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U.S. Route 277 marker
U.S. Route 277
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US 277 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of US 77
Length633 mi[citation needed] (1,019 km)
Existed1930–present
Major junctions
South end US 83 at Carrizo Springs, TX
Major intersections 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 / US 287 at Wichita Falls, TX
US 62 / US 81 / SH-9 at Chickasha, OK
North end I-44 / US 62 at Newcastle, OK
Location
CountryUnited States
StatesTexas, Oklahoma
CountiesTX: Dimmit, Marevick, Kinney, Val Verde, Edwards, Sutton, Schleicher, Tom Green, Coke, Runnels, Nolan, Taylor, Jones, Haskell, Wichtia
OK:Cotton, Comanche, Caddo, Grady, McClain
Highway system

U.S. Route 277 (US 277, US-277) is a north–south United States Highway that is a spur route of U.S. Route 77. It no longer connects to its parent route, US 77, although it does intersect another one of its spur (U.S. Route 377). 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.

Route description

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Lengths
  mi km
TX 508.9 819.0
OK 124.1 199.7

Texas

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Scenic view of U.S. 277 between Del Rio and Sonora, Texas

The highway begins at an intersection with US 83 in Carrizo Springs, about 60 miles northwest of Laredo. The highway runs in an east-west direction, until reaching Eagle Pass. From here to Del Rio, the highway parallels the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border. The highway overlaps US 377 for about 26 miles, with the highways passing the Amistad National Recreation Area.

US 277 crosses I-10 near Sonora, before traveling to Eldorado and eventually San Angelo. The highway overlaps both US 67 and US 87 in the city. In Abilene, the highway overlaps with US 83 and US 84, with the latter leaving shortly after. US 83 leaves in Anson, traveling to Aspermont, while US 277 travels to Stamford. In Seymour, US 82 begins an overlap with US 277. The two highways enter the city of Wichita Falls, with US 82 leaving the highway at US 281/US 287. US 277 joins US 281/287 and the three highways travel into the downtown area of the city, where I-44 begins. US 287 leaves the freeway, while I-44/US 277/US 281 travel to Burkburnett, before crossing the Red River into Oklahoma.

Oklahoma

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First southbound sign for U.S. 277 in Newcastle, Oklahoma (US 277 sign has since been replaced with a newer version)

U.S 277 and 281 enter into Oklahoma with Interstate 44 from Texas by crossing the Red River. After six miles, U.S. 277-281 leave the H.E. Bailey Turnpike and run concurrently for three miles eastward with U.S. 70. On the outskirts of Randlett, this ends as U.S. 277-281 turn northward and pass under I-44 (with no interchange there) before entering Cookietown. North of Cookietown, U.S. 277-281 travel along SH 5. Near the town of Geronimo, U.S. 277-281 join I-44 at Exit 30 to bypass Lawton, but separate once again along with U.S. 62 north of the city at Exit 46. After a distance just under four miles, U.S. 277 separates from U.S. 62-281 and heads east for the town of Elgin. The route proceeds from there to serve several other towns bypassed by I-44, such as Fletcher, Cyril, and Cement, crossing the turnpike twice without direct access. Entering the town of Chickasha with U.S. 81, U.S. 277 turns east along U.S. 62 and follows it all the way to its northern terminus at I-44 near Newcastle.

Free road alternative to the H.E. Bailey Turnpike

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From Newcastle to the Red River north of Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S. 277 (and concurrent sections of U.S. 62, U.S. 81 and U.S. 281) serves as an alternate free route to the two sections of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike between Oklahoma City and the Red River from Newcastle southwest of Oklahoma to near Medicine Park north of Lawton and from near Geronimo south of Lawton to Randlett just north of the Red River near Burkburnett, Texas.

