U.S. Route 87 in Texas

US Highway 87
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	660.071 mi[1] (1,062.281 km)
Existed:	1935 – present
Major junctions
South end:	SH 238 in Port Lavaca
	I-69 / US 59 / US 77 in Victoria US 90 in San Antonio I-10 in San Antonio to Comfort I-35 in San Antonio US 67 / US 277 in San Angelo I-20 in Big Spring I-27 from Lubbock to Amarillo US 70 in Plainview US 60 in Canyon I-40 / US 60 / US 287 in Amarillo
North end:	US 87 near Texline
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs Park Rec FM ← SH 86 SH 87 →

In the U.S. state of Texas, U.S. Highway 87 (US 87) is a north–south U.S. Highway that begins near the Gulf Coast in Port Lavaca, Texas and heads north through San Antonio, Lubbock, and Amarillo to the New Mexico border near Texline.

Route description

US 87's southern terminus is at an intersection with State Highway 238 in Port Lavaca, Texas. It takes a northwesterly route out of the town, and follows this path all the way to Cuero, where it merges with (and is briefly co-signed with) US 183 before turning back toward the north. US 87 follows a gentle northwesterly route until just before Smiley, where it takes a more due-westerly turn. At Nixon, US 87 merges with State Highway 97 and continues west as a co-signed route until just west of Stockdale, where SH 97 leaves the route and US 87 continues to the northwest to San Antonio.

On the southeast side of the city, US 87 merges with Interstate 10 (I-10), where it continues through San Antonio as a co-signed, concurrent route for 54 miles (87 km), until an exit at Comfort, where the highway once again picks up its own signage and continues on, in an almost due northern heading before making a slight turn back to the northwest to Mason, where it merges with US 377.

From Mason, US 87/377 continues north/northwest to Brady, where US 377 leaves the route and US 87 makes a hard turn to the west before taking yet another slight turn to the north and continuing on to San Angelo, and on to the northwest. After intersecting with I-20 at Big Spring, US 87 continues the same northwesterly path to Lamesa, where it takes a turn back to the northeast. After making another turn back to the north just outside O'Donnell, US 87 continues on to Lubbock, where it merges with I-27 on the south side of the city.

