Texas State Highway 70

State Highway 70
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length: 315.886 mi[1] (508.369 km)
Existed: 1926 – present
Major junctions
South end: US 277 south of Blackwell
  SH 153
I-20 / US 84 in Sweetwater
US 180 in Roby
SH 92 in Rotan
US 380 in Jayton
SH 208
US 82 / SH 114 in Dickens
US 62 / US 70 in Matador
SH 86 in Turkey
SH 256
US 287 in Clarendon
I-40
US 60 / SH 152 in Pampa
North end: US 83 south of Perryton
Location
Counties: Coke, Nolan, Fisher, Kent, Dickens, Motley, Hall, Briscoe, Donley, Gray, Roberts, Ochiltree
Highway system

Highways in Texas
Interstate • U.S. • TX (LoopsSpursRecFM)

SH 69 SH 71

State Highway 70 (SH 70) is a state highway in Texas. The route runs approximately 315 miles (507 km) from US 277 near Blackwell to US 83 south of Perryton.[1][2][3]

Contents

Route description

SH 70 begins in far northeastern Coke County at a junction with US 277 north of Bronte.[2] The highway soon crosses into Nolan County, where it serves as the northern terminus of SH 153.[4] The first large city along SH 70's route is Sweetwater; here, the route is concurrent with Interstate 20 and US 84 along the south side of the city, between IH 20's Exits #244 and #247, before it resumes its northward course and enters Fisher County.[5] SH 70 intersects US 180 in Roby and SH 92 in Rotan.[6] Continuing north into Kent County, the route begins a concurrency with US 380 that lasts until Jayton.[7] In Dickens County, SH 70 serves as the northern terminus of SH 208 and passes through the east and north side of Spur before reaching Dickens and an intersection with US 82 / SH 114.[8][9] After heading almost due north from here, the route enters Motley County and passes through the town of Roaring Springs.[10] The next major city along the route is Matador, where SH 70 and US 70 intersect one another (along with US 62).[11] After leaving Matador, SH 70 enters Hall County, where it has a brief concurrency with SH 86 through Turkey.[12] The highway then briefly turns to the northwest and enters Briscoe County, beginning a brief concurrency with SH 256, before turning to the west and reentering Hall County; the two routes separate near the community of South Brice.[13] SH 70 resumes a more northerly path into Donley County, and has a short concurrency with US 287 through Clarendon.[14] After the two routes separate, SH 70 heads due north to a junction with Interstate 40 at its Exit #124, near the Donley–Gray County line.[15] Northbound SH 70 is concurrent with the freeway for about 3.5 mi (5.6 km) before the routes split at IH 40 Exit #121. SH 70 continues north into Pampa, where it intersects US 60 and has a half-mile duplex with SH 152. After leaving Pampa, the route turns more to the north-northeast, and enters the sparsely-populated Roberts County, where its only intersections are with a few farm to market roads that connect to the county seat of Miami.[16][17] SH 70 then enters Ochiltree County and reaches its northern terminus at US 83 south of Perryton.[3] While the current official route description of SH 70 indicates a concurrency with US 83 to a junction with SH 15 in Perryton, that roadway is presently signed only as US 83, which agrees with TxDOT's County Map Book, and signage in Perryton at the SH 15 junction with US 83 directs traffic to SH 70 using "TO SH 70" markers.[1][3]

History

SH 70 was originally designated in 1926 from Aspermont to just northeast of San Angelo along a portion of the original SH 4, which had been shifted farther east. By 1933, the route had been rerouted north to Jayton, replacing . In 1938, SH 70 was extended north from Jayton to Dickens, absorbing a portion of SH 18. Significant extension came in 1947, when SH 70 was extended to Perryton in the northern Panhandle; this was due to the realignment of US 62 between Matador and Ralls, bypassing Dickens, and the cancellation of SH 18 from Matador to Perryton.[18][19] The same year, US 277 was rerouted to a more westerly alignment between Abilene, Texas and San Angelo, Texas, and the section from just south of Blackwell to near San Angelo was transferred to that route.[20][1] In 1957, SH 70 was shifted to a more westerly alignment in Dickens, and Loop 120 was designated along the old route of SH 70 through the city.[21]

