U.S. Route 82 in Texas

U.S. Highway 82
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	504.135 mi[1] (811.327 km)
Existed:	1935 – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 82
	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 US 59 / US 67 / US 71 in Texarkana
East end:	U.S. 82 in Texarkana
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List • Bannered • Divided • Replaced Highways in Texas Interstate • U.S. • TX (Loops – Spurs – 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. 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 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 is 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.^[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

Junction List

County	Location	#	Destination	Notes
Yoakum	Plains		US 380 west – Roswell	West end of US 380 overlap
			SH 214 – Morton, Seminole
			FM 1780 – Whiteface
Terry			FM 402 – Wellman
			FM 303
	Brownfield		SH 137 – Lamesa
			US 62 west / US 380 east / US 385 south – Seminole	East end of US 380 overlap; West end of US 62/ 385 overlap
			US 385 north – Levelland	East end of US 385 overlap
			FM 211 – Needmore, New Home
Hockley	Ropesville		FM 41 / FM 168 – Sundown, Smyer
Lubbock			FM 1585 east (130th Street)	West end of FM 1585 overlap
			FM 1585 west (114th Street)	East end of FM 1585 overlap
	Wolfforth		Loop 193 east – Wolfforth
			FM 179 (Dowden Road)	West end of freeway
	Lubbock		82nd Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; east end of freeway
			Spur 327 east	Interchange; no westbound exit
			Loop 289	West end of freeway
			Loop 289 south	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
			34th Street, Slide Road
			Quaker Avenue	No eastbound entrance
			US 62 east / SH 114 – Levelland	East end of US 62 overlap
			Texas Tech Parkway – Texas Tech
			4th Street, University Avenue
			US 84 (Avenue Q) – Littlefield, Slaton	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; west end of freeway
			I-27 (US 87) – Amarillo, Tohoka
			US 87 Bus. south (Avenue A)
			PR 18 – Mackenzie Park
			US 62 west (Idalou Road) / SH 114 west	Interchange; west end of US 62/ SH 114 overlap
			Loop 289	Interchange
			FM 2641 west (Kent Street)
			FM 1729 south
	Idalou		FM 400 – Slaton, Plainview
			FM 789 south – Acuff	West end of FM 789 overlap
			FM 789 north – Petersburg	East end of FM 789 overlap
Crosby	Lorenzo		FM 378 north – Lockney	West end of FM 378 overlap
			FM 378 south	East end of FM 378 overlap
			FM 2236 north
			FM 2576 south
	Ralls		US 62 east – Floydada	East end of US 62 overlap
			SH 207 – Post
			FM 1831 south
	Crosbyton		FM 651 – Post, Lakeview
			FM 2591 north
			FM 28 north
			FM 638 south – Spur
Dickens			FM 264 north – McAdoo
			Loop 120 east
	Dickens		SH 70 – Spur, Matador
			Loop 120
			FM 265 north
			FM 2941 north
King			US 83 – Aspermont, Guthrie, Paducah	Interchange
			SH 222 east – Knox City
Knox	Benjamin		SH 6 – Crowell, Knox City
			FM 267 – Rhineland
			FM 266 – Goree
Baylor			FM 2069 north
			FM 1789 north
	Seymour		US 183 Bus. south / US 277 Bus. south / SH 114 east – Throckmorton, Haskell, Olney	East end of SH 114 overlap; west end of US Bus 183/ 277 overlap
			FM 1919 north – Crowell
			US 183 south / US 277 south / US 283 south – Throckmorton, Haskell	East end of US Bus 183/ 277 overlap; West end of US 183/ 277/ 283 overlap
	Mabelle		US 183 north / US 283 north / FM 1790 south – Vernon	East end of US 183/ 283 overlap
Archer			FM 2846 north
			FM 368 south
			SH 25 – Electra, Archer City
			US 82 Bus. east / US 277 Bus. north – Holliday
			FM 368 – Holliday
			US 82 Bus. west / US 277 Bus. south – Holliday	Interchange
Wichita			SH 258 west
	Wichita Falls		FM 369 (Southwest Parkway)	West end of freeway
			US 277 Bus. north (Seymour Highway) / Allendale Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
			Barnett Road
			Fairway Boulevard
			McNiel Avenue
			Lawrence Road/ Lebanon Road	No eastbound exit
			Kemp Boulevard
			Taft Boulevard
			Harrison Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
			Brook Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
