U.S. Route 277

U.S. Route 277
Route information
	Auxiliary route of US 77
Length	633 mi[citation needed] (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
Location
States	Texas, Oklahoma
Highway system
	United States Numbered Highway System; List; Special; Divided; Replaced;

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

First southbound sign for U.S. 277 in Newcastle, Oklahoma

U.S. Route 277 (US 277, US-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.

Route description[edit]

Lengths
	mi	km
TX	508.9	819.0
OK	124.1^[1]	199.7

Texas[edit]

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 River 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[edit]

From its present terminus at Interstate 44 near Newcastle (Exit 107 and starting/ending point of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike north section), U.S. 277 runs concurrent with U.S. 62 through Blanchard into downtown Chickasha, where U.S. 277 joins U.S. 81 for several miles to an intersection south of Chickasha near Ninnekah, where U.S. 277 turns west/southwest through the cities of Cement, Cyril, Fletcher and Elgin - crossing over I-44/H.E. Bailey east of Cement (no access), under the interstate south of Fletcher (no access) and under the interstate/turnpike on the west side of Elgin (Exit 53 - tolls charged northbound exit/southbound entry and no tolls southbound exit/northbound entry). About five miles west of Elgin, U.S. 277 rejoins U.S. 62 (and U.S. 281, whose concurrency with U.S. 277 to Wichita Falls, Texas begins) for the next 10 miles with the triplex 62-277-281 route joining Interstate 44 at the starting/ending point of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike north section (Exit 46) near Medicine Park south through Fort Sill to I-44 Exit 40A, where U.S. 62 diverts from the interstate. U.S. 277 and 281 continue their concurrent route with I-44 through the Lawton-Fort Sill area to a point six miles south of Lawton where I-44 becomes the H.E. Bailey Turnpike south to Randlett. At this interchange (Exit 30) which also includes Oklahoma 36 west/southwest to Chattanooga and Grandfield, U.S. 277-281 diverts east and then curve south to parallel the interstate past Geronimo, OK and 10 miles later joins Oklahoma 5 about 5 miles west of Walters for three miles west crossing over I-44/H.E. Bailey Turnpike at the Walters exit and toll plaza (Exit 21). West of I-44, U.S. 277-281 turns south from Oklahoma 5 and continues south, crossing under I-44 (with no access) south of Cookietown and then joins U.S. 70 at Randlett, from where the triplex U.S. 70-277-281 continues 3 miles west to an interchange with I-44 at the beginning/ending points of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike (Exit 6). At this interchange, U.S. 277-281 joins I-44 for the last 6 miles in Oklahoma before crossing the Red River into Texas.

Free road alternative to the H.E. Bailey Turnpike[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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.^[2] 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]}

Major intersections[edit]

