie, Groves
				South end of freeway
					Jimmy Johnson Boulevard
	Nederland				FM 365 (Labelle Avenue)
					Nederland Avenue
					Jerry Ware Drive – Southeast Texas Regional Airport
	Port Neches				Beauxart Gardens Road, Spurlock Road
					FM 3514 west (Joshua W. Allen Sr. Highway)
	Beaumont				SH 347 south – Nederland
					Spur 380 (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard) – Lamar University
					Highland Avenue
					Florida Avenue, Erie Street
					4th Street
					SH 124 south (Fannett Road) – Winnie, High Island
					I-10 west (Eastex Freeway) – Houston	South end of I-10 overlap
				850	Washington Boulevard	Southbound exit is via exit 849
				851	US 90 (College Street) – Liberty
				852A	Laurel Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
				852B	Calder Avenue, Harrison Avenue, Gladys Avenue
					I-10 east – Lake Charles	North end of I-10 overlap
					Delaware Street
					11th Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
					Lucas Drive
					Dowlen Road
					SH 105 west – Sour Lake, Conroe
					Lawrence Drive
					Tram Road
Hardin					Cooks Lake Road
					Keith Road – Rose Hill Acres
					FM 3513 north (Village Creek Parkway) / Mitchell Road – Village Creek State Park	No northbound entrance
	Lumberton				US 96 north – Lumberton, Silsbee, Jasper	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; north end of US 96 overlap
				North end of freeway
					FM 421 (Country Line Drive)
					SH 327 east – Silsbee
	Kountze				SH 326 south – Sour Lake, Nome
					FM 418 east – Silsbee
					FM 1003 south – Honey Island
					FM 420 east – Big Thicket National Preserve Visitors Center
	Village Mills				FM 3063 west – Wildwood
Tyler	Warren, Tyler County				FM 1943 – Fred	Brief concurrency
	Hillister				FM 1013 east – Spurger
	Woodville				US 190 – Huntsville, Jasper
					US 69 north – Lufkin	North end of US 69 overlap
					FM 256 – Colmesneil
	Chester				FM 1745
					FM 2097
Polk					FM 62 – Camden
					FM 352
	Corrigan				US 59 – Lufkin, Cleveland
Trinity					FM 2262
	Groveton				FM 355
					SH 94 east – Lufkin	South end of SH 94 overlap
					FM 3154
					SH 94 west – Trinity	North end of SH 94 overlap
					FM 1280
					FM 2781 – Pennington
Houston					FM 358 – Pennington
					FM 232
	Crockett				Loop 304
					SH 7 / SH 21 west – Centerville, Nacogdoches, Madisonville	South end of SH 21 overlap
					SH 21 east (Houston Avenue) – Alto	North end of SH 21 overlap
					SH 19 south (4th Street) – Trinity	South end of SH 19 overlap
					Loop 304
					FM 2160
	Latexo				FM 2663
	Grapeland				US 287 Bus. – Grapeland
					FM 2423
					FM 227
					FM 228
					US 287 Bus. – Grapeland
Anderson					SH 294 east – Alto	South end of SH 294 overlap
	Elkhart				FM 1817 (Alderbranch Road)
					SH 294 west (Parker Street) – Elkhart	North end of SH 294 overlap
					FM 2419
	Palestine				Loop 256
					US 84 east (Parker Street) – Rusk	South end of US 84 overlap
					SH 19 north	North end of SH 19 overlap
					Loop 127
					US 84 west (Oak Street) – Waco	North end of US 84 overlap
					US 79 / SH 19 south – Jacksonville, Buffalo	South end of SH 19 overlap
					Loop 256
					SH 19 north – Athens	North end of SH 19 overlap
					FM 3224
					Spur 327 – Tennessee Colony
					FM 321 – Tennessee Colony, Montalba
					FM 645 – Tennessee Colony
					FM 860
					FM 2608
	Cayuga				FM 59 – Athens
Freestone					FM 488 south – Fairfield
Navarro					SH 309 – Kerens
	Eureka				FM 3243 (Baker Avenue)
					FM 637
					FM 739
					FM 637
	Corsicana				I-45 south – Houston	South end of I-45 overlap
				231	SH 31 – Waco, Athens
				232	Roane Road, East 5th Avenue
				235B	I-45 Bus. south – Corsicana	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
