U.S. Route 60 in Texas

US Highway 60
Route information
	Maintained by TxDOT
Length	210.698 mi[1] (339.086 km)
Existed	1930–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
Highway system

The portion of U.S. Highway 60 in Texas is a highway that runs southwest to northeast through the Texas Panhandle. The highway spends 210.698 miles (339.086 km) in Texas.^[1]

Route description

U.S. 60 enters Texas from New Mexico at Farwell, having just left a concurrence with U.S. Highways 70 and 84. The route travels northeast through small towns in the western Panhandle, reaching an intersections with U.S. Highway 385 at Hereford. The route continues on, reaching Canyon. There it turns north, and merges with Interstate 27 and U.S. Highway 87. This concurrence continues until it reaches Amarillo. I-27 ceases at the intersection with Interstate 40. US 60 and 87 continue north, being joined by U.S. Highway 287. On the north side on Amarillo, US 60 departs to the east on Amarillo Avenue. This route is currently Business Route 40, and is a portion of Historic Route 66. US 60 and Business I-40 split just northeast of the Amarillo Airport, with US 60 continuing to the northeast. The route passes through Panhandle and Pampa, before reaching a 10-mile (16 km) concurrence with U.S. Highway 83 in Hemphill County. The routes then split again, with US 60 travelling northeast to the Oklahoma state line near Higgins in Lipscomb County.

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 their highway system, the Ozark Trail received the numbering of 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.^[2] It was renumbered as US 60 in 1930 when the route was extended to make it a coast to coast highway.

Major intersections

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Parmer	Farwell	US 60 west – Clovis	Continuation into Texico, New Mexico
		FM 292 south
		FM 2396 north
		FM 3333 east
		SH 86 east / FM 1381 north – Dimmitt
	Bovina	FM 1731 south (3rd Street) / FM 2290 west	west end of FM 1731 overlap
	Bovina	FM 1731 north	east end of FM 1731 overlap
	Friona	SH 214 south – Muleshoe	west end of SH 214 overlap
		FM 2013 west
		SH 214 north – Adrian	east end of SH 214 overlap; west end of SH 214 Bus. overlap
		Bus. SH 214 south	east end of SH 214 Bus. overlap
	Black	FM 3140 south
	Black	FM 1172 south – Lazbuddie
Castro	Summerfield	FM 1057
Deaf Smith	Hereford	FM 2856 west
		US 385 (25 Mile Avenue) – Vega, Dimmitt
		FM 1259 east (Main Street)
		Loop 211 west – Amarillo College
		FM 2943 south – Dimmitt	west end of FM 2943 overlap
		FM 2943 north	east end of FM 2943 overlap
	Dawn	FM 809 north – Wildorado
Randall	Umbarger	FM 168 south – Nazareth, Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Olton	west end of FM 168 overlap
		FM 168 north	east end of FM 168 overlap
		FM 1062 west
	Canyon	FM 2590 north – Soncy
		SH 217 east – Business District, Palo Duro Canyon State Park
		15th Street	West end of freeway
		US 87 south – Canyon, WTA&M	Eastbound exit and westbound left entrance
		Frontage Road	Eastbound exit only
		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
		FM 3331 (Hunsley Road)
		To I-27 south / Buffalo Stadium Road
		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	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
		US 287 (Taylor Street)	One-way street, inbound access only; westbound entrance only; east end of US 287 south overlap
		US 87 north (Fillmore Street)	One-way street, outbound access only; eastbound exit only; east end of freeway; east end of US 87 north overlap (eastbound)
		US 287	Eastbound entrance only; west end of US 287 north overlap; east end of freeway
		BL I-40 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
		US 287 north (Buchanan Street north)	One-way street, outbound access only; east end of US 287 north overlap
		Lake Street	Interchange
		SH 136 north – Borger
		Loop 335 (Lakeside Road) – Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport	Interchange
		B Avenue – Amarillo College East Campus	Partial interchange
		FM 1912 (Masterson Road)	Interchange
		BL I-40 east – Oklahoma City	East end of I-40 Bus. overlap; former US 66 east
Carson		FM 683 north – Texas Tech Research Farm
		FM 2373 – Pantex Plant	Interchange
		FM 2161 south – Conway
	Panhandle	SH 207 – Borger, Conway, Panhandle Business District, Square House Museum
		FM 293 east
		FM Spur 293 south
	White Deer	FM 294 – Skellytown, Goodnight
		FM 2386 north
Gray		FM 2300 south – Groom
	Pampa	FM 750 east
		FM 282 – Airport, Clarendon Collegecity3=Miami
		SH 70 / SH 152 west (Hobart Street) – Perryton, Borger, Clarendon, Clarendon College	west end of SH 152 overlap
		SH 273 south (Cuyler Street) – Lefors, Downtown Pampa, White Deer Land Museum, McLean
		Loop 171 to SH 273 – Perryton, McLean
		SH 152 east – Wheeler, Sayre	east end of SH 152 overlap
		FM 2391 – Hoover
Roberts	Miami	FM 282 west / FM 748 south (Main Street) to SH 70 / FM 283 – Pampa
Roberts		FM 3367 south
Hemphill		US 83 south / SH 33 east – Wheeler, Watonga	Interchange; west end of US 83 overlap
	Canadian	FM 2388 south (Main Street) – Court House
		FM 2266 east – Gene Howe Wildlife Management Area, Black Kettle National Grassland, Camp Kiowa
		US 83 north – Perryton, Liberal	east end of US 83 overlap
		FM 1920 north to RM 3260
	Glazier	SH 305 north / RM 2758 east – Lipscomb
Lipscomb	Higgins	SH 213 west / FM 1453 south – Lipscomb
Lipscomb		US-60 / SH-51 east – Arnett, Seiling, Enid	Continuation into Oklahoma
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

1 2 Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - U.S. Highway 60". Retrieved 2007-12-10.
↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 164". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 24, 2017.

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[TXDOT_US_60-1] 1 2 Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - U.S. Highway 60". Retrieved 2007-12-10.

[2] Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 164". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 24, 2017.