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U.S. Route 82 in Texas

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 82 in Texas. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 82.

U.S. Highway 82 marker
U.S. Highway 82
Map
US 82 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length504.08 mi[1][note 1] (811.24 km)
Existed1935–present
Major junctions
West end US 82 at the New Mexico state line
Major intersections
East end US 82 at the Arkansas state line
Location
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountiesYoakum, Terry, Hockley, Lubbock, Crosby, Dickens, King, Knox, Baylor, Archer, Wichita, Clay, Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Fannin, Lamar, Red River, Bowie
Highway system
← SH 81→ SH 82

In the U.S. state of Texas, U.S. Route 82 (US 82) is a U.S. Highway that runs east from the New Mexico state line through West Texas and Lubbock to the Arkansas state line at Texarkana.

Route description

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New Mexico to Wichita Falls

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US 82 crosses into Texas from New Mexico at Texas Farm to Market Road 769, turning northeastward toward Plains, where it merges with US 380. US 82 is co-signed with US 380 from Plains to Brownfield, where it joins US 62, and US 380 leaves the route. US 82/62 continues northeastward toward Lubbock.

In Lubbock, US 82 and US 62 split, where US 82 has been upgraded to a full access freeway, named the Marsha Sharp Freeway, in honor of retired Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball coach Marsha Sharp. On the east side of the city, US 82 travels as a surface street along Parkway Drive and it once again merges with US 62 (along with State Highway 114) where it continues eastward through Ralls, where US 62 makes a sharp turn to the north and leaves the route. US 82 continues eastward across the level plains of the Llano Estacado to Crosbyton and then dips downward as it crosses the White River of Blanco Canyon, where the Texas Department of Transportation maintains the Silver Falls Rest Area with facilities and hiking trails. After climbing out of Blanco Canyon, US 82 eventually exits the Llano Estacado and enters the rolling plains near Dickens.

US 82/SH 114 continues eastward as a co-signed route until Seymour, where it merges with U.S. Highways 183, 277 and 283, with US 183 and 283 leaving the route at Mabelle. US 82/277 continues eastward to Wichita Falls, merging with I-44 and US 287 just south of downtown at Mile marker 0.

Wichita Falls to Arkansas

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US 82 leaves US 287 at Henrietta and continues east towards the small towns of Nocona (beginning as a four-lane divided highway), St. Jo and Muenster and crossing I-35 in Gainesville at a partial cloverleaf interchange (It has since been converted to a frontage road interchange in 2012.). The highway continues east towards Whitesboro and Sherman where it crosses US Highway 75 at a three-level diamond interchange (the portion through Sherman is called the Buck Owens Freeway in honor of the country music star, who was born in Sherman). Prior to the 1990s, the two highways ran concurrently on the route of SH 56 before being rerouted northeast of Sherman on its present-day route. The highway continues east to Bells where US 82 cross US Route 69.

In Bonham, Texas, US 82 crosses SH 121 while the route runs parallel with SH 56 until Honey Grove where SH 56 ends. US 82 enters Paris at a diamond interchange where it runs concurrent with Loop 286 on the north side of the city as a Business Route runs through the center of the city before rejoining on the east side of Paris. At a diamond interchange on the north side of Paris, US 82/TX Loop 286 meets with US 271 where both highways run concurrent on the northeast side of town before US 82 branches off at another diamond interchange on the east side of Paris. After passing around Clarksville and other smaller towns the highway is crossed by Interstate 30 east of New Boston at a partial cloverleaf and continues to run parallel to IH 30 into Arkansas through downtown Texarkana.[2]

History

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US 82 was first designated in Texas in 1939, traveling from Lubbock to Texarkana. The highway was extended from Lubbock to the New Mexico state line in 1963. Between 1974 and 1994, US 82 was re-routed from Whitesboro to Honey Grove; the old routing became SH 56.[3] The highway was re-routed from Allendale Road to US 281/US 287 through Wichita Falls in 1998 with a bypass built around Holliday in 2005. US 82 was re-routed around Clarkesville in 2006, creating a concurrency with SH 37. The highway was re-routed south of Guthrie in 2007, with part of the former route becoming Spur 729.[4]

Marsha Sharp Freeway

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The Marsha Sharp Freeway, named for former Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball coach Marsha Sharp, was built along US 82 in Lubbock, with construction officially beginning in May 2003, with development going back to the 1980s.[5][6] In 1998, funding was first received. The five-phase project was scheduled to be completed in 2015.

