U.S. Route 82 in Texas

US Highway 82
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	504.135 mi[1] (811.327 km)
Existed:	1935 – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 82 at the New Mexico state line
	US 380 in Plains US 62 / US 385 in Brownfield I-27 / US 84 / US 87 in Lubbock US 83 in Guthrie US 183 / US 277 / US 283 in Seymour US 281 / US 287 in Wichita Falls US 81 in Ringgold I-35 / US 77 in Gainesville US 377 in Whitesboro US 75 in Sherman US 69 in Bells US 271 in Paris US 259 in De Kalb I-30 near New Boston I-369 / US 59 / US 67 / US 71 in Texarkana
East end:	US 82 at the Arkansas state line
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs Park Rec FM ← SH 81 SH 82 →

In the U.S. state of Texas, U.S. Route 82 is a U.S. Highway that begins on the New Mexico border and heads east through West Texas and Lubbock to the Arkansas border at Texarkana.

Route description

New Mexico–Texas state line to Wichita Falls

US 82 crosses into Texas from New Mexico at Texas Farm to Market Road 769, turning northeastward toward Plains, where it merges with US 380. US 82 is co-signed with US 380 from Plains to Brownfield, where it joins US 62, and US 380 leaves the route. US 82/62 continues northeastward toward Lubbock.

In Lubbock, US 82 and US 62 split, where US 82 is being upgraded to a full access freeway, to be named the Marsha Sharp Freeway, in honor of retired Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball coach Marsha Sharp. On the east side of the city, it once again merges with US 62 (along with State Highway 114) where it continues eastward through Ralls, where US 62 makes a sharp turn to the north and leaves the route. US 82 continues eastward across the level plains of the Llano Estacado to Crosbyton and then dips downward as it crosses the White River of Blanco Canyon, where the Texas Department of Transportation maintains the Silver Falls Rest Area with facilities and hiking trails. After climbing out of Blanco Canyon, US 82 eventually exits the Llano Estacado and enters the rolling plains near Dickens.

US 82/SH 114 continues eastward as a co-signed route until Seymour, where it merges with U.S. Highways 183, 277 and 283, with US 183 and 283 leaving the route at Mabelle. US 82/277 continues eastward to Wichita Falls, merging with US 287 just south of downtown.

Wichita Falls to Texarkana and Texas–Arkansas state line

US 82 leaves US 287 at Henrietta and continues east towards the small towns of Nocona, Texas (beginning as a four-lane divided highway), St. Jo, Texas and Muenster, Texas and crossing Interstate 35 in Gainesville at a partial cloverleaf interchange. The highway continues east towards Whitesboro, Texas and Sherman, Texas where it crosses US Highway 75 at a three-level diamond interchange (the portion through Sherman is called the Buck Owens Freeway in honor of the country music star, who was born in Sherman). Prior to the 1990s, the two highways ran concurrently on the route of Texas State Highway 56 before being rerouted northeast of Sherman on its present-day route. The highway continues east to Bells, Texas where US 82 cross US Route 69.

In Bonham, Texas, US 82 crosses Texas SH 121 while the route runs parallel with SH 56 until Honey Grove, Texas where SH 56 ends. US 82 enters Paris, Texas at a diamond interchange where it runs concurrent with Texas Loop 286 on the north side of the city as a Business Route runs through the center of the city before rejoining on the east side of Paris. At a diamond interchange on the north side of Paris, US 82/TX Loop 286 meets with US 271 where both highways run concurrent on the northeast side of town before US 82 branches off at another diamond interchange on the east side of Paris. After passing around Clarksville, Texas and other smaller towns the highway is crossed by Interstate 30 east of New Boston, Texas at a partial cloverleaf and continues to run parallel to IH 30 into Arkansas through downtown Texarkana.^[2]

Future

The Marsha Sharp Freeway, named for former Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball coach Marsha Sharp, is currently being built along US 82 in Lubbock, Texas. In 1998, funding was first received. The five-phase project was scheduled to be completed in 2015.

