In the U.S. state of Texas, U.S. Highway 287 is a U.S. Highway that begins on the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur and heads north through Fort Worth, northwest to Childress, Clarendon, and Amarillo in the Texas Panhandle and into Oklahoma near Kerrick.
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US 287 crosses into Texas at Kerrick and continues southeast through to Stratford, where it takes a more southerly turn. In Dumas, US 287 merges with its "parent route", US 87, and continues its south/southeasterly path as a co-signed route to Amarillo.
After passing through the heart of downtown Amarillo, US 87 splits off to the south to merge with I-27, and US 287 merges with I-40 and continues co-signed with the interstate until just west of Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, where it veers to the southeast toward Claude, the seat of Armstrong County.
US 287 follows this east-southeasterly path through Clarendon and Childress, where it intersects US Highways 83 and 62. US 287 then proceeds to Vernon, where it merges with (and is briefly co-signed with) US 70 and US 183. After US 70 and US 183 leave the route at Oklaunion and veer to the northeast, US 287 resumes its east-southeasterly track passing through Harrold and Electra on its way to Wichita Falls. On the northwest side of the city US 287 merges with I-44, US 82, and (briefly) US 277. After leaving Wichita Falls, US 82/287 continues as a co-signed route until Henrietta, where US 82 leaves the route. After merging with US 81 in Bowie, US 287/81 continues southeast to Fort Worth, where it merges with I-35W on the north side of town. Just northwest of this interchange, Business US 287 veers off to the right following the original routing into Saginaw and into downtown Fort Worth while zig zagging its way through city streets to Kennedale and Mansfield before coming out onto the US 287 Freeway south of Interstate 20 near the Ellis County line just north of Midlothian.
Here, US 81 hits its terminus, but US 287 continues, concurrent route with I-35W through to the north end of downtown Fort Worth before splitting off to the southeast and once again picking up its own signage. This stretch of US 287, which runs from downtown to the southeast side of the city, is also known as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Freeway. In southeast Fort Worth, US 287 intersects with, and is briefly co-signed with, I-820 (which then dumps into I-20) before veering to the southeast yet again, where it passes through the extreme western side of Arlington, and then on in to Mansfield and Midlothian The freeway which previously terminated at the Tarrant/Johnson County line has been extended continuing on into Ellis County to connect with the existing freeway around Waxahachie, which includes a bypass around Midlothian and an interchange with US 67.
After intersecting with I-35E just north of Waxahachie, US 287 continues to the southeast, where it merges with I-45 just south of Ennis and follows the interstate to Corsicana where it then leaves the route and makes another sharp turn to the east. The highway continues southeastward to Palestine, where it merges with State Highway 19. US 287/SH 19 continues as a co-signed route until Crockett, where US 287 leaves SH 19 and continues its southeasterly track toward the Texas Gulf Coast.
In Woodville, US 287 merges with US 69 and takes on a more due-southerly route to Lumberton, where a co-signed US 69/287 also merges with US 96. The highway then continues to the southeast through Beaumont with a short stint with Interstate 10 and on to Port Arthur, where the route terminates at an intersection with State Highway 87.[2]
Before 1939, the portion from Oklahoma to Amarillo was SH 9, from Amarillo to Henrietta was SH 5, Henrietta to Fort Worth was SH 2 and US 81, Fort Worth to Ennis SH 34, Ennis to Corsicana was SH 14/US 75, Corsicana to Palestine was SH 22, Palestine to Crockett was SH 19, Crockett and Woodville was SH 106, Woodville to Port Arthur was SH 8. All of these state highways were shortened in the 1939 renumbering. SH 106 was decommissioned. SH 19 was deleted until 1960, when it extended back south.
