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This article is about the section of U.S. Route 60 in Texas. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 60.
U.S. Highway 60 marker
U.S. Highway 60
Map
US 60 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length210.698 mi[1] (339.086 km)
ExistedJune 8, 1931–present
Major junctions
West end US 60 in Farwell
Major intersections 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
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountiesParmer, Castro, Deaf Smith, Randall, Potter, Carson, Gray, Roberts, Hemphill, Lipscomb
Highway system
← SH 59→ 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]

Route description

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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

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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

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CountyLocationmi[12]kmDestinationsNotes
ParmerFarwell0.0000.000

 US 60 west to US 84 – Clovis		Continuation into Texico, New Mexico
​0.8451.360
 FM 292 south
​3.9556.365
 FM 2396 north
​4.8977.881
 FM 3333 east
​11.291–
11.467		18.171–
18.454

 SH 86 east / FM 1381 north – Dimmitt
Bovina12.65320.363

 FM 1731 south (3rd Street) / FM 2290 west		west end of FM 1731 overlap
13.04820.999
 FM 1731 north		east end of FM 1731 overlap
Friona24.47339.385
 SH 214 south – Muleshoe		west end of SH 214 overlap
25.06340.335
 FM 2013 west
25.44540.950
 SH 214 north – Adrian		east end of SH 214 overlap; west end of SH 214 Bus. overlap
25.78341.494

 Bus. SH 214 south		east end of SH 214 Bus. overlap
Black30.84349.637
 FM 3140 south
33.21253.450
 FM 1172 south – Lazbuddie
CastroSummerfield39.31563.271 FM 1057
Deaf SmithHereford46.88475.452
 FM 2856 west
47.39476.273 US 385 (25 Mile Avenue) – Vega, Dimmitt
47.90177.089
 FM 1259 east (Main Street)
43.83070.538
 Loop 211 west – Amarillo College
​50.78781.734
 FM 2943 south – Dimmitt		west end of FM 2943 overlap
​52.07283.802
 FM 2943 north		east end of FM 2943 overlap
Dawn60.59197.512
 FM 809 north – Wildorado
RandallUmbarger67.099107.985
 FM 168 south – Nazareth, Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Olton		west end of FM 168 overlap
​67.644108.862
 FM 168 north		east end of FM 168 overlap
​73.726–
73.957		118.650–
119.022
 FM 1062 west
Canyon77.021123.953
 FM 2590 north (VFW Road) – Soncy
77.201124.243
 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
77.956125.458
 US 87 south – Canyon, WTA&M		Eastbound exit and westbound left entrance
78.228125.896Frontage RoadEastbound exit only
78.350126.092

 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)
79.606128.113

 To I-27 south / West Country Club Road
​80.965130.301
 I-27 south – Lubbock		West end of I-27 overlap; westbound left exit and eastbound left entrance; I-27 exit 110
see I-27
PotterAmarillo93.814–
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
94.430151.970 US 287 (Taylor Street)One-way street, inbound access only; westbound entrance only; east end of US 287 south overlap
94.465152.027
 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)
94.591152.229 US 287Eastbound entrance only; west end of US 287 north overlap; east end of freeway
94.800152.566 Loop 395 (10th Avenue)
95.091153.034
 Loop 279 west (6th Avenue)		Western terminus of Loop 279
96.101154.660
 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
96.135154.714
 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 StreetInterchange
98.903159.169
 SH 136 north – Borger
101.157–
101.219		162.796–
162.896		 Loop 335 (Lakeside Road) – AirportInterchange
104.376–
104.868		167.977–
168.769		Parsley Road – Amarillo College East CampusInterchange
106.214–
106.878		170.935–
172.003		 FM 1912Interchange
​107.131172.411
 I-40 BL east – Oklahoma City		East end of I-40 Bus. overlap; former US 66 east
Carson​108.675174.895
 FM 683 north – Texas Tech Research Farm
​112.952–
113.870		181.779–
183.256		 FM 2373Interchange
​115.480185.847
 FM 2161 south
Panhandle123.036–
123.332		198.007–
198.484		 SH 207 – Borger, Conway, Panhandle Business District
123.282198.403
 FM 293 east
124.224199.919
 FM Spur 293 south
White Deer136.696219.991 FM 294 – Skellytown, Goodnight
​139.375224.302
 FM 2386 north
Gray​145.160233.612
 FM 2300 south
Pampa148.325238.706
 FM 750 east
148.616239.174 FM 282 (Price Road)
149.715240.943
 SH 70 / SH 152 west (Hobart Street) – Perryton, Borger, Clarendon		west end of SH 152 overlap; access to Pampa Regional Medical Center
150.562242.306
 SH 273 south (Cuyler Street) – Lefors
152.838245.969 Loop 171
​157.279–
157.478		253.116–
253.436
 SH 152 east – Wheeler		east end of SH 152 overlap
​158.225254.638 FM 2391 – Hoover
RobertsMiami173.011278.434



 FM 282 west / FM 748 south (Main Street) to SH 70 / FM 283 – Laketon
​178.757287.682
 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
Canadian196.529316.283
 FM 2388 south (Main Street) – Court House
​198.466319.400
 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
Glazier206.800332.812

 SH 305 north / RM 2758 east – Lipscomb
LipscombHiggins222.229357.643

 SH 213 west / FM 1453 south – Lipscomb
​223.794360.162

 US 60 east / SH-51 east – Arnett, Seiling, Enid		Continuation into Oklahoma
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 164". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  11. ^ Weingroff, Richard (June 18, 2003). "U.S. Route 666: "Beast of a Highway"?". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  12. ^ Texas Department of Transportation (2018). "Statewide Planning Map LRS Readout (ArcGIS)". Retrieved October 4, 2019.
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