U.S. Route 77 in Texas

US Highway 77
	Blue Star Memorial Highway
Route information
	Maintained by TxDOT
Length	471.296 mi[1] (758.477 km)
Existed	1927[1]–present
Major junctions
South end	United States-Mexico border in Brownsville
	I-69E from Brownsville to Raymondville; I-2 / US 83 in Harlingen; I-69E from Robstown to Corpus Christi; I-37 in Corpus Christi; I-10 near Schulenburg; I-35 in Waco; I-20 in Dallas; I-30 in Dallas; I-635 in Dallas
North end	I-35 / US 77 near Gainesville
Location
Counties	Cameron, Willacy, Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio, Refugio, Victoria, DeWitt, Lavaca, Fayette, Lee, Milam, Falls, McLennan, Hill, Ellis, Dallas, Denton, Cooke
Highway system

U.S. Route 77 (US 77) is a major highway that is part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from the Veterans International Bridge in Brownsville to Sioux City, Iowa. In Texas, the road runs south-north for 471.3 miles (758.5 km) from the International border with Mexico to the Oklahoma state line north of Gainesville. The highway is being upgraded to a freeway near Corpus Christi to connect to the freeway part of the highway in Raymondville as part of future I-69. A freeway in Robstown is already signed as part of I-69. From Waco to the Oklahoma state line, US 77 overlaps or runs parallel to I-35/I-35E.

Route description

The interchange between I-37 and US 77 (along with I-69E)

US 77 crosses the Rio Grande with US 83 on the Veterans International Bridge. The two highways run together concurrent with I-69E until Harlingen. US 83 runs west (north) along I-2 to McAllen while US 77 runs north along with I-69E to Raymondville. The highway is the only one to pass through Kenedy County. In Raymondville, I-69E temporarily ends.

In Robstown, US 77 again picks up the I-69E designation until the interchange with I-37 in north Corpus Christi. US 77 shares a short overlap with I-37 before leaving the highway. US 77 runs through many small to mid-size communities before arriving in Waco. Here, US 77 begins its overlap with I-35 that lasts until Hillsboro, where the highway then parallels I-35E until Red Oak.

→U.S. Route 77 Business (Waco, Texas)

US 77 has an unsigned overlap with I-35E until US 77 leaves the interstate in Corinth to serve Denton. The highway then returns to I-35 in north Denton until the two highways cross into Oklahoma together north of Gainesville.