| County | Location | # | Destinations | Notes |
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| Jefferson | Port Arthur | SH 87 (16th Street) – Galveston, Orange | South end of US 69 & US 96 overlap South end of Highway |
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| SH 73 – Winnie, Orange | ||||
| South end of freeway | ||||
| Jimmy Johnson Boulevard | ||||
| Nederland | FM 365 (Labelle Avenue) | |||
| Nederland Avenue | ||||
| Jerry Ware Drive – Southeast Texas Regional Airport | ||||
| Port Neches | Beauxart Gardens Road, Spurlock Road | |||
| FM 3514 (Joshua W. Allen Sr. Highway) | ||||
| Beaumont | SH 347 south – Port Arthur | |||
| Spur 380 (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard) – Lamar University | ||||
| Highland Avenue | ||||
| Florida Avenue, Erie Street | ||||
| 4th Street | ||||
| SH 124 south (Fannett Road) – Winnie, High Island | ||||
| I-10 west (Eastex Freeway) – Houston | South end of Interstate 10 overlap | |||
| 850 | Washington Boulevard | Southbound exit is via exit 849 | ||
| 851 | US 90 (College Street) – Liberty | |||
| 852A | Laurel Avenue | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 852B | Calder Avenue, Harrison Avenue, Gladys Avenue | |||
| I-10 east – Lake Charles | North end of Interstate 10 overlap | |||
| Delaware Street | ||||
| 11th Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
| Lucas Drive | ||||
| Dowlen Road | ||||
| SH 105 west – Sour Lake, Conroe | ||||
| Lawrence Drive | ||||
| Tram Road | ||||
| Hardin | Cooks Lake Road | |||
| Keith Road – Rose Hill Acres | ||||
| FM 3513 / Mitchell Road | No northbound entrance | |||
| Lumberton | US 96 north – Jasper | Northbound exit and southbound entrance. North end of US 96 overlap. | ||
| North end of freeway | ||||
| FM 421 (Country Line Drive) | ||||
| SH 327 – Silsbee | ||||
| Kountze | SH 326 – Sour Lake, Nome | |||
| FM 418 | ||||
| FM 1003 | ||||
| Tyler | Warren | FM 1943 | ||
| FM 1013 | ||||
| Woodville | US 190 – Huntsville, Jasper | |||
| US 69 north – Lufkin | North end of US 69 overlap | |||
| FM 256 – Colmesneil | ||||
| Chester | FM 1745 | |||
| FM 2097 | ||||
| Polk | FM 62 – Camden | |||
| FM 352 | ||||
| Corrigan | US 59 – Lufkin, Cleveland | |||
| Trinity | FM 2262 | |||
| Groveton | FM 355 | |||
| SH 94 east – Lufkin | South end of SH 94 overlap | |||
| FM 3154 | ||||
| SH 94 west – Trinity | North end of SH 94 overlap | |||
| FM 1280 | ||||
| FM 2781 – Pennington | ||||
| Houston | FM 358 – Pennington | |||
| FM 232 | ||||
| Crockett | Loop 304 | |||
| SH 7 / SH 21 west – Centerville, Nacogdoches, Madisonville | South end of SH 21 overlap | |||
| SH 21 east (Houston Avenue) – Alto | North end of SH 21 overlap | |||
| SH 19 south (4th Street) – Trinity | South end of SH 19 overlap | |||
| Loop 304 | ||||
| FM 2160 | ||||
| Latexo | FM 2663 | |||
| Grapeland | US 287 Bus. – Grapeland |
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| FM 2423 | ||||
| FM 227 | ||||
| FM 228 | ||||
US 287 Bus. – Grapeland |
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| Anderson | SH 294 east – Alto | South end of SH 294 overlap | ||
| Elkhart | FM 1817 (Alderbranch Road) | |||
| SH 294 west (Parker Street) – Elkhart | North end of SH 294 overlap | |||
| FM 2419 | ||||
| Palestine | Loop 256 | |||
| US 84 east (Parker Street) – Rusk | South end of US 84 overlap | |||
| SH 19 north | North end of SH 19 overlap | |||
| Loop 127 | ||||
| US 84 west (Oak Street) – Waco | North end of US 84 overlap | |||
| US 79 / SH 19 south – Jacksonville, Buffalo | South end of SH 19 overlap | |||
| Loop 256 | ||||
| SH 19 north – Athens | North end of SH 19 overlap | |||
| FM 3224 | ||||
| Spur 327 – Tennessee Colony | ||||
| FM 321 – Tennessee Colony, Montalba | ||||
| FM 645 – Tennessee Colony | ||||
| FM 860 | ||||
| FM 2608 | ||||
| Cayuga | FM 59 – Athens | |||
| Freestone | FM 488 south – Fairfield | |||
| Navarro | SH 309 – Kerens | |||
| Eureka | FM 3243 (Baker Avenue) | |||
