U.S. Route 80 in Texas

US Highway 80
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	155.251 mi[1] (249.852 km)
Existed:	1927 – present
Major junctions
West end:	I-30 in Dallas I-635 in Mesquite Spur 557 near Terrell US 69 in Mineola US 271 in Gladewater US 259 in Longview Future I-369/US 59 in Marshall I-20
East end:	US 80 at Louisiana state line
Location
Counties:	Dallas, Kaufman, Van Zandt, Smith, Wood, Upshur, Gregg, Harrison
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs Park Rec FM ← US 79 US 81 →

U.S. Route 80 is a U.S. highway that begins in the state of Texas in Dallas at an interchange with I-30. US 80 runs in an east-west direction for most of its length from Dallas to Louisiana.

History

The current route of US 80 in Texas is significantly shorter than it was when the highway was completed in 1931. The highway used to run from the New Mexico state line, near El Paso, to the Louisiana state line. Much of the highway was bypassed/replaced by the Interstate Highway System. US 80 has been replaced by I-10 from New Mexico to I-20, southwest of Pecos. The rest of the highway has been replaced by I-20 from here to the highway's current start in Dallas. The old highway has since been replaced by local roads and state highways (see below).

Route description

Dallas to Terrell

The current highway begins as a freeway at I-30 in Dallas, almost in Mesquite. This freeway runs from Dallas to Spur 557 between Forney and Terrell. This freeway was originally part of I-20 and is built to Interstate standards. The freeway passes through the suburbs of Mesquite, Sunnyvale (the only freeway to directly serve the town), and Forney.

Terrell to Mineola

In Terrell, US 80 serves as the major east-west highway in the town, passing through the town square. US 80 leaves Terrell serving smaller communities, such as Elmo. US 80 intersects SH 19 east of Edgewood. The highway runs in mostly a straight line from Terrell to Mineola, where it intersects US 69 about 30 miles north of Tyler.