				235A	Frontage Road	Signed as exit 235 northbound
				237	Frontage Road
				238	FM 1603
				239	FM 1126
	Rice			242	Calhoun Street – Rice
				243	Frontage Road
Ellis				244	FM 1182
	Alma			246	FM 1183 – Alma
					I-45 north – Dallas	North end of I-45 overlap
					FM 1183 (Oak Grove Road) – Alma, Ennis
					FM 3383 (Ensign Road) – Ennis, Corsicana
	Ennis			—	SH 34 (Lake Bardwell Drive) – Italy, Ennis	Interchange
					US 287 Bus. north – Ennis
	Waxahachie				US 287 Bus. north – Waxahachie	South end of freeway
					Farley Street, Wyatt Street, Broadhead Road
					FM 813 (Brown Street)
					US 77 (Dallas Highway) – Waxahachie
					Solon Road
					I-35E – Dallas, Waco
					FM 664 – Ovilla	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
					US 287 Bus. south – Waxahachie	North end of freeway
	Midlothian				US 287 Bus. north, Midlothian Parkway	South end of freeway
					FM 663 (South 9th Street)
					US 67 – Cleburne, Dallas
					US 287 Bus. south	North end of freeway
	Mansfield				SH 360 – Arlington, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Johnson					US 287 Bus. – Fort Worth	South end of freeway
Tarrant					Heritage Parkway
					Broad Street
					Walnut Creek Drive
					FM 157 / Debbie Lane
					Turner Warnell Road
	Arlington				Curry Road, Eden Road
					Sublett Road
					Little School Road, Little Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
					I-20 east – Dallas	South end of I-20 overlap
				443	Bowman Springs Road
	Fort Worth				I-20 west / I-820 – Abilene	North end of I-20 overlap; south end of I-820 overlap
				33C	Sun Valley Drive
				33B	Martin Street, Wilbarger Street
					I-820 north (East Loop 820)	North end of I-820 overlap
					Village Creek Road
					Miller Avenue, Wilbarger Street
					Berry Street
					Mitchell Boulevard
					Cobb Park Road	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
					Rosedale Street
					SH 180 (Lancaster Avenue) / Riverside Drive	Northbound exit for SH 180
					SH 180 (Lancaster Avenue)	Southbound exit
					I-30 – Abilene, Dallas
					I.M. Terrell Way	Northbound exit only
					Spur 280 – Downtown Fort Worth
					I-35W south (South Freeway) – Waco	South end of I-35W overlap
				52A	US 377 north (Belknap Street) / SH 121 north – DFW Airport	North end of US 377 overlap; signed as exit 52B northbound
				52B	Spur 347 west (Belknap Street)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
				52C	Pharr Street
				52D	Carver Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
				53	Northside Drive, Yucca Avenue
				54A	SH 183 (Northeast 28th Street)	Signed as exits 54A (east) and 54B (west) northbound
				54B	Papurt Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
				54C	33rd Street, Long Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
				56A	Meacham Boulevard
				56B	Melody Hills Drive	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
				57	I-820 (Northeast Loop 820)	Signed as exits 57A (east) and 57B (west)
				58	Western Center Boulevard
				59	Basswood Boulevard
					I-35W north (North Freeway) – Denton	North end of I-35W overlap; south end of US 81 overlap
					FM 3479 (Harmon Road)
					FM 156 (Blue Mound Road)
					Bonds Ranch Road
					West Blue Mound Road
					US 287 Bus. south – Fort Worth	North end of freeway
Wise	Rhome				US 81 Bus. north / SH 114 east, Grapevine	Southern end of freeway; south end of SH 114 overlap
					FM 3433 – Newark
					SH 114 west – Bridgeport	North end of SH 114 overlap
					US 81 Bus. south – Rhome	North end of freeway
	New Fairview				FM 407 – Justin	Interchange
					FM 2264
	Decatur				US 81 Bus. north – Decatur