| FM 637 | ||||
| FM 739 | ||||
| FM 637 | ||||
| Corsicana | I-45 south – Houston | South end of Interstate 45 overlap | ||
| 231 | SH 31 – Waco, Athens | |||
| 232 | Roane Road, East 5th Avenue | |||
| 235B | I-45 Bus. south – Corsicana | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 235A | Frontage Road | Signed as exit 235 northbound | ||
| 237 | Frontage Road | |||
| 238 | FM 1603 | |||
| 239 | FM 1126 | |||
| Rice | 242 | Calhoun Street – Rice | ||
| 243 | Frontage Road | |||
| Ellis | 244 | FM 1182 | ||
| Alma | 246 | FM 1183 – Alma | ||
| I-45 north – Dallas | North end of Interstate 45 overlap | |||
| FM 1183 (Oak Grove Road) – Alma, Ennis | ||||
| FM 3383 (Ensign Road) – Ennis, Corsicana | ||||
| Ennis | SH 34 (Lake Bardwell Drive) – Italy, Ennis | Interchange | ||
US 287 Bus. north – Ennis |
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| Waxahachie | US 287 Bus. north – Waxahachie |
Begin freeway | ||
| Farley Street, Wyatt Street, Broadhead Road | ||||
| FM 813 (Brown Street) | ||||
| US 77 (Dallas Highway) – Waxahachie | ||||
| Solon Road | ||||
| I-35E – Dallas, Waco | ||||
| FM 664 – Ovilla | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
US 287 Bus. south – Waxahachie |
End freeway | |||
| Midlothian | US 287 Bus. north, Midlothian Parkway |
Begin freeway | ||
| FM 663 (South 9th Street) | ||||
| US 67 – Cleburne, Dallas | ||||
US 287 Bus. south |
End freeway | |||
| Mansfield | SH 360 – Arlington, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | |||
| Johnson | US 287 Bus. – Fort Worth |
Begin freeway | ||
| Tarrant | Heritage Parkway | |||
| Broad Street | ||||
| Walnut Creek Drive | ||||
| FM 157 / Debbie Lane | ||||
| Turner Warnell Road | ||||
| Arlington | Curry Road, Eden Road | |||
| Sublett Road | ||||
| Little School Road, Little Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
| I-20 east – Dallas | South end of Interstate 20 overlap | |||
| 443 | Bowman Springs Road | |||
| Fort Worth | I-20 west / I-820 – Abilene | North end of Interstate 20 overlap; south end of Interstate 820 overlap | ||
| 33C | Sun Valley Drive | |||
| 33B | Martin Street, Wilbarger Street | |||
| I-820 north (East Loop 820) | North end of Interstate 820 overlap | |||
| Village Creek Road | ||||
| Miller Avenue, Wilbarger Street | ||||
| Berry Street | ||||
| Mitchell Boulevard | ||||
| Cobb Park Road | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
| Rosedale Street | ||||
| SH 180 (Lancaster Avenue) / Riverside Drive | Northbound exit for SH 180 | |||
| SH 180 (Lancaster Avenue) | Southbound exit | |||
| I-30 – Abilene, Dallas | ||||
| I.M. Terrell Way | Northbound exit only | |||
| Spur 280 – Downtown Fort Worth | ||||
| I-35W south (South Freeway) – Waco | South end of Interstate 35W overlap | |||
| 52A | US 377 north (Belknap Street) / SH 121 north – DFW Airport | North end of US 377 overlap; signed as exit 52B northbound | ||
| 52B | Spur 347 west (Belknap Street) | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 52C | Pharr Street | |||
| 52D | Carver Street | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 53 | Northside Drive, Yucca Avenue | |||
| 54A | SH 183 (Northeast 28th Street) | Signed as exits 54A (east) and 54B (west) northbound | ||
| 54B | Papurt Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 54C | 33rd Street, Long Avenue | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 56A | Meacham Boulevard | |||
| 56B | Melody Hills Drive | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 57 | I-820 (Northeast Loop 820) | Signed as exits 57A (east) and 57B (west) | ||
| 58 | Western Center Boulevard | |||
| 59 | Basswood Boulevard | |||
| I-35W north (North Freeway) – Denton | North end of Interstate 35W overlap; south end of US 81 overlap | |||
| FM 3479 (Harmon Road) | ||||
| FM 156 (Blue Mound Road) | ||||
| Bonds Ranch Road | ||||
| West Blue Mound Road | ||||
US 287 Bus. south – Fort Worth |
End Freeway | |||
| Wise | Rhome | US 81 Bus. north / SH 114 east, Grapevine |
