U.S. Route 87 in Texas
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
Length | 660.071 mi[1] (1,062.281 km) | |||
Existed | 1935–present | |||
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Texas | |||
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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 | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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Calhoun | Port Lavaca | ![]() | ||||||
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Clarks | ![]() ![]() | |||||||
Victoria | | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
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Dacosta | ![]() | |||||||
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Victoria | ![]() | interchange | ||||||
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | south end of US 59 Bus. / US 77 Bus. overlap | |||||||
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Nursery | ![]() ![]() | |||||||
DeWitt | | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
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Cuero | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | south end of US 77 Alt. / US 183 overlap | ||||||
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| ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | north end of US 77 Alt. / US 183 overlap | ||||||
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Mustang Mott Store | ![]() ![]() | |||||||
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Westhoff | ![]() ![]() | |||||||
Gonzales | | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Smiley | ![]() | |||||||
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Nixon | ![]() ![]() ![]() | south end of SH 97 overlap | ||||||
Wilson | Pandora | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
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Stockdale | ![]() | interchange | ||||||
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| ![]() ![]() | north end of SH 97 overlap | ||||||
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La Vernia | ![]() ![]() | |||||||
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Bexar | | ![]() | interchange | |||||
Lone Oak | ![]() | |||||||
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China Grove | ![]() ![]() | |||||||
San Antonio | ![]() | I-410 exit 35 | ||||||
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | south end of I-10 / US 90 overlap; US 87 south follows exit 577 | |||||||
see I-10 | ||||||||
Kendall | Comfort | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | north end of I-10 overlap; US 87 north follows exit 523 | |||||
Kerr |
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Kendall |
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Gillespie | Fredericksburg | ![]() ![]() | south end of US 290 overlap | |||||
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![]() ![]() | north end of US 290 overlap | |||||||
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Hilltop | ![]() ![]() | |||||||
Mason | | ![]() | ||||||
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Mason | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | south end of SH 29 overlap | ||||||
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| ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | north end of SH 29 overlap; south end of US 377 overlap | ||||||
Camp Air | ![]() | |||||||
McCulloch | | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
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Brady | ![]() ![]() | south end of US 190 overlap | ||||||
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | north end of US 190 / US 377 overlap | |||||||
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West Sweden | ![]() ![]() | |||||||
Melvin | ![]() ![]() | |||||||
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Concho | | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Eden | ![]() | |||||||
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Tom Green | | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
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| ![]() ![]() ![]() | interchange; south end of Loop 306 overlap | ||||||
San Angelo | ![]() ![]() | interchange; south end of US 277 overlap; no direct northbound exit (signed at Loop 378) | ||||||
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | interchange; north end of Loop 306 overlap, access to San Angelo Community Medical Center | |||||||
Ben Ficklin Road | interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||||||
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![]() ![]() ![]() | south end of US 67 Bus. overlap | |||||||
![]() ![]() ![]() | interchange; north end of US 277 / US 67 Bus. overlap | |||||||
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| Chadbourne Street | interchange; former Loop 378 | ||||||
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Grape Creek | ![]() | interchange | ||||||
Water Valley | ![]() | |||||||
Coke |
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Sterling | Sterling City | ![]() ![]() | south end of SH 158 overlap | |||||
![]() ![]() | south end of SH 163 overlap | |||||||
| ![]() ![]() | interchange; north end of SH 158 overlap | ||||||
| ![]() ![]() | south end of SH 163 overlap | ||||||
Glasscock | | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Howard | | ![]() ![]() | south end of FM 461 overlap | |||||
| ![]() ![]() | north end of FM 461 overlap | ||||||
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Big Spring | ![]() | interchange | ||||||
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![]() | I-20 exit 177 | |||||||
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Fairview | ![]() ![]() | |||||||
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Martin | | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Dawson | | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
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| ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | interchange; south end of US 180 overlap | ||||||
Lamesa | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||||
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | north end of US 180 overlap | |||||||
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Arvana | ![]() ![]() | |||||||
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Lynn | | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
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Tahoka | ![]() | interchange; south end of freeway | ||||||
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| ![]() | interchange; north end of freeway | ||||||
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| ![]() ![]() | south end of FM 211 overlap | ||||||
Wayside | ![]() ![]() | north end of FM 211 overlap | ||||||
Lubbock | | ![]() | ||||||
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Woodrow | Woodrow Road | Interchange | ||||||
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| ![]() | interchange; south end of freeway | ||||||
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Lubbock | 98th Street | |||||||
82nd Street | south end of I-27 overlap; I-27 exit 1 | |||||||
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Swisher | | ![]() ![]() | north end of I-27 overlap; US 87 north follows exit 61 | |||||
Kress | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||||
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Tulia | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | interchange; south end of SH 86 overlap | ||||||
![]() ![]() | north end of SH 86 overlap | |||||||
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| ![]() ![]() | south end of I-27 overlap; US 87 south follows exit 77 | ||||||
see I-27 | ||||||||
| ![]() ![]() | north end of I-27 overlap; US 87 north follows exit 88B; no access from US 87 south to I-27 north | ||||||
Happy | ![]() ![]() | south end of FM 1075 overlap | ||||||
Randall | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | north end of FM 1075 overlap | ||||||
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Canyon | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||||
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![]() ![]() | interchange; south end of US 60 overlap; south end of freeway | |||||||
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Buffalo Stadium Road | ||||||||
| ![]() ![]() | 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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | north end of I-27 overlap; south end of US 287 overlap; I-27 exit 123B; I-40 exit 70 | |||||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 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) | ||||||||
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | north end of US 60 west overlap (southbound) | |||||||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 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 | ||||||||
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Hastings Avenue | ||||||||
Central Avenue | ||||||||
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Willow Creek Avenue | ||||||||
Cherry Avenue | ||||||||
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| ![]() | interchange; north end of freeway | ||||||
Moore | Four Way | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | interchange | |||||
Dumas | ![]() ![]() | |||||||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | north end of US 287 overlap | |||||||
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Hartley | | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Hartley | ![]() ![]() | interchange; south end of US 385 overlap | ||||||
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Dallam | Dalhart | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
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![]() ![]() | north end of US 385 overlap | |||||||
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Bolin | ![]() ![]() | |||||||
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Perico | ![]() ![]() | |||||||
Texline | ![]() | |||||||
| ![]() ![]() | New Mexico state line | ||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
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. Highways in Texas
- U.S. Route 87
- Transportation in Calhoun County, Texas
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