					FM 730 – Azle, Decatur	Interchange
					US 380 Bus. / FM 51 – Decatur, Granbury	Interchange
					US 380 – Bridgeport, Denton	Interchange
					FM 1810 (East Old Chico Road)
					US 81 Bus. south – Decatur
	Alvord				US 81 Bus. north – Alvord	Southern end of freeway
					Hubbard Street	No southbound exit
					FM 1655
					US 81 Bus. south – Alvord	Northern end of freeway
Montague					Spur 511 – Sunset	South end of freeway
	Sunset				SH 101 – Bridgeport, Sunset
					Frontage Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
					Lawhorn Road
					Fruitland Road
					Wagon Seller Road
					US 81 north – Bowie	North end of US 81 overlap
					FM 1125 – Bowie
	Bowie				SH 59 – Bowie, Jacksboro
					FM 174 – Bowie, Windthorst	North end of freeway
Clay	Bellevue				FM 1288 south	South end of FM 1288 overlap
					FM 1288 north – Newport	North end of FM 1288 overlap
					New York Road	Southbound exit and entrance
	Henrietta				Spur 510 north – Henrietta	South end of freeway
					SH 148 (Graham Street) – Henrietta, Jacksboro
	Henrietta				US 82 east – Henrietta, Gainesville	South end of US 82 overlap; north end of freeway
					Loop 47 – Jolly
	Jolly				FM 2393 – Jolly, Thornberry	Interchange
					Loop 47 – Jolly
					US 287 Bus. – Wichita Falls	South end of freeway
Wichita	Wichita Falls				Fisher Road
					SH 79 north / Hammon Road	Northbound exit for SH 79
					SH 79 north – Petrolia	South end of SH 79 overlap
					Old Windthorst Road
					US 281 south / SH 79 south – Jacksboro, Archer City	North end of SH 79 overlap; south end of US 281 overlap; left exit
					Loop 473 (Old Jacksboro Highway)
					Galveston Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; northbound exit for US 82/US 277 (Kell Boulevard)
					US 82 west / US 277 south – Lubbock, Abilene	North end of US 82 overlap; south end of US 277 overlap
					14th-8th Streets – Downtown Wichita Falls
					I-44 east
				1A	US 277 Bus. south	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
				1B	Scotland Park	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
				1C	Texas Travel Info Center
				1D	US 287 Bus.
				2	Maurine Street
					I-44 east (Central Freeway) / US 277 north / US 281 north – Lawton	North end of I-44, US 277, and US 281 overlap
				3B	Spur 325 – Sheppard AFB
					Loop 11 south (Beverly Loop)
					City View Drive
					Wellington Lane
					Huntington Lane
					FM 369 – Wichita Valley Airport
					Rifle Range Road
					Peterson Road
	Iowa Park				Bell Road
					FM 368 – Iowa Park
					US 287 Bus. south
					Harmony Road
					Burnet Ranch Road	North end of freeway
					US 287 Bus. north – Electra	South end of freeway
					FM 2384
					Midway Church Road
	Electra				FM 1739 – Electra
					SH 25 – Electra, Haynesville
					County Line Road	Northbound exit for Business 287
Wilbarger					US 287 Bus. south – Electra	Southbound exit only; north end of freeway
	Harrold				SH 240 east – Burkburnett	South end of freeway; no northbound entrance
					FM 1763	North end of freeway; no southbound entrance
	Oklaunion				Loop 404 west – Oklaunion	South end of freeway; southbound exit and entrance
					US 70 east / US 183 north – Davidson	South end of US 70/US 183 overlap
					Loop 145 south – Oklaunion, County Road 113	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
					Loop 404 east – Oklaunion	Southbound exit only
					FM 433 west	North end of freeway
					Frontage Road	Southbound exit only; south end of freeway
					FM 1763 north	Northbound exit and entrance
					US 287 Bus. north – Vernon	Left exit northbound
					FM 1949 south	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Vernon				Laurie Street
					US 183 south / US 283 – Seymour, Altus	North end of US 183 overlap
