U.S. Route 60 in Texas

{{short description|Segment of American highway}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{highway detail hatnote|U.S. Route 60}}
{{Infobox road|
state=TX|
type=US|
route=60
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=260|frame-lat=35.36|frame-long=-101.5219|zoom=7|type=line|from=U.S. Route 60 in Texas.map|stroke-width=3}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=US&nbsp;60 highlighted in red
|length_mi=210.698|
length_round=3|
length_ref=<ref name="TXDOT US 60">{{TxDOT|US|60|access-date=October 8, 2019}}</ref>|
established=June 8, 1931|
direction_a=West|
direction_b=East|
terminus_a={{jct|state=NM|US|60}} in [[Farwell, Texas|Farwell]]|
junction={{jct|state=TX|US|385}} in [[Hereford, Texas|Hereford]]<br>{{jct|state=TX|US|87}} in [[Canyon, Texas|Canyon]]<br>{{jct|state=TX|I|27}} near [[Canyon, Texas|Canyon]]<br>{{jct|state=TX|I|27|I|40|US|287}} in [[Amarillo, Texas|Amarillo]]<br>{{jct|state=TX|US|87|US|287}} in [[Amarillo, Texas|Amarillo]]<br>{{jct|state=TX|US|83}} in [[Canadian, Texas|Canadian]]|
terminus_b={{jct|state=OK|US|60|SH|51}} near [[Higgins, Texas|Higgins]]|
counties=[[Parmer County, Texas|Parmer]], [[Castro County, Texas|Castro]], [[Deaf Smith County, Texas|Deaf Smith]], [[Randall County, Texas|Randall]], [[Potter County, Texas|Potter]], [[Carson County, Texas|Carson]], [[Gray County, Texas|Gray]], [[Roberts County, Texas|Roberts]], [[Hemphill County, Texas|Hemphill]], [[Lipscomb County, Texas|Lipscomb]]|
previous_type=TX|
previous_route=59|
next_type=TX|
next_route=60|
}}

'''U.S. Highway 60''' ('''US 60''') in [[Texas]] is a 210.70-mile-long (339.09 km) [[U.S. Highway]] that runs southwest to northeast through the [[Texas Panhandle]]. The route passes through the cities of [[Hereford, Texas|Hereford]], [[Canyon, Texas|Canyon]], [[Amarillo, Texas|Amarillo]], and [[Canadian, Texas|Canadian]].<ref name="TXDOT US 60"/>

==Route description==
US 60 enters Texas from New Mexico at [[Farwell, Texas|Farwell]], having just left a [[Concurrency (road)|concurrency]] with [[U.S. Route 70 in Texas|US 70]] and [[U.S. Route 84 in Texas|US 84]] across the [[New Mexico]] state line in [[Texico, New Mexico|Texico]].<ref name="Mapbook 226">{{Texas Mapbook|page=226|year=2018|link=yes|access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref> The route travels northeast through small towns in the western Panhandle, reaching an intersection with [[U.S. Route 385 in Texas|US 385]] in [[Hereford, Texas|Hereford]].<ref name="Mapbook 184">{{Texas Mapbook|page=184|year=2018|link=no|access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref> In [[Canyon, Texas|Canyon]], the highway turns north, merging with [[U.S. Route 87 in Texas|US 87]] and then [[Interstate 27]].<ref name="Mapbook 171">{{Texas Mapbook|page=171|year=2018|link=no|access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref> The three routes run concurrently into [[Amarillo, Texas|Amarillo]], where I-27 ends at an interchange with [[Interstate 40 in Texas|Interstate 40]] and [[U.S. Route 287 in Texas|US 287]].<ref name="Mapbook 157">{{Texas Mapbook|page=171|year=2018|link=no|access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref> The freeway ends and splits into two [[one-way pair]]s of surface streets; westbound US 60 and northbound US 287 follow Buchanan Street, while eastbound US 60 and southbound US 87 follow Taylor Street. Upon reaching the north side of Amarillo, US 60 departs to the east on Amarillo Boulevard. This route is cosigned with [[Business routes of Interstate 40#Amarillo|Business I-40]], and was part of the original route of [[U.S. Route 66 in Texas|US 66]] through the city. US 60 and Business I-40 split just northeast of [[Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport]], with US 60 continuing to the northeast.