Texas State Highway 15

"TX 15" redirects here. TX 15 may also refer to Texas's 15th congressional district.

State Highway 15 marker

State Highway 15
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length: 125.2 mi[1] (201.5 km)
Existed: 1959[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: US 54 at Stratford
  US 83 in Perryton
East end: SH-15 east of Follett
Highway system
SH 14SH 16

State Highway 15, or SH 15, runs from the Texas-Oklahoma boundary 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Follett to US 54 in Stratford.

In 1955, SH 117 was redesignated as SH 15 for its entire route from the Texas/Oklahoma state line in Lipscomb County through the northeast Panhandle to an intersection with U.S. Highway 287 at Claude. The route was renumbered to correspond to the connecting Oklahoma State Highway 15. In 1967 the section from Spearman southward was redesignated as SH 207, while SH 15 was rerouted westward to Stratford over cancelled routes SH 282 and FM 289.

Route description

SH 15 begins at an intersection with US 54 in Stratford. It travels eastward through the far northern reaches of the Texas Panhandle, mainly through farmlands. The route passes through the towns of Spearman and Perryton, before exiting eastward into Northwest Oklahoma, where the road transitions to Oklahoma State Highway 15.

Previous route

SH 15 was one of the original twenty six state highways proposed in 1917, overlaid on top of the Dallas-Louisiana Highway. From 1919 the routing mostly followed present day U.S. Highway 80 from Dallas to Wills Point. It continued on, routed along present day SH 64 from Wills Point into Tyler and up U.S. Highway 271 into Longview.

By 1919, like many other highways at the time, a second routing, SH 15A was assigned, from Wills Point, through Mineola to Longview, via US 80. By 1922, H 15 and SH 15A swapped places.

In 1926, U.S. Highway 80 was routed over SH 15 and its northern routing. While the routes were marked concurrently, SH 15A into Tyler was given over to the newly created SH 64. SH 15 was extended east to the Louisiana border. replacing a section of SH 11. By 1936, SH 15 was extended west via Albany via Seminole to the Texas-New Mexico boundary, replacing SH 83 and part of SH 1A. By 1939, the section of SH 15 east of Albany was deleted. This highway was redesignated as US 180 in 1943.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
ShermanStratford US 54 (Texas Street) Dalhart, Texhoma
  FM 2232 south
  FM 119 Texhoma, Sunray
  FM 1290 north Texhoma
Hansford  FM 1573 west Sunray
  FM 1262 north Guymon
Gruver SH 136 north Guymonwest end of SH 136 overlap
SH 136 south (Main Avenue) / FM 278 east Stinnetteast end of SH 136 overlap
Loop 84 west Gruver
  SH 207 north Guymonwest end of SH 207 overlap
  FM 2018 west Sunray
  FM 2387 north Hardesty
Spearman FM 760 north – Lake Palo Duro, Airportwest end of FM 760 overlap
SH 207 south Stinnetteast end of SH 207 overlap
FM 759 east / FM 760 south (West Kenneth Avenue)east end of FM 760 overlap
Ochiltree  FM 1267 east
Farnsworth FM 376 south
  Spur 192 east Frank Phillips College Allen Campus
Perryton Loop 143
US 83 (Main Street) Liberal, Canadian
Loop 143
LipscombBooker SH 23 Beaver, Canadian
Darrouzett FM 2172 south
  RM 2248 north
  SH 305 south Lipscomb
  FM 1455
Follett FM 2741 northwest end of FM 2741 overlap
FM 2741 south (South Main Street)east end of FM 2741 overlap
FM 1454 south Higginswest end of FM 1454 overlap
  FM 1454 northeast end of FM 1454 overlap
  SH-15 east ShattuckOklahoma state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 Texas Department of Transportation,
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