U.S. Route 277
U.S. Route 277 | |
|---|---|
US 277 highlighted in red | |
| Route information | |
| Auxiliary route of US 77 | |
| Length | 633 mi (1,019 km) |
| Existed | 1930–present |
| Major junctions | |
| South end |  US 83 at Carrizo Springs, TX |
 US 57 at Eagle Pass, TX US 90 at Del Rio, TX I-10 at Sonora, TX  US 67 / US 87 at San Angelo, TX US 83 / US 84 at Abilene, TX I-20 at Abilene, TX   US 82 / US 183 / US 283 at Seymour, TX  I-44 / US 281 at Wichita Falls, TX   US 62 / US 81 / SH-9 at Chickasha, OK | |
| North end | I-44 / US 62 at Newcastle, OK |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| States | Texas, Oklahoma |
| Counties | TX: Dimmit, Marevick, Kinney, Val Verde, Edwards, Sutton, Schleicher, Tom Green, Coke, Runnels, Nolan, Taylor, Jones, Haskell, Wichtia OK:Cotton, Comanche, Caddo, Grady,McClain |
| Highway system | |
U.S. Route 277 (US 277, US-277) is a north–south United States Highway that is a spur route of U.S. Route 77. It no longer connects to its parent route, US 77, although it does intersect another one of its spur (U.S. Route 377). It runs for 633 miles (1,019 km) across Oklahoma and Texas. US 277's northern terminus is in Newcastle, Oklahoma at Interstate 44, which is also the northern terminus of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike. Its southern terminus is in Carrizo Springs, Texas at U.S. Route 83. It passes through the states of Oklahoma and Texas.
Most of U.S. 277's route through the two states overlaps other U.S. highways. Those include U.S. 62 from Newcastle to Chickasha, Oklahoma, U.S. 62 and U.S. 281 from five miles (8 km) west of Elgin, Oklahoma, to Lawton, U.S. 281 from Lawton to Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S. 82 from Wichita Falls to Seymour, Texas, and U.S. 83 from Anson, Texas to Abilene, Texas. Through the Lawton area and again from Randlett, Oklahoma, to near downtown Wichita Falls, U.S. 277 is also co-signed with I-44.
Route description
| mi | km | |
|---|---|---|
| TX | 508.9 | 819.0 |
| OK | 124.1 | 199.7 |
Texas
The highway begins at an intersection with US 83 in Carrizo Springs, about 60 miles northwest of Laredo. The highway runs in an east-west direction, until reaching Eagle Pass. From here to Del Rio, the highway parallels the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border. The highway overlaps US 377 for about 26 miles, with the highways passing the Amistad National Recreation Area.
US 277 crosses I-10 near Sonora, before traveling to Eldorado and eventually San Angelo. The highway overlaps both US 67 and US 87 in the city. In Abilene, the highway overlaps with US 83 and US 84, with the latter leaving shortly after. US 83 leaves in Anson, traveling to Aspermont, while US 277 travels to Stamford. In Seymour, US 82 begins an overlap with US 277. The two highways enter the city of Wichita Falls, with US 82 leaving the highway at US 281/US 287. US 277 joins US 281/287 and the three highways travel into the downtown area of the city, where I-44 begins. US 287 leaves the freeway, while I-44/US 277/US 281 travel to Burkburnett, before crossing the Red River into Oklahoma.
