U.S. Route 60 in Texas

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US 60.svg

U.S. Highway 60

U.S. Route 60 in Texas
US 60 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length210.698 mi [1]  (339.086 km)
ExistedJune 8, 1931–present
Major junctions
West endUS 60.svg US 60 in Farwell
Major intersectionsUS 385.svg US 385 in Hereford
US 87.svg US 87 in Canyon
I-27.svg I-27 near Canyon
I-27.svgI-40.svgUS 287.svg I-27  / I-40  / US 287 in Amarillo
US 87.svgUS 287.svg US 87  / US 287 in Amarillo
US 83.svg US 83 in Canadian
East endUS 60.svgOklahoma State Highway 51.svg US 60  / SH-51 near Higgins
Location
Country United States
State Texas
Counties Parmer, Castro, Deaf Smith, Randall, Potter, Carson, Gray, Roberts, Hemphill, Lipscomb
Highway system
Texas 59.svg SH 59 Texas 60.svg SH 60

U.S. Highway 60 (US 60) in Texas is a 210.70-mile-long (339.09 km) U.S. Highway that runs southwest to northeast through the Texas Panhandle. The route passes through the cities of Hereford, Canyon, Amarillo, and Canadian. [1]

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Route description

US 60 enters Texas from New Mexico at Farwell, having just left a concurrency with US 70 and US 84 across the New Mexico state line in Texico. [2] The route travels northeast through small towns in the western Panhandle, reaching an intersection with US 385 in Hereford. [3] In Canyon, the highway turns north, merging with US 87 and then Interstate 27. [4] The three routes run concurrently into Amarillo, where I-27 ends at an interchange with Interstate 40 and US 287. [5] The freeway ends and splits into two one-way pairs of surface streets; westbound US 60 and northbound US 287 follow Buchanan Street, while eastbound US 60 and southbound US 87 follow Taylor Street. Upon reaching the north side of Amarillo, US 60 departs to the east on Amarillo Boulevard. This route is cosigned with Business I-40, and was part of the original route of US 66 through the city. US 60 and Business I-40 split just northeast of Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, with US 60 continuing to the northeast. [6] The route passes through Panhandle and Pampa, before beginning a 10-mile (16 km) concurrency with US 83 in Hemphill County. [7] The two routes split north of Canadian, [8] with US 60 travelling northeast to the Oklahoma state line near Higgins in Lipscomb County. [9]