Begin freeway; south end of SH 114 overlap | |
| FM 3433 – Newark | ||||
| SH 114 west – Bridgeport | North end of SH 114 overlap | |||
US 81 Bus. south – Rhome |
End freeway | |||
| New Fairview | FM 407 – Justin | Interchange | ||
| FM 2264 | ||||
| Decatur | US 81 Bus. north – Decatur |
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| FM 730 – Azle, Decatur | Interchange | |||
US 380 Bus. / FM 51 – Decatur, Granbury |
Interchange | |||
| US 380 – Bridgeport, Denton | Interchange | |||
| FM 1810 (East Old Chico Road) | ||||
US 81 Bus. south – Decatur |
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| Alvord | US 81 Bus. north – Alvord |
Begin freeway | ||
| Hubbard St | No southbound exit | |||
| FM 1655 | ||||
US 81 Bus. south – Alvord |
End freeway | |||
| Montague | Spur 511 – Sunset | South end of freeway | ||
| Sunset | SH 101 – Bridgeport, Sunset | |||
| Frontage Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
| Lawhorn Road | ||||
| Fruitland Road | ||||
| Wagon Seller Road | ||||
| US 81 north – Bowie | North end of US 81 overlap | |||
| FM 1125 – Bowie | ||||
| Bowie | SH 59 – Bowie, Jacksboro | |||
| FM 174 – Bowie, Windthorst | North end of freeway | |||
| Clay | Bellevue | FM 1288 south | south end of FM 1288 overlap | |
| FM 1288 north – Newport | North end of FM 1288 overlap | |||
| New York Road | Southbound exit and entrance | |||
| Henrietta | Spur 510 north – Henrietta | South end of freeway | ||
| SH 148 (Graham Street) – Henrietta, Jacksboro | ||||
| Henrietta | US 82 east – Henrietta, Gainesville | South end of US 82 overlap; north end of freeway | ||
| Loop 47 – Jolly | ||||
| Jolly | FM 2393 – Jolly, Thornberry | Interchange | ||
| Loop 47 – Jolly | ||||
US 287 Bus. – Wichita Falls |
South end of freeway | |||
| Wichita | Wichita Falls | Fisher Road | ||
| SH 79 north / Hammon Road | Northbound exit for SH 79 | |||
| SH 79 north – Petrolia | South end of SH 79 overlap | |||
| Old Windthorst Road | ||||
| US 281 south / SH 79 south – Jacksboro, Archer City | North end of SH 79 overlap; South end of US 281 overlap; left exit | |||
| Loop 473 (Old Jacksboro Highway) | ||||
| Galveston Street | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; northbound exit for US 82/277 (Kell Blvd) | |||
| US 82 west / US 277 south – Lubbock, Abilene | North end of US 82 overlap; south end of US 277 overlap | |||
| 14th-8th Streets – Downtown Wichita Falls | ||||
| Southwest end of Interstate 44 | ||||
| 1A | US 277 Bus. south |
Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 1B | Scotland Park | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 1C | Texas Travel Info Center | |||
| 1D | US 287 Bus. |
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| 2 | Maurine Street | |||
| I-44 east (Central Freeway) / US 277 north / US 281 north – Lawton | North end of Interstate 44, US 277, and US 281 overlap | |||
| 3B | Spur 325 – Sheppard AFB | |||
| Loop 11 south (Beverly Loop) | ||||
| City View Drive | ||||
| Wellington Lane | ||||
| Huntington Lane | ||||
| FM 369 – Wichita Valley Airport | ||||
| Rifle Range Road | ||||
| Peterson Road | ||||
| Iowa Park | Bell Road | |||
| FM 368 – Iowa Park | ||||
US 287 Bus. south |
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| Harmony Road | ||||
| Burnet Ranch Road | North end of freeway | |||
US 287 Bus. north – Electra |
south end of freeway | |||
| FM 2384 | ||||
| Midway Church Road | ||||
| Electra | FM 1739 – Electra | |||
| SH 25 – Electra, Haynesville | ||||
| County Line Road | Northbound exit for Business 287 | |||
| Wilbarger | US 287 Bus. south – Electra |
Southbound exit only; north end of freeway | ||
| Harrold | SH 240 east – Burkburnett | South end of freeway; no northbound entrance | ||
| FM 1763 | North end of freeway; no southbound entrance | |||
| Oklaunion | Loop 404 west – Oklaunion | South end of freeway; southbound exit and entrance | ||
| US 70 east / US 183 north – Davidson | South end of US 70/183 overlap | |||