Oklahoma
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From its present terminus at Interstate 44 near Newcastle (Exit 107 and starting/ending point of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike north section), U.S. 277 runs concurrent with U.S. 62 through Blanchard into downtown Chickasha, where U.S. 277 joins U.S. 81 for several miles to an intersection south of Chickasha near Ninnekah, where U.S. 277 turns west/southwest through the cities of Cement, Cyril, Fletcher and Elgin - crossing over I-44/H.E. Bailey east of Cement (no access), under the interstate south of Fletcher (no access) and under the interstate/turnpike on the west side of Elgin (Exit 53 - tolls charged northbound exit/southbound entry and no tolls southbound exit/northbound entry). About five miles west of Elgin, U.S. 277 rejoins U.S. 62 (and U.S. 281, whose concurrency with U.S. 277 to Wichita Falls, Texas begins) for the next 10 miles with the triplex 62-277-281 route joining Interstate 44 at the starting/ending point of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike north section (Exit 46) near Medicine Park south through Fort Sill to I-44 Exit 40A, where U.S. 62 diverts from the interstate. U.S. 277 and 281 continue their concurrent route with I-44 through the Lawton-Fort Sill area to a point six miles south of Lawton where I-44 becomes the H.E. Bailey Turnpike south to Randlett. At this interchange (Exit 30) which also includes Oklahoma 36 west/southwest to Chattanooga and Grandfield, U.S. 277-281 diverts east and then curve south to parallel the interstate past Geronimo, OK and 10 miles later joins Oklahoma 5 about 5 miles west of Walters for three miles west crossing over I-44/H.E. Bailey Turnpike at the Walters exit and toll plaza (Exit 21). West of I-44, U.S. 277-281 turns south from Oklahoma 5 and continues south, crossing under I-44 (with no access) south of Cookietown and then joins U.S. 70 at Randlett, from where the triplex U.S. 70-277-281 continues 3 miles west to an interchange with I-44 at the beginning/ending points of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike (Exit 6). At this interchange, U.S. 277-281 joins I-44 for the last 6 miles in Oklahoma before crossing the Red River into Texas.
Free road alternative to the H.E. Bailey Turnpike
From Newcastle to the Red River north of Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S. 277 (and concurrent sections of U.S. 62, U.S. 81 and U.S. 281) serves as an alternate free route to the two sections of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike between Oklahoma City and the Red River from Newcastle southwest of Oklahoma to near Medicine Park north of Lawton and from near Geronimo south of Lawton to Randlett just north of the Red River near Burkburnett, Texas.
Former U.S. 277 route in Lawton now U.S. 281 Business
The former route of U.S. 277 (and 281) through the City of Lawton via 2nd Street and 11th Street (and a diagonal street connecting those two streets) has been designated as U.S. 281 Business since the completion of Lawton's Pioneer Expressway (now I-44) in 1964 from present I-44 Exit 39-B to Exit 33. Present U.S. 281 Business and former U.S. 277-281 follows 2nd Street south of I-44 (Exit 39B) into the downtown area and south of Lee Boulevard (Oklahoma 7), curves into the diagonal route to 11th Street and still locally designated by the City of Lawton as Highway 277 even though it is officially designated as U.S. 281 Business. From the end of the diagonal route at 11th and Tennessee Avenue south past the Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport to Exit 33 of Interstate 44, the former U.S. 277-281 and current U.S. Business 281 route follows 11th Street. South of this point, U.S. 281 Business ends/begins and current U.S. 277-281 continues to run concurrent with I-44 for another 3 miles to Exit 30 (the starting/ending point for the southern section of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike), bypassing 3 miles of the former U.S. 277-281 concurrency that followed 11th Street south of Lawton until the completion of the present I-44 route south of Lawton in 1964, when the former highway reverted to local jurisdiction. At Exit 31, Oklahoma 36 begins its route to Chattanooga and Grandfield west of I-44 while U.S. 277-281 uses the same route east of the interstate for a half-mile and turning south toward Geronimo, over the continuation of Lawton's 11th Street.
History
When US 277 was commissioned in 1930, it ended at the Mexico–United States border in Del Rio, Texas. It was extended southeast to its present terminus in 1952. The original northern terminus was in Oklahoma City at its intersection with parent route US 77 and US 62. The northern terminus remained there until 1964. when it was truncated to its present terminus following the completion of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike and the connecting US 62 freeway into Oklahoma City, which would become I-44 in the 1980s. The section of highway through Wichita Falls was recently upgraded to a freeway. Known as Kell Boulevard, the freeway opened in late-2009/early-2010.
As of February 2010, US 277 allows a speed limit of 75 miles per hour (121 km/h) only in Dimmit County, Texas.