Phase 2 of the project was scheduled to be completed in December 2008 at a cost of $140 million. It involved construction of the freeway from Salem Avenue to Avenue L and erecting interchanges at 19th Street, Quaker Avenue, Fourth Street, and Avenue Q in Lubbock. Currently construction on the freeway has started from Millwaukee ave to Upland ave and on the intersection of spur 327 and U.S. 62/82. ^[3]

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  US 82 Outside of Henrietta, TX

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  The Marsha Sharp Freeway on U.S. Highway 82 in Lubbock

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  Heading west on US-82 out of Sherman, TX

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Yoakum					US 82 west – Lovington	New Mexico state line
					FM 769 to SH 83 – Bronco
					FM 1622 south
	Plains				US 380 west – Roswell	West end of US 380 overlap
					SH 214 – Morton, Denver City
					FM 435 south
					FM 1780 – Whiteface, Seagraves
Terry					FM 402
	Gomez				FM 303
	Brownfield				SH 137
					US 62 west / US 385 south (1st Street) – Seminole	west end of US 62 / US 385 overlap
					US 380 east (East Tahoka Highway) – Terry County Airport	East end of US 380 overlap
					US 385 north – Levelland	East end of US 385 overlap
					FM 2066 north
					FM 1698 east
	Meadow				FM 211 – New Home
Hockley	Ropesville				FM 41 / FM 168 – Smyer, Slaton
Lubbock					FM 1585 east	West end of FM 1585 overlap
					FM 1585 west	east end of FM 1585 overlap
	Wolfforth				Loop 193 east
					FM 179 – Wolfforth	interchange
					Loop 193 / 82nd Street – Wolfforth	interchange
	Lubbock				Upland Avenue	Planned future interchange
					Spur 327 east	Interchange; west end of freeway
					Milwaukee Avenue
					Loop 289 (West Loop)
					34th Street / Slide Road
					Quaker Avenue
					US 62 east / SH 114 (19th Street)	East end of US 62 overlap; no direct eastbound exit to SH 114 west (signed at Quaker Avenue); no direct westbound exit (signed at Texas Tech Parkway), access to Covenant Hospital and University Medical Center
					Texas Tech Parkway – Texas Tech University
					FM 2255 west (4th Street)	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
					University Avenue
					US 84 (Avenue Q)
					Avenue L / Texas Avenue / Buddy Holly Avenue	no direct westbound exit (signed at I-27)
					I-27 / US 87 – Amarillo, Tahoka	interchange; east end of freeway; I-27 exit 4
					US 62 west / SH 114 west (19th Street)	interchange; no westbound entrance; west end of US 62 / SH 114 overlap
					Loop 289 (East Loop)	interchange
					FM 2641 west – Airport
					FM 1729 south – Buffalo Springs Lake, Ransom Canyon	west end of FM 1729 overlap
					FM 1729 north – New Deal	east end of FM 1729 overlap
					FM 400 – Plainview, Slaton, Ransom Canyon
					FM 789 south	west end of FM 789 overlap
					FM 789 north – Petersburg	east end of FM 789 overlap
Crosby	Lorenzo				FM 378 north (Harrison Avenue) – Downtown Lorenzo	west end of FM 378 overlap
					FM 378 south	east end of FM 378 overlap
					FM 2236 north
					FM 2576 south
					US 62 east – Floydada	east end of US 62 overlap
	Ralls				SH 207 (Avenue E) to US 62 east – Floydada, Post
					FM 1831 south
	Crosbyton				FM 651 (Ayrshire Avenue) – White River Lake, Post
					FM 2591 north
					FM 28 north – Dougherty
					FM 836 – Spur