Business route

Business State Highway 70-G
Location: Sweetwater
Length: 3.788 mi[22] (6.096 km)
Existed: 1990–present[22]

SH 70 has one business route, Business SH 70-G in Sweetwater, which is a former alignment of the state highway through that city. The route was designated in 1990, when SH 70 was rerouted along the south and east side of the city to use the I-20 freeway. The business route is also concurrent with I-20 Bus. through downtown Sweetwater.[22][23]

Major intersections

County Location Mile Destinations Notes
Coke
    US 277 – San Angelo, Abilene Southern terminus
    FM 3399  
Nolan
Blackwell   FM 1170  
    SH 153 – Winters  
    FM 608 – Maryneal  
    FM 1809  
    FM 1856 – Lake Sweetwater  
Sweetwater   I-20 west / US 84 west – Big Spring, Snyder
Bus. SH 70-G – Downtown Sweetwater
South end of IH 20 / US 84 concurrency
  I-20 east / US 84 east / I-20 Bus. – Abilene North end of IH 20 / US 84 concurrency; south end of IH 20 Bus. concurrency
  I-20 Bus. North end of IH 20 Bus. concurrency
  Bus. SH 70-G  
Fisher
    FM 2744  
    FM 57 – Busby, Sylvester  
Roby   US 180 – Snyder, Anson  
Rotan   SH 92 / FM 611 – Hamlin  
    FM 610 – Aspermont  
Kent
    US 380 west – Post South end of US 380 concurrency
    FM 1083  
Jayton   US 380 east – Aspermont North end of US 380 concurrency
  FM 1083  
  FM 1228  
Girard   FM 643  
Dickens
    FM 3294  
Steele Hill   SH 208  
Spur   Loop 21 (6th St.) to FM 261  
  Loop 21 (Burlington Ave.) to FM 836  
    FM 1868  
    FM 1868  
Dickens   Loop 120  
  US 82 / SH 114 – Ralls, Guthrie  
    Loop 120  
    FM 193 – McAdoo, Afton  
Motley
    FM 3203  
Roaring Springs   Loop 42 (Poplar St.) / FM 684  
  Loop 42 (Second St.)  
    FM 1045  
Matador   US 62 / US 70 – Floydada, Paducah  
  Spur 196 (Dundee St.)  
    FM Spur 94 to FM 94  
    FM 2999  
    FM 2009  
    FM 97 – Flomot  
Hall
Turkey   SH 86 west (Main St.) – Quitaque, Tulia South end of SH 86 concurrency
    SH 86 east – Estelline North end of SH 86 concurrency
Briscoe
    SH 256 west – Silverton South end of SH 256 concurrency
Hall
South Brice   SH 256 east – Memphis North end of SH 256 concurrency
Donley
Clarendon   US 287 south – Childress South end of US 287 concurrency
  FM 2162 to FM 2362  
  US 287 north – Amarillo North end of US 287 concurrency
    I-40 east – Oklahoma City South end of IH 40 concurrency
    I-40 west – Amarillo North end of IH 40 concurrency
Gray
    FM 2477 – Lake McClellan  
    FM 293  
    FM 749 – Bowers City  
    Loop 171  
Pampa   FM 750 (McCullough St.)  
  US 60 / SH 152 east – Panhandle, Canadian, Wheeler South end of SH 152 concurrency
  SH 152 west – Borger North end of SH 152 concurrency
    Loop 171  
Roberts
    FM 282 – Miami  
    FM 283 – Miami  
Ochiltree
    FM 281  
    FM 759 – Spearman  
Ochiltree   FM 3045 – Farnsworth  
    US 83 – Perryton, Canadian Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b c d Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - State Highway No. 70". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SH/SH0070.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Texas Department of Transportation (PDF). Texas County Map Book (Map). 1:120,000 (2010 ed.). p. 278. http://www.txdot.state.tx.us/travel/county_grid_search.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
  3. ^ a b c Texas Department of Transportation (PDF). Texas County Map Book (Map). 1:120,000 (2010 ed.). p. 233. http://www.txdot.state.tx.us/travel/county_grid_search.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
  4. ^ Texas Department of Transportation (PDF). Texas County Map Book (Map). 1:120,000 (2010 ed.). p. 277. http://www.txdot.state.tx.us/travel/county_grid_search.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
  5. ^ Texas Department of Transportation (PDF). Texas County Map Book (Map). 1:120,000 (2010 ed.). p. 276. http://www.txdot.state.tx.us/travel/county_grid_search.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