Future
On March 15, 2022, a bill was signed by President Joe Biden that added the extension of I-27 north to Raton, New Mexico, and south to Laredo to the Interstate Highway System. The extension would utilize the US 277 corridor between San Angelo to Carrizo Springs, Texas.[1]
Major intersections
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| State | County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | Dimmit | Carrizo Springs |   US 83 (First Street) to SH 85 – Crystal City, Uvalde, Laredo | Southern terminus | |||
 Loop 225 (5th Street) | |||||||
  FM 790 north (9th Street) | |||||||
| |   FM 2644 west – El Indio | ||||||
| |   Loop 517 east | ||||||
| |  FM 191 east – Crystal City | ||||||
| |  FM 393 east | ||||||
| Maverick | |  Loop 480 | Interchange | ||||
| Eagle Pass | US 57 north – La Pryor | Southern end of US 57 concurrency | |||||
     US 57 south / Bus. US 277 north / FM 3443 south (Veterans Boulevard) to FM 1021 – Eagle Pass, Piedras Negras, International Bridge | Northern end of US 57 concurrency | ||||||
 Spur 216 east (2nd Street) | |||||||
| Flowers Drive | Interchange | ||||||
| Barrera Street | Interchange | ||||||
| Bus. US 277 south – Eagle Pass | |||||||
| Seco Mines |  FM 1589 | ||||||
| |  FM 1588 east | ||||||
| | FM 1589 | ||||||
| |  FM 1907 west | ||||||
| |  SH 131 north – Brackettville | ||||||
| |  FM 1665 west | ||||||
| | FM 1665 east | ||||||
| Normandy |  FM 1590 west | ||||||
| |  FM 1908 north – Spofford, Brackettville | ||||||
| |  FM 1664 east | ||||||
| |  FM 1666 east | ||||||
| |  FM 1591 east | ||||||
| | FM 1664 west | ||||||
| Kinney | |  RM 693 north – Brackettville | |||||
| Val Verde | |  Spur 317 – Laughlin AFB West Gate Entrance | |||||
| |  Loop 79 north – Sonora, El Paso | ||||||
| Del Rio |  Spur 277 – Ciudad Acuña | Interchange | |||||
| US 90 east – San Antonio | Southern end of US 90 concurrency | ||||||
   US 377 south (East Gibbs Street) / Spur 239 south (Veteran's Boulevard) / Spur 297 – Ciudad Acuña, Business District | Southern end of US 377 concurrency | ||||||
| | US 90 west – Comstock, Sanderson, Amistad NRA Visitor Information, Big Bend National Park | Northern end of US 90 concurrency | |||||
| | Loop 79 to US 90 – Eagle Pass, Laredo | Interchange | |||||
| |   RE 2 west – Amistad National Recreation Area, Rough Canyon | ||||||
| | US 377 north – Rocksprings | Northern end of US 377 concurrency | |||||
| Edwards | |  SH 55 south – Rocksprings | |||||
| Sutton | |  RM 189 west – Juno | |||||
| Sonora |  Loop 467 east | Southern end of Loop 467 concurrency | |||||
| Loop 467 west | Northern end of Loop 467 concurrency | ||||||
| I-10 – Ozona, Junction | I-10 exit 400 | ||||||
| Schleicher | |  FM 2129 west | |||||
| Eldorado |  US 190 west – Iraan | Southern end of US 190 concurrency | |||||
  US 190 east / RM 915 north – Mertzon, Menard, Airport | Northern end of US 190 concurrency | ||||||
| Tom Green | |   Loop 110 to RM 2084 – Christoval | |||||
| | Loop 110 to RM 2084 – Christoval | ||||||
| |  FM 2335 north – Knickerbocker | ||||||
| Pecan Station |  RM 584 north – Airport | ||||||
| San Angelo |  US 87 south / Loop 306 east – Eden | Interchange; southern end of US 87 / Loop 306 concurrency | |||||
| See US 87 | |||||||
| US 67 south / US 87 north (North Bryant Boulevard) | Interchange; northern end of US 87 / US 67 Bus. concurrency; southern end of US 67 concurrency | ||||||
| See US 67 | |||||||
| | US 67 north – Ballinger | Interchange; northern end of US 67 concurrency | |||||
| |  FM 2105 west to US 87 | ||||||
| Coke | |  FM 2333 east – Miles | |||||
| |   FM 2662 west to SH 208 | ||||||
