U.S. Route 82 in Texas

US Highway 82
Route information
	Maintained by TxDOT
Length	564.900 mi[1] (909.118 km)
Existed	1935–present
Major junctions
West end	US 82 at the New Mexico state line
	US 62 / US 385 in Brownfield; I-27 / US 84 / US 87 in Lubbock; US 83 in Guthrie; I-44 / US 281 / US 287 in Wichita Falls; US 81 in Ringgold; I-35 / US 77 in Gainesville; US 75 in Sherman; US 69 in Bells; I-30 near New Boston; I-369 / US 59 / US 67 / US 71 in Texarkana
East end	US 82 at the Arkansas state line
Location
Counties	Yoakum, Terry, Hockley, Lubbock, Crosby, Dickens, King, Knox, Baylor, Archer, Wichita, Clay, Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Fannin, Lamar, Red River, Bowie
Highway system

In the U.S. state of Texas, U.S. Route 82 (US 82) is a U.S. Highway that begins on the New Mexico border and heads east through West Texas and Lubbock to the Arkansas border at Texarkana.

Route description

New Mexico to Wichita Falls

US 82 crosses into Texas from New Mexico at Texas Farm to Market Road 769, turning northeastward toward Plains, where it merges with US 380. US 82 is co-signed with US 380 from Plains to Brownfield, where it joins US 62, and US 380 leaves the route. US 82/62 continues northeastward toward Lubbock.

In Lubbock, US 82 and US 62 split, where US 82 has been upgraded to a full access freeway, named the Marsha Sharp Freeway, in honor of retired Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball coach Marsha Sharp. On the east side of the city, US 82 travels as a surface street along Parkway Drive and it once again merges with US 62 (along with State Highway 114) where it continues eastward through Ralls, where US 62 makes a sharp turn to the north and leaves the route. US 82 continues eastward across the level plains of the Llano Estacado to Crosbyton and then dips downward as it crosses the White River of Blanco Canyon, where the Texas Department of Transportation maintains the Silver Falls Rest Area with facilities and hiking trails. After climbing out of Blanco Canyon, US 82 eventually exits the Llano Estacado and enters the rolling plains near Dickens.

US 82/SH 114 continues eastward as a co-signed route until Seymour, where it merges with U.S. Highways 183, 277 and 283, with US 183 and 283 leaving the route at Mabelle. US 82/277 continues eastward to Wichita Falls, merging with I-44 and US 287 just south of downtown at Mile marker 0.

Wichita Falls to Arkansas

US 82 leaves US 287 at Henrietta and continues east towards the small towns of Nocona (beginning as a four-lane divided highway), St. Jo and Muenster and crossing I-35 in Gainesville at a partial cloverleaf interchange (It has since been converted to a frontage road interchange in 2012.). The highway continues east towards Whitesboro and Sherman where it crosses US Highway 75 at a three-level diamond interchange (the portion through Sherman is called the Buck Owens Freeway in honor of the country music star, who was born in Sherman). Prior to the 1990s, the two highways ran concurrently on the route of SH 56 before being rerouted northeast of Sherman on its present-day route. The highway continues east to Bells where US 82 cross US Route 69.

In Bonham, Texas, US 82 crosses SH 121 while the route runs parallel with SH 56 until Honey Grove where SH 56 ends. US 82 enters Paris at a diamond interchange where it runs concurrent with Loop 286 on the north side of the city as a Business Route runs through the center of the city before rejoining on the east side of Paris. At a diamond interchange on the north side of Paris, US 82/TX Loop 286 meets with US 271 where both highways run concurrent on the northeast side of town before US 82 branches off at another diamond interchange on the east side of Paris. After passing around Clarksville and other smaller towns the highway is crossed by Interstate 30 east of New Boston at a partial cloverleaf and continues to run parallel to IH 30 into Arkansas through downtown Texarkana.[2]

History

US 82 was first designated in Texas in 1939, traveling from Lubbock to Texarkana. The highway was extended from Lubbock to the New Mexico state line in 1963. Between 1974 and 1994, US 82 was re-routed from Whitesboro to Honey Grove; the old routing became SH 56.[3] The highway was re-routed from Allendale Road to US 281/US 287 through Wichita Falls in 1998 with a bypass built around Holliday in 2005. US 82 was re-routed around Clarkesville in 2006, creating a concurrency with SH 37. The highway was re-routed south of Guthrie in 2007, with part of the former route becoming Spur 729.[4]

Marsha Sharp Freeway

The Marsha Sharp Freeway, named for former Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball coach Marsha Sharp, was built along US 82 in Lubbock, with construction officially beginning in May 2003, with development going back to the 1980s.[5][6] In 1998, funding was first received. The five-phase project was scheduled to be completed in 2015.

