Texas State Highway Loop 289

State Highway Loop 289
Route information
Length: 26.09 mi[1] (41.99 km)
Existed: 1955[1] – present
Major junctions
CCW end: I-27
  US 87
US 84
US 82
US 62
SH 114
Highway system

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

Loop 288 Loop 290 →

Loop 289 is a multi-lane beltway servicing Lubbock as a freeway. The highway serves as the southern end for I-27 on the south side of the city. Loop 289 as spur that splits off that connects to US 62/ US 82, called Spur 327, on the southwest side of the city. The highway passes about a mile south of the Lubbock Airport on the northside near the intersection with Interstate 27.

Lane Configuration

Loop 289 is a complete loop freeway with 4 to 8 mainlanes. The freeways has frontage roads for nearly the entire route. It is one of the only 3 complete freeway loops in Texas, the other 2 being IH-610 and BW-8/Sam Houston Tollway in Houston. At certain junctions, the freeway widens up to serve exit only lanes. At most interchanges with other highways, there are partial to full access ramps, that directly serve the mainlanes or frontage roads. An interchange is being built on the southwest side of the city with US 82 as part of the Marsha Sharp Freeway construction project.

Exit List

The entire route is located in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas. Counter-clockwise reads down and clockwise reads up.

Destinations Notes
I-27 north – Lubbock Counter-clockwise exit and clockwise entrance
I-27 north / US 87 – Lubbock, Tahoka
US 84 (Slaton Road) – Lubbock, Slaton
Spur 331 (Southeast Drive)
FM 835 (50th Street)
Frontage Road Counter-clockwise exit and clockwise entrance
19th Street
FM 40 (4th Street)
US 62 / US 82 / SH 114 – Lubbock, Idalou
Frontage Road Counter-clockwise exit and clockwise entrance
Municipal Drive, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Ash Avenue Counter-clockwise exit and clockwise entrance
I-27 – Lubbock, Amarillo
Avenue N Clockwise exit and counter-clockwise entrance
Avenue X Counter-clockwise exit and clockwise entrance
FM 1264 north (University Avenue)
US 84 (Clovis Road) – Lubbock, Littlefield
Quaker Avenue, Texas Tech Parkway – Texas Tech
FM 2255 (4th Street)
FM 2528 north (Frankford Avenue)
SH 114 (19th Street) – Levelland, Lubbock
34th Street
US 62 / US 82 (Marsha Sharp Freeway) – Lubbock, Brownfield
US 62 east / US 82 east (Marsha Sharp Freeway) – Lubbock Clockwise exit and counter-clockwise entrance
50th Street Counter-clockwise exit and clockwise entrance
Spur 327 west / FM 1730 south (Slide Road) Counter-clockwise exit and clockwise entrance
FM 1730 south (Slide Road) Clockwise exit and counter-clockwise entrance
Quaker Avenue
Indiana Avenue
University Avenue

References