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]
 U.S. Highway 60 | ||||
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 US 60 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 210.698 mi[1] (339.086 km) | |||
| Existed | June 8, 1931–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 60 in Farwell | |||
 US 385 in Hereford US 87 in Canyon I-27 near Canyon  I-27 / I-40 / US 287 in Amarillo US 87 / US 287 in Amarillo US 83 in Canadian | ||||
| East end |  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 | ||||
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Route description
editUS 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
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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
edit| County | Location | mi[12] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parmer | Farwell | 0.000 | 0.000 |    US 60 west to US 84 – Clovis | Continuation into Texico, New Mexico | ||
| | 0.845 | 1.360 |   FM 292 south | ||||
| | 3.955 | 6.365 |   FM 2396 north | ||||
| | 4.897 | 7.881 |   FM 3333 east | ||||
| | 11.291– 11.467 | 18.171– 18.454 |   SH 86 east / FM 1381 north – Dimmitt | ||||
| Bovina | 12.653 | 20.363 |   FM 1731 south (3rd Street) / FM 2290 west | west end of FM 1731 overlap | |||
| 13.048 | 20.999 | FM 1731 north | east end of FM 1731 overlap | ||||
| Friona | 24.473 | 39.385 |  SH 214 south – Muleshoe | west end of SH 214 overlap | |||
| 25.063 | 40.335 |  FM 2013 west | |||||
| 25.445 | 40.950 | SH 214 north – Adrian | east end of SH 214 overlap; west end of SH 214 Bus. overlap | ||||
| 25.783 | 41.494 |  Bus. SH 214 south | east end of SH 214 Bus. overlap | ||||
| Black | 30.843 | 49.637 |  FM 3140 south | ||||
| 33.212 | 53.450 |  FM 1172 south – Lazbuddie | |||||
| Castro | Summerfield | 39.315 | 63.271 |  FM 1057 | |||
| Deaf Smith | Hereford | 46.884 | 75.452 |  FM 2856 west | |||
| 47.394 | 76.273 | US 385 (25 Mile Avenue) – Vega, Dimmitt | |||||
| 47.901 | 77.089 |  FM 1259 east (Main Street) | |||||
| 43.830 | 70.538 |  Loop 211 west – Amarillo College | |||||
| | 50.787 | 81.734 |  FM 2943 south – Dimmitt | west end of FM 2943 overlap | |||
| | 52.072 | 83.802 | FM 2943 north | east end of FM 2943 overlap | |||
| Dawn | 60.591 | 97.512 |  FM 809 north – Wildorado | ||||
| Randall | Umbarger | 67.099 | 107.985 |  FM 168 south – Nazareth, Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Olton | west end of FM 168 overlap | ||
| | 67.644 | 108.862 | FM 168 north | east end of FM 168 overlap | |||
| | 73.726– 73.957 | 118.650– 119.022 |  FM 1062 west | ||||
| Canyon | 77.021 | 123.953 |  FM 2590 north (VFW Road) – Soncy | ||||
| 77.201 | 124.243 |  SH 217 east (11th Street) – Business District, Palo Duro Canyon State Park | |||||
| 77.223– 77.902 | 124.278– 125.371 | 15th Street | Interchange; west end of freeway | ||||
| 77.956 | 125.458 | US 87 south – Canyon, WTA&M | Eastbound exit and westbound left entrance | ||||
| 78.228 | 125.896 | Frontage Road | Eastbound exit only | ||||
| 78.350 | 126.092 | 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 |  FM 3331 (Hunsley Road) | |||||
| 79.606 | 128.113 |   To I-27 south / West Country Club Road | |||||
| | 80.965 | 130.301 | 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 |  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 | ||
| 94.430 | 151.970 | US 287 (Taylor Street) | One-way street, inbound access only; westbound entrance only; east end of US 287 south overlap | ||||
| 94.465 | 152.027 | 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) | ||||
| 94.591 | 152.229 | US 287 | Eastbound entrance only; west end of US 287 north overlap; east end of freeway | ||||