Former U.S. 277 route in Lawton now U.S. 281 Business

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The former route of U.S. 277 (and 281) through the City of Lawton via 2nd Street and 11th Street (and a diagonal street connecting those two streets) has been designated as U.S. 281 Business since the completion of Lawton's Pioneer Expressway (now I-44) in 1964 from present I-44 Exit 39-B to Exit 33. Present U.S. 281 Business and former U.S. 277-281 follows 2nd Street south of I-44 (Exit 39B) into the downtown area and south of Lee Boulevard (Oklahoma 7), curves into the diagonal route to 11th Street and still locally designated by the City of Lawton as Highway 277 even though it is officially designated as U.S. 281 Business. From the end of the diagonal route at 11th and Tennessee Avenue south past the Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport to Exit 33 of Interstate 44, the former U.S. 277-281 and current U.S. Business 281 route follows 11th Street. South of this point, U.S. 281 Business ends/begins and current U.S. 277-281 continues to run concurrent with I-44 for another 3 miles to Exit 30 (the starting/ending point for the southern section of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike), bypassing 3 miles of the former U.S. 277-281 concurrency that followed 11th Street south of Lawton until the completion of the present I-44 route south of Lawton in 1964, when the former highway reverted to local jurisdiction. At Exit 31, Oklahoma 36 begins its route to Chattanooga and Grandfield west of I-44 while U.S. 277-281 uses the same route east of the interstate for a half-mile and turning south toward Geronimo, over the continuation of Lawton's 11th Street.

History

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When US 277 was commissioned in 1930, it ended at the Mexico–United States border in Del Rio, Texas. It was extended southeast to its present terminus in 1952. The original northern terminus was in Oklahoma City at its intersection with parent route US 77 and US 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 US 62 freeway into Oklahoma City, which would become I-44 in the 1980s. The section of highway through Wichita Falls was recently upgraded to a freeway. Known as Kell Boulevard, the freeway opened in late-2009/early-2010.

As of February 2010, US 277 allows a speed limit of 75 miles per hour (121 km/h) only in Dimmit County, Texas.[citation needed]

Future

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On March 15, 2022, a bill was signed by President Joe Biden that added the extension of I-27 north to Raton, New Mexico, and south to Laredo to the Interstate Highway System. The extension would utilize the US 277 corridor between San Angelo and Carrizo Springs, Texas.[1]

Major intersections

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StateCountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
TexasDimmitCarrizo Springs0.00.0
 US 83 (First Street) to SH 85 – Crystal City, Uvalde, Laredo		Southern terminus
0.20.32 Loop 225 (5th Street)
0.40.64
 FM 790 north (9th Street)
​1.62.6
 FM 2644 west – El Indio
​2.43.9
 Loop 517 east
​8.714.0
 FM 191 east – Crystal City
​11.618.7
 FM 393 east
Maverick​39.363.2 Loop 480Interchange
Eagle Pass41.466.6
 US 57 north – La Pryor		Southern end of US 57 concurrency
42.167.8




 US 57 south / Bus. US 277 north / FM 3443 south (Veterans Boulevard) to FM 1021 – Eagle Pass, Piedras Negras, International Bridge		Northern end of US 57 concurrency
42.868.9
 Spur 216 east (2nd Street)
44.471.5Flowers DriveInterchange
44.872.1Barrera StreetInterchange
44.972.3

 Bus. US 277 south – Eagle Pass
Seco Mines45.973.9 FM 1589
​46.675.0
 FM 1588 east
​47.276.0 FM 1589
​52.885.0
 FM 1907 west
​54.687.9
 SH 131 north – Brackettville
​55.589.3
 FM 1665 west
​58.393.8
 FM 1665 east
Normandy58.994.8
 FM 1590 west
​60.196.7
 FM 1908 north – Spofford, Brackettville
​60.697.5
 FM 1664 east
​61.098.2
 FM 1666 east
​63.2101.7
 FM 1591 east
​63.8102.7
 FM 1664 west
Kinney​78.1125.7
 RM 693 north – Brackettville
Val Verde​92.0148.1 Spur 317 – Laughlin AFB West Gate Entrance
​92.4148.7
 Loop 79 north – El Paso
Del Rio97.1156.3 Spur 277 – Ciudad AcuñaInterchange
97.3156.6
 US 90 east – San Antonio		Southern end of US 90 concurrency
98.0157.7

 US 377 south (East Gibbs Street) / Spur 239 south (Veteran's Boulevard) / Spur 297 – Ciudad Acuña, Business District		Southern end of US 377 concurrency
​102.5165.0
 US 90 west – Comstock, Sanderson, Amistad NRA Visitor Information, Big Bend National Park		Northern end of US 90 concurrency
​103.5166.6
 Loop 79 to US 90 – Eagle Pass		Interchange
​115.6186.0
 RE 2 west – Amistad National Recreation Area, Rough Canyon
​124.5200.4
 US 377 north – Rocksprings		Northern end of US 377 concurrency
Edwards​166.3267.6
 SH 55 south – Rocksprings
Sutton​172.4277.5
 RM 189 west – Juno
Sonora188.2302.9
 Loop 467 east		Southern end of Loop 467 concurrency
188.9304.0
 Loop 467 west		Northern end of Loop 467 concurrency
189.2304.5 I-10 – Ozona, JunctionI-10 exit 400
Schleicher​206.8332.8
 FM 2129 west
Eldorado209.1336.5
 US 190 west – Iraan		Southern end of US 190 concurrency
209.6337.3