| Bronte |  SH 158 east – Ballinger | Southern end of SH 158 concurrency | |||||
| SH 158 west (West Main Street) – Robert Lee | Northern end of SH 158 concurrency | ||||||
| |  FM 384 east – Winters | ||||||
| |  SH 70 north – Sweetwater, Oak Creek Lake, Blackwell | Interchange | |||||
| Runnels | No major intersections | ||||||
| Nolan | No major intersections | ||||||
| Taylor | |  SH 153 – Sweetwater, Winters, Wingate | Interchange | ||||
| Happy Valley |  FM 1086 west – Shep | Southern end of FM 1086 concurrency | |||||
| | FM 1086 east – Bradshaw | Northern end of FM 1086 concurrency | |||||
| |  FM 89 – Nolan, Buffalo Gap, Abilene State Park | ||||||
| View |  FM 1235 – Merkel, Buffalo Gap | ||||||
| Caps |  FM 707 – Tye | ||||||
| Abilene |  FM 3438 north (Dub Wright Boulevard) / Rebecca Lane – Dyess AFB | interchange | |||||
| US 83 south / US 84 east / South 14th Street – Ballinger, Coleman, Airport, McMurry University | Interchange; southern end of US 83 / US 84 concurrency; south end of freeway | ||||||
| see US 83 | |||||||
| Jones | | US 83 north – Hamlin | Northern end of US 83 concurrency | ||||
| |  FM 1636 west | Southern end of FM 1636 concurrency | |||||
| | FM 1636 east – Avoca | Northern end of FM 1636 concurrency | |||||
| |  SH 92 west – Hamlin | ||||||
| |  FM 2702 east – truck route to SH 6 south | ||||||
| | Bus. US 277 north | ||||||
| Stamford |  Bus. US 277 to SH 6 – Stamford | Interchange | |||||
| Haskell |  Bus. US 277 south / SH 6 / SH 283 – Rule, Aspermont, Stamford | Interchange | |||||
| |  FM 618 north – Paint Creek, Lake Stamford | ||||||
| |  FM 1225 west | ||||||
| | Bus. US 277 north – Haskell | ||||||
| Haskell |  US 380 – Haskell | Interchange | |||||
| | Bus. US 277 south / County Road 210 – Haskell, Airport | ||||||
| |  FM 1080 east | ||||||
| | Bus. US 277 north – Weinert | ||||||
| Weinert |  FM 617 – Rochester | ||||||
| | Bus. US 277 south – Weinert | ||||||
| |  FM 1720 east – Throckmorton | ||||||
| Knox | |  FM 2365 west | |||||
| |  FM 267 north | ||||||
| Munday | Bus. US 277 north | ||||||
 SH 222 – Munday | interchange | ||||||
| | Bus. US 277 south | ||||||
| |  Spur 357 north – Goree | ||||||
| Goree |  FM 266 – Goree | Interchange | |||||
| Baylor | Bomarton |  FM 1152 south – Miller Creek Reservoir | |||||
| | FM 1152 south – Miller Creek Reservoir | ||||||
| |  FM 2070 west | ||||||
| |  FM 2395 south | ||||||
| | US 183 south / US 283 south – Throckmorton | Southern end of US 183 / US 283 concurrency | |||||
| | Bus. US 183 north (Main Street / US 277 Bus. north / US 283 Bus. north) | Interchange | |||||
| |  SH 114 – Seymour, Olney | Interchange | |||||
| |  FM 422 – Seymour, Archer City | Interchange | |||||
| | US 82 west / Bus. US 183 south (US 277 Bus. south / US 283 Bus. south) – Seymour, Lubbock | Interchange; southern end of US 82 concurrency | |||||
| Mabelle |  US 183 north / US 283 north / FM 1790 south – Lake Kemp, Vernon | Northern end of US 183 / US 283 concurrency | |||||
| Archer | Dundee |  FM 2846 north – Lake Diversion | |||||
| |  FM 368 north – Lake Kickapoo | ||||||
| Mankins |  SH 25 – Electra, Archer City | ||||||
| | Bus. US 82 east / Bus. US 277 north – Holliday | ||||||
| Holliday | FM 368 – Holliday | Interchange | |||||
| | Bus. US 82 west / Bus. US 277 south – Holliday | Interchange | |||||
| Wichita | |  SH 258 west – Kamay | |||||
| Wichita Falls |  FM 369 (Southwest Parkway) | Interchange; south end of freeway | |||||
 Bus. US 277 north (Seymour Highway) / FM 2650 (Allendale Road) | No direct northbound exit (signed at FM 369) | ||||||
  FM 1634 (Barnett Road) | Access to Kell West Regional Hospital | ||||||