History

The section of US 60 from New Mexico to Amarillo was originally a portion of the Ozark Trail and paralleled the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway, part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. When Texas began numbering its highway system, the Ozark Trail received the number State Highway 13. By 1920, the entire US 60 route had been renumbered as State Highway 33, or its spur SH 33A, with the northeastern portion also following the AT&SF Railway. By the mid-1920s, the entire route had become an extension of the Abo Pass Highway, and was SH 33 along the entire length. In 1928, the AASHO added the highway to the U.S. Highway System as U.S. Highway 164, with the Texas section being signed in 1929. [10] It was renumbered as US 60 on June 8, 1931, when the route was extended to Los Angeles, California, to make it a coast-to-coast highway. [11]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi [12] kmDestinationsNotes
Parmer Farwell 0.0000.000West plate.svg
US 60.svg
To plate.svg
US 84.svg
US 60 west to US 84  Clovis
Continuation into Texico, New Mexico
0.8451.360South plate.svg
Texas FM 292.svg
FM 292 south
3.9556.365North plate.svg
Texas FM 2396.svg
FM 2396 north
4.8977.881East plate.svg
Texas FM 3333.svg
FM 3333 east
11.291–
11.467
18.171–
18.454
East plate.svg
Texas 86.svg
North plate.svg
Texas FM 1381.svg
SH 86 east / FM 1381 north Dimmitt
Bovina 12.65320.363South plate.svg
Texas FM 1731.svg
West plate.svg
Texas FM 2290.svg
FM 1731 south (3rd Street) / FM 2290 west
west end of FM 1731 overlap
13.04820.999North plate.svg
Texas FM 1731.svg
FM 1731 north
east end of FM 1731 overlap
Friona 24.47339.385South plate.svg
Texas 214.svg
SH 214 south Muleshoe
west end of SH 214 overlap
25.06340.335West plate.svg
Texas FM 2013.svg
FM 2013 west
25.44540.950North plate.svg
Texas 214.svg
SH 214 north Adrian
east end of SH 214 overlap; west end of SH 214 Bus. overlap
25.78341.494South plate.svg
Business plate.svg
Texas 214.svg
Bus. SH 214 south
east end of SH 214 Bus. overlap
Black 30.84349.637South plate.svg
Texas FM 3140.svg
FM 3140 south
33.21253.450South plate.svg
Texas FM 1172.svg
FM 1172 south Lazbuddie
Castro Summerfield 39.31563.271Texas FM 1057.svg FM 1057
Deaf Smith Hereford 46.88475.452West plate.svg
Texas FM 2856.svg
FM 2856 west
47.39476.273US 385.svg US 385 (25 Mile Avenue) Vega, Dimmitt
47.90177.089East plate.svg
Texas FM 1259.svg
FM 1259 east (Main Street)
43.83070.538West plate.svg
Texas Loop 211.svg
Loop 211 west Amarillo College
50.78781.734South plate.svg
Texas FM 2943.svg
FM 2943 south Dimmitt
west end of FM 2943 overlap
52.07283.802North plate.svg
Texas FM 2943.svg
FM 2943 north
east end of FM 2943 overlap
Dawn 60.59197.512North plate.svg
Texas FM 809.svg
FM 809 north Wildorado
Randall Umbarger 67.099107.985South plate.svg
Texas FM 168.svg
FM 168 south Nazareth, Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Olton
west end of FM 168 overlap
67.644108.862North plate.svg
Texas FM 168.svg
FM 168 north
east end of FM 168 overlap
73.726–
73.957
118.650–
119.022
West plate.svg
Texas FM 1062.svg
FM 1062 west
Canyon 77.021123.953North plate.svg
Texas FM 2590.svg
FM 2590 north (VFW Road) Soncy
77.201124.243East plate.svg
Texas 217.svg
SH 217 east (11th Street) – Business District, Palo Duro Canyon State Park
77.223–
77.902
124.278–
125.371
15th StreetInterchange; west end of freeway
77.956125.458South plate.svg
US 87.svg
US 87 south Canyon, WTA&M
Eastbound exit and westbound left entrance
78.228125.896Frontage RoadEastbound exit only
78.350126.092South plate.svg
US 87.svg
To plate.svg
Texas 217.svg
US 87 south (Texas Plains Trail) to SH 217  Palo Duro Canyon State Park
West end of US 87 overlap; westbound left exit and eastbound left entrance
78.463–
79.253
126.274–
127.545
Texas FM 3331.svg FM 3331 (Hunsley Road)
79.606128.113To plate blue.svg
South plate blue.svg
I-27.svg
To I-27 south / West Country Club Road
80.965130.301South plate blue.svg
I-27.svg
I-27 south Lubbock
West end of I-27 overlap; westbound left exit and eastbound left entrance; I-27 exit 110
see I-27
Potter Amarillo 93.814–
94.287
150.979–
151.740
End plate blue.svg
I-27.svg
South plate.svg
US 287.svg
I-40.svg I-27 ends / US 287 south / I-40  Albuquerque, Oklahoma City, Fort Worth