 US 190 east / RM 915 north – Mertzon, Menard, Airport		Northern end of US 190 concurrency
Tom Green​233.7376.1
 Loop 110 to RM 2084 – Christoval
​234.6377.6
 Loop 110 to RM 2084 – Christoval
​237.3381.9
 FM 2335 north – Knickerbocker
Pecan Station243.8392.4
 RM 584 north – Regional Airport
San Angelo248.9–
249.7		400.6–
401.9

 US 87 south / Loop 306 east / Loop 378 – Eden		Interchange; southern end of US 87 / Loop 306 concurrency
See US 87
254.3–
254.7		409.3–
409.9

 US 67 south / US 87 north (North Bryant Boulevard)		Interchange; northern end of US 87 / US 67 Bus. concurrency; southern end of US 67 concurrency
See US 67
​259.4–
260.3		417.5–
418.9
 US 67 north – Ballinger		Interchange; northern end of US 67 concurrency
​261.6421.0

 FM 2105 west to US 87 – San Angelo
Coke​278.0447.4
 FM 2333 east – Miles
​281.0452.2

 FM 2662 west to SH 208
Bronte287.2462.2
 SH 158 east – Ballinger		Southern end of SH 158 concurrency
287.6462.8
 SH 158 west (West Main Street) – Robert Lee		Northern end of SH 158 concurrency
​289.0465.1
 FM 384 east – Winters
​296.4477.0
 SH 70 north – Sweetwater, Oak Creek Lake, Blackwell		Interchange
Runnels
 No major junctions
Nolan
 No major junctions
Taylor​306.9493.9 SH 153 – Sweetwater, Winters, WingateInterchange
Happy Valley310.5499.7
 FM 1086 west – Shep		Southern end of FM 1086 concurrency
​310.8500.2
 FM 1086 east – Bradshaw		Northern end of FM 1086 concurrency
​321.7517.7 FM 89 – Nolan, Buffalo Gap, Abilene State Park
View330.4531.7 FM 1235 – Merkel, Buffalo Gap
Caps333.8537.2 FM 707 – Tye
Abilene337.1542.5
 FM 3438 north (Dub Wright Boulevard) / Rebecca Lane – Dyess AFB		Interchange
338.9–
339.8		545.4–
546.9

 US 83 south / US 84 east / South 14th Street – Ballinger, Coleman, Airport, McMurry University		Interchange; southern end of US 83 / US 84 concurrency; south end of freeway
see US 83
Jones​366.1589.2
 US 83 north – Hamlin		Northern end of US 83 concurrency
​372.5599.5
 FM 1636 west		Southern end of FM 1636 concurrency
​372.9600.1
 FM 1636 east – Avoca		Northern end of FM 1636 concurrency
​377.2607.0
 SH 92 west – Hamlin
​377.3607.2
 FM 2702 east – truck route to SH 6 south
​378.5609.1

 Bus. US 277 north
Stamford378.8609.6

 Bus. US 277 to SH 6 – Stamford		Interchange
Haskell380.7612.7

 Bus. US 277 south / SH 6 / SH 283 – Rule, Aspermont, Stamford		Interchange
​385.9621.0
 FM 618 north – Paint Creek, Lake Stamford
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 FM 1225 west
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 Bus. US 277 north – Haskell
Haskell US 380 – HaskellInterchange
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 Bus. US 277 south / County Road 210 – Haskell, Airport
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 FM 1080 east
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 Bus. US 277 north – Weinert
Weinert FM 617 – Rochester
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 Bus. US 277 south – Weinert
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 FM 1720 east – Throckmorton
Knox​
 FM 2365 west
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 FM 267 north
Munday

