U.S. Route 77

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U.S. Route 77

Length:

1,305^[1] mi (2100.2 km)

Formed:

1926^[1]

South end:

Brownsville, TX at US/Mexico Border

Major
junctions:

I-37 near Corpus Christi, TX

I-35 near Waco, TX
I-20/I-35E at Dallas, TX
I-40 at Oklahoma City, OK
I-80 at Lincoln, NE

North end:

I-29 at Sioux City, IA

United States Numbered Highways

U.S. Route 77 is a north-south United States highway. It is unsigned in and around Dallas, Texas. Its historic segment through South Dakota was decommissioned with the advent of Interstate 29 but otherwise the route has been spared the decommissioning that has shortened other US highways. The route has major freeway sections in Oklahoma City including the Broadway Extension connecting suburban Edmond to downtown Oklahoma City.

1 Termini
2 States traversed
3 Alternate routes
4 Notes
5 Related US routes
6 References

[edit] Termini

As of 2005, the highway's northern terminus is in Sioux City, Iowa at an interchange with Interstate 29. Its southern terminus is in Brownsville, Texas at the U.S.-Mexico border.^[2]

Old Highway 77 continues north through Sioux Falls as SD Highway 115, then north from Dell Rapids as County 77.

[edit] States traversed

Major cities
Brownsville, Texas Harlingen, Texas Kingsville, Texas Victoria, Texas Waco, Texas Denton, Texas Ardmore, Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma El Dorado, Kansas Junction City, Kansas Beatrice, Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska Fremont, Nebraska Sioux City, Iowa

The highway passes through the following states:

[edit] Texas

[edit] Oklahoma

[edit] Kansas

[edit] Nebraska

In Nebraska, U.S. 77 is a major north-south artery connecting the capital city of Lincoln with outlying areas to the north and south. The highway is designated as the Homestead Expressway from Beatrice to Interstate 80 at Lincoln. North of Interstate 80, U.S. 77 continues as an expressway to Wahoo, where it becomes a two-lane undivided road. It joins with U.S. Route 75 at Winnebago. The two highways run together to the junction of Interstate 129 and U.S. Route 20 at Dakota City, where U.S. 75 breaks off and U.S. 77 continues northward to pass through South Sioux City before exiting the state.

[edit] Iowa

U.S. 77 barely enters Iowa. After crossing the Missouri River at Sioux City, the highway ends at its junction with Interstate 29. Its total length in Iowa is less than one-half mile. [1]

[edit] Alternate routes

As of 2004, Alternate US 77 has a northern terminus in Hallettsville, Texas. It rejoins US 77 at Refugio, Texas. While the main line of US 77 passes through Victoria, Alternate US 77 veers to the west to serve Yoakum and Cuero.

[edit] Notes

The section between the Oklahoma-Texas state line and Waco, Texas is generally co-located with Interstate 35 (and the 35E spur through Dallas, Texas) and, where it is co-located, it is not signed.

The two stretches in Texas that are not co-located are a stretch wholly within the city of Denton, Texas and a longer stretch from near Red Oak, Texas to Hillsboro, Texas. That reason being U.S. 77 is a separate road from Red Oak, Texas to Hillsboro, Texas, serving Waxahachie, Texas.

The section between Norman, Oklahoma and Interstate 235 is also co-located with Interstate 35.

[edit] Related US routes

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Droz, Robert V. U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830). URL accessed 22:46, 20 February 2006 (UTC).
^ Endpoints of US highways

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← 76		Oklahoma	78 →

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