Mineola to Louisiana

US 80 leaves Mineola running in a slight southeast direction towards Longview. From here, the highway turns in a slight northeast direction traveling into Marshall. The highway soon overlaps I-20, leaving the interstate to serve the community of Waskom. The two highways cross into Louisiana, parallel with each other traveling to Shreveport.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Dallas	Dallas	0.0	0.0	I-30 (US 67) / Loop 12 (Buckner Boulevard)	I-30 exit 53B; no access from I-30 west to US 80 east
	Mesquite	0.5	0.8	Big Town Boulevard
		1.3	2.1	Town East Boulevard
		2.5	4.0	Gross Road / Gus Thomasson Road	no direct westbound exit (signed at Galloway Avenue)
		3.1	5.0	I-635	I-635 exit 6
		3.9	6.3	Galloway Avenue	Access to Dallas Regional Medical Center
		4.8	7.7	Belt Line Road
	Sunnyvale	6.1	9.8	SH 352 (Collins Road)
		8.4	13.5	East Fork Road
Dallas–Kaufman county line		9.5	15.3	Lawson Road	Eastbound exit and entrance
Kaufman	Forney	11.2	18.0	FM 460 (Clements Drive)
		12.2	19.6	FM 688 (Broad Street)	Eastbound exit only
		12.9	20.8	FM 740 (Pinson Road)
		13.9	22.4	FM 548
		15.4	24.8	County Roads 212/217
		16.5	26.6	Gateway Boulevard
		17.4	28.0	Windmill Farms Boulevard
		19.0	30.6	Spur 557 to I-20 – Shreveport	interchange; east end of freeway; I-20 exit 499A
	Lawrence	20.7	33.3	FM 1392 north to SH 205
	Terrell	23.0	37.0	SH 205 north / FM 148 south – Rockwall, Crandall
		24.4	39.3	FM 986 north (Rockwall Avenue)
		24.7	39.8	Bus. SH 34 (Virginia Street) to SH 34 / I-20
		25.2	40.6	Spur 87 north (Dellis Street) – Terrell State Hospital
		26.0	41.8	FM 429 north – Lake Tawakoni	West end of FM 429 overlap
		26.5	42.6	FM 429 south – College Mound	East end of FM 429 overlap
	Elmo	31.1	50.1	FM 2728 south to FM 429	West end of FM 2728 overlap
		31.3	50.4	FM 2728 north to FM 429	East end of FM 2728 overlap
Van Zandt	Wills Point	39.6	63.7	FM 2965 south to I-20
		40.4	65.0	FM 47 (Fourth Street) – Lake Tawakoni, Mabank
		41.4	66.6	SH 64 east – Canton
	Edgewood			FM 1504 south – Myrtle Springs
		47.7	76.8	FM 859 – Downtown, Canton
		50.6	81.4	SH 19 – Emory, Canton
	Grand Saline	58.2	93.7	SH 110 south / FM 17 south (Main Street) – Van, Canton	West end of FM 17 overlap
		58.7	94.5	FM 17 north – Lake Fork, Alba	East end of FM 17 overlap
		58.8	94.6	FM 857 east – Sand Flat, Providence
	Silver Lake	64.9	104.4	FM 1255 west – Canton
Smith		65.9	106.1	FM 1253 south – Jamestown
Wood		67.3	108.3	FM 1799 north – Lake Holbrook, Golden
	Mineola	70.6	113.6	Loop 564 east (truck route) to US 69 north / SH 37 north
		71.4	114.9	US 69 to SH 37
		71.9	115.7	FM 1801 east (Mimosa Street)
		72.9	117.3	Loop 564 (truck route) / FM 1801 – Airport	Interchange
		75.7	121.8	FM 2422 south – Lindale
	Hoard	77.6	124.9	FM 1804 south – Lindale
		77.7	125.0	FM 1801 west – New Hope
		80.6	129.7	FM 3056 north
	Crow	82.2	132.3	FM 778 north – Hainesville
		84.5	136.0	FM 2869 north – Holly Lake Ranch, Fouke, Lake Hawkins
	Hawkins	88.8	142.9	FM 14 – Holly Lake Ranch, Tyler
		91.1	146.6	FM 2659 west – Shady Grove
Upshur	Big Sandy	93.6	150.6	SH 155 south – Tyler	West end of SH 155 overlap
		94.5	152.1	SH 155 north (North Tyler Street) – Gilmer	East end of SH 155 overlap
	Gladewater	103.2	166.1	FM 2685 north
Gregg		105.4	169.6	US 271 – Gilmer, Kilgore, Tyler
		106.2	170.9	Loop 485 (truck route) to US 271
	White Oak	110.3	177.5	FM 3272 north
		110.9	178.5	SH 42 south – Kilgore
	Longview			Loop 281 to US 259 / SH 31 – UTT Longview, Texas Baptist College, LeTourneau University, Airport
				FM 1845 north (Pine Tree Road)
				SH 300 north (Gilmer Road)
				SH 31 west / Spur 63 north
				Spur 502 north (North High Street) – Kilgore College
				FM 2208 north (Alpine Street)
				US 259 / SH 149 south (Eastman Road) to I-20 – LeTourneau University, Airport
Harrison				Loop 281 to I-20 – UTT Longview, Texas Baptist College	Interchange
	Hallsville			FM 450 (Central Street) to I-20 – Harleton
				FM 968 west
				FM 3379 east
	Marshall			Loop 390 (Ernest Smith Parkway / M.L. King Jr. Boulevard) to US 59 north / SH 154 west / FM 449
				FM 1997 north (Grove Street) – East Texas Baptist University, Wiley College
				US 59 / SH 43 (East End Boulevard North) – Texas State Technical College
				FM 1998 east – Scottsville
				Loop 390 north (Ernest F. Smith Parkway)
				FM 2199 – Scottsville
				I-20 west – Dallas	West end of I-20 overlap; US 80 west follows exit 628
				I-20 east / FM 134 north to FM 9 – Shreveport, Caddo Lake, Jonesville	East end of I-20 overlap; US 80 east follows exit 633
	Waskom			FM 9 south – Panola	West end of FM 9 overlap
				FM 9 north	East end of FM 9 overlap
				Spur 156 south to I-20
		155.3	249.9	US 80 east – Greenwood	Louisiana state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

Related Routes

• U.S. Route 180
• Texas State Highway 20
• Texas State Highway 180
• Texas State Highway 352
• Texas State Highway Spur 557
• Texas State Highway Spur 580

References

1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 80". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 25, 2012.