U.S. Route 60 in Texas

US Highway 60
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	210.698 mi[1] (339.086 km)
Existed:	1930 – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 60 in Farwell
	US 385 in Hereford US 87 in Canyon I-27 near Canyon I-27 / I-40 / US 287 in Amarillo US 87 / US 287 in Amarillo US 83 in Canadian
East end:	US-60 / SH-51 near Higgins
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Bannered Divided Replaced Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← SH 59 SH 60 →

The portion of U.S. Highway 60 in Texas is a highway that runs southwest to northeast through the Texas Panhandle. The highway spends 210.698 miles (339.086 km) in Texas.^[1]

Route description

U.S. 60 enters Texas from New Mexico at Farwell, having just left a concurrence with U.S. Highways 70 and 84. The route travels northeast through small towns in the western Panhandle, reaching an intersections with U.S. Highway 385 at Hereford. The route continues on, reaching Canyon. There it turns north, and merges with Interstate 27 and U.S. Highway 87. This concurrence continues until it reaches Amarillo. I-27 ceases at the intersection with Interstate 40. US 60 and 87 continue north, being joined by U.S. Highway 287. On the north side on Amarillo, US 60 departs to the east on Amarillo Avenue. This route is currently Business Route 40, and is a portion of Historic Route 66. US 60 and Business I-40 split just northeast of the Amarillo Airport, with US 60 continuing to the northeast. The route passes through Panhandle and Pampa, before reaching a 10-mile (16 km) concurrence with U.S. Highway 83 in Hemphill County. The routes then split again, with US 60 travelling northeast to the Oklahoma state line near Higgins in Lipscomb County.

History

The section of US 60 from New Mexico to Amarillo was originally a portion of the Ozark Trail and paralleled the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway, part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. When Texas began numbering their highway system, the Ozark Trail received the numbering of State Highway 13. By 1920, the entire US 60 route had been renumbered as State Highway 33, or its spur SH 33A, with the northeastern portion also following the AT&SF Railway. By the mid-1920s, the entire route had become an extension of the Abo Pass Highway, and was SH 33 along the entire length. In 1928, the AASHO added the highway to the U.S. Highway System as U.S. Highway 164. It was renumbered as US 60 in 1930 when the route was extended to make it a coast to coast highway.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Parmer	Farwell			US 60 west – Clovis	New Mexico state line
	​			FM 292 south
	​			FM 2396 north
	​			FM 3333 east
	​			SH 86 east / FM 1381 north – Dimmitt
	Bovina			FM 1731 south / FM 2290 west	west end of FM 1731 overlap
				FM 1731 north	east end of FM 1731 overlap
	Friona			SH 214 south	west end of SH 214 overlap
				FM 2013 west
				SH 214 north – Adrian	east end of SH 214 overlap; west end of SH 214 Bus. overlap
				Bus. SH 214 south	east end of SH 214 Bus. overlap
	​			FM 3140 south
	Black			FM 1172 south
Castro	Summerfield			FM 1057
Deaf Smith	Hereford			FM 2856 west
				US 385 (25 Mile Avenue) – Vega, Dimmitt
				FM 1259 east (Main Street)
				Loop 211 west – Amarillo College
	​			FM 2943 south – Dimmitt	west end of FM 2943 overlap
	​			FM 2943 north	east end of FM 2943 overlap
	Dawn			FM 809 north – Wildorado
Randall	Umbarger			FM 168 south – Nazareth, Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge	west end of FM 168 overlap
	​			FM 168 north	east end of FM 168 overlap
	​			FM 1062 west
	Canyon			FM 2590 north
				SH 217 east – Business District
				15th Street	interchange; west end of freeway
				US 87 south to SH 217 – Canyon, WTA&M, Palo Duro Canyon State Park	west end of US 87 overlap
				FM 3331 (Hunsley Road)
				Buffalo Stadium Road
	​			I-27 south – Lubbock	west end of I-27 overlap; US 60 west follows exit 110; no direct eastbound exit (signed at Buffalo Stadium Road)
see I-27
Potter	Amarillo			I-40 / US 287 south – Albuquerque, Oklahoma City, Fort Worth	east end of I-27 overlap; west end of US 287 overlap; I-27 exit 123B; I-40 exit 70
				US 87 north (Fillmore Street)	interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; east end of freeway; east end of US 87 north overlap (eastbound); east end of US 287 south overlap (westbound)
				Southeast 10th Avenue (Loop 395)
				Historic US 66 west (Southeast 6th Avenue / Spur 279)
				BL I-40 west (Amarillo Boulevard East) / US 287 north (Buchanan Street) – Dumas	east end of US 287 north overlap (eastbound); east end of US 87 south overlap (westbound); west end of I-40 Bus. overlap
				SH 136 north – Fritch, Borger, Lake Meredith Recreation Area
				Loop 335 (Lakeside Drive North) – Airport, Clements Unit	interchange
				Amarillo College East Campus	interchange
	​			FM 1912
	​			BL I-40 east / Historic US 66 east – Oklahoma City	east end of I-40 Bus. overlap
Carson	St. Francis			FM 683 north – Texas Tech Research Farm
	​			FM 2372	interchange
	​			FM 2161 south
	Panhandle			SH 207 – Borger, Conway, Panhandle Business District, Square House Museum
				FM 293 east
	​			FM Spur 293 south
	White Deer			FM 294 – Skellytown, Goodnight
	​			FM 2386 north
Gray	Kingsmill Camp			FM 2300 south – Groom
	​			FM 750 east
	​			FM 282 – Airport, Clarendon College
	Pampa			SH 70 / SH 152 west (Hobart Street) – Perryton, Borger, Clarendon, Clarendon College	west end of SH 152 overlap
				SH 273 south (Cuyler Street) – Lefors, Downtown Pampa, White Deer Land Museum
	​			Loop 171 to SH 273
	​			SH 152 east – Wheeler, Oklahoma City	east end of SH 152 overlap
	​			FM 2391 – Hoover
Roberts	Miami			FM 282 west / FM 748 south (Main Street) to SH 70 / FM 283 – Laketon
	Lora			FM 3367 south
Hemphill	​			US 83 south to SH 33 – Wheeler	interchange; west end of US 83 overlap
	Canadian			FM 2388 south (Main Street) – Court House
	​			FM 2266 east
	​			US 83 north – Perryton	east end of US 83 overlap
	​			FM 1920 north to RM 3260
	Glazier			SH 305 north / RM 2758 east – Lipscomb, Lake Marvin
Lipscomb	Higgins			SH 213 west / FM 1453 south – Lipscomb
	​			US-60 east – Arnett, Enid
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - U.S. Highway 60". Retrieved 2007-12-10.