 Bus. US 277 north
SH 222 – MundayInterchange
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 Bus. US 277 south
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 Spur 357 north – Goree
Goree FM 266 – GoreeInterchange
BaylorBomarton
 FM 1152 south – Miller Creek Reservoir
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 FM 1152 south – Miller Creek Reservoir
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 FM 2070 west
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 FM 2395 south
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 US 183 south / US 283 south – Throckmorton		Southern end of US 183 / US 283 concurrency
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 Bus. US 183 north (Main Street / US 277 Bus. north / US 283 Bus. north)		Interchange; south end of freeway
​ SH 114 – Seymour, Olney
​ FM 422 – Seymour, Archer City
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 US 82 west / Bus. US 183 south (US 277 Bus. south / US 283 Bus. south) – Seymour, Lubbock		Interchange; north end of freeway; southern end of US 82 concurrency
Mabelle


 US 183 north / US 283 north / FM 1790 south – Lake Kemp, Vernon		Northern end of US 183 / US 283 concurrency
ArcherDundee
 FM 2846 north – Lake Diversion
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 FM 368 north – Lake Kickapoo
Mankins SH 25 – Electra, Archer City
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 Bus. US 82 east / Bus. US 277 north – Holliday
Holliday FM 368 – HollidayInterchange
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 Bus. US 82 west / Bus. US 277 south – Holliday		Interchange
Wichita​
 SH 258 west – Kamay
Wichita Falls FM 369 (Southwest Parkway)Interchange; south end of freeway


 Bus. US 277 north (Seymour Highway) / FM 2650 (Allendale Road)		No direct northbound exit (signed at FM 369)
FM 1634 (Barnett Road)Access to Kell West Regional Hospital
Fairway Boulevard
McNiel Avenue
Lawrence Road / Lebanon RoadNo direct northbound exit (signed at McNiel Avenue)
Kemp Boulevard
Taft Boulevard
Harrison Streetno direct northbound exit (signed at Taft Boulevard)
Brook AvenueNorthbound exit and southbound entrance

 Spur 447 east / Broad Street		Northbound exit and southbound entrance



 US 82 east / US 281 south / US 287 south – Jacksboro, Texarkana, Fort Worth		Northern end of US 82 concurrency; southern end of US 281 / US 287 concurrency
6th Street – MPECNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
See I-44
Red RiverUnnamed bridge
See I-44
OklahomaCottonDevol

 I-44 east / US 70 west / H.E. Bailey Turnpike – Lawton, Chickasha, Oklahoma City, Grandfield		Northern end of I-44 concurrency; southern end of US 70 concurrency; US 277 north follows I-44 exit 5
Randlett
 US 70 east – Waurika		Northern end of US 70 concurrency
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 SH-5A to SH-5 – Temple
Walters
 SH-5 south – Frederick		Southern end of SH 5 concurrency
I-44 / US 281 / H.E. Bailey TurnpikeAccess to Walters Municipal Airport; southern end of US 281 concurrency; I-44 exit 20

 SH-5 north – Temple		Northern end of SH 5 concurrency
ComancheFort Sill
 US 281 Bus. – Lawton

 I-44 west / SH-36 / H.E. Bailey Turnpike – Wichita Falls, Chattanooga		Southern end of I-44 concurrency; I-44 exit 30
See I-44
Fletcher
 I-44 east / US 62 / H.E. Bailey Turnpike – Chickasha		Northern end of I-44 concurrency; I-44 exit 46; no direct access to/from northbound I-44
Porter Hill

 US 62 north / US 281 east – Anadarko, Chickasha		Northern end of US 62 / US 281 concurrency
Elgin I-44 / H.E. Bailey Turnpike – Wichita Falls, Oklahoma CityI-44 exit 53
SH-17 – Sterling, Rush Springs
CaddoCyril
 SH-19 west – Apache		Southern end of SH 19 concurrency
​ SH-8 – Anadarko
GradyNinnekah
 US 81 south – Rush Springs		Southern end of US 81 concurrency
See US 81
Chickasha

 US 62 west / US 81 north – Minko, Anadarko		Northern end of US 81 concurrency; southern end of US 62 concurrency
See US 62
McClainNewcastle I-44 / US 62 / H.E. Bailey Turnpike – Chickasha, Lawton, Burkburnett, Wichita FallsNorthern terminus; northern end of US 62 concurrency; I-44 exit 107
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Business U.S. Route 277

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Driggars, Alex (March 15, 2022). "Raton to Laredo corridor added to Interstate Highway System, paving way for I-27 expansion". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Archived from the original on July 15, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
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← SH 276TX→ SH 279
← US 271OK→ US 281
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