U.S. Route 87 in Texas

U.S. Highway 87
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	660.071 mi[1] (1,062.281 km)
Existed:	1935 – present
Major junctions
South end:	SH 238 in Port Lavaca
	US 59 / US 77 in Victoria US 90 in San Antonio I-10 in San Antonio to Comfort I-35 in San Antonio US 67 / US 277 in San Angelo I-20 in Big Spring I-27 from Lubbock to Amarillo US 70 in Plainview US 60 in Canyon I-40 / US 60 / US 287 in Amarillo
North end:	US 87 near Texline
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List • Bannered • Divided • Replaced Highways in Texas Interstate • U.S. • TX (Loops – Spurs – Rec – FM) ← SH 86 SH 87 →

In the U.S. state of Texas, U.S. Highway 87 (US 87) is a north–south U.S. Highway that begins near the Gulf Coast in Port Lavaca, Texas and heads north through San Antonio, Lubbock, and Amarillo to the New Mexico border near Texline.

Contents 1 Route description 2 Junction list 3 See also 4 References

Route description

US 87's southern terminus is at an intersection with State Highway 238 in Port Lavaca, Texas. It takes a northwesterly route out of the town, and follows this path all the way to Cuero, where it merges with (and is briefly co-signed with) US 183 before turning back toward the north. US 87 follows a gentle northwesterly route until just before Smiley, where it takes a more due-westerly turn. At Nixon, US 87 merges with State Highway 97 and continues west as a co-signed route until just west of Stockdale, where SH 97 leaves the route and US 87 continues to the northwest to San Antonio.

On the southeast side of the city, US 87 merges with Interstate 10 (I-10), where it continues through San Antonio as a co-signed, concurrent route for 54 miles (87 km), until an exit at Comfort, where the highway once again picks up its own signage and continues on, in an almost due northern heading before making a slight turn back to the northwest to Mason, where it merges with US 377.

From Mason, US 87/377 continues north/northwest to Brady, where US 377 leaves the route and US 87 makes a hard turn to the west before taking yet another slight turn to the north and continuing on to San Angelo, and on to the northwest. After intersecting with I-20 at Big Spring, US 87 continues the same northwesterly path to Lamesa, where it takes a turn back to the northeast. After making another turn back to the north just outside of O'Donnell, US 87 continues on to Lubbock, where it merges with I-27 on the south side of the city.

From this point, US 87 continues as a co-signed, concurrent route with I-27 all the way north to Amarillo, occasionally deviating from the interstate route to spur into rural towns along the route (such as Kress, Tulia, and Canyon) before merging with US 287 in Amarillo. US 87/287 continues almost due north until Dumas, where US 87 splits off the route with a sharp turn to the west before merging with US 385 in Hartley and turning to the northwest. US 385 leaves the route in Dalhart, and US 87 continues on a slight northwesterly path, crossing into New Mexico approximately a mile west of Texline.^[2]