| 94.800 | 152.566 |  Loop 395 (10th Avenue) | |||||
| 95.091 | 153.034 |  Loop 279 west (6th Avenue) | Western terminus of Loop 279 | ||||
| 96.101 | 154.660 |   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 | ||||
| 96.135 | 154.714 | 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 Street | Interchange | ||||
| 98.903 | 159.169 |  SH 136 north – Borger | |||||
| 101.157– 101.219 | 162.796– 162.896 |   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 |  FM 1912 | Interchange | ||||
| | 107.131 | 172.411 |  I-40 BL east – Oklahoma City | East end of I-40 Bus. overlap; former US 66 east | |||
| Carson | | 108.675 | 174.895 |  FM 683 north – Texas Tech Research Farm | |||
| | 112.952– 113.870 | 181.779– 183.256 |  FM 2373 | Interchange | |||
| | 115.480 | 185.847 |  FM 2161 south | ||||
| Panhandle | 123.036– 123.332 | 198.007– 198.484 |  SH 207 – Borger, Conway, Panhandle Business District | ||||
| 123.282 | 198.403 |  FM 293 east | |||||
| 124.224 | 199.919 |  FM Spur 293 south | |||||
| White Deer | 136.696 | 219.991 |  FM 294 – Skellytown, Goodnight | ||||
| | 139.375 | 224.302 |  FM 2386 north | ||||
| Gray | | 145.160 | 233.612 |  FM 2300 south | |||
| Pampa | 148.325 | 238.706 |  FM 750 east | ||||
| 148.616 | 239.174 |  FM 282 (Price Road) | |||||
| 149.715 | 240.943 |    SH 70 / SH 152 west (Hobart Street) – Perryton, Borger, Clarendon | west end of SH 152 overlap; access to Pampa Regional Medical Center | ||||
| 150.562 | 242.306 |  SH 273 south (Cuyler Street) – Lefors | |||||
| 152.838 | 245.969 |  Loop 171 | |||||
| | 157.279– 157.478 | 253.116– 253.436 | SH 152 east – Wheeler | east end of SH 152 overlap | |||
| | 158.225 | 254.638 |  FM 2391 – Hoover | ||||
| Roberts | Miami | 173.011 | 278.434 |   FM 282 west / FM 748 south (Main Street) to SH 70 / FM 283 – Laketon | |||
| | 178.757 | 287.682 |  FM 3367 south | ||||
| Hemphill | | 188.678– 189.362 | 303.648– 304.749 |  US 83 south / SH 33 east – Wheeler, Watonga | Interchange; west end of US 83 overlap | ||
| Canadian | 196.529 | 316.283 |  FM 2388 south (Main Street) – Court House | ||||
| | 198.466 | 319.400 |  FM 2266 east – Gene Howe Wildlife Management Area, Black Kettle National Grassland, Camp Kiowa | ||||
| | 198.668– 198.810 | 319.725– 319.954 | US 83 north – Perryton, Liberal | east end of US 83 overlap | |||
| | 201.609– 201.742 | 324.458– 324.672 |   FM 1920 north to RM 3260 | ||||
| Glazier | 206.800 | 332.812 |   SH 305 north / RM 2758 east – Lipscomb | ||||
| Lipscomb | Higgins | 222.229 | 357.643 |   SH 213 west / FM 1453 south – Lipscomb | |||
| | 223.794 | 360.162 | 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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References
edit- ^ a b Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 60". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 226. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 184. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 171. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 171. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 142. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 88. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 73. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 60. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 164". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
- ^ Weingroff, Richard (June 18, 2003). "U.S. Route 666: "Beast of a Highway"?". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- ^ Texas Department of Transportation (2018). "Statewide Planning Map LRS Readout (ArcGIS)". Retrieved October 4, 2019.