Phase 2 of the project was scheduled to be completed in December 2008 at a cost of $140 million. It involved construction of the freeway from Salem Avenue to Avenue L and erecting interchanges at 19th Street, Quaker Avenue, Fourth Street, and Avenue Q in Lubbock. Currently construction on the freeway has started from Milwaukee Ave. to Upland Ave. and on the intersection of Spur 327 and U.S. 62/82. [7]

The section of freeway between West Loop 289 and Avenue L was widened from four lanes to six lanes between March 6, 2017 and March 5, 2018, officially marking the end of the freeway's construction.[8][9]

Future

TxDOT began upgrading U.S. 82 in Grayson and Fannin County in 2013. The four-lane divided highway upgrade between Sherman and Bonham was completed in 2015. TxDOT plans to continue this upgrade to the Fannin and Lamar County line by 2020. Long term planning calls for U.S. 82 to be a four-lane divided highway system the entire length between Wichita Falls and Texarkana as a potential alternate route through north Texas in order to bypass the overcrowded Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

It is being upgraded to a 4 lane divided highway west of Nocona, and a partial bypass is planned to run south of Gainesville.

US 82 Outside of Henrietta, TX
The Marsha Sharp Freeway on U.S. Highway 82 in Lubbock
Heading west on US-82 out of Sherman, TX