| Loop 145 south – Oklaunion, County Road 113 | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
| Loop 404 east – Oklaunion | Southbound exit only | |||
| FM 433 west | North end of freeway | |||
| Frontage Road | Southbound exit only; south end of freeway | |||
| FM 1763 north | Northbound exit and entrance | |||
US 287 Bus. north – Vernon |
Left exit northbound | |||
| FM 1949 south | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
| Vernon | Laurie Street | |||
| US 183 south / US 283 – Seymour, Altus | North end of US 183 overlap | |||
| Bentley Street | ||||
| US 70 west – Floydada | North end of US 70 overlap; north end of freeway | |||
| FM 925 east | Interchange; south end of FM 925 overlap | |||
| FM 925 west | North end of FM 925 overlap | |||
| FM 432 north | Interchange | |||
| Hardeman | FM 925 east | |||
| Chillicothe | FM 91 – Medicine Mound | |||
| FM 2006 north | ||||
| FM 1167 south – Medicine Mound | ||||
| FM 2568 | ||||
| Quanah | SH 6 – Cisco, Eldorado | |||
| FM 2568 | ||||
| Loop 285 west | ||||
| Loop 285 east | Interchange | |||
| FM 1166 north | ||||
| FM 2363 – Punkin Center | ||||
| FM 680 north | ||||
| FM 268 | ||||
| Childress | FM 1033 north | South end of FM 1033 overlap | ||
| FM 1033 south (Main Street) | North end of FM 1033 overlap | |||
| Childress | FM 2530 | |||
| FM 3031 south (NE 5th Street) | ||||
| FM 268 east (NE 3rd Street) | ||||
| US 62 / US 83 – Paducah, Canadian | ||||
| FM 164 east, County Road 9 | Interchange | |||
| Loop 328 north – Carey | ||||
| Loop 328 south – Carey | ||||
| Hall | FM 658 south | |||
| Estelline | SH 86 west – Silverton | |||
| FM 1619 | ||||
| FM 1619 | ||||
| Memphis | SH 256 – Silverton, Wellington | |||
| FM 2361 – Lakeview | ||||
| Donley | Hedley | SH 203 east – Wellington | ||
| Lelia Lake | FM 1754 south | |||
| FM 1755 north | ||||
| FM 1260 | ||||
| Clarendon | SH 70 south – Matador | South end of SH 70 overlap | ||
| SH 70 north – Pampa | North end of SH 70 | |||
| Armstrong | Goodnight | FM 294 north | ||
| FM 1151 east | South end of FM 1151 overlap | |||
| Claude | FM 1151 west | North end of FM 1151 overlap | ||
| SH 207 – Silverton, Borger | ||||
| FM 2373 north | ||||
| Washburn | FM 2250 south | |||
| Carson | No junctions in Carson County | |||
| Potter | FM 1912 north | |||
| Spur 228 north | ||||
| Amarillo | I-40 | South end of Interstate 40 overlap | ||
| 77 | FM 1258 (Pullman Road) | |||
| 76 | Spur 468 (Airport Boulevard) | To Amarillo International Airport, southbound exit to information center | ||
| 75 | Loop 335 (Lakeside Drive) | |||
| 74 | Whitaker Road | |||
| 73 | Eastern Street, Bolton Street | |||
| 72B | US 287 Bus. north; Grand Street, Bolton Street |
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| 72A | Nelson Street, Quarter Horse Drive | |||
| 71 | Ross-Osage Street, Arthur Street | |||
| 70 | I-27 south (Canyon Drive) / US 60 / US 87 – Canyon, Lubbock | |||
| I-40 west – Alburquerque | North end of Interstate 40 overlap; south end of US 60/87 overlap | |||
US 287 Bus. south (Southeast 10th Street) |
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| Loop 279 west (6th Avenue) | ||||
| I-40 Bus. (Amarilo Boulevard) / US 60 east | North end of US 60 overlap; 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 | ||||
| Cherry Avenue | ||||
| Mobley Street | ||||
| FM 2176 south | North end of freeway | |||
| Moore | SH 354 west / FM 1913 east – Channing | Interchange | ||
| Dumas | FM 722 south | |||
| US 87 north / SH 152 east – Dalhart, Borger | North end of US 87 overlap | |||
| FM 119 north – Sunray | ||||
| FM 281 – Sunray | No northbound exit | |||
| Sherman | FM 297 west – Dalhart | |||
| FM 1573 east | ||||
| Stratford | To SH 15 – Follett | |||
| US 54 – Dalhart, Texhoma | ||||
| FM 2677 (Purnell Avenue) | ||||
| Dallam | Kerrick | FM 807 south | ||
| Continues into Oklahoma | ||||
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