| Fairway Boulevard | |||||||
| McNiel Avenue | |||||||
| Lawrence Road / Lebanon Road | No direct northbound exit (signed at McNiel Avenue) | ||||||
| Kemp Boulevard | |||||||
| Taft Boulevard | |||||||
| Harrison Street | no direct northbound exit (signed at Taft Boulevard) | ||||||
| Brook Avenue | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||||||
 Spur 447 east / Broad Street | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||||||
 US 82 east / US 281 south / US 287 south – Jacksboro, Texarkana, Fort Worth | Northern end of US 82 concurrency; southern end of US 281 / US 287 concurrency | ||||||
| 6th Street - MPEC | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||||||
| See I-44 | |||||||
| Red River | Unnamed bridge | ||||||
| See I-44 | |||||||
| Oklahoma | Cotton | Devol |    I-44 north / US 70 west / H.E. Bailey Turnpike | Northern end of I-44 concurrency; southern end of US 70 concurrency | |||
| Randlett | US 70 east | Northern end of US 70 concurrency | |||||
| |  SH-5A | ||||||
| Walters |  SH-5 south | Southern end of SH 5 concurrency | |||||
| I-44 / US 281 / H.E. Bailey Turnpike | Access to Walters Municipal Airport; southern end of US 281 concurrency; I-44 exit 20 | ||||||
| SH-5 north | Northern end of SH 5 concurrency | ||||||
| Comanche | Fort Sill | US 281 Bus. | |||||
  I-44 west / SH-36 / H.E. Bailey Turnpike | Southern end of I-44 concurrency; I-44 exit 30 | ||||||
| See I-44 | |||||||
| Fletcher |  I-44 east / US 62 / H.E. Bailey Turnpike | Northern end of I-44 concurrency; I-44 exit 46; no direct access to/from northbound I-44 | |||||
| Porter Hill | US 62 north / US 281 east | Northern end of US 62 / US 281 concurrency | |||||
| Elgin | I-44 / H.E. Bailey Turnpike | I-44 exit 53 | |||||
 SH-17 | |||||||
| Caddo | Cyril |  SH-19 west | Southern end of SH 19 concurrency | ||||
| |  SH-8 | ||||||
| Grady | Ninnekah | US 81 south | Southern end of US 81 concurrency | ||||
| See US 81 | |||||||
| Chickasha | US 62 west / US 81 north | Northern end of US 81 concurrency; southern end of US 62 concurrency | |||||
| See US 62 | |||||||
| McClain | Newcastle | I-44 / US 62 / H.E. Bailey Turnpike | Northern terminus; northern end of US 62 concurrency; I-44 exit 107 | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Business U.S. Route 277
- Wichita Falls, Texas
- Holliday, Texas
- Seymour, Texas
- Munday, Texas
- Weinert, Texas
- Haskell, Texas
- Stamford, Texas
- Eagle Pass, Texas
Related routes
References
- ^ Driggars, Alex (March 15, 2022). "Raton to Laredo corridor added to Interstate Highway System, paving way for I-27 expansion". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Archived from the original on July 15, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
External links
| Browse numbered routes | ||||
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←  SH 276 | TX | →  SH 279 | ||
←  US 271 | OK | → US 281 | ||
- United States Numbered Highway System
- U.S. Highways in Oklahoma
- Interstate 44
- U.S. Route 277
- Dimmit County, Texas
- Maverick County, Texas
- Kinney County, Texas
- Val Verde County, Texas
- Edwards County, Texas
- Sutton County, Texas
- Schleicher County, Texas
- Tom Green County, Texas
- Coke County, Texas
- Runnels County, Texas
- Nolan County, Texas
- Taylor County, Texas
- Jones County, Texas
- Haskell County, Texas
- Knox County, Texas
- Baylor County, Texas
- Archer County, Texas
- Wichita County, Texas
- Cotton County, Oklahoma
- Comanche County, Oklahoma
- Caddo County, Oklahoma
- Grady County, Oklahoma
- McClain County, Oklahoma
- U.S. Highways in Texas