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Texas–New Mexico line		0.00	0.00		US 82 west – Lovington	Continuation into New Mexico
Yoakum		0.1	0.16		FM 769 to SH 83
		11.6	18.7		FM 1622 south
	Plains	14.9	24.0		US 380 west – Roswell	West end of US 380 overlap
	Plains	15.9	25.6		SH 214 – Morton, Denver City
		19.9	32.0		FM 435 south
		27.9	44.9		FM 1780 – Whiteface, Seagraves
Terry		36.5	58.7		FM 402
	Gomez	41.4	66.6		FM 303
	Brownfield	46.5	74.8		SH 137 (14th Street)
		47.4	76.3		US 62 west / US 385 south (South 1st Street) – Seminole	West end of US 62 / US 385 overlap
		47.5	76.4		US 380 east (Tahoka Highway) – Terry County Airport	East end of US 380 overlap
		48.4	77.9		US 385 north – Levelland	East end of US 385 overlap
		48.5	78.1		FM 2066 north
		52.1	83.8		FM 1698 east
	Meadow	58.6	94.3		FM 211 – New Home
Hockley	Ropesville	65.3	105.1		FM 41 / FM 168 – Smyer, Slaton
Lubbock		72.3	116.4		FM 1585 east	West end of FM 1585 overlap
		74.0	119.1		FM 1585 west	east end of FM 1585 overlap
	Wolfforth	74.8	120.4		Loop 193 – Wolfforth	Interchange (at Research Boulevard/Main Street); west end of freeway
		75.4	121.3		FM 179 / Bowden Road – Wolfforth
		76.9	123.8		Loop 193 / 82nd Street – Wolfforth
	Lubbock	78.9	127.0		Upland Avenue
		79.7	128.3		Spur 327 east	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		79.9	128.6		Milwaukee Avenue
		81.0	130.4		Loop 289 (West Loop)	interchange (most movements via frontage roads; direct ramps for US 62 west/US 82 west to Loop 289 South and Loop 289 North to US 62 east/US 82 east)
		82.1	132.1		34th Street / Slide Road
		83.6	134.5		Quaker Avenue
		84.0	135.2		US 62 east / SH 114 (19th Street) – Texas Tech University	East end of US 62 overlap; no direct exits to SH 114 west (EB signed at Quaker Avenue; WB signed at Texas Tech Parkway), flyover ramps for eastbound SH 114 to eastbound US 82 and from westbound 19th Street (US 62 west and SH 114 west) to westbound Martha Sharp Fwy (US 62 west/US 82 west); access to Covenant Hospital and University Medical Center
		84.5	136.0		Texas Tech Parkway – Texas Tech University
		86.4	139.0		FM 2255 west (4th Street)	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		85.6	137.8		University Avenue – Texas Tech University
		86.5	139.2		US 84 (Avenue Q)
		87.3	140.5		Avenue L / Texas Avenue / Buddy Holly Avenue	no direct westbound exit (signed at I-27)
		88.0	141.6		I-27 / US 87 – Amarillo, Tahoka	3-level interchange (all movements via frontage roads, no direct ramps); east end of freeway; I-27 exit 4
		90.7	146.0		US 62 west / SH 114 west (Idalou Road) / Frontage Road	interlaced wye interchange; no westbound entrance; west end of US 62 / SH 114 overlap
		90.9	146.3		Loop 289 (East Loop)	3-level interchange (all movements via frontage roads, no direct ramps)
		94.6	152.2		FM 2641 west – Airport
		95.9	154.3		FM 1729 south – Buffalo Springs Lake, Ransom Canyon	west end of FM 1729 overlap
		97.0	156.1		FM 1729 north – New Deal	east end of FM 1729 overlap
		100.0	160.9		FM 400 – Plainview, Slaton, Ransom Canyon
		103.1	165.9		FM 789 south	west end of FM 789 overlap
		104.1	167.5		FM 789 north – Petersburg	east end of FM 789 overlap
Crosby	Lorenzo	107.6	173.2		FM 378 north – Downtown Lorenzo	west end of FM 378 overlap
	Lorenzo	108.1	174.0		FM 378 south	east end of FM 378 overlap
		111.4	179.3		FM 2236 north
		113.4	182.5		FM 2576 south
		115.5	185.9		US 62 east – Floydada	east end of US 62 overlap
	Ralls	116.1	186.8		SH 207 to US 62 east – Floydada, Post
		118.8	191.2		FM 1831 south
	Crosbyton	124.9	201.0		FM 651 – Post, White River Lake
		128.6	207.0		FM 2591 north
		133.2	214.4		FM 28 north – Dougherty
		135.2	217.6		FM 836 – Spur
Dickens		138.5	222.9		FM 264 north – McAdoo
		148.4	238.8		Loop 120 east
	Dickens	149.2	240.1		SH 70 – Matador, Spur
	Dickens	149.6	240.8		Loop 120 (Montgomery Street)
		154.1	248.0		FM 265 north – East Afton
		161.0	259.1		FM 2941 north
King		180.9	291.1		US 83 – Guthrie, Aspermont	Interchange
King		195.0	313.8		SH 222 east – Knox City
Knox	Benjamin	212.6	342.1		SH 6 – Crowell, Knox City
		219.9	353.9		FM 267 north – Gilliland	west end of FM 267 overlap
		220.1	354.2		FM 267 south – Rhineland, Munday	east end of FM 267 overlap
		230.3	370.6		FM 266 south – Goree
Baylor	Red Springs	235.3	378.7		FM 2069 east
		239.3	385.1		FM 1789 north
	Seymour	244.2	393.0		Bus. US 183 south / SH 114 east (Main Street) / FM 422 east (California Street) – Fort Worth, Throckmorton, Abilene	East end of SH 114 overlap; west end of US 183 Bus. overlap
	Seymour	245.1	394.5		RM Spur 1919
		245.3	394.8		RM 1919 north – Crowell
		246.3	396.4		US 183 south / US 277 south / US 283 south	interchange; east end of US 183 Bus. overlap; west end of US 183 / US 277 / US 283 overlap
See US 277
Wichita	Wichita Falls	294.4	473.8		US 277 north / US 281 north / US 287 north to I-44 – Lawton, Amarillo	East end of US 277 overlap; west end of US 281 / US 287 overlap
See US 287
Clay	Henrietta	311.7	501.6		US 287 south – Bowie, Fort Worth	Interchange; east end of US 287 overlap
		313.0	503.7		SH 148 north – Petrolia	West end of SH 148 overlap
		313.4	504.4		SH 148 south – Jacksboro	East end of SH 148 overlap
		313.5	504.5		FM 1197 north (Bridge Street)
		314.0	505.3		Spur 510 south – Fort Worth
		323.6	520.8		FM 1134 south
		325.6	524.0		FM 2332 west
Montague	Ringgold	328.1	528.0		Loop 19 east
	Ringgold	328.3	528.3		US 81 – Waurika, Bowie	Interchange
	Belcherville	334.7	538.6		FM 1816 – Bowie
	Nocona	340.9	548.6		SH 175 south – Montague
	Nocona	341.0	548.8		FM 103 north (Clay Street) – Prairie Valley, Spanish Fort
		348.7	561.2		FM 1815 north – Bonita
	Saint Jo	353.9	569.5		SH 59 south – Bowie
		354.6	570.7		FM 677 – Illinois Bend, Forestburg
		354.8	571.0		FM 2382 north – Bulcher
Cooke	Muenster	363.7	585.3		FM 373 (Main Street) – Bulcher
