U.S. Route 87 in Texas
US 87 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
Length | 801.1 mi (1,289.2 km) | |||
Existed | 1935–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | ![]() | |||
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North end | ![]() | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Texas | |||
Counties | Calhoun, Victoria, DeWitt, Gonzales, Wilson, Bexar, Kendall, Kerr, Gillespie, Mason, McCulloch, Concho, Tom Green, Coke, Sterling, Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Dawson, Lynn, Lubbock, Hale, Swisher, Randall, Potter, Moore, Hartley, Dallam | |||
Highway system | ||||
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In the U.S. state of Texas, U.S. Highway 87 (US 87) is a north–south U.S. Highway that begins near the Gulf Coast in Port Lavaca, Texas and heads north through San Antonio, Lubbock, Amarillo, and Dalhart to the New Mexico state line near Texline.
Route description
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/US87_Port_Lavaca.jpg/220px-US87_Port_Lavaca.jpg)
US 87 begins at an intersection with State Highway 238 in Port Lavaca.[1] It takes a northwesterly route out of the town, and travels to Victoria, where it intersects US 59 and US 77.[2] Its northwesterly path continues to Cuero, where it merges with (and is briefly co-signed with) US 77 Alternate and US 183 before turning back toward the north. US 87 follows a gentle northwesterly route until just before Smiley, where it takes a more westerly turn. At Nixon, US 87 merges with State Highway 97 and continues west as a co-signed route until just west of Stockdale, where SH 97 leaves the route and US 87 continues to the northwest to San Antonio.[3]
On the southeast side of the city, US 87 merges with Interstate 10 (I-10); the routes are concurrent for 54 miles (87 km), through San Antonio and the southern part of the Texas Hill Country until an exit at Comfort. From here, US 87 travels in an almost due northerly heading to Fredericksburg before making a slight turn back to the northwest to Mason, where it merges with US 377.
From Mason, US 87/377 continues north-northwest to Brady, where US 377 leaves the route and US 87 makes a hard turn to the west before taking yet another slight turn to the north and continuing on to San Angelo and the northwest. After intersecting with I-20 at Big Spring, US 87 continues the same northwesterly path to Lamesa, where it takes a turn back to the northeast. After making another turn back to the north just outside O'Donnell, US 87 reaches Lubbock, where it merges with I-27 on the south side of the city.[4]
US 87 is concurrent with I-27 for a majority of its trek to Amarillo, deviating from the interstate route to spur into cities such as Kress, Tulia, and Canyon. The I-27 designation ends at I-40 in Amarillo; here, US 87 splits into the one-way pair of Fillmore Street (northbound) and Taylor Street (southbound, which also carries eastbound US 60). North of Amarillo Boulevard, US 87 and US 287 merge and head due north along a freeway alignment. The two routes separate in Dumas, with US 87 taking a sharp turn to the west before merging with US 385 in Hartley and turning to the northwest. US 385 leaves the route in Dalhart, and US 87 continues on a slight northwesterly path, crossing into New Mexico approximately a mile west of Texline.[5][6]
Future
[edit]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 87 corridor between Raton and San Angelo, Texas.[7] A bill introduced in March 2023 would explicitly designate the extension as I-27 with two auxiliary routes numbered I-227 and I-327. I-227 is proposed to be routed via SH 158 from Sterling City to Midland and SH 349 from Midland to Lamesa; I-327 would utilize US 287 from Dumas to the Oklahoma state line.[8][9] However, after legislation passed through the U.S. Senate in August 2023, I-227 and I-327 were respectively redesignated as I-27W and I-27N, with I-27E replacing the proposed I-27 between Sterling City and Lamesa.[10][11]
Major intersections
[edit]County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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Calhoun | Port Lavaca | 0.0 | 0.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
0.2 | 0.32 | ![]() | ||||||
1.4 | 2.3 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
1.5 | 2.4 | ![]() | ||||||
Clarks | 5.2 | 8.4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Victoria | | 10.5 | 16.9 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Placedo | 13.8 | 22.2 | ![]() | Interchange | ||||
Dacosta | 17.7 | 28.5 | ![]() | |||||
| 22.8 | 36.7 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Victoria | 24.4 | 39.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | I-69/US 59 exit 1B; interchange; U.S. 59 is the future Interstate 69 | ||||
26.6 | 42.8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
27.6 | 44.4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of US 59 Bus. / US 77 Bus. overlap | |||||
27.9 | 44.9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 59 Bus. / US 77 Bus. overlap | |||||
31.7 | 51.0 | ![]() ![]() | Interchange | |||||
Nursery | 38.2 | 61.5 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
DeWitt | Thomaston | 43.8 | 70.5 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
44.7 | 71.9 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Cuero | 55.5 | 89.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of US 77 Alt. / US 183 overlap | ||||
56.0 | 90.1 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
56.3 | 90.6 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
58.7 | 94.5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 77 Alt. / US 183 overlap | |||||
61.3 | 98.7 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
| 63.8 | 102.7 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Mustang Mott | 65.2 | 104.9 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
| 69.2 | 111.4 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Westhoff | 72.1 | 116.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Gonzales | | 79.4 | 127.8 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Smiley | 83.7 | 134.7 | ![]() | |||||
| 88.9 | 143.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Nixon | 90.2 | 145.2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
91.6 | 147.4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SH 97 overlap | |||||
Wilson | Pandora | 96.2 | 154.8 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
96.7 | 155.6 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Stockdale | 101.6 | 163.5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
102.4 | 164.8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
103.