History

Major intersections

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Cameron	Brownsville	Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates over the Rio Grande south end of US 83 overlap
Cameron	Brownsville	University Boulevard / East Avenue - UT-Brownsville, Texas Southmost College	at-grade intersection
overlap; see I-69E
Kenedy		La Parra Avenue - Sarita	interchange
Kleberg	Riviera	FM 771 east – Riviera Beach
	Riviera	SH 285 west – Falfurrias
		RM 628 east – Loyola Beach, Vattmann
		FM 772 – Vattmann
	Ricardo	FM 1118 east
	Kingsville	Bus. US 77 north
		FM 1717 east
		FM 1356 north (General Cavazos Boulevard)	interchange
		FM 425 (Senator Carlos Truan Boulevard) – Kingsville Naval Air Station	interchange
		SH 141 west (King Avenue) / Kenedy Avenue – Benavides	interchange
		FM 1898 west (Corral Avenue) / FM 2045 (Santa Gertrudis Avenue) – Kingsville Naval Air Station	interchange
		Frontage Road	interchange
Nueces	Bishop	FM 257 / East 6th Street	interchange
		FM 70 – Chapman Ranch, Agua Dulce	interchange; no direct northbound exit
		Bus. US 77 south / County Road 10 – Kingsville	interchange
		FM 3354 east – Concordia, Bishop Airport
	Driscoll	FM 665 – Alice, Corpus Christi, Petronila
		FM 2826 – Spring Gardens
	overlap; see I-69E
	Corpus Christi	I-37 south – Corpus Christi	north end of I-69E overlap; south end of I-37 overlap; US 77 south follows exit 14
		Sharpsburg Road / Redbird Lane	I-37 exit 15
		Labonte Park	I-37 exit 16
San Patricio		I-37 north – San Antonio	north end of I-37 overlap; US 77 north follows exit 17
	Odem	SH 234 west / FM 631 east (Main Street) – Edroy, Taft
		FM 1944 east – Taft
	Sinton	Bus. US 77 north / FM 1945 west	interchange
		SH 188 – Mathis	interchange
		US 181 – Beeville, Gregory	interchange
		SH 89 to US 181 – Beeville, Gregory	interchange
		Bus. US 77 south
Refugio	Woodsboro	FM 1360 south – Bayside
		FM 136 south – Bayside, Gregory
		FM 2441 north – Blanconia
	Refugio	FM 774 east (Empresario Street) to FM 2678 – Bayside, Austwell
	Refugio	Alt. US 77 north / US 183 north to SH 202 – Goliad, Goliad State Historical Park, Presidio Labahia, General Zaragoza Birthplace, Beeville
		SH 239 – Tivoli, Austwell, Goliad	interchange
Victoria		FM 445 east – McFaddin
	Victoria	US 59 (via Spur 91) – Houston, Victoria	Exit 7 on I-69/US 59 southbound; interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance; future I-69 north
		US 59 north / Bus. US 77 north – Houston, Victoria	interchange; south end of US 59 overlap
		FM 446
		US 59 south / Bus. US 59 north – Goliad, Laredo	interchange; north end of US 59 overlap
		FM 236 – Cuero, Refugio	interchange
		FM 1685	interchange; no direct northbound exit (signed at FM 236)
		US 87 – Cuero, San Antonio, Port Lavaca	interchange
		Briggs Boulevard / Nursery Drive	interchange; no direct northbound exit
		Mallette Drive / Invitational Drive	interchange
		Bus. US 77 south (Navarro Street) / Loop 463 east – Edna	interchange
		FM 444 south – Inez
		FM 682 north – Terryville, Yoakum
DeWitt	No major junctions
Lavaca		SH 111 – Edna, Yoakum, Gonzales	interchange
		FM 531 – Koerth, Shiner, Ezzell
		FM 318 south – Sweet Home, Yoakum
	Hallettsville	Alt. US 77 south / Alt. US 90 west – Shiner, Seguin, Yoakum, Goliad	south end of US 90 Alt. overlap
		FM 340 west – Moulton
		Alt. US 90 east – Eagle Lake, Houston	north end of US 90 Alt. overlap
		FM 957 north (East First Street) – Schulenburg
		FM 532 east – Oakland	south end of FM 532 overlap
		FM 532 west – Komensky, Moulton, Gonzales	north end of FM 532 overlap
Fayette	Schulenburg	Loop 222 (Lyons Avenue) to FM 957 – Hallettsville
		US 90 to Loop 222 – Flatonia, Engle, Weimar
		I-10 – Flatonia, San Antonio, Weimar, Houston	I-10 exit 674
		FM 615 east
		FM 956 west – Freyburg
	Swiss Alp	FM 1383 south – Ammannsville
	Swiss Alp	FM 3171 south
		FM 2436 west – Hostyn
		Spur 92 west – Monument Hill Kreische Brewery State Park
	La Grange	FM 155 south – Weimar
		Bus. SH 71 / SH 159 east to SH 237 – Smithville, Austin, Columbus, Brenham, Bellville
		SH 71 – Smithville, Austin, Columbus	interchange
		FM 2145 north – Nechanitz
		FM 153 west – Winchester, Smithville
