U.S. Route 87 in Texas

U.S. Highway 87
U.S. Highway 87
Route information
	Maintained by TxDOT
Length	660.071 mi (1,062.281 km)
Existed	1935–present
Major junctions
South end	SH 238 in Port Lavaca
	; I-69 / US 59 / US 77 in Victoria; US 90 in San Antonio; I-10 in San Antonio to Comfort; I-35 in San Antonio; US 67 / US 277 in San Angelo; I-20 in Big Spring; I-27 from Lubbock to Amarillo; US 70 in Plainview; US 60 in Canyon; I-40 / US 60 / US 287 in Amarillo
North end	US 87 near Texline
Location
Country	United States
State	Texas
Highway system
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In the U.S. state of Texas, U.S. Highway 87 (US 87) is a north–south U.S. Highway that begins near the Gulf Coast in Port Lavaca, Texas and heads north through San Antonio, Lubbock, and Amarillo to the New Mexico border near Texline.

Route description

US 87's southern terminus is at an intersection with State Highway 238 in Port Lavaca, Texas. It takes a northwesterly route out of the town, and follows this path all the way to Cuero, where it merges with (and is briefly co-signed with) US 183 before turning back toward the north. US 87 follows a gentle northwesterly route until just before Smiley, where it takes a more due-westerly turn. At Nixon, US 87 merges with State Highway 97 and continues west as a co-signed route until just west of Stockdale, where SH 97 leaves the route and US 87 continues to the northwest to San Antonio.

On the southeast side of the city, US 87 merges with Interstate 10 (I-10), where it continues through San Antonio as a co-signed, concurrent route for 54 miles (87 km), until an exit at Comfort, where the highway once again picks up its own signage and continues on, in an almost due northern heading to Fredericksburg, before making a slight turn back to the northwest to Mason, where it merges with US 377.

From Mason, US 87/377 continues north/northwest to Brady, where US 377 leaves the route and US 87 makes a hard turn to the west before taking yet another slight turn to the north and continuing on to San Angelo, and on to the northwest. After intersecting with I-20 at Big Spring, US 87 continues the same northwesterly path to Lamesa, where it takes a turn back to the northeast. After making another turn back to the north just outside O'Donnell, US 87 continues on to Lubbock, where it merges with I-27 on the south side of the city.

