U.S. Route 60 in Texas

U.S. Highway 60 (US 60) in Texas is a 210.698-mile (339.086 km) long U.S. Highway that runs southwest to northeast through the Texas Panhandle.[1]

US Highway 60
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
Counties	Parmer, Castro, Deaf Smith, Randall, Potter, Carson, Gray, Roberts, Hemphill, Lipscomb
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Highways in Texas Interstate U.S. State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← SH 59 → SH 60

Route description

US 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 on June 8, 1931, when the route was extended to Los Angeles, California to make it a coast to coast highway.[3]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[4]	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 – Soncy
		77.201	124.243	SH 217 east – 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 / SH-51 east – Arnett, Seiling, Enid	Continuation into Oklahoma
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

1. 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 (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 164". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
3. Weingroff, Richard (June 18, 2003). "U.S. Route 666: "Beast of a Highway"?". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
4. Texas Department of Transportation (2018). "Statewide Planning Map LRS Readout (ArcGIS)". Retrieved October 4, 2019.