State	County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Texas	Dimmit	Carrizo Springs			US 83 (First Street) to SH 85 – Crystal City, Uvalde, Laredo	Southern terminus
					Loop 225 (5th Street)
					FM 790 north (9th Street)
					FM 2644 west – El Indio
					Loop 517 east
					FM 191 east – Crystal City
					FM 393 east
	Maverick				Loop 480	Interchange
		Eagle Pass			US 57 north – La Pryor	Southern end of US 57 concurrency
					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
					Spur 216 east (2nd Street)
					Flowers Drive	Interchange
					Barrera Street	Interchange
					Bus. US 277 south – Eagle Pass
		Seco Mines			FM 1589
					FM 1588 east
					FM 1589
					FM 1907 west
					SH 131 north – Brackettville
					FM 1665 west
					FM 1665 east
		Normandy			FM 1590 west
					FM 1908 north – Spofford, Brackettville
					FM 1664 east
					FM 1666 east
					FM 1591 east
					FM 1664 west
	Kinney				RM 693 north – Brackettville
	Val Verde				Spur 317 – Laughlin AFB West Gate Entrance
					Loop 79 north – Sonora, El Paso
		Del Rio			Spur 277 – Ciudad Acuña	Interchange
					US 90 east – San Antonio	Southern end of US 90 concurrency
					US 377 south (East Gibbs Street) / Spur 239 south (Veteran's Boulevard) / Spur 297 – Ciudad Acuña, Business District	Southern end of US 377 concurrency
					US 90 west – Comstock, Sanderson, Amistad NRA Visitor Information, Big Bend National Park	Northern end of US 90 concurrency
					Loop 79 to US 90 – Eagle Pass, Laredo	Interchange
					RE 2 west – Amistad National Recreation Area, Rough Canyon
					US 377 north – Rocksprings	Northern end of US 377 concurrency
	Edwards				SH 55 south – Rocksprings
	Sutton				RM 189 west – Juno
		Sonora			Loop 467 east	Southern end of Loop 467 concurrency
					Loop 467 west	Northern end of Loop 467 concurrency
					I-10 – Ozona, Junction	I-10 exit 400
	Schleicher				FM 2129 west
		Eldorado			US 190 west – Iraan	Southern end of US 190 concurrency
		Eldorado			US 190 east / RM 915 north – Mertzon, Menard, Airport	Northern end of US 190 concurrency
	Tom Green				Loop 110 to RM 2084 – Christoval
					Loop 110 to RM 2084 – Christoval
					FM 2335 north – Knickerbocker
		Pecan Station			RM 584 north – Airport
		San Angelo			US 87 south / Loop 306 east – Eden	Interchange; southern end of US 87 / Loop 306 concurrency
			See US 87
					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
					US 67 north – Ballinger	Interchange; northern end of US 67 concurrency
					FM 2105 west to US 87
	Coke				FM 2333 east – Miles
					FM 2662 west to SH 208
		Bronte			SH 158 east – Ballinger	Southern end of SH 158 concurrency
		Bronte			SH 158 west (West Main Street) – Robert Lee	Northern end of SH 158 concurrency
					FM 384 east – Winters
					SH 70 north – Sweetwater, Oak Creek Lake, Blackwell	Interchange
	Runnels	No major junctions
	Nolan	No major junctions
	Taylor				SH 153 – Sweetwater, Winters, Wingate	Interchange
Happy Valley				FM 1086 west – Shep	Southern end of FM 1086 concurrency
				FM 1086 east – Bradshaw	Northern end of FM 1086 concurrency
				FM 89 – Nolan, Buffalo Gap, Abilene State Park
View				FM 1235 – Merkel, Buffalo Gap
Caps				FM 707 – Tye
Abilene				FM 3438 north (Dub Wright Boulevard) / Rebecca Lane – Dyess AFB	interchange
Abilene				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				US 83 north – Hamlin	Northern end of US 83 concurrency
				FM 1636 west	Southern end of FM 1636 concurrency
				FM 1636 east – Avoca	Northern end of FM 1636 concurrency
				SH 92 west – Hamlin
				FM 2702 east – truck route to SH 6 south
				Bus. US 277 north
	Stamford			Bus. US 277 to SH 6 – Stamford	Interchange
Haskell	Stamford			Bus. US 277 south / SH 6 / SH 283 – Rule, Aspermont, Stamford	Interchange
				FM 618 north – Paint Creek, Lake Stamford
				FM 1225 west
				Bus. US 277 north – Haskell
	Haskell			US 380 – Haskell	Interchange
				Bus. US 277 south / County Road 210 – Haskell, Airport
				FM 1080 east
				Bus. US 277 north – Weinert
	Weinert			FM 617 – Rochester
				Bus. US 277 south – Weinert
				FM 1720 east – Throckmorton
Knox				FM 2365 west
				FM 267 north
	Munday			Bus. US 277 north
	Munday			SH 222 – Munday	interchange
				Bus. US 277 south
				Spur 357 north – Goree
	Goree			FM 266 – Goree	Interchange
Baylor	Bomarton			FM 1152 south – Miller Creek Reservoir
				FM 1152 south – Miller Creek Reservoir
				FM 2070 west
				FM 2395 south
				US 183 south / US 283 south – Throckmorton	Southern end of US 183 / US 283 concurrency
				Bus. US 183 north (Main Street / US 277 Bus. north / US 283 Bus. north)	Interchange
				SH 114 – Seymour, Olney	Interchange
				FM 422 – Seymour, Archer City	Interchange
				US 82 west / Bus. US 183 south (US 277 Bus. south / US 283 Bus. south) – Seymour, Lubbock	Interchange; 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
Archer	Dundee			FM 2846 north – Lake Diversion
				FM 368 north – Lake Kickapoo
	Mankins			SH 25 – Electra, Archer City
				Bus. US 82 east / Bus. US 277 north – Holliday
	Holliday			FM 368 – Holliday	Interchange
				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 Road	No direct northbound exit (signed at McNiel Avenue)
				Kemp Boulevard
				Taft Boulevard
				Harrison Street	no direct northbound exit (signed at Taft Boulevard)
				Brook Avenue	Northbound 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 - MPEC	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
See I-44
Red River					Unnamed bridge
See I-44
Oklahoma	Cotton	Devol			I-44 north / US-70 west / H.E. Bailey Turnpike – Newcastle, Oklaunion	Northern end of I-44 concurrency; southern end of US 70 concurrency
		Randlett			US-70 east – Waurika	Northern end of US 70 concurrency
					SH-5A to SH-5 – Temple
		Walters			SH-5 south – Frederick	Southern end of SH 5 concurrency
					I-44 / US-281 / H.E. Bailey Turnpike	Access to Walters Municipal Airport; southern end of US 281 concurrency; I-44 exit 20
					SH-5 north – Temple	Northern end of SH 5 concurrency
	Comanche	Fort Sill			US-281 Bus. – Lawton
		Fort Sill			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 City	I-44 exit 53
		Elgin			SH-17 – Sterling, Rush Springs
	Caddo	Cyril			SH-19 west – Apache	Southern end of SH 19 concurrency
	Caddo				SH-8 – Anadarko
	Grady	Ninnekah			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
	McClain	Newcastle			I-44 / US-62 / H.E. Bailey Turnpike – Chickasha, Lawton, Burkburnett, Wichita Falls	Northern terminus; northern end of US 62 concurrency; I-44 exit 107
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access

Business U.S. Route 277[edit]

References[edit]

^ Stuve, Eric. U.S. 277. OKHighways. Accessed 22 February 2006.
^ Stuve, Eric. "U.S. 277". OKHighways. Retrieved November 25, 2013.^{[self-published source]}