Phase 2 of the project was scheduled to be completed in December 2008 at a cost of $140 million. It involved construction of the freeway from Salem Avenue to Avenue L and erecting interchanges at 19th Street, Quaker Avenue, Fourth Street, and Avenue Q in Lubbock. Currently construction on the freeway has started from Milwaukee Ave. to Upland Ave. and on the intersection of Spur 327 and U.S. 62/82.[7][needs update]

The section of freeway between West Loop 289 and Avenue L was widened from four lanes to six lanes between March 6, 2017 and March 5, 2018, officially marking the end of the freeway's construction.[8][9]

Future

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TxDOT began upgrading U.S. 82 in Grayson and Fannin County in 2013. The four-lane divided highway upgrade between Sherman and Bonham was completed in 2015. TxDOT plans to continue this upgrade to the Fannin and Lamar County line by 2020. Long term planning calls for U.S. 82 to be a four-lane divided highway system the entire length between Wichita Falls and Texarkana as a potential alternate route through north Texas in order to bypass the overcrowded Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

It is being upgraded to a 4 lane divided highway west of Nocona, and a partial bypass is planned to run south of Gainesville.

Major intersections

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CountyLocationmikmExitDestinationsNotes
Texas–New Mexico line0.000.00
 US 82 west – Lovington		Continuation into New Mexico
Yoakum​0.10.16
 FM 769 to SH 83
​11.618.7
 FM 1622 south
Plains14.924.0
 US 380 west – Roswell		West end of US 380 overlap
15.925.6 SH 214 – Morton, Denver City
​19.932.0
 FM 435 south
​27.944.9 FM 1780 – Whiteface, Seagraves
Terry​36.558.7 FM 402
Gomez41.466.6 FM 303
Brownfield46.574.8 SH 137 (14th Street)
47.476.3

 US 62 west / US 385 south (South 1st Street) – Seminole		West end of US 62 / US 385 overlap
47.576.4
 US 380 east (Tahoka Highway) – Terry County Airport		East end of US 380 overlap
48.477.9
 US 385 north – Levelland		East end of US 385 overlap
48.578.1
 FM 2066 north
​52.183.8
 FM 1698 east
Meadow58.694.3 FM 211 – New Home
HockleyRopesville65.3105.1 FM 41 / FM 168 – Smyer, Slaton
Lubbock​72.3116.4
 FM 1585 east		West end of FM 1585 overlap
​74.0119.1
 FM 1585 west		East end of FM 1585 overlap; future Loop 88
Wolfforth74.8120.4 Loop 193 – WolfforthInterchange; west end of freeway
75.4121.3 FM 179 – Wolfforth
76.9123.8 Loop 193 / 82nd Street – Wolfforth
Lubbock78.9127.0Upland Avenue
79.7128.3
 Spur 327 east		Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
79.9128.6Milwaukee Avenue
81.0130.4 Loop 289 (West Loop)
82.1132.134th Street / Slide Road
83.6134.5Quaker Avenue
84.0135.2
 US 62 east / SH 114 (19th Street) – Texas Tech University		East end of US 62 overlap; no direct exits to SH 114 west (EB signed at Quaker Avenue; WB signed at Texas Tech Parkway); access to Covenant Hospital and University Medical Center
84.5136.0 Texas Tech Parkway – Texas Tech UniversityAccess to University Medical Center
86.4139.0
 FM 2255 west (4th Street)		Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
85.6137.8University Avenue – Texas Tech University
86.5139.2 US 84 (Avenue Q)
87.3140.5Avenue L / Texas Avenue / Buddy Holly Avenueno direct westbound exit (signed at I-27)
88.0141.6 I-27 / US 87 – Amarillo, TahokaInterchange; east end of freeway; I-27 exit 4
90.7146.0