From this point, US 87 continues as a co-signed, concurrent route with I-27 all the way north to Amarillo, occasionally deviating from the interstate route to spur into rural towns along the route (such as Kress, Tulia, and Canyon) before merging with US 287 in Amarillo. US 87/287 continues almost due north until Dumas, where US 87 splits off the route with a sharp turn to the west before merging with US 385 in Hartley and turning to the northwest. US 385 leaves the route in Dalhart, and US 87 continues on a slight northwesterly path, crossing into New Mexico approximately a mile west of Texline.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Calhoun	Port Lavaca	SH 238 (Commerce Street)
		FM 1090 (Virginia Street)
		FM 1090 north (South Alcoa Drive)
		SH 35 – Port of Port Lavaca and Point Comfort
	Clarks	FM 2433 south
Victoria		FM 1090 east
		FM 616 – Placedo, Bloomington	interchange
	Dacosta	FM 1686
		FM 2615 east
	Victoria	US 59 – Refugio, Houston	interchange
		SH 185 to Bus. US 59 – Bloomington
		Bus. US 59 north (East Rio Grande Street) / Bus. US 77 north (North Navarro Street) – Hallettsville, Edna	south end of US 59 Bus. / US 77 Bus. overlap
		Bus. US 59 south / Bus. US 77 south (West Rio Grande Street) – Goliad, Refugio	north end of US 59 Bus. / US 77 Bus. overlap
		US 77	interchange
	Nursery	FM 447 west – Mission Valley
DeWitt		Loop 105 north – Thomaston
		Loop 105 south – Thomaston
	Cuero	US 77 Alt. north / US 183 north (North Esplanade) – Gonzales	south end of US 77 Alt. / US 183 overlap
		FM 236 south (East Morgan) – Arneckeville
		SH 72 west (West Heaton) – Yorktown
		US 77 Alt. south / US 183 south – Goliad	north end of US 77 Alt. / US 183 overlap
		SH 72 – Yorktown, Cuero
		FM 953 east – Lindenau
	Mustang Mott Store	FM 2542 west – Yorktown
		FM 2816 south
	Westhoff	FM 240 south (Houston Avenue) – Yorktown
Gonzales		FM 1116 north – Pilgrim
	Smiley	FM 108 – Yorktown, Gonzales
		FM 77 east
		FM 2922 north
	Nixon	SH 80 / SH 97 east – Gillett, Gonzales	south end of SH 97 overlap
Wilson	Pandora	FM 1107 west
		FM 1347 west – Denhawken
		FM 538 south to FM 1347
		Bus. US 87 north – Stockdale
		SH 119 south – Gillett, Yorktown
	Stockdale	SH 123 – Stockdale, Karnes City	interchange
	Stockdale	Bus. US 87 south – Business District
		SH 97 west – Floresville	north end of SH 97 overlap
	Sutherland Springs	FM 539 to FM 467 – Floresville
	La Vernia	Loop 321 west – Seguin
		FM 775 – Seguin
		Loop 321 east to FM 775
		FM 1346 to FM 775 – St. Hedwig
Bexar		Loop 1604 (Anderson Loop) – St. Hedwig, Elmendorf, Calaveras Lake Park	interchange
	Lone Oak	FM 3465
		Loop 107 east
		Loop 106 west
		FM 1628 – Sayers
		Loop 106 east
	China Grove	FM 1516 north – Martinez
	San Antonio	I-410	I-410 exit 35
		Loop 13 (South W.W. White)
		I-10 east / US 90 east – Seguin, Houston	south end of I-10 / US 90 overlap; US 87 south follows exit 577
see I-10
Kendall	Comfort	I-10 west / Bus. US 87 south – Kerrville, El Paso, Comfort	north end of I-10 overlap; US 87 north follows exit 523
Kerr	No major junctions
Kendall	No major junctions
Gillespie	Fredericksburg	US 290 east (Main Street) – Austin	south end of US 290 overlap
		SH 16 north (Llano Street) – Llano	south end of SH 16 overlap
		SH 16 south (Adams Street) – Kerrville	north end of SH 16 overlap
		RM 965 north (Milam Street) – Enchanted Rock, Cross Mountain
		US 290 west (Main Street) – Harper, Junction	north end of US 290 overlap
		RM 2323 north – Prairie Mountain, Llano
	Hilltop	RM 648 west – Doss
Mason		RM 2242 – Loyal Valley
		RM 2242 – Loyal Valley
		RM 152 east – Castell
		RM 783 south – Doss, Harper
		RM 1723 south
	Mason	SH 29 east (Austin Street) / RM 386 north (North Live Oak Avenue)	south end of SH 29 overlap