<ref name="Mapbook 142">{{Texas Mapbook|page=142|year=2018|link=no|access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref> The route passes through [[Panhandle, Texas|Panhandle]] and [[Pampa, Texas|Pampa]], before beginning a {{convert|10|mi|km|adj=on}} concurrency with [[U.S. Route 83 in Texas|US 83]] in [[Hemphill County, Texas|Hemphill County]].<ref name="Mapbook 88">{{Texas Mapbook|page=88|year=2018|link=no|access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref> The two routes split north of [[Canadian, Texas|Canadian]],<ref name="Mapbook 73">{{Texas Mapbook|page=73|year=2018|link=no|access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref> with US 60 travelling northeast to the Oklahoma state line near [[Higgins, Texas|Higgins]] in [[Lipscomb County, Texas|Lipscomb County]].<ref name="Mapbook 60">{{Texas Mapbook|page=60|year=2018|link=no|access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref>

==History==
{{more citations needed|date=September 2016}}
The section of US 60 from New Mexico to Amarillo was originally a portion of the [[Ozark Trail (auto trail)|Ozark Trail]] and paralleled the [[Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway]], part of the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]]. When Texas began numbering its highway system, the Ozark Trail received the number [[Texas State Highway 13|State Highway 13]]. By 1920, the entire US 60 route had been renumbered as [[Texas State Highway 33|State Highway 33]], or its spur SH 33A, with the northeastern portion also following the AT&SF Railway. By the mid-1920s, the entire route had become an extension of the Abo Pass Highway, and was SH 33 along the entire length. In 1928, the [[AASHO]] added the highway to the [[U.S. Highway System]] as '''U.S. Highway 164''', with the Texas section being signed in 1929.<ref>{{TxDOT|US|164|access-date=June 24, 2017}}</ref> It was renumbered as US 60 on June 8, 1931, when the route was extended to [[Los Angeles, California]], to make it a coast-to-coast highway.<ref name="FHWA">{{Cite web |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/us666.cfm |title=U.S. Route 666: "Beast of a Highway"? |last=Weingroff |first=Richard |date=June 18, 2003 |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |access-date=August 3, 2019}}</ref>
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==Major intersections==
{{jcttop|state=TX|length_ref=<ref name="TXDOT SPM">{{cite web |author=Texas Department of Transportation |author-link=Texas Department of Transportation |url=https://www.txdot.gov/apps/statewide_mapping/StatewidePlanningMap.html |title=Statewide Planning Map LRS Readout (ArcGIS) |date=2018 |access-date=October 4, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{TXint
|county=Parmer
|cspan=13
|location=Farwell
|mile=0.000
|road={{jct|state=NM|US|60|dir1=west|to2=to|US|84|city1=Clovis}}
|notes=Continuation into [[Texico, New Mexico]]
}}
{{TXint
|location=none
|mile=0.845
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|292|dir1=south}}
}}
{{TXint
|location=none
|mile=3.955
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2396|dir1=north}}
}}
{{TXint
|location=none
|mile=4.897
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|3333|dir1=east}}
}}
{{TXint
|location=none
|mile=11.291
|mile2=11.467
|road={{jct|state=TX|SH|86|dir1=east|FM|1381|dir2=north|city1=Dimmitt}}
}}
{{TXint
|type=concur
|location=Bovina
|lspan=2
|mile=12.653
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1731|dir1=south|name1=3rd Street|FM|2290|dir2=west}}