Northern terminus of I-27; east end of I-27 overlap; west end of US 287 south overlap; I-27 exit 123B; I-40 exit 70
94.430151.970US 287.svg US 287 (Taylor Street)One-way street, inbound access only; westbound entrance only; east end of US 287 south overlap
94.465152.027North plate.svg
US 87.svg
US 87 north (Filmore Street)
One-way street, outbound access only; eastbound exit only; east end of freeway; east end of US 87 north overlap (eastbound)
94.591152.229US 287.svg US 287 Eastbound entrance only; west end of US 287 north overlap; east end of freeway
94.800152.566Texas Loop 395.svg Loop 395 (10th Avenue)
95.091153.034West plate.svg
Texas Loop 279.svg
Loop 279 west (6th Avenue)
Western terminus of Loop 279
96.101154.660West plate green.svg
Business Loop 40.svg
US 87.svg I-40 BL west (Amarillo Boulevard west) / US 87 (Pierce Street)
Pierce St. is one-way street, inbound access only; east end of US 87 south overlap (westbound); west end of I-40 Bus. overlap; I-40 Bus. is former US 66 west
96.135154.714North plate.svg
US 287.svg
US 287 north (Buchanan Street north)
One-way street, outbound access only; east end of US 287 north overlap
98.228–
98.796
158.083–
158.997
Lake StreetInterchange
98.903159.169North plate.svg
Texas 136.svg
SH 136 north Borger
101.157–
101.219
162.796–
162.896
Texas Loop 335.svgAirport Sign.svg Loop 335 (Lakeside Road) Airport Interchange
104.376–
104.868
167.977–
168.769
Parsley Road Amarillo College East Campus Interchange
106.214–
106.878
170.935–
172.003
Texas FM 1912.svg FM 1912 Interchange
107.131172.411East plate green.svg
Business Loop 40.svg
I-40 BL east Oklahoma City
East end of I-40 Bus. overlap; former US 66 east
Carson 108.675174.895North plate.svg
Texas FM 683.svg
FM 683 north Texas Tech Research Farm
112.952–
113.870
181.779–
183.256
Texas FM 2373.svg FM 2373 Interchange
115.480185.847South plate.svg
Texas FM 2161.svg
FM 2161 south
Panhandle 123.036–
123.332
198.007–
198.484
Texas 207.svg SH 207  Borger, Conway, Panhandle Business District
123.282198.403East plate.svg
Texas FM 293.svg
FM 293 east
124.224199.919South plate.svg
Texas Spur 293.svg
FM Spur 293 south
White Deer 136.696219.991Texas FM 294.svg FM 294  Skellytown, Goodnight
139.375224.302North plate.svg
Texas FM 2386.svg
FM 2386 north
Gray 145.160233.612South plate.svg
Texas FM 2300.svg
FM 2300 south
Pampa 148.325238.706East plate.svg
Texas FM 750.svg
FM 750 east
148.616239.174Texas FM 282.svg FM 282 (Price Road)
149.715240.943Texas 70.svgWest plate.svg
Texas 152.svg
Hospital sign.svg SH 70  / SH 152 west (Hobart Street) Perryton, Borger, Clarendon
west end of SH 152 overlap; access to Pampa Regional Medical Center
150.562242.306South plate.svg
Texas 273.svg
SH 273 south (Cuyler Street) Lefors
152.838245.969Texas Loop 171.svg Loop 171
157.279–
157.478
253.116–
253.436
East plate.svg
Texas 152.svg
SH 152 east Wheeler
east end of SH 152 overlap
158.225254.638Texas FM 2391.svg FM 2391  Hoover
Roberts Miami 173.011278.434West plate.svg
Texas FM 282.svg
South plate.svg
Texas FM 748.svg
To plate.svg
Texas 70.svg
To plate.svg
Texas FM 283.svg
FM 282 west / FM 748 south (Main Street) to SH 70  / FM 283  Laketon
178.757287.682South plate.svg
Texas FM 3367.svg
FM 3367 south
Hemphill 188.678–
189.362
303.648–
304.749
South plate.svg
US 83.svg
East plate.svg
Texas 33.svg
US 83 south / SH 33 east Wheeler, Watonga
Interchange; west end of US 83 overlap
Canadian 196.529316.283South plate.svg
Texas FM 2388.svg
FM 2388 south (Main Street) Court House
198.466319.400East plate.svg
Texas FM 2266.svg
FM 2266 east Gene Howe Wildlife Management Area, Black Kettle National Grassland, Camp Kiowa
198.668–
198.810
319.725–
319.954
North plate.svg
US 83.svg
US 83 north Perryton, Liberal
east end of US 83 overlap
201.609–
201.742
324.458–
324.672
North plate.svg
Texas FM 1920.svg
To plate.svg
Texas RM 3260.svg
FM 1920 north to RM 3260
Glazier 206.800332.812North plate.svg
Texas 305.svg
East plate.svg
Texas RM 2758.svg
SH 305 north / RM 2758 east Lipscomb
Lipscomb Higgins 222.229357.643West plate.svg
Texas 213.svg
South plate.svg
Texas FM 1453.svg
SH 213 west / FM 1453 south Lipscomb
223.794360.162East plate.svg
US 60.svg
East plate.svg
Oklahoma State Highway 51.svg
US 60 east / SH-51 east Arnett, Seiling, Enid
Continuation into Oklahoma
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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