	Mason	RM 1871 west (El Paso Street)
		US 377 south / SH 29 west	north end of SH 29 overlap; south end of US 377 overlap
	Camp Air	RM 1222
McCulloch		FM 1955 east
		SH 71 east – Llano, Austin
	Brady	US 190 west – Menard	south end of US 190 overlap
		FM 2028 west (17th Street) – G. Rollie White Complex, Brady Lake
		FM 2309 south (11th Street)
		US 190 east / US 377 north to FM 714 – Brownwood	north end of US 190 / US 377 overlap
		US 283 north – Santa Anna, Coleman
	West Sweden	FM 3022 south – Lake Brady
	Melvin	FM 2028 east – Melvin
		FM 503 north – Salt Gap, Doole, Ivie Reservoir
Concho		FM 2134 north – Millersview, Ivie Reservoir
	Eden	US 83 – Menard, Ballinger
		FM 176 south
		Loop 577 north – Vick, Eola
		Loop 577 south – Vick, Eola
Tom Green		FM 2334 north – Veribest
		Loop 570 – Wall
		Loop 570 – Wall
		Loop 306 north / FM 1223	interchange; south end of Loop 306 overlap
	San Angelo	US 277 south – Eldorado	interchange; south end of US 277 overlap; no direct northbound exit (signed at Loop 378)
		To Loop 378 – Goodfellow AFB	interchange
		Loop 306 west to US 67 – Big Lake	interchange; north end of Loop 306 overlap, access to San Angelo Community Medical Center
		Ben Ficklin Road	interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
		RM 584 south (Knickerbocker Road)
		FM 388 east (West Avenue N) – Angelo State University
		Bus. US 67 south (West Beauregard Avenue)	south end of US 67 Bus. overlap
		US 67 / US 277 north	interchange; north end of US 277 / US 67 Bus. overlap
		SH 208 north (19th Street) – Robert Lee
		Chadbourne Street	interchange; former Loop 378
		FM 2105 east to SH 208 / US 277
	Grape Creek	FM 2288 – Grape Creek, San Angelo State Park	interchange
	Water Valley	RM 2034 – Water Valley, Robert Lee
Coke	No major junctions
Sterling	Sterling City	SH 158 east – E.V. Spence Reservoir, Robert Lee	south end of SH 158 overlap
	Sterling City	SH 163 south – Ozona	south end of SH 163 overlap
		SH 158 west – Midland	interchange; north end of SH 158 overlap
		SH 163 north – Colorado City	south end of SH 163 overlap
Glasscock		FM 821 east – Forsan
Howard		FM 461 west	south end of FM 461 overlap
		FM 461 east – Forsan	north end of FM 461 overlap
		RM 33 south – Garden City	Interchange
	Big Spring	FM 700	interchange
		I-20 BL east (West 4th Street)
		I-20 BL west (West 3rd Street)
		I-20 – El Paso, Fort Worth	I-20 exit 177
		FM 700 south to I-20 east
	Fairview	FM 2230 west
		FM 1584 north – Vealmoor
		FM 846 – Knott
		FM 2230 south – Knott
		FM 1785 east – Vealmoor
Martin		FM 2002 west – Ackerly
Dawson		FM 1584 south – Vealmoor
		FM 2212 south – Ackerly
		FM 178 north to US 180 east
		FM 828 west – Sparenberg, Patricia
		FM 26 south – Sparenberg
		US 180 east / FM 2052 west – Gail, Snyder	interchange; south end of US 180 overlap
	Lamesa	Bus. US 87 north – Downtown Lamesa
		FM 827 east – Preston E. Smith Unit
		US 180 west to SH 137 / SH 349 – Seminole	north end of US 180 overlap
		FM 826 east – Lamesa Municipal Airport
		Bus. US 87 south
		FM 179 north
		FM 2592 west – Brownfield, Midland, Stanton, Lamesa Municipal Airport
		FM 825 east
	Arvana	FM 2411 east
		FM 1210 east
		FM 1066 west
Lynn		Loop 76 north – O'Donnell
		Loop 76 south / FM 2053 – Welch, O'Donnell
		FM 213 – New Moore, Draw
		FM 3332 east
	Tahoka	Loop 472 – Tahoka	interchange; south end of freeway
	Tahoka	US 380 – Brownfield, Post
		Loop 472 – Tahoka
		FM 400 – Wilson	interchange; north end of freeway
		FM 1317 west
		FM 211 east – Wilson	south end of FM 211 overlap
	Wayside	FM 211 west – New Home	north end of FM 211 overlap
Lubbock		FM 41 – Ropesville, Slaton
		Loop 493 north – Woodrow
	Woodrow	Woodrow Road	Interchange