  6. ^ Texas Department of Transportation (PDF). Texas County Map Book (Map). 1:120,000 (2010 ed.). p. 275. http://www.txdot.state.tx.us/travel/county_grid_search.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
  7. ^ Texas Department of Transportation (PDF). Texas County Map Book (Map). 1:120,000 (2010 ed.). p. 245. http://www.txdot.state.tx.us/travel/county_grid_search.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
  8. ^ Texas Department of Transportation (PDF). Texas County Map Book (Map). 1:120,000 (2010 ed.). p. 244. http://www.txdot.state.tx.us/travel/county_grid_search.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
  9. ^ Texas Department of Transportation (PDF). Texas County Map Book (Map). 1:120,000 (2010 ed.). p. 243. http://www.txdot.state.tx.us/travel/county_grid_search.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
  10. ^ Texas Department of Transportation (PDF). Texas County Map Book (Map). 1:120,000 (2010 ed.). p. 242. http://www.txdot.state.tx.us/travel/county_grid_search.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
  11. ^ Texas Department of Transportation (PDF). Texas County Map Book (Map). 1:120,000 (2010 ed.). p. 241. http://www.txdot.state.tx.us/travel/county_grid_search.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
  12. ^ Texas Department of Transportation (PDF). Texas County Map Book (Map). 1:120,000 (2010 ed.). p. 240. http://www.txdot.state.tx.us/travel/county_grid_search.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
  13. ^ Texas Department of Transportation (PDF). Texas County Map Book (Map). 1:120,000 (2010 ed.). p. 239. http://www.txdot.state.tx.us/travel/county_grid_search.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
  14. ^ Texas Department of Transportation (PDF). Texas County Map Book (Map). 1:120,000 (2010 ed.). p. 238. http://www.txdot.state.tx.us/travel/county_grid_search.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
  15. ^ Texas Department of Transportation (PDF). Texas County Map Book (Map). 1:120,000 (2010 ed.). p. 237. http://www.txdot.state.tx.us/travel/county_grid_search.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
  16. ^ Texas Department of Transportation (PDF). Texas County Map Book (Map). 1:120,000 (2010 ed.). p. 235. http://www.txdot.state.tx.us/travel/county_grid_search.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
  17. ^ Texas Department of Transportation (PDF). Texas County Map Book (Map). 1:120,000 (2010 ed.). p. 234. http://www.txdot.state.tx.us/travel/county_grid_search.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
  18. ^ Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - U.S. Highway No. 62". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/US/US0062.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
  19. ^ Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - State Highway No. 18". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SH/SH0018.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
  20. ^ Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - U.S. Highway No. 277". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/US/US0277.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
  21. ^ Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - State Highway Loop No. 120". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SL/SL0120.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
  22. ^ a b c Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - Business State Highway No. 70-G". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/BS/BS0070G.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
  23. ^ Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - Business Interstate Highway No. 20-M". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/BI/BI0020M.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2011.