Junction list

County	Location	#	Destinations	Notes
Calhoun	Port Lavaca		SH 238 (Commerce Street) – Seadrift, Point Comfort
			FM 1090 (Virginia Street)
			SH 35 – Aransas Pass, Bay City
			FM 2433 south
Victoria			FM 1090 north (Lake Placedo Road)
	Placedo		FM 616 – Bloomington, La Ward	Interchange
			FM 3085 north (Henderson Road)
			FM 1686 south
			FM 2615 north
	Victoria		US 59 – Goliad, Edna
			SH 185 south – Bloomington
			US 59 Bus. north (Rio Grande Street) / US 77 Bus. north (Navarro Street)	South end of US Bus 59/77 overlap
			US 59 Bus. south / US 77 Bus. south	North end of US Bus 59/77 overlap
			US 77 (Zac Lentz Parkway) – Refugio, Hallettsville
	Nursery		FM 447
De Witt			Loop 105 north – Thomaston
			Loop 105 south – Thomaston
	Cuero		US 183 north / US 77 Alt. north – Gonzales, Yoakum	South end of US 183/US Alt 77 overlap
			US 183 south / US 77 Alt. south – Goliad	North end of US 183/US Alt 77 overlap
			SH 72 west / FM 3402 east – Kenedy
			FM 953 north
			FM 2542 west
			FM 2816 south
	Westhoff		FM 240 south
Gonzales			FM 1116 north
	Smiley		FM 108 – Yorktown, Gonzales
			FM 77 north
			FM 2922 north
	Nixon		SH 80 / SH 97 north – Karnes City, Luling, Gonzales	South end of SH 97 overlap
Wilson	Pandora		FM 1107 north
			FM 1347 south
			FM 538 south
			US 87 Bus. north – Stockdale
	Stockdale		SH 123 – Karnes City, Seguin	Interchange
			US 87 Bus. south – Stockdale
			SH 97 south – Floresville	North end of SH 97 overlap
	Sutherland Springs		FM 539
	La Vernia		FM 775 – New Berlin
			FM 1346
Bexar			Loop 1604 (Anderson Loop)	Interchange
			FM 3465 / Loop 107 west – Lone Oak
			Loop 107 east – Lone Oak
			Loop 106 west – Sayers
			FM 1628 – Sayers
			Loop 106 east – Sayers
	China Grove		FM 1516 north
	San Antonio		I-410 (Conally Loop)
			Loop 13 (W.W. White Road)
			I-10 east (US 90, Lopez Freeway) – Houston	South end of I-10/US 90 overlap
		576	New Braunfels Avenue, Gevers Street
		575	Pine Street, Hackberry Street
		574	I-37 / US 281 (Adams Freeway) – Corpus Christi, Johnson City
		573	To Spur 536 (Roosevelt Avenue) / Probandt Street
		572	I-35 south (Pan Am Expressway) / US 90 west (Cleto Rodriguez Freeway) – Laredo, Del Rio	North end of US 90 overlap, south end of I-35 overlap
		154A	Loop 353 south (Nogalitos Street) / San Marcos Street
		154B	South Laredo Street, Cevallos Street
		155A	Spur 536 south (South Alamo Street) – The Alamo
		155B	Durango Boulevard, Frio Street – Downtown
		570	I-35 north (Pan Am Expressway) – Austin	North end of I-35 overlap
		569C	Santa Rosa Street – Downtown	Southbound exit via upper level and northbound entrance via upper level
		569B	Frio Street – Downtown	Southbound exit via lower level and entrance via lower level
		569A	Colorado Street	Signed as exit 569 northbound; access via lower level, no southbound entrance
		568B	Spur 421 (Culebra Road) – Bandera	Signed as exit 568 southbound; access via upper level
		568A	Cincinnati Avenue	Northbound exit via lower level and southbound entrance via lower level
		567	Loop 345 north (Fredericksburg Road) / Woodlawn Avenue	Signed as exit 567B northbound; northbound exit only via lower level
		566C	Hildebrant Avenue, Fulton Avenue	Signed as exit 567A northboun
		566B	Fresno Street
		566A	West Avenue
		565	Crossroads Boulevard – Balcones Heights
		564	I-410 (Conally Loop) – Int'l Airport
		562-563	Callaghan Road	Southbound exit via 562; northbound exit via 563
		562	Medical Drive – South Texas Medical Center	Northbound exit is part of exit 561
		561	Wurzbach Road
		560	Ramsgate Drive	Northbound exit and entrance
		560B	Frontage Road	Southbound exit and entrance
		560A	Huebner Road	Northbound exit is via exit 560
		559	Woodstone Drive	No southbound exit
		559	Loop 345 south (Fredericksburg Road)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		558	De Zavala Road
		557	Spur 53 west (UTSA Boulevard) – UTSA
		556B	Frontage Road
		556A	Loop 1604 (Anderson Loop) – SeaWorld
		555	La Cantera Parkway – Fiesta Texas
		554	Camp Bullis Road
		552	Dominion Drive	Northbound exit and entrance
		551	Boerne Stage Road – Leon Springs	Southbound exit is part of exit 550
		550	RM 3351 north (Ralph Fair Road)
		546	Fair Oaks Parkway, Tarpon Drive – Fair Oaks Ranch
Kendall	Boerne	543	Boerne Stage Road (Scenic Loop Road), Cascade Caverans Road
		542	US 87 Bus. north – Boerne	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		540	SH 46 – Bandera, New Braunfels
		539	Johns Road
		538	Ranger Creek Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		537	US 87 Bus. south – Boerne
		533	FM 289 – Welfare
		527	FM 1621 / FM 289 – Waring	Southbound exit is via exit 524
	Comfort	524	US 87 Bus. north / SH 27 west / FM 1621 – Comfort, Kerrville, Waring
			I-10 west / US 87 Bus. south – El Paso, Comfort	North end of I-10 overlap
Gillespie	Fredericksburg		US 290 east – Johnson City, Austin	South end of US 290 overlap
			SH 16 north – Llano	South end of SH 16 overlap
			SH 16 south – Kerrville, Bandera	North end of SH 16 overlap
			RM 965 north (Milam Street) – Enchanted Rock
			US 290 west – Harper, Junction	North end of US 290 overlap
			RM 2323 north
	Hilltop		RM 648 north
Mason			RM 2242 north – Loyal Valley
			RM 2242 south – Loyal Valley
			FM 152
			RM 783 south
	Mason		RM 1723 south
			SH 29 east / RM 386 north (Blue Bonnet Road) – Llano	South end of SH 29 overlap
			RM 1871 south (El Paso Street)
			US 377 south / SH 29 west – Junction, Menard	North end of SH 29 overlap; south end of US 377 overlap
			FM 1222
McCulloch			SH 71 east – Llano
	Brady		US 190 west – Menard	South end of US 190 overlap
			FM 2028 west (17th Street)
			FM 2309 south (11th Street)
			US 190 north / US 377 – San Saba, Brownwood	North end of US 190/377 overlap
			US 283 north – Coleman
			FM 3022 south
			FM 2028 south – Melvin
			FM 503 north – Valera
Concho	Eden		US 83 – Menard, Paint Rock
			Loop 577 west – Vick
			Loop 577 east – Vick
Tom Green			FM 2334 north – Mereta
			Loop 570 west
			Loop 570 east
	San Angelo		Loop 306 north / FM 1223	Interchange; south end of Loop 306 overlap
			US 277 south / Spur 378 north – Eldorado	Interchange; south end of US 277 overlap
			Loop 306 west	North end of Loop 306 overlap
			RM 584 south (Knickerbocker Road) / Avenue Q
			Spur 126 east (Avenue N)
			US 67 Bus. (Beauregard Avenue)