From this point, US 87 continues as a co-signed, concurrent route with I-27 all the way north to Amarillo, occasionally deviating from the interstate route to spur into rural towns along the route (such as Kress, Tulia, and Canyon) before merging with US 287 in Amarillo. US 87/287 continues almost due north until Dumas, where US 87 splits off the route with a sharp turn to the west before merging with US 385 in Hartley and turning to the northwest. US 385 leaves the route in Dalhart, and US 87 continues on a slight northwesterly path, crossing into New Mexico approximately a mile west of Texline.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Calhoun	Port Lavaca			SH 238 (Commerce Street)
				FM 1090 (Virginia Street)
				FM 1090 north (South Alcoa Drive)
				SH 35 – Port of Port Lavaca and Point Comfort
	Clarks			FM 2433 south
Victoria				FM 1090 east
				FM 616 – Placedo, Bloomington	interchange
	Dacosta			FM 1686
				FM 2615 east
	Victoria			US 59 – Refugio, Houston	interchange
				SH 185 to Bus. US 59 – Bloomington
				Bus. US 59 north (East Rio Grande Street) / Bus. US 77 north (North Navarro Street) – Hallettsville, Edna	south end of US 59 Bus. / US 77 Bus. overlap
				Bus. US 59 south / Bus. US 77 south (West Rio Grande Street) – Goliad, Refugio	north end of US 59 Bus. / US 77 Bus. overlap
				US 77	interchange
	Nursery			FM 447 west – Mission Valley
DeWitt				Loop 105 north – Thomaston
				Loop 105 south – Thomaston
	Cuero			Alt. US 77 north / US 183 north (North Esplanade) – Gonzales	south end of US 77 Alt. / US 183 overlap
				FM 236 south (East Morgan) – Arneckeville
				SH 72 west (West Heaton) – Yorktown
				Alt. US 77 south / US 183 south – Goliad	north end of US 77 Alt. / US 183 overlap
				SH 72 – Yorktown, Cuero
				FM 953 east – Lindenau
	Mustang Mott Store			FM 2542 west – Yorktown
				FM 2816 south
	Westhoff			FM 240 south (Houston Avenue) – Yorktown
Gonzales				FM 1116 north – Pilgrim
	Smiley			FM 108 – Yorktown, Gonzales
				FM 77 east
				FM 2922 north
	Nixon			SH 80 / SH 97 east – Gillett, Gonzales	south end of SH 97 overlap
Wilson	Pandora			FM 1107 west
				FM 1347 west – Denhawken
				FM 538 south to FM 1347
				Bus. US 87 north – Stockdale
				SH 119 south – Gillett, Yorktown
	Stockdale			SH 123 – Stockdale, Karnes City	interchange
				Bus. US 87 south – Business District
				SH 97 west – Floresville	north end of SH 97 overlap
	Sutherland Springs			FM 539 to FM 467 – Floresville
	La Vernia			Loop 321 west – Seguin
				FM 775 – Seguin
				Loop 321 east to FM 775
				FM 1346 to FM 775 – St. Hedwig
Bexar				Loop 1604 (Anderson Loop) – St. Hedwig, Elmendorf, Calaveras Lake Park	interchange
	Lone Oak			FM 3465
				Loop 107 east
				Loop 106 west
				FM 1628 – Sayers
				Loop 106 east
	China Grove			FM 1516 north – Martinez
	San Antonio			I-410	I-410 exit 35
				Loop 13 (South W.W. White)
				I-10 east / US 90 east / Roland Avenue – Seguin, Houston	south end of I-10 / US 90 overlap; US 87 south follows exit 577
see I-10
Kendall	Comfort			I-10 west / Bus. US 87 south – Kerrville, El Paso, Comfort	north end of I-10 overlap; US 87 north follows exit 523
Kerr	No major junctions
Kendall	No major junctions
Gillespie	Fredericksburg			US 290 east (Main Street) – Austin	south end of US 290 overlap
				SH 16 north (Llano Street) – Llano	south end of SH 16 overlap
				SH 16 south (Adams Street) – Kerrville	north end of SH 16 overlap
				RM 965 north (Milam Street) – Enchanted Rock, Cross Mountain
				US 290 west (Main Street) – Harper, Junction	north end of US 290 overlap
				RM 2323 north – Prairie Mountain, Llano
	Hilltop			RM 648 west – Doss
Mason				RM 2242 – Loyal Valley
				RM 2242 – Loyal Valley
				RM 152 east – Castell
				RM 783 south – Doss, Harper
				RM 1723 south
	Mason			SH 29 east (Austin Street) / RM 386 north (North Live Oak Avenue)	south end of SH 29 overlap
				RM 1871 west (El Paso Street)
				US 377 south / SH 29 west	north end of SH 29 overlap; south end of US 377 overlap
	Camp Air			RM 1222
McCulloch				FM 1955 east
				SH 71 east – Llano, Austin
	Brady			US 190 west – Menard	south end of US 190 overlap
				FM 2028 west (17th Street) – G. Rollie White Complex, Brady Lake
				FM 2309 south (11th Street)
				US 190 east / US 377 north to FM 714 – Brownwood	north end of US 190 / US 377 overlap
				US 283 north – Santa Anna, Coleman
	West Sweden			FM 3022 south – Lake Brady
	Melvin			FM 2028 east – Melvin
				FM 503 north – Salt Gap, Doole, Ivie Reservoir
Concho				FM 2134 north – Millersview, Ivie Reservoir
	Eden			US 83 – Menard, Ballinger
				FM 176 south
				Loop 577 north – Vick, Eola
				Loop 577 south – Vick, Eola
Tom Green				FM 2334 north – Veribest
				Loop 570 – Wall
				Loop 570 – Wall
				Loop 306 north / FM 1223	interchange; south end of Loop 306 overlap
	San Angelo			US 277 south – Eldorado	interchange; south end of US 277 overlap; no direct northbound exit (signed at Loop 378)
				To Loop 378 / Country Club Road – Goodfellow AFB	interchange
				Loop 306 west to US 67 – Big Lake	interchange; north end of Loop 306 overlap, access to San Angelo Community Medical Center
				Ben Ficklin Road	interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
				RM 584 south (Knickerbocker Road)
				FM 388 east (West Avenue N) – Angelo State University
				Bus. US 67 south (West Beauregard Avenue)	south end of US 67 Bus. overlap
				US 67 / US 277 north	interchange; north end of US 277 / US 67 Bus. overlap
				SH 208 north (19th Street) – Robert Lee
				Chadbourne Street	interchange; former Loop 378
				FM 2105 east to SH 208 / US 277
	Grape Creek			FM 2288 – Grape Creek, San Angelo State Park	interchange