 US 62 west / SH 114 west (Idalou Road) / Frontage Road		Interchange; no westbound entrance; west end of US 62 / SH 114 overlap
90.9146.3 Loop 289 (East Loop)Interchange
​94.6152.2
 FM 2641 west – Airport
​95.9154.3
 FM 1729 south – Buffalo Springs Lake, Ransom Canyon		west end of FM 1729 overlap
​97.0156.1
 FM 1729 north – New Deal		east end of FM 1729 overlap
​100.0160.9 FM 400 – Plainview, Slaton, Ransom Canyon
​103.1165.9
 FM 789 south		west end of FM 789 overlap
​104.1167.5
 FM 789 north – Petersburg		east end of FM 789 overlap
CrosbyLorenzo107.6173.2
 FM 378 north – Downtown Lorenzo		west end of FM 378 overlap
108.1174.0
 FM 378 south		east end of FM 378 overlap
​111.4179.3
 FM 2236 north
​113.4182.5
 FM 2576 south
​115.5185.9
 US 62 east – Floydada		east end of US 62 overlap
Ralls116.1186.8

 SH 207 to US 62 east – Floydada, Post
​118.8191.2
 FM 1831 south
Crosbyton124.9201.0 FM 651 – Post, White River Lake
​128.6207.0
 FM 2591 north
​133.2214.4
 FM 28 north – Dougherty
​135.2217.6 FM 836 – Spur
Dickens​138.5222.9
 FM 264 north – McAdoo
​148.4238.8
 Loop 120 east
Dickens149.2240.1 SH 70 – Matador, Spur
149.6240.8 Loop 120 (Montgomery Street)
​154.1248.0
 FM 265 north – East Afton
​161.0259.1
 FM 2941 north
King​180.9291.1 US 83 – Guthrie, AspermontInterchange
​195.0313.8
 SH 222 east – Knox City
KnoxBenjamin212.6342.1 SH 6 – Crowell, Knox City
​219.9353.9
 FM 267 north – Gilliland		west end of FM 267 overlap
​220.1354.2
 FM 267 south – Rhineland, Munday		east end of FM 267 overlap
​230.3370.6
 FM 266 south – Goree
BaylorRed Springs235.3378.7
 FM 2069 east
​239.3385.1
 FM 1789 north
Seymour244.2393.0



 Bus. US 183 south / SH 114 east (Main Street) / FM 422 east (California Street) – Fort Worth, Throckmorton, Abilene		East end of SH 114 overlap; west end of US 183 Bus. overlap
245.1394.5RM Spur 1919
​245.3394.8
 RM 1919 north – Crowell
​246.3396.4


 US 183 south / US 277 south / US 283 south		interchange; east end of US 183 Bus. overlap; west end of US 183 / US 277 / US 283 overlap
See US 277
WichitaWichita Falls294.4473.8



 US 277 north / US 281 north / US 287 north to I-44 – Lawton, Amarillo		East end of US 277 overlap; west end of US 281 / US 287 overlap
See US 287
ClayHenrietta311.7501.6
 US 287 south – Bowie, Fort Worth		Interchange; east end of US 287 overlap
313.0503.7
 SH 148 north – Petrolia		West end of SH 148 overlap
313.4504.4
 SH 148 south – Jacksboro		East end of SH 148 overlap
313.5504.5
 FM 1197 north (Bridge Street)
314.0505.3
 Spur 510 south – Fort Worth
​323.6520.8
 FM 1134 south
​325.6524.0
 FM 2332 west
MontagueRinggold328.1528.0
 Loop 19 east
328.3528.3 US 81 – Waurika, BowieInterchange
Belcherville334.7538.6 FM 1816 – Bowie
Nocona340.9548.6
 SH 175 south – Montague
341.0548.8
 FM 103 north (Clay Street) – Prairie Valley, Spanish Fort
​348.7561.2
 FM 1815 north – Bonita
Saint Jo353.9569.5
 SH 59 south – Bowie
354.6570.7 FM 677 – Illinois Bend, Forestburg
354.8571.0
 FM 2382 north – Bulcher
CookeMuenster363.7585.3 FM 373 (Main Street) – Bulcher
​366.3589.5
 FM 2739 north – Marysville
Myra367.4591.3
 FM 1198 south
Lindsay372.4599.3
 FM 1199 north		west end of FM 1199 overlap
372.5599.5