|notes=west end of FM 1731 overlap
}}
{{TXint
|type=concur
|mile=13.048
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1731|dir1=north}}
|notes=east end of FM 1731 overlap
}}
{{TXint
|type=concur
|location=Friona
|lspan=4
|mile=24.473
|road={{jct|state=TX|SH|214|dir1=south|city1=Muleshoe}}
|notes=west end of SH 214 overlap
}}
{{TXint
|mile=25.063
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2013|dir1=west}}
}}
{{TXint
|type=concur
|mile=25.445
|road={{jct|state=TX|SH|214|dir1=north|city1=Adrian}}
|notes=east end of SH 214 overlap; west end of SH 214 Bus. overlap
}}
{{TXint
|type=concur
|mile=25.783
|road={{jct|state=TX|SH-Bus|214|dab1=Friona|dir1=south}}
|notes=east end of SH 214 Bus. overlap
}}
{{TXint
|location=Black
|lspan=2
|mile=30.843
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|3140|dir1=south}}
}}
{{TXint
|mile=33.212
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1172|dir1=south|city1=Lazbuddie}}
}}
{{TXint
|county=Castro
|location=Summerfield
|mile=39.315
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1057}}
}}
{{TXint
|county=Deaf Smith
|cspan=7
|location=Hereford
|lspan=4
|mile=46.884
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2856|dir1=west}}
}}
{{TXint
|mile=47.394
|road={{jct|state=TX|US|385|name1=25 Mile Avenue|city1=Vega|city2=Dimmitt}}
}}
{{TXint
|mile=47.901
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1259|dir1=east<!--or south?-->|name1=Main Street}}
}}
{{TXint
|mile=43.830
|road={{jct|state=TX|Loop|211|dir1=west|location1=[[Amarillo College]]}}
}}
{{TXint
|type=concur
|location=none
|mile=50.787
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2943|dir1=south|city1=Dimmitt}}
|notes=west end of FM 2943 overlap
}}
{{TXint
|type=concur
|location=none
|mile=52.072
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2943|dir1=north}}
|notes=east end of FM 2943 overlap
}}
{{TXint
|location=Dawn
|mile=60.591
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|809|dir1=north|city1=Wildorado}}
}}
{{TXint
|type=concur
|county=Randall
|cspan=12
|location=Umbarger
|mile=67.099
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|168|dir1=south|city1=Nazareth|location2=[[Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge]]|city3=Olton}}
|notes=west end of FM 168 overlap
}}
{{TXint
|type=concur
|location=none
|mile=67.644
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|168|dir1=north}}
|notes=east end of FM 168 overlap
}}
{{TXint
|location=none
|mile=73.726
|mile2=73.957
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1062|dir1=west}}
}}
{{TXint
|location=Canyon
|lspan=8
|mile=77.021
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2590|dir1=north|city1=Soncy|name1=VFW Road}}
}}
{{TXint
|mile=77.201
|road={{jct|state=TX|SH|217|dir1=east|location1=Business District|location2=[[Palo Duro Canyon State Park]]|name1=11th Street}}
}}
{{TXint
|mile=77.223
|mile2=77.902
|road=15th Street
|notes=Interchange; west end of freeway
}}
{{TXint
|type=incomplete
|mile=77.956
|road={{jct|state=TX|US|87|dir1=south|city1=Canyon|location2=[[WTA&M]]}}
|notes=Eastbound exit and westbound left entrance
}}
{{TXint
|type=incomplete
|mile=78.228
|road=Frontage Road
|notes=Eastbound exit only
}}
{{TXint
|mile=78.350
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=TX|US|87|dir1=south|name1=Texas Plains Trail|to2=to|TX|217|location1=[[Palo Duro Canyon State Park]]}}
|notes=West end of US 87 overlap; westbound left exit and eastbound left entrance
}}
{{TXint
|mile=78.463
|mile2=79.253
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|3331|name1=Hunsley Road}}
}}
{{TXint
|mile=79.606
|road={{jct|state=TX|to1=To|I|27|dir1=south|road|West Country Club Road}}
}}
{{TXint