			Kell Boulevard	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
			US 277 north / US 281 north / US 287 north to I-44 – Vernon, Burkburnett, Lawton	East end of US 277 overlap; west end of US 281/ 287 overlap
			Loop 473 (Jacksboro Highway)
			US 281 south / SH 79 south – Jacksboro, Archer City	East end of US 281/ west end of SH 79 overlap
			Old Windthorst Road
			SH 79 north – Petrolia	East end of SH 79 overlap
			Fisher Road
Clay			US 287 Bus. north	East end of freeway
			Loop 47 east – Jolly
			FM 2393 – Jolly	Interchange
			Loop 47 west – Jolly
Montague	Ringgold		Loop 19 north – Ringgold
			US 81 – Bowie, Waurika	Interchange
			US 287 south – Decatur, 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
			Spur 510 south
			FM 1134 south
			FM 2232 north
	Belcherville		FM 1816
	Nocona		SH 175 south – Montague
			FM 103 north – Spanish Fort
			FM 1815 north – Bonita
	St. Jo		SH 59 south – Bowie
			FM 677 – Forestburg, Illinois Bend
			FM 2382 east – Bulcher
Cooke	Muenster		FM 373 – Bulcher
			FM 445 south / FM 2739 north – Myra, Marysville
			FM 1198 south
	Lindsay		FM 1199
			FM 3108 south
			FM 1201 north
	Gainesville		I-35 – Denton, Dallas, Fort Worth, Oklahoma City	Interchange
			Dixon Street	Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
			FM 372 (Grand Avenue)	Interchange
			FM 3092 south
			FM 371 north – Callisburg
			FM 678
			FM 107 north
Grayson		622	SH 56 east – Whitesboro	Intercahnge
	Whitesboro	624	US 377 – Whitesboro, Pilot Point	Interchange
		628	FM 901	Intercahnge
			SH 289 – Pottsboro, Celina
	Sherman	640	FM 1417	West end of freeway
		641	FM 131 (Travis Street)	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		642	US 75 (Sam Rayburn Freeway) – Denison, Durant, Dallas	Signed as exit 642A westbound
		642B	North Loy Lake Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		643	SH 91 (Lake Texoma Parkway) – Lake Texoma	East end of freeway
			FM 1417 south
		653	US 69 – Denison, Greenville	Interchange
		654	FM 1897 (Old Ambrose Road) – Bells	Interchange
Fannin		658	FM 1752 – Savoy	Interchange
			FM 898 – Ector
	Bonham	670	SH 121 – McKinney	West end of freeway
		671	SH 78 – Bailey, Durant	East end of freeway
			FM 897 south
			FM 1743 south – Windom
			FM 1396
	Honey Grove	686	FM 100 – Honey Grove	Interchange
			SH 56 west – Honey Grove
Lamar			FM 38 north
			FM 1507 east – Petty
			FM 137 south – Petty
			FM 38 – Brookston
			FM 1510 west
	Paris		US 82 Bus. east (Bonham Street) / Loop 286 south – Paris	East end of Loop 286 overlap
			FM 79 (NW 19th Street)	Interchange
			US 271 north / US 271 Bus. south – Hugo, Paris	Interchange; west end of US 271 overlap
			Fitzhugh Avenue	Interchange
			SH 139 east
			FM 195	Interchange
			US 271 south / US 82 Bus. west (Lamar Avenue) / Loop 286 south – Mount Pleasant, Paris	Interchange; East end of US 271/ Loop 286 overlap
	Reno		FM 1508 south (Airport Road)
	Blossom		FM 196 north – Novice
			FM 194 south – Pattonville
			FM 1502 north
Red River	Detroit		FM 410
			FM 2573 east – Bagwell
			FM 2573 west – Bagwell
	Clarksville		FM 2825 south
			US 82 Bus. west / SH 37 south – Clarksville, Mount Vernon	West end of SH 37 overlap
			SH 37 north / Bus. SH 37 south – Idabel, Clarksville	Interchange; east end of SH 37 overlap
			FM 1159
			US 82 Bus. west – Clarksville
			FM 114 east – English
			FM 412 south
	Annona		FM 44 – English, Annona
			FM 1699 north
	Avery		FM 911 north (San Antonio Drive)
			US 82 Bus. east – Avery
			US 82 Bus. west – Avery
Bowie			FM 1326 north
			US 259 – Daingerfield, Idabel	Interchange
	De Kalb		FM 992
	Malta		FM 2789 north
			SH 98 south / FM 3378 north
			I-30 – Dallas, Texarkana	Interchange
	New Boston		SH 8 – Boston	Interchange
			Spur 68 north
	Hooks		FM 560 north (Main Street)
			FM 1398 north (Precinct Road)
	Leary		Spur 74 north
			FM 1398 north (Barkman Creek Road)
			FM 2253 north (Leary Road)
	Nash		FM 2148
			FM 989 (Kings Highway)
	Texarkana		US 59 – Marshall
			SH 93 (Summerhill Road)
			Loop 14 north (Texas Boulevard)
			US 67 south (8th Street, 7th Street)	West end of US 67 overlap
			US 71 north (State Line Avenue) – Ashdown	West end of US 71 overlap