 FM 1199 south (Ash Street) to FM 3108 south		east end of FM 1199 overlap
372.9600.1
 FM 3108 south
Gainesville375.0603.5
 FM 1201 north – Moss Lake, Sivells Bend
376.4605.8 I-35 (US 77) – Oklahoma City, DentonI-35 exit 498
376.9606.6Dixon StreetInterchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
377.6607.7 FM 372 (Grand Avenue)Interchange
379.3610.4
 FM 3092 south
380.7612.7
 FM 371 north – Walnut Bend
Oak Ridge384.9619.4 FM 678 – Woodbine, CallisburgInterchange
GraysonWhitesboro388.8625.7622 SH 56 (Main Street)Interchange
390.9629.1624

 US 377 to Bus. US 377 (Union Street) – Madill		Interchange
Sadler394.3634.6628 FM 901 – SadlerInterchange
Sherman403.0648.6636 SH 289 – Pottsboro, Dallas, NTRAInterchange
406.0653.4640 FM 1417 – Pottsboro, NTRAinterchange; west end of freeway
407.5655.8641 FM 131 (Travis Street)no direct westbound exit (signed at exit 642A)
407.9656.5642A US 75 – Denison, DallasSigned as exit 642 eastbound; US 75 exit 63
408.5657.4642BLoy Lake Roadno direct eastbound exit (signed at exit 642)
409.0658.2643 SH 91 (Texoma Parkway)
409.9659.7644Skaggs RoadNo direct westbound exit (signed at exit 645)
410.9661.3645 FM 1417interchange; east end of freeway
Bells419.2674.6653 US 69 – Denison, BellsInterchange
420.1676.1654 FM 1897 – Bells, AmbroseInterchange
FanninSavoy423.1680.9658 FM 1752 – SavoyInterchange
Ector428.1689.0 FM 898 – Ravenna, Whitewright
​430.6693.0
 FM 87 south – Choice Moore Unit, Buster Cole Unit
Bonham432.8696.5670
 SH 121 to SH 78 – Yuba, Trenton, McKinney		interchange
433.7698.0671 SH 78 – Durant, Leonardinterchange
Lannius440.8709.4 FM 897 – Dodd City
​443.6713.9 FM 1743 – Windom
Honey Grove447.8720.7 FM 1396 – Allens Chapel, Ivanhoe
449.2722.9686 SH 34 / FM 100 – Monkstown, Wolfe City, CommerceInterchange
452.0727.4
 SH 56 west – Bonham, Dodd City
LamarPetty454.5731.4
 FM 38 south – Tigertown, Maxey
455.1732.4
 FM 1509 east – Brookston
455.4732.9
 FM 137 east – Roxton
Brookston–Toco line462.6744.5 FM 38 – Maxey, Tigertown, Roxton
Paris467.1751.7
 FM 1510 west – Toco
468.5754.0




 Bus. US 82 east / Loop 286 south to SH 19 / SH 24 – Roxton, Cooper		Interchange; west end of Loop 286 overlap
470.4757.0 FM 79 – SumnerInterchange
471.8759.3
 US 271 north (US 271 Bus. south) – Hugo, Poteau		Interchange; west end of US 271 overlap
472.3760.1 Stillhouse RoadInterchange, access to Paris Regional Medical Center
473.2761.5

 Spur 139 east to FM 195 – Faught, Albion
473.5762.0 FM 195 – Faught, AlbionInterchange
474.7764.0Pine Mill RoadInterchange
475.1764.6



 US 271 south / Bus. US 82 west / Loop 286 south – Mount Pleasant, Cooper		Interchange; east end of US 271/Loop 286 overlap
Reno478.1769.4

 FM 1508 south to US 271 – Airport
Sun Valley479.7772.0
 FM 2121 south
Blossom482.5776.5
 FM 196 north (High Street) – Faught		West end of FM 196 overlap
482.8777.0