		366.3	589.5		FM 2739 north – Marysville
	Myra	367.4	591.3		FM 1198 south
	Lindsay	372.4	599.3		FM 1199 north	west end of FM 1199 overlap
		372.5	599.5		FM 1199 south (Ash Street) to FM 3108 south	east end of FM 1199 overlap
		372.9	600.1		FM 3108 south
	Gainesville	375.0	603.5		FM 1201 north – Moss Lake, Sivells Bend
		376.4	605.8		I-35 (US 77) – Oklahoma City, Denton	I-35 exit 498
		376.9	606.6		Dixon Street	Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		377.6	607.7		FM 372 (Grand Avenue)	Interchange
		379.3	610.4		FM 3092 south
		380.7	612.7		FM 371 north – Walnut Bend
	Oak Ridge	384.9	619.4		FM 678 – Woodbine, Callisburg	Interchange
Grayson	Whitesboro	388.8	625.7	622	SH 56 (Main Street)	Interchange
	Whitesboro	390.9	629.1	624	US 377 to Bus. US 377 (Union Street) – Madill	Interchange
	Sadler	394.3	634.6	628	FM 901 – Sadler	Interchange
	Sherman	403.0	648.6	636	SH 289 – Pottsboro, Dallas, NTRA	Interchange
		406.0	653.4	640	FM 1417 – Pottsboro, NTRA	interchange; west end of freeway
		407.5	655.8	641	FM 131 (Travis Street)	no direct westbound exit (signed at exit 642A)
		407.9	656.5	642A	US 75 – Denison, Dallas	Signed as exit 642 eastbound; US 75 exit 63
		408.5	657.4	642B	Loy Lake Road	no direct eastbound exit (signed at exit 642)
		409.0	658.2	643	SH 91 (Texoma Parkway)
		409.9	659.7	644	Skaggs Road	No direct westbound exit (signed at exit 645)
		410.9	661.3	645	FM 1417	interchange; east end of freeway
	Bells	419.2	674.6	653	US 69 – Denison, Bells	Interchange
	Bells	420.1	676.1	654	FM 1897 – Bells, Ambrose	Interchange
Fannin	Savoy	423.1	680.9	658	FM 1752 – Savoy	Interchange
	Ector	428.1	689.0		FM 898 – Ravenna, Whitewright
		430.6	693.0		FM 87 south – Choice Moore Unit, Buster Cole Unit
	Bonham	432.8	696.5	670	SH 121 to SH 78 – Yuba, Trenton, McKinney	interchange
	Bonham	433.7	698.0	671	SH 78 – Durant, Leonard	interchange
	Lannius	440.8	709.4		FM 897 – Dodd City
		443.6	713.9		FM 1743 – Windom
	Honey Grove	447.8	720.7		FM 1396 – Allens Chapel, Ivanhoe
		449.2	722.9	686	SH 34 / FM 100 – Monkstown, Wolfe City, Commerce	Interchange
		452.0	727.4		SH 56 west – Bonham, Dodd City
Lamar	Petty	454.5	731.4		FM 38 south – Tigertown, Maxey
		455.1	732.4		FM 1509 east – Brookston
		455.4	732.9		FM 137 east – Roxton
	Brookston–Toco line	462.6	744.5		FM 38 – Maxey, Tigertown, Roxton
	Paris	467.1	751.7		FM 1510 west – Toco
		468.5	754.0		Bus. US 82 east / Loop 286 south to SH 19 / SH 24 – Roxton, Cooper	Interchange; west end of Loop 286 overlap
		470.4	757.0		FM 79 – Sumner	Interchange
		471.8	759.3		US 271 north (US 271 Bus. south) – Hugo, Poteau	Interchange; west end of US 271 overlap
		472.3	760.1		Stillhouse Road	Interchange, access to Paris Regional Medical Center
		473.2	761.5		Spur 139 east to FM 195 – Faught, Albion
		473.5	762.0		FM 195 – Faught, Albion	Interchange
		474.7	764.0		Pine Mill Road	Interchange
		475.1	764.6		US 271 south / Bus. US 82 west / Loop 286 south – Mount Pleasant, Cooper	Interchange; east end of US 271/Loop 286 overlap
	Reno	478.1	769.4		FM 1508 south to US 271 – Airport
	Sun Valley	479.7	772.0		FM 2121 south
	Blossom	482.5	776.5		FM 196 north (High Street) – Faught	West end of FM 196 overlap
		482.8	777.0		FM 194 east / FM 196 south – Pattonville, Detroit	East end of FM 196 overlap
		483.9	778.8		FM 1502 north – Faught
Red River	Detroit	489.6	787.9		FM 410 to FM 194 – Kiomatia, Rugby, Blossom
	Detroit	490.4	789.2		FM 2573 east – Bagwell
		498.0	801.5		FM 2573 west – Bagwell
	Clarksville	500.3	805.2		FM 2825 southto2=to / SH 37 south
		501.7	807.4		Bus. US 82 east / SH 37 south – Bogata, Mount Vernon	West end of SH 37 overlap
		503.2	809.8		SH 37 north / Bus. SH 37 south – Idabel, Albion	Interchange; east end of SH 37 overlap
		504.6	812.1		FM 1159 – Albion
		504.9	812.6		Bus. US 82 west
		505.2	813.0		FM 114 east – English, Springhill
		505.6	813.7		FM 412 south – Boxelder
	Annona	511.5	823.2		FM 44 north	West end of FM 44 overlap
	Annona	511.6	823.3		FM 44 south – Boxelder, Siloam	East end of FM 44 overlap
		517.7	833.2		FM 1699 north – English
	Avery	519.7	836.4		FM 911 north	West end of FM 911 overlap
		519.9	836.7		Bus. US 82 east / FM 911 south	East end of FM 911 overlap
		520.4	837.5		Bus. US 82 west
Bowie	Oak Grove	525.7	846.0		FM 1326 north – Springhill
	De Kalb	528.9	851.2		US 259 – Idabel, Broken Bow, Daingerfield, Omaha	Interchange
		530.1	853.1		FM 2735 north – Springhill
		530.3	853.4		FM 992 (Runnels Street) – Omaha, New Boston
		530.8	854.2		FM 1840 east – Boston
	Malta	536.0	862.6		FM 2789 north
		539.2	867.8		SH 98 south / FM 3378 north to FM 992 to I-30 west – Simms
		539.9	868.9		I-30 – Texarkana, Dallas	I-30 exit 199
	New Boston	542.0	872.3		FM 992 west – Daniels Chapel, De Kalb
	New Boston	543.0	873.9		SH 8 – Foreman, Linden	Interchange
		547.2	880.6		Spur 86 north to I-30 / James Carlow Drive
	Hooks	548.5	882.7		Spur 594 north to I-30 – RRAD Main Gate
		549.9	885.0		FM 560 north (Main Street) to I-30
		551.6	887.7		FM 1398 east – Red Bank
	Leary	552.9	889.8		Spur 74 north (Lone Star Drive) to I-30
		554.2	891.9		FM 1398 west (Barkman Creek Road) – Red Bank
		554.9	893.0		FM 2253 north (Leary Road) to I-30
		556.8	896.1		FM 3419 north – Red Lick
		557.6	897.4		FM 2148 – Red Lick
	Nash	559.3	900.1		FM 989 (Kings Highway) to I-30 – Wamba, Wake Village
	Texarkana	561.2	903.2		I-369 / US 59 (Sowell Lane / North Bishop Road) to I-30	interchange
		563.3	906.5		SH 93 (Summerhill Road) to I-30
		563.9	907.5		Loop 14 north (Texas Boulevard)
		564.5	908.5		US 67 south (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard)	West end of US 67 overlap
		564.9	909.1		US 67 north / US 71 / US 82 east (Seventh Street / State Line Avenue)	Arkansas state line; north end of US 67 overlap
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References

Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 82". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
Google (2008-03-05). "overview map of US 82" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 56". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Spur No. 729". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
"Lubbock leaders turn dirt for freeway project" (PDF). Freeway Today. TxDOT. May 2003. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
"Marsha Sharp Freeway". TxDOT. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
"Marsha Sharp freeway construction could complicate campus traffic until 2008". The Daily Toreador. April 13, 2007.
"TxDOT begins project to widen Marsha Sharp Freeway". KCBD. March 6, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
"Construction Complete On Marsha Sharp Freeway". KAMC. March 5, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.

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[TXDOT_US_82-1] Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 82". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-03-05.

[2] Google (2008-03-05). "overview map of US 82" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2008-03-05.

[3] Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 56". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 9, 2018.

[4] Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Spur No. 729". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 9, 2018.

[5] "Lubbock leaders turn dirt for freeway project" (PDF). Freeway Today. TxDOT. May 2003. Retrieved May 9, 2018.

[6] "Marsha Sharp Freeway". TxDOT. Retrieved May 9, 2018.

[7] "Marsha Sharp freeway construction could complicate campus traffic until 2008". The Daily Toreador. April 13, 2007.

[8] "TxDOT begins project to widen Marsha Sharp Freeway". KCBD. March 6, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2018.

[9] "Construction Complete On Marsha Sharp Freeway". KAMC. March 5, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.