References

1. ^ Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - U.S. Highway No. 82". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/US/US0082.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-05. 
2. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview map of US 82 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=9057210035096396317,33.089320,-103.062810%3B8980626385590654323,33.589030,-101.881249%3B2746237732316299018,33.659940,-101.284550%3B12660922287273459667,33.689294,-98.998079%3B8528934906615126807,33.813150,-98.005160%3B4936721241436833516,33.661458,-95.598691%3B16651740040287373293,33.683060,-95.543790%3B14899021823869182982,33.661639,-95.510305%3B14817617784561091949,33.460779,-94.390912%3B6200867972322077763,33.466883,-94.272475%3B5175639916054505956,33.452306,-94.180382%3B1181495825108737753,33.438757,-94.085655%3B8209064082996360802,33.431528,-94.051857%3B11771126202873122088,33.427250,-94.043109&saddr=US-82+%4033.089320,+-103.062810&daddr=Tech+Fwy%2FUS-82+E+%4033.589030,+-101.881249+to:TX-114+E%2FUS-82+E+%4033.659940,+-101.284550+to:US-277%2FUS-82+%4033.689294,+-98.998079+to:US-82+%4033.813150,+-98.005160+to:Unknown+road+%4033.661458,+-95.598691+to:TX-286-LOOP+NE%2FUS+271+S%2FUS-82+E+%4033.683060,+-95.543790+to:Unknown+road+%4033.661639,+-95.510305+to:US-82%2FUS-82+E+%4033.460779,+-94.390912+to:E+Ave+A%2FUS-82+%4033.466883,+-94.272475+to:W+New+Boston+Rd%2FUS-82+%4033.452306,+-94.180382+to:New+Boston+Rd%2FUS-82+%4033.438757,+-94.085655+to:Texas+Blvd%2FUS-82+%4033.431528,+-94.051857+to:N+State+Line+Ave%2FUS+71+%4033.427250,+-94.043109&via=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12&doflg=ptm&sll=33.49312,-98.55296&sspn=11.185697,15.79834&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=6. Retrieved 2008-03-05. 
3. ^ "Marsha Sharp freeway construction could complicate campus traffic until 2008". The Daily Toreador. April 13, 2007. http://media.www.dailytoreador.com/media/storage/paper870/news/2007/04/13/News/Marsha.Sharp.Freeway.Construction.Could.Complicate.Campus.Traffic.Until.2008-2839780.shtml?reffeature=htmlemailedition.