					Bentley Street
					US 70 west – Floydada	North end of US 70 overlap; north end of freeway
					FM 925 east	Interchange; south end of FM 925 overlap
					FM 925 west	North end of FM 925 overlap
					FM 432 north	Interchange
Hardeman					FM 925 east
	Chillicothe				FM 91 – Medicine Mound
					FM 2006 north
					FM 1167 south – Medicine Mound
					FM 2568
	Quanah				SH 6 – Cisco, Eldorado
					FM 2568
					Loop 285 west
					Loop 285 east	Interchange
					FM 1166 north
					FM 2363 – Punkin Center
					FM 680 north
					FM 268
Childress					FM 1033 north
					FM 1033 south (Main Street)	North end of FM 1033 overlap
	Childress				FM 2530
					FM 3031 south (Northeast 5th Street)
					FM 268 east (Northeast 3rd Street)
					US 62 / US 83 – Paducah, Canadian
					FM 164 east, County Road 9	Interchange
					Loop 328 north – Carey
					Loop 328 south – Carey
Hall					FM 658 south
	Estelline				SH 86 west – Silverton
					FM 1619
					FM 1619
	Memphis				SH 256 – Silverton, Wellington
					FM 2361 – Lakeview
Donley	Hedley				SH 203 east – Wellington
	Lelia Lake				FM 1754 south
					FM 1755 north
					FM 1260
	Clarendon				SH 70 south – Matador	South end of SH 70 overlap
					SH 70 north – Pampa	North end of SH 70
Armstrong	Goodnight				FM 294 north
					FM 1151 east	South end of FM 1151 overlap
	Claude				FM 1151 west	North end of FM 1151 overlap
					SH 207 – Silverton, Borger
					FM 2373 north
	Washburn				FM 2250 south
Carson	No major junctions
Potter					FM 1912 north
					Spur 228 north
	Amarillo				I-40	South end of I-40 overlap
				77	FM 1258 (Pullman Road)
				76	Spur 468 (Airport Boulevard)	To Amarillo International Airport, southbound exit to information center
				75	Loop 335 (Lakeside Drive)
				74	Whitaker Road
				73	Eastern Street, Bolton Street
				72B	US 287 Bus. north / Grand Street, Bolton Street
				72A	Nelson Street, Quarter Horse Drive
				71	Ross-Osage Street, Arthur Street
				70	I-27 south (Canyon Drive) / US 60 / US 87 – Canyon, Lubbock
					I-40 west – Alburquerque	North end of I-40 overlap; south end of US 60/US 87 overlap
					US 287 Bus. south (Southeast 10th Street)
					Loop 279 west (6th Avenue)
					I-40 Bus. (Amarilo Boulevard) / US 60 east	North end of US 60 overlap; south end of freeway
					North 24th Avenue
					Loop 434 north (River Road)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
					Hastings Avenue
					Central Avenue
					Loop 335 (Saint Francis Avenue)
					Willow Creek Drive
					Cherry Avenue
					Mobley Street
					FM 2176 south	North end of freeway
Moore					SH 354 west / FM 1913 east – Channing	Interchange
	Dumas				FM 722 south
					US 87 north / SH 152 east – Dalhart, Borger	North end of US 87 overlap
					FM 119 north – Sunray
					FM 281 – Sunray	No northbound exit
Sherman					FM 297 west – Dalhart
					FM 1573 east
	Stratford				To SH 15 – Follett
					US 54 – Dalhart, Texhoma
					FM 2677 (Purnell Avenue)
Dallam	Kerrick				FM 807 south
					US-287 north	Continuation into Oklahoma
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Image gallery

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  Approaching US 287 near Midlothian.

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  US 287 runs northwest-southeast through Childress, located equidistant from Amarillo and Wichita Falls.

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  US 287 is concurrent with US 87 between Amarillo and Dumas.

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  US 287 in North Texas.

See also

Texas portal U.S. Roads portal

External links

• US 287 southeast of downtown Fort Worth—from dfwfreeways.info