	Water Valley			RM 2034 – Water Valley, Robert Lee
Coke	No major junctions
Sterling	Sterling City			SH 158 east – E.V. Spence Reservoir, Robert Lee	south end of SH 158 overlap
				SH 163 south – Ozona	south end of SH 163 overlap
				SH 158 west – Midland	interchange; north end of SH 158 overlap
				SH 163 north – Colorado City	south end of SH 163 overlap
Glasscock				FM 821 east – Forsan
Howard				FM 461 west	south end of FM 461 overlap
				FM 461 east – Forsan	north end of FM 461 overlap
				RM 33 south – Garden City
	Big Spring			FM 700	interchange
				BL I-20 east (West 4th Street)
				BL I-20 west (West 3rd Street)
				I-20 – El Paso, Fort Worth	I-20 exit 177
				FM 700 south to I-20 east
	Fairview			FM 2230 west
				FM 1584 north – Vealmoor
				FM 846 – Knott
				FM 2230 south – Knott
				FM 1785 east – Vealmoor
Martin				FM 2002 west – Ackerly
Dawson				FM 1584 south – Vealmoor
				FM 2212 south – Ackerly
				FM 178 north to US 180 east
				FM 828 west – Sparenberg, Patricia
				FM 26 south – Sparenberg
				US 180 east / FM 2052 west / Frontage Road – Gail, Snyder	interchange; south end of US 180 overlap
	Lamesa			Bus. US 87 north – Downtown Lamesa
				FM 827 east – Preston E. Smith Unit
				US 180 west to SH 137 / SH 349 – Seminole	north end of US 180 overlap
				FM 826 east – Lamesa Municipal Airport
				Bus. US 87 south
				FM 179 north
				FM 2592 west – Brownfield, Midland, Stanton, Lamesa Municipal Airport
				FM 825 east
	Arvana			FM 2411 east
				FM 1210 east
				FM 1066 west
Lynn				Loop 76 north – O'Donnell
				Loop 76 south / FM 2053 – Welch, O'Donnell
				FM 213 – New Moore, Draw
				FM 3332 east
	Tahoka			Loop 472 – Tahoka	interchange; south end of freeway
				US 380 – Brownfield, Post
				Loop 472 – Tahoka
				FM 400 / Frontage Road – Wilson	interchange; north end of freeway
				FM 1317 west
				FM 211 east – Wilson	south end of FM 211 overlap
	Wayside			FM 211 west – New Home	north end of FM 211 overlap
Lubbock				FM 41 – Ropesville, Slaton
				Loop 493 north – Woodrow
				Loop 493 south – Woodrow
				FM 1585	interchange; south end of freeway
				114th Street
	Lubbock			98th Street
				82nd Street	south end of I-27 overlap; I-27 exit 1
see I-27
Swisher				I-27 north	north end of I-27 overlap; US 87 north follows exit 61
	Kress			FM 145 to I-27 – Hart
				FM 928
	Tulia			SH 86 west to I-27 / Hillcrest Road – Dimmitt	interchange; south end of SH 86 overlap
				SH 86 east – Silverton, Mackenzie Lake, Downtown Tulia	north end of SH 86 overlap
				FM 1318 east – Downtown Tulia, Tule Lake
				I-27 south	south end of I-27 overlap; US 87 south follows exit 77
	see I-27
				I-27 north	north end of I-27 overlap; US 87 north follows exit 88B; no access from US 87 south to I-27 north
	Happy			FM 1075 west	south end of FM 1075 overlap
Randall				FM 1075 east to I-27	north end of FM 1075 overlap
				FM 1705 west
				FM 285 east – Wayside
				FM 1714 west – Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge
	Canyon			SH 217 (4th Avenue) to I-27 – Business District, Historical Museum, Palo Duro Park
				Spur 48 east (Russell Long Boulevard)
				US 60 west – Hereford	interchange; south end of US 60 overlap; south end of freeway
				FM 3331 (Hunsley Road)
				Buffalo Stadium Road
				I-27 south – Lubbock	south end of I-27 overlap; US 87 south follows exit 110; no direct northbound exit (signed at Buffalo Stadium Road)
see I-27
Potter	Amarillo			I-40 / US 287 south – Albuquerque, Oklahoma City, Fort Worth	north end of I-27 overlap; south end of US 287 overlap; I-27 exit 123B; I-40 exit 70
				US 60 east (Buchanan Street) / US 287 north	interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance; north end of freeway; north end of US 60 east overlap (northbound); north end of US 287 overlap
				Southeast 10th Avenue (Loop 395)
				Historic US 66 west (Southeast 6th Avenue / Spur 279)
				BL I-40 / US 60 east / Historic US 66 east (Amarillo Boulevard East) – Pampa	north end of US 60 west overlap (southbound)
				US 287 south (Taylor Street) to I-40	interchange; south end of freeway; south end of US 287 overlap
				North 15th Avenue	no northbound exit
				Oak Drive	northbound access only
				North 24th Avenue
				Loop 434 (River Road)	northbound exit and southbound entrance
				Hastings Avenue
				Central Avenue
				Loop 335 (St. Francis Avenue)
				Willow Creek Avenue
				Cherry Avenue
				To Loop 434 / Mobley Avenue
				FM 1719	interchange; north end of freeway
Moore	Four Way			SH 354 west / FM 1913 east – Lake Meredith Recreation Area	interchange
	Dumas			FM 722 west (14th Street) – Channing
				US 287 north (Dumas Avenue) / SH 152 east (1st Street) – Etter, Stinnett, Amarillo College	north end of US 287 overlap
				FM 2589 south
Hartley				FM 3138 south
	Hartley			US 385 south – Channing	interchange; south end of US 385 overlap
				FM 807 north / FM 998 north
				FM 281 – Etter
Dallam	Dalhart			Bus. US 87 north (7th Street)
				US 54 / Bus. US 87 south / FM 297 east (First Street) – Tucumcari, Stratford, Airport
				US 385 north – Boise City	north end of US 385 overlap
				Spur 17 east / FM 1727 west
	Bolin			SH 102 west – Sedan
				FM 1879 north – Boise City
	Perico			FM 3110 south
	Texline			FM 296 – Boise City
				US 87 north – Clayton	New Mexico state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• Loops of U.S. Route 87 in Texas
• Interstate 27

References

1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division. "U.S. Highway No. 87". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
2. Google (2008-03-05). "overview map of US 87" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2008-03-05.