Dickens					FM 264 north – McAdoo
					Loop 120	no left turn westbound
	Dickens				SH 70 – Matador, Spur
					Loop 120 (Montgomery Street)
					FM 265 north – East Afton
					FM 2941 north
King					US 83 – Guthrie, Aspermont	Interchange
					SH 222 east – Knox City
Knox	Benjamin				SH 6 (Hinton Street) – Crowell, Knox City
					FM 267 north – Gilliland	west end of FM 267 overlap
					FM 267 south – Rhineland, Munday	east end of FM 267 overlap
					FM 266 south – Goree
Baylor	Red Springs				FM 2069 north
					FM 1789 north
	Seymour				Bus. US 183 south / Bus. US 277 south / Bus. US 283 south / SH 114 east (Main Street) / FM 422 east – Fort Worth, Throckmorton, Abilene, Archer City	East end of SH 114 overlap; west end of US 183 Bus. / US 277 Bus. / US 283 Bus. overlap
					RM Spur 1919
					RM 1919 north – Lake Kemp, Crowell
					US 183 south / US 277 south / US 283 south	interchange; east end of US 183 Bus. / US 277 Bus. / US 283 Bus. overlap; west end of US 183 / US 277 / US 283 overlap
See US 277
Wichita	Wichita Falls				US 277 north / US 281 north / US 287 north to I-44 – Lawton, Amarillo	East end of US 277 overlap; west end of US 281 / US 287 overlap
See US 287
Clay					US 287 south – Bowie, Fort Worth	Interchange; east end of US 287 overlap
	Henrietta				SH 148 north – Petrolia	West end of SH 148 overlap
					SH 148 south – Jacksboro	East end of SH 148 overlap
					FM 1197 north (Bridge Street)
					Spur 510 south – Fort Worth
					FM 1134 south
					FM 2332 west
Montague	Ringgold				Loop 19 north
					US 81 – Waurika, Bowie	Interchange
					FM 1816 – Belcherville, Bowie
	Nocona				SH 175 south – Montague
					FM 103 north (Clay Street) – Prairie Valley, Spanish Fort
					FM 1815 north – Bonita
					SH 59 south – Bowie
	Saint Jo				FM 677 – Illinois Bend, Forestburg
					FM 2382 north – Bulcher
Cooke	Muenster				FM 373 (Main Street) to FM 1630 – Bulcher
					FM 2739 north – Marysville
					FM 1198 south – Myra
	Lindsay				FM 1199 north	west end of FM 1199 overlap
					FM 1199 south (Ash Street) to FM 1630 – Lindsay	east end of FM 1199 overlap
					FM 3108 south – Lindsay
	Gainesville				FM 1201 north – Moss Lake, Sivells Bend
					I-35 (US 77) – Oklahoma City, Denton	I-35 exit 498
					Dixon Street	Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
					FM 372 (Grand Avenue)	Interchange
					FM 3092 south
					FM 371 north
					FM 678 – Woodbine, Callisburg	Interchange
Grayson				622	SH 56 (Main Street)	Interchange
	Whitesboro			624	US 377 to Bus. US 377 (Union Street) – Madill	Interchange
	Sadler			628	FM 901 – Sadler	Interchange
	Sherman			636	SH 289 – Pottsboro, Dallas, Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, North Texas Regional Airport	Interchange
				640	FM 1417 – Pottsboro, North Texas Regional Airport	interchange; west end of freeway
				641	FM 131 (Travis Street)	no direct westbound exit (signed at exit 642A)
				642A	US 75 – Denison, Dallas	Signed as exit 642 eastbound; US 75 exit 63
				642B	Loy Lake Road	no direct eastbound exit (signed at exit 642)
				643	SH 91 (Texoma Parkway)
					Frontage Road	interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance; east end of freeway
				645	FM 1417	interchange
	Bells			653	US 69 – Denison, Bells	Interchange
				654	FM 1897 – Bells, Ambrose	Interchange
Fannin	Savoy			658	FM 1752 – Savoy	Interchange