 FM 194 east / FM 196 south – Pattonville, Detroit		East end of FM 196 overlap
483.9778.8
 FM 1502 north – Faught
Red RiverDetroit489.6787.9
 FM 410 to FM 194 – Kiomatia, Rugby, Blossom
490.4789.2
 FM 2573 east – Bagwell
​498.0801.5
 FM 2573 west – Bagwell
Clarksville500.3805.2
 FM 2825 southto2=to / SH 37 south
501.7807.4


 Bus. US 82 east / SH 37 south – Bogata, Mount Vernon		West end of SH 37 overlap
503.2809.8


 SH 37 north / Bus. SH 37 south – Idabel, Albion		Interchange; east end of SH 37 overlap
504.6812.1 FM 1159 – Albion
504.9812.6

 Bus. US 82 west
​505.2813.0
 FM 114 east – English, Springhill
​505.6813.7
 FM 412 south – Boxelder
Annona511.5823.2
 FM 44 north		West end of FM 44 overlap
511.6823.3
 FM 44 south – Boxelder, Siloam		East end of FM 44 overlap
​517.7833.2
 FM 1699 north – English
Avery519.7836.4
 FM 911 north		West end of FM 911 overlap
519.9836.7


 Bus. US 82 east / FM 911 south		East end of FM 911 overlap
520.4837.5

 Bus. US 82 west
BowieOak Grove525.7846.0
 FM 1326 north – Springhill
De Kalb528.9851.2 US 259 – Idabel, Broken Bow, Daingerfield, OmahaInterchange
530.1853.1
 FM 2735 north – Springhill
530.3853.4 FM 992 (Runnels Street) – Omaha, New Boston
530.8854.2
 FM 1840 east – Boston
Malta536.0862.6
 FM 2789 north
​539.2867.8




 SH 98 south / FM 3378 north to FM 992 / I-30 west – Simms
​539.9868.9 I-30 – Texarkana, DallasI-30 exit 199
New Boston542.0872.3
 FM 992 west – Daniels Chapel, De Kalb
543.0873.9 SH 8 – Foreman, LindenInterchange
​547.2880.6

 Spur 86 north to I-30 / James Carlow Drive
Hooks548.5882.7

 Spur 594 north to I-30 – RRAD Main Gate
549.9885.0

 FM 560 north (Main Street) to I-30
551.6887.7
 FM 1398 east – Red Bank
Leary552.9889.8

 Spur 74 north (Lone Star Drive) to I-30
554.2891.9
 FM 1398 west (Barkman Creek Road) – Red Bank
554.9893.0

 FM 2253 north to I-30
​556.8896.1
 FM 3419 north – Red Lick
​557.6897.4 FM 2148 – Red Lick
Nash559.3900.1 FM 989 (Kings Highway) – Wamba, Wake Village
Texarkana561.2903.2 I-369 / US 59 (Sowell Lane / North Bishop Road)I-369 exit 114A northbound, 114 southbound
563.3906.5 SH 93 (Summerhill Road)
563.9907.5
 Loop 14 north (Texas Boulevard)
564.5908.5
 US 67 south (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard)		West end of US 67 overlap
564.9909.1
 US 71 north (State Line Avenue)



 US 67 north / US 71 south / US 82 east (Seventh Street)		Arkansas state line; east end of US 71 overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Notes

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  1. ^ Length does not account for concurrencies along U.S. Highways with lower numbers

References

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  1. ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 82". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 5, 2008.
  2. ^ "overview map of US 82" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 5, 2008.
  3. ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 56". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  4. ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Spur No. 729". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  5. ^ "Lubbock leaders turn dirt for freeway project" (PDF). Freeway Today. TxDOT. May 2003. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  6. ^ "Marsha Sharp Freeway". TxDOT. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  7. ^ "Marsha Sharp freeway construction could complicate campus traffic until 2008". The Daily Toreador. April 13, 2007.
  8. ^ "TxDOT begins project to widen Marsha Sharp Freeway". KCBD. March 6, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  9. ^ "Construction Complete On Marsha Sharp Freeway". KAMC. March 5, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.


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