		Loop 493 south – Woodrow
		FM 1585	interchange; south end of freeway
		114th Street
	Lubbock	98th Street
	Lubbock	82nd Street	south end of I-27 overlap; I-27 exit 1
see I-27
Swisher		I-27 north	north end of I-27 overlap; US 87 north follows exit 61
	Kress	FM 145 to I-27 – Hart
		FM 928
	Tulia	SH 86 west to I-27 – Dimmitt	interchange; south end of SH 86 overlap
		SH 86 east – Silverton, Mackenzie Lake, Downtown Tulia	north end of SH 86 overlap
		FM 1318 east – Downtown Tulia, Tule Lake
		I-27 south	south end of I-27 overlap; US 87 south follows exit 77
	see I-27
		I-27 north	north end of I-27 overlap; US 87 north follows exit 88B; no access from US 87 south to I-27 north
	Happy	FM 1075 west	south end of FM 1075 overlap
Randall	Happy	FM 1075 east to I-27	north end of FM 1075 overlap
		FM 1705 west
		FM 285 east – Wayside
		FM 1714 west – Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge
	Canyon	SH 217 (4th Avenue) to I-27 – Business District, Historical Museum, Palo Duro Park
		Spur 48 east (Russell Long Boulevard)
		US 60 west – Hereford	interchange; south end of US 60 overlap; south end of freeway
		FM 3331 (Hunsley Road)
		Buffalo Stadium Road
		I-27 south – Lubbock	south end of I-27 overlap; US 87 south follows exit 110; no direct northbound exit (signed at Buffalo Stadium Road)
see I-27
Potter	Amarillo	I-40 / US 287 south – Albuquerque, Oklahoma City, Fort Worth	north end of I-27 overlap; south end of US 287 overlap; I-27 exit 123B; I-40 exit 70
		US 60 east (Buchanan Street) / US 287 north	interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance; north end of freeway; north end of US 60 east overlap (northbound); north end of US 287 overlap
		Southeast 10th Avenue (Loop 395)
		Historic US 66 west (Southeast 6th Avenue / Spur 279)
		I-40 BL / US 60 east / Historic US 66 east (Amarillo Boulevard East) – Pampa	north end of US 60 west overlap (southbound)
		US 287 south (Taylor Street) to I-40	interchange; south end of freeway; south end of US 287 overlap
		North 15th Avenue	no northbound exit
		Oak Drive	northbound access only
		North 24th Avenue
		Loop 434 (River Road)	northbound exit and southbound entrance
		Hastings Avenue
		Central Avenue
		Loop 335 (St. Francis Avenue)
		Willow Creek Avenue
		Cherry Avenue
		To Loop 434
		FM 1719	interchange; north end of freeway
Moore	Four Way	SH 354 west / FM 1913 east – Lake Meredith Recreation Area	interchange
	Dumas	FM 722 west (14th Street) – Channing
	Dumas	US 287 north (Dumas Avenue) / SH 152 east (1st Street) – Etter, Stinnett, Amarillo College	north end of US 287 overlap
		FM 2589 south
Hartley		FM 3138 south
	Hartley	US 385 south – Channing	interchange; south end of US 385 overlap
	Hartley	FM 807 north / FM 998 north
		FM 281 – Etter
Dallam	Dalhart	Bus. US 87 north (7th Street)
		US 54 / Bus. US 87 south / FM 297 east (First Street) – Tucumcari, Stratford, Airport
		US 385 north – Boise City	north end of US 385 overlap
		Spur 17 east / FM 1727 west
	Bolin	SH 102 west – Sedan
		FM 1879 north – Boise City
	Perico	FM 3110 south
	Texline	FM 296 – Boise City
		US 87 north – Clayton	New Mexico state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 87". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
^ "overview map of US 87" (Map). Google Maps. Google. 2008-03-05. Retrieved 2008-03-05.

U.S. Route 87
Previous state: Terminus	Texas	Next state: New Mexico

Template:Highways in Amarillo

[TXDOT_US_87-1] Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 87". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-03-05.

[2] "overview map of US 87" (Map). Google Maps. Google. 2008-03-05. Retrieved 2008-03-05.

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References