	Warda	FM 1482 west
Lee	Giddings	FM 448 south – Serbin, Northrup, Winchester
		US 290 (Austin Street) – Elgin, Austin, Brenham, Houston
		FM 2440 to FM 141 – Manheim, Dime Box
		FM 1624 north – Fedor, Lexington
		SH 21 – Bastrop, Caldwell	interchange
		FM 3403 east
	Lexington	Loop 123 north to FM 112 west to FM 1624 south / FM 696 west – Taylor, Elgin, Fedor	south end of FM 696 overlap
		FM 696 east	north end of FM 696 overlap
		Loop 123 south to FM 112 west to FM 696 west to FM 1624 south – Taylor, Elgin, Fedor
Milam	Rockdale	FM 2116 north
		FM 908 – Caldwell, Airport
		US 79 – Hearne, Round Rock	interchange
		FM 1712 south – Rockdale
		US 190 east / SH 36 south – Milano, Hearne, Caldwell	south end of US 190 / SH 36 overlap
		FM 2095 east – Gause, Hearne
	Cameron	FM 845 west to FM 1600 south – Buckholts, Temple
	Cameron	US 190 west / SH 36 north / North Travis Street – Temple, Business District	north end of US 190 / SH 36 overlap
	Splawn	FM 485 – Hearne, Seaton
	Ben Arnold	FM 1444 east – Clarkson
	Burlington	FM 1963 north – Barclay
Falls		FM 1445 south – Clarkson
	Rosebud	Loop 265 north / FM 1963 south (Main Street) – Reagan, Barclay
	Rosebud	SH 53 west – Temple
		Loop 265 south to FM 413 – Reagan
	Travis	FM 431 east – Cedar Springs	south end of FM 431 overlap
	Travis	FM 431 west – Westphalia	north end of FM 431 overlap
	Lott	SH 320 – Westphalia, Temple, Marlin
	Chilton	FM 935 – Troy, Marlin
		SH 7 east – Marlin	south end of SH 7 overlap
		FM 1950 west – Cego
		SH 7 west / Bus. SH 7 east – Bruceville-Eddy, Marlin	interchange; north end of SH 7 overlap
	Golinda	FM 2839 east
McLennan		FM 2643 west – Levi, Mooreville	south end of FM 2643 overlap
		FM 2643 east – Asa	north end of FM 2643 overlap
	Robinson	FM 2837 west – Lorena
	Robinson	FM 3148 west – Hewitt
	Waco–Robinson line	SH 6 / Loop 340 – Temple, Marlin, Groesbeck	interchange
	Waco	Loop 396 north – Austin, Meridian	traffic circle
		Bus. US 77 north (La Salle Avenue)
		I-35 south (Jack Kultgen Expressway) / Loop 2 north (South 17th Street) – Austin, Cotton Palace Complex, Floyd Casey Stadium	south end of I-35 overlap; US 77 south follows exit 334
see I-35
Hill	Hillsboro	I-35 north / Spur 579 south – Fort Worth, Dallas	north end of I-35 overlap; US 77 north follows exit 370
	Carl's Corner	FM 2959 west to I-35E – Lovelace, Dallas
	Midway	FM 934 west – Itasca
		FM 1243 south – Brandon
Ellis	Milford	FM 308 south – Mertens, Malone, Elm Mott	south end of FM 308 overlap
	Milford	FM 566 west to I-35E
		FM 308 north – Maypearl	north end of FM 308 overlap
	Italy	SH 34 to I-35E – Ennis, Terrell
	Forreston	FM 329 west to I-35E
	Nena	FM 55 south – Avalon, Blooming Grove
	Waxahachie	I-35E south / FM 876 – Waco, Dallas, Bell Branch	I-35E exit 397
		FM 66 west (Rogers Street) / FM 877 south (Howard Road) – Maypearl, Itasca
		FM 1446 west
		Bus. US 287 (West Main Street) – Midlothian, Ennis
		FM 878 east (West Marvin Avenue) – Palmer
		FM 813 east – Palmer, Ferris
		US 287 – Fort Worth, Midlothian, Ennis	interchange
		FM 387 to I-35E / FM 813 – Ferris
	Red Oak	SH 342 north – Red Oak
	Red Oak	I-35E south – Waco	south end of I-35E overlap; US 77 south follows exit 408
see I-35E
Denton	Denton	I-35E north – Oklahoma City	north end of I-35E overlap; US 77 north follows exit 464
		US 377 south (Fort Worth Drive) – Roanoke	south end of US 377 overlap
		FM 426 east (McKinney Street)
		US 377 north / US 380 (University Drive) – Decatur, Prosper, Pilot Point	north end of US 377 overlap
		FM 428 east (Sherman Drive) – Aubrey
		FM 2164 north (Locust Street)
		Loop 288 / US 380 Truck – Aubrey, Pilot Point, Prosper	interchange
		I-35 south to Loop 288 / FM 1173 – Krum	south end of I-35 overlap; US 77 south follows exit 471
see I-35
Cooke		I-35 north / US 77 north – Ardmore, Oklahoma City	Oklahoma state line (bridge over Red River)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 77". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.

U.S. Route 77
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[TXDOT_US_77-1] Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 77". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.