|mile=80.965
|type=concur
|location=none
|road={{jct|state=TX|I|27|dir1=south|city1=Lubbock}}
|notes=West end of I-27 overlap; westbound left exit and eastbound left entrance; I-27 exit 110
}}
{{jctgap|text=see [[Interstate 27#Exit list|I-27]]}}
{{TXint
|type=concur
|county=Potter
|cspan=14
|location=Amarillo
|lspan=13
|mile=93.814
|mile2=94.287
|road={{jct|state=TX|I|27|dir1=ends|US|287|dir2=south|I|40|location1=[[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]]|location2=[[Oklahoma City]]|city3=Fort Worth}}
|notes=Northern terminus of I-27; east end of I-27 overlap; west end of US 287 south overlap; I-27 exit 123B; I-40 exit 70
}}
{{TXint
|type=concur
|mile=94.430
|road={{jct|state=TX|US|287|name1=Taylor Street}}
|notes=One-way street, inbound access only; westbound entrance only; east end of US 287 south overlap
}}
{{TXint
|road={{jct|state=TX|US|87|dir1=north|name1=Filmore Street}}
|mile=94.465
|notes=One-way street, outbound access only; eastbound exit only; east end of freeway; east end of US 87 north overlap (eastbound)
}}
{{TXint
|type=concur
|mile=94.591
|road={{jct|state=TX|US|287}}
|notes=Eastbound entrance only; west end of US 287 north overlap; east end of freeway
}}
{{TXint
|mile=94.800
|road={{jct|state=TX|Loop|395|name1=10th Avenue}}
}}
{{TXint
|mile=95.091
|road={{jct|state=TX|Loop|279|dir1=west|name1=6th Avenue}}
|notes=Western terminus of Loop&nbsp;279
}}
{{TXint
|type=concur
|mile=96.101
|road={{jct|state=TX|BL|40|dab1=Amarillo|dir1=west|name1=Amarillo Boulevard west|US|87|name2=Pierce Street}}
|notes=Pierce St. is one-way street, inbound access only; east end of US 87 south overlap (westbound); west end of I-40 Bus. overlap; I-40 Bus. is former {{jct|state=TX|US|66|dir1=west|noshield=yes}}
}}
{{TXint
|type=concur
|mile=96.135
|road={{jct|state=TX|US|287|dir1=north|name1=Buchanan Street north}}
|notes=One-way street, outbound access only; east end of US 287 north overlap
}}
{{TXint
|mile=98.228
|mile2=98.796
|road=Lake Street
|notes=Interchange}}
{{TXint
|mile=98.903
|road={{jct|state=TX|SH|136|dir1=north|city1=Borger}}
|notes=}}
{{TXint
|mile=101.157
|mile2=101.219
|road={{jct|state=TX|Loop|335|name1=Lakeside Road|extra=airport|location1=[[Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport|Airport]]}}
|notes=Interchange}}
{{TXint
|mile=104.376
|mile2=104.868
|road=Parsley Road &ndash; [[Amarillo College|Amarillo College East Campus]]
|notes=Interchange}}
{{TXint
|mile=106.214
|mile2=106.878
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1912}}
|notes=Interchange}}
{{TXint
|type=concur
|location=none
|mile=107.131
|road={{jct|state=TX|BL|40|dab1=Amarillo|dir1=east|location1=[[Oklahoma City]]}}
|notes=East end of I-40 Bus. overlap; former {{jct|state=TX|US|66|dir1=east|noshield=yes}}
}}
{{TXint
|county=Carson
|cspan=8
|location=none
|mile=108.675
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|683|dir1=north|location1=[[Texas Tech Research Farm]]}}
}}
{{TXint
|location=none
|mile=112.952
|mile2=113.870
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2373}}
|notes=Interchange
}}
{{TXint
|location=none
|mile=115.480
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2161|dir1=south}}
}}
{{TXint
|location=Panhandle
|lspan=3
|mile=123.036
|mile2=123.332
|road={{jct|state=TX|SH|207|city1=Borger|city2=Conway|location3=Panhandle Business District}}
}}
{{TXint
|mile=123.282
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|293|dir1=east}}
}}
{{TXint
|mile=124.224
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM-Spur|293|dir1=south}}
}}
{{TXint
|location=White Deer
|mile=136.696
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|294|city1=Skellytown|city2=Goodnight}}
}}
{{TXint