			US 67 / US 277 north (Houston Harte Expressway) – Mertzon, Ballinger, Abilene	North end of US 277 overlap
			SH 208 north (14th Street) – Robert Lee
			Chadbourne Street	Interchange
			FM 2105 east
			FM 2288 south	Interchange
			RM 2034 north – Robert Lee
Coke	No major junctions in Coke County
Sterling	Sterling City		SH 158 east – Robert Lee	South end of SH 158 overlap
			SH 163 south – Barnhart	South end of SH 163 overlap
			SH 158 west – Odessa	North end of SH 158 overlap
			SH 163 north – Colorado City	North end of SH 163 overlap
Glasscock			FM 821 east
Howard			FM 461 west
	Big Spring		RM 33 south – Garden City
			FM 700
			I-20 Bus. (4th Street, 3rd Street)
			I-20 – Odessa, Abilene
			FM 1584 north
			FM 846 – Vincent
			FM 1785 east
Martin	No major junctions in Martin County
Dawson			FM 178 north
			FM 30 west / FM 828 west
			US 180 east / FM 2052 west – Snyder	Interchange; south end of US 180 overlap
	Lamesa		FM 827 east
			US 180 west – Seminole	North end of US 180 overlap
			FM 179 north (Woody Road)
			FM 825 east
			FM 2411 east
			FM 178 south – Hancock
			FM 1210
			FM 1066 west
Lynn			US 87 Bus. north – O'Donnell
	O'Donnell		US 87 Bus. south – O'Donnell
			FM 2053
			FM 213 – Wellman
	Tahoka		US 87 Bus. north – Tahoka	South end of freeway
			US 82 – Brownfield, Post
			US 87 Bus. south – Tahoka
			FM 400 north – Wilson	North end of freeway
			FM 1317 west
			FM 211 – New Home, Wilson
Lubbock			FM 41 east – Slaton
			FM 1585 (130th Street)	South end of freeway
			98th Street
	Lubbock		82nd Street
			I-27	South end of I-27 overlap
		1	US 84 / US 87 Bus. north / Loop 289 – Littlefield, Post
		1A	50th Street	Signed as exit 1C southbound
		2	34th Street, Avenue H
		3	US 62 / SH 114 – Floydada, Levelland
		3A	13th Street, Broadway Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		4	US 82 (4th Street) / US 87 Bus. south – Crosbyton, Brownfield, Mackenzie Park, Civic Center
		5	Buddy Holly Avenue, Municipal Drive	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		6A	Spur 326 south (Avenue Q)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		6B	Loop 289	Signed as exit 6 northbound
		7	Yucca Lane
		8	FM 2641 (Kent Street) – Lubbock International Airport
		9	Lubbock International Airport, General Aviation, FAA
		10	Keuka Street
		11	FM 1294 – Shallowater
		12	County Road 58	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	New Deal	13	Loop 461 north – New Deal
		14	FM 1729
		15	Loop 461 south – New Deal	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		17	County Road 53
		20	FM 597 / Loop 369 north – Abernathy	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
Hale	Abernathy	21	FM 597 / FM 2060 / Main Street
		22	Loop 369 south – Abernathy	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		24	FM 54
		27	County Road 275
		31	FM 37 east	South end of FM 37 overlap
		32	FM 37 west	North end of FM 37 overlap
	Hale Center	36	I-27 Bus. north (Main Street) / FM 1424 north
		37	FM 1914 (Cleveland Street)
		38	I-27 Bus. south (Main Street)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		41	County Road 155, County Road R
		43	FM 2337 south
		45	I-27 Bus. north – Plainview
	Plainview	48	FM 3466 east (SW 3rd Street) / County Road 100	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		49	US 70 – Muleshoe, Floydada
		50	SH 194 – Dimmitt, Plainview
		51	Quincy Street
		53	I-27 Bus. south – Plainview
		54	FM 3183 east
		56	FM 788
Swisher			I-27 north	North end of I-27 overlap
	Kress		Loop 292 north (7th Street)
			FM 145 – Hart, Turkey
			FM 928
	Tulia		SH 86 west – Dimmitt	Interchange; south end of SH 86 overlap
			SH 86 east – Silverton
			FM 1318 (NW 6th Street)
			I-27 south	South end of I-27 overlap
		82	FM 214
		83	FM 2698
		88A	FM 1881
			I-27 north	North end of I-27 overlap
	Happy		FM 1075 west	South end of FM 1075 overlap
Randall			FM 1075 east	North end of FM 1075 overlap
			FM 1705 (Haley Road)
			FM 285 east
			FM 1714 west
	Canyon		SH 217 – Palo Duro Canyon State Park
			Spur 47 east (N 3rd Avenue)
		South end of freeway
			US 60 west – Hereford	South end of US 60 overlap
			FM 3331 (Hunsley Road)
			Buffalo Stadium Road
			I-27	South end of I-27 overlap
		111	Rockwell Road
		112	FM 2219
		113	McCormick Road
		115	Sundown Road
	Amarillo	116	Loop 335 (Hollywood Road)
		117	Bell Street, Arden Road
		119	Hillside Road, Western Street, 58th Avenue	Signed as exits 119A (Hillside Road west) and 119B (Western Street, 58th Avenue) southbound
		120A	Republic Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		120B	45th Avenue	Signed as exit 120 northbound
		121A	Georgia Street	Signed as exit 121 northbound
		121B	Hawthorne Drive, Austin Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		122A	Parker Street, Moss Lane	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		122B	FM 1541 (Washington Street) / 34th Avenue
		122C	34th Street, Tyler Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Potter		123A	26th Avenue	Signed as exit 123 northbound
		123B	I-40 / US 287 south – Oklahoma City, Fort Worth, Albuquerque	North end of I-27; south end of US 287 overlap; no exit number southbound
			US 60 east / US 287 north (Buchanan Street)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		North end of freeway
			US 287 Bus. south (SW 10th Avenue)
			Loop 279 west (SE 6th Avenue)
			I-40 Bus. (Amarillo Boulevard, US 66) / US 60 east – Panhandle
			US 287 south (Taylor Street)	South end of US 287 overlap; southbound exit and northbound entrance
		South end of freeway
			North 24th Avenue
			Loop 434 north (River Road)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
			Hastings Avenue
			Central Avenue
			Loop 335 (Saint Francis Avenue)
			Willow Creek Drive
			Loop 434 south / Cherry Avenue
			Mobley Street
			FM 2176 south
North end of freeway
Moore			SH 354 west / FM 1913 east – Channing
	Dumas		FM 722 south
			US 287 north / SH 152 east – Stratford, Borger	North end of US 287 overlap
			FM 2589
Hartley			FM 3138 south
	Hartley		US 385 south – Channing	Interchange; south end of US 385 overlap
			FM 807 – Hartley
			FM 281
Dallam	Dalhart		US 54 – Tucumcari, Stratford
			US 385 north – Boise City	North end of US 385
			FM 1727
			SH 102 west
			FM 1879 north
			FM 3110 south
	Texline		FM 296
Continues into New Mexico

