U.S. Route 277

U.S. Route 277

Route information
Auxiliary route of US 77
Length:	633 mi^[1] (1,019 km)
Existed:	1930 – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 83 at Carrizo Springs, TX
	US 57 at Eagle Pass, TX US 90 at Del Rio, TX I-10 at Sonora, TX US 67 / US 87 at San Angelo, TX US 83 / US 84 at Abilene, TX I-20 at Abilene, TX US 82 / US 183 / US 283 at Seymour, TX I-44 / US 281 at Wichita Falls, TX US-62 / US-81 / SH-9 at Chickasha, OK
North end:	I-44 / US-62 at Newcastle, OK
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List • Bannered • Divided • Replaced

U.S. Route 277 is a north–south United States Highway. It is a spur of U.S. Route 77. It runs for 633 miles (1,019 km) across Oklahoma and Texas. US 277's northern terminus is in Newcastle, Oklahoma at Interstate 44, which is also the northern terminus of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike. Its southern terminus is in Carrizo Springs, Texas at U.S. Route 83. It passes through the states of Oklahoma and Texas.

Most of U.S. 277's route through the two states overlaps other U.S. highways. Those include U.S. 62 from Newcastle to Chickasha, Oklahoma, U.S. 62 and U.S. 281 from five miles (8 km) west of Elgin, Oklahoma to Lawton, U.S. 281 from Lawton to Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S. 82 from Wichita Falls to Seymour, Texas, and U.S. 83 from Anson, Texas to Abilene, Texas. Through the Lawton area and again from Randlett, Oklahoma to near downtown Wichita Falls, U.S. 277 is also co-signed with I-44.

1 Route description
- 1.1 Texas
- 1.2 Oklahoma
2 History
3 Business U.S. Route 277
4 See also
- 4.1 Related routes
5 References

Route description

Lengths
	mi	km
TX	508.9	819.0
OK	124.1^[2]	199.7

Texas

Oklahoma

History

When U.S. 277 was commissioned in 1930, it ended at the U.S.-Mexico border in Del Rio, Texas. It was extended southeast to its present terminus in 1952.^[1] The original northern terminus was in Oklahoma City at its intersection with parent route U.S. 77 and U.S. 62. The northern terminus remained there until 1964. when it was truncated to its present terminus following the completion of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike and the connecting U.S. 62 freeway into Oklahoma City, which would become Interstate 44 in the 1980s. As of February 2010, U.S. 277 allows a speed limit of 75 mph only in Dimmit County, Texas.

Business U.S. Route 277

References

^ ^a ^b Droz, Robert V. U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830). Accessed 20 February 2006.
^ Stuve, Eric. U.S. 277. OKHighways. Accessed 22 February 2006.

Browse numbered routes
← SH 276	TX	SH 279 →
← US-271	OK	US-281 →