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| Length: | 504.135 mi[1] (811.327 km) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Formed: | 1935 | ||||||||||||||||
| West end: |  US 82 |
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| Major junctions: |
 US 380 in Plains  US 62 / US 385 in Brownfield  I-27 / US 87 in Lubbock US 83 in Guthrie   US 183 / US 277 / US 283 in Seymour  US 281 / US 287 in Wichita Falls US 81 in Ringgold  I-35 / US 77 in Gainesville US 377 in Whitesboro US 75 in Sherman US 69 in Bells US 271 in Paris US 259 in De Kalb I-30 near New Boston   US 59 / US 67 / US 71 in Texarkana |
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| East end: | U.S. 82 in Texarkana |
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>In the U.S. state of Texas, U.S. Highway 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
US 82 crosses into Texas from New Mexico at New Mexico State Highway 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 is being upgraded to a full access freeway, to be named the Marsha Sharp Freeway, in honor of retired Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball coach Marsha Sharp. On the east side of the city, 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, eventually exiting the Llano Estacado and entering the rolling plains near Dickens, Texas.
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 US 287 just south of downtown. US 82 leaves US 287 at Henrietta and continues east, signed independently (apart from various state highway routes) across the remainder of Texas, crossing into Arkansas in downtown Texarkana.[2]
Future
The Marsha Sharp Freeway is currently being built along US 82 in Lubbock, Texas. In 1998, funding was first received. The five-phase project is scheduled to be completed in 2015.
Phase 2 of the project is currently in progress. This involves 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. This phase should be completed in December 2008 and cost $140 million.[3]
 US 82 Outside of Henrietta, TX |
 The Marsha Sharp Freeway on U.S. Highway 82 in Lubbock |
References
- ^ Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - U.S. Highway No. 82". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/US/US0082.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
- ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview map of US 82 [map]. Cartography by Tele Atlas. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.
- ^ "Marsha Sharp freeway construction could complicate campus traffic until 2008". The Daily Toreador. April 13, 2007. http://media.www.dailytoreador.com/media/storage/paper870/news/2007/04/13/News/Marsha.Sharp.Freeway.Construction.Could.Complicate.Campus.Traffic.Until.2008-2839780.shtml?reffeature=htmlemailedition.
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