See also

• Loops of U.S. Route 87 in Texas
• Interstate 27

References

U.S. Route 87
Previous state: Terminus	Texas	Next state: New Mexico

Bexar County highways Interstate Highways I-10 I-35 I-37 I-410 U.S. Highways US 87 US 90 US 181 US 281 State Highways SH 16 SH 132 SH 151 SH 211 SH 218 State Loops and Spurs Loop 13 Spur 53 Loop 107 Spur 117 Loop 345 Loop 353 Loop 368 Spur 371 Spur 421 Spur 422 Spur 536 Spur 537 Loop 1604 Farm and Ranch to Market Roads FM 78 FM 147 FM 471 FM 476 FM 1303 FM 1346 FM 1516 FM 1517 FM 1518 FM 1560 FM 1628 FM 1863 FM 1937 FM 1957 FM 2536 FM 2537 FM 2538 FM 2696 FM 2790 FM 3351 FM 3432 FM 3465 FM 3499

Dallam County highways U.S. Highways US 54 US 87 US 287 US 385 Bannered U.S. Highways Bus. US 87-B State Highways SH 102 Farm to Market Roads FM 281 FM 296 FM 297 FM 695 FM 807 FM 1727 FM 1879 FM 2586 FM 2899 FM 3110 FM 3212 FM 3213 FM 3489