|location=none
|mile=139.375
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2386|dir1=north}}
}}
{{TXint
|county=Gray
|cspan=8
|location=none
|mile=145.160
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2300|dir1=south}}
}}
{{TXint
|location=Pampa
|lspan=5
|mile=148.325
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|750|dir1=east}}
}}
{{TXint
|mile=148.616
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|282|name1=Price Road}}
}}
{{TXint
|mile=149.715
|road={{jct|state=TX|SH|70|SH|152|dir2=west|extra=hospital|name2=Hobart Street|city1=Perryton|city2=Borger|city3=Clarendon}}
|notes=west end of SH 152 overlap; access to Pampa Regional Medical Center
}}
{{TXint
|mile=150.562
|road={{jct|state=TX|SH|273|dir1=south|name1=Cuyler Street|city1=Lefors}}
}}
{{TXint
|mile=152.838
|road={{jct|state=TX|Loop|171}}
}}
{{TXint
|type=concur
|location=none
|mile=157.279
|mile2=157.478
|road={{jct|state=TX|SH|152|dir1=east|city1=Wheeler}}
|notes=east end of SH 152 overlap
}}
{{TXint
|location=none
|mile=158.225
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2391|city1=Hoover}}
}}
{{TXint
|county=Roberts
|cspan=2
|location=Miami
|mile=173.011
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|282|dir1=west|FM|748|dir2=south|name2=Main Street|to3=to|SH|70|FM|283|city1=Laketon}}
}}
{{TXint
|location=none
|mile=178.757
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|3367|dir1=south}}
}}
{{TXint
|type=concur
|county=Hemphill
|cspan=6
|location=none
|mile=188.678
|mile2=189.362
|road={{jct|state=TX|US|83|dir1=south|SH|33|dir2=east|city1=Wheeler|location2=[[Watonga, Oklahoma|Watonga]]}}
|notes=Interchange; west end of US 83 overlap
}}
{{TXint
|location=Canadian
|mile=196.529
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2388|dir1=south|name1=Main Street|location1=[[Hemphill County Courthouse|Court House]]}}
}}
{{TXint
|location=none
|mile=198.466
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2266|dir1=east|location1=[[Gene Howe Wildlife Management Area]]|location2=[[Black Kettle National Grassland]]|location3=[[Camp Kiowa]]}}
}}
{{TXint
|type=concur
|location=none
|mile=198.668
|mile2=198.810
|road={{jct|state=TX|US|83|dir1=north|city1=Perryton|location2=[[Liberal, Kansas|Liberal]]}}
|notes=east end of US 83 overlap
}}
{{TXint
|location=none
|mile=201.609
|mile2=201.742
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1920|dir1=north|to2=to|RM<!--sign says FM, but it's actually RM-->|3260}}
}}
{{TXint
|location=Glazier
|mile=206.800
|road={{jct|state=TX|SH|305|dir1=north|RM|2758|dir2=east|city1=Lipscomb}}
}}
{{TXint
|county=Lipscomb
|cspan=2
|location=Higgins
|mile=222.229
|road={{jct|state=TX|SH|213|dir1=west|FM|1453|dir2=south|city1=Lipscomb}}
}}
{{TXint
|location=none
|mile=223.794
|road={{jct|state=OK|US|60|dir1=east|SH|51|dir2=east|location1=[[Arnett, Oklahoma|Arnett]]|location2=[[Seiling, Oklahoma|Seiling]]|location3=[[Enid, Oklahoma|Enid]]}}
|notes=Continuation into Oklahoma}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur,incomplete}}

==References==
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[[Category:U.S. Route 60| Texas]]
[[Category:U.S. Highways in Texas|60]]
[[Category:Transportation in Parmer County, Texas]]
[[Category:Transportation in Castro County, Texas]]
[[Category:Transportation in Deaf Smith County, Texas]]
[[Category:Transportation in Randall County, Texas]]
[[Category:Transportation in Potter County, Texas]]
[[Category:Transportation in Carson County, Texas]]
[[Category:Transportation in Gray County, Texas]]
[[Category:Transportation in Roberts County, Texas]]
[[Category:Transportation in Hemphill County, Texas]]
[[Category:Transportation in Lipscomb County, Texas]]