					FM 898 – Ravenna, Ector
					FM 87 south – Choice Moore Unit, Buster Cole Unit
	Bonham			670	SH 121	interchange
				671	SH 78 – Durant, Bonham	interchange
					FM 897 – Lannius, Dodd City
	Spring Hill				FM 1743 – Windom
	Honey Grove				FM 1396 – Allens Chapel
				686	SH 34 / FM 100 – Honey Grove	Interchange
					SH 56 west – Honey Grove
Lamar					FM 38 north – Forest Hill, Tigertown
					FM 137 east – Petty, Roxton
					FM 38 – Maxey, Brookston, Roxton
	Paris				FM 1510 west – Maxey
					Bus. US 82 east / Loop 286 south to SH 19 / SH 24 – Paris, Cooper	Interchange; west end of Loop 286 overlap
					FM 79	Interchange
					US 271 north (US 271 Bus. south) – Hugo	Interchange; west end of US 271 overlap
					Stillhouse Road	Interchange, access to Paris Regional Medical Center
					Spur 139 east
					FM 195	Interchange
					Pine Mill Road	Interchange
					US 271 south / Bus. US 82 west / Loop 286 south	Interchange; east end of US 271/Loop 286 overlap
	Reno				FM 1508 south – Airport
					FM 2121 south – Sylvan
	Blossom				FM 196 north (High Street)	West end of FM 196 overlap
					FM 194 east / FM 196 south – Pattonville	East end of FM 196 overlap
					FM 1502 north – Post Oak
Red River	Detroit				FM 410 – Kiomatia, Rugby
					FM 2573 east – Bagwell
	Batesville				FM 2573 west – Bagwell
	Clarksville				FM 2825 south
					Bus. US 82 east / SH 37 south – Clarksville, New Boston, Bogata	West end of SH 37 overlap
					SH 37 north / Bus. SH 37 south – Idabel, Clarksville	Interchange; east end of SH 37 overlap
					FM 1159
					Bus. US 82 west – Clarksville
					FM 114 east – English
					FM 412 south – Boxelder
	Annona				FM 44 north	West end of FM 44 overlap
					FM 44 south – Boxelder	East end of FM 44 overlap
					FM 1699 north – English
	Avery				FM 911 north	West end of FM 911 overlap
					Bus. US 82 east / FM 911 south	East end of FM 911 overlap
					Bus. US 82 west
Bowie	Oak Grove				FM 1326 north – Springhill
	De Kalb				US 259 – Idabel, Daingerfield	Interchange
					FM 2735 north
					FM 992 (Runnels Street)
					FM 1840 east
	Malta				FM 2789 north
					SH 98 south / FM 3378 north
					I-30 – Texarkana, Dallas	I-30 exit 199
	New Boston				FM 992 west – Daniels Chapel
					SH 8 – Foreman, Linden	Interchange
	Whaley				Spur 86 north to I-30
	Hooks				Spur 594 north – Red River Army Depot Main Gate
					FM 560 north (Main Street) to I-30
					FM 1398 east
	Leary				Spur 74 north (Lone Star Drive) to I-30
					FM 1398 west (Barkman Creek Road)
					FM 2253 north (Leary Road) to I-30
					FM 3419 north – Red Lick
					FM 2148 – Red Lick
	Nash				FM 989 (Kings Highway) to I-30
	Texarkana				I-369 / US 59 (Sowell Lane / North Bishop Road) to I-30	interchange
					SH 93 (Summerhill Road) to I-30
					Loop 14 north (Texas Boulevard)
					US 67 south (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard)	West end of US 67 overlap
					US 67 north / US 71 / US 82 east (Seventh Street / State Line Avenue)	Arkansas state line; north end of US 67 overlap
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. 82". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
2. Google (2008-03-05). "overview map of US 82" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
3. "Marsha Sharp freeway construction could complicate campus traffic until 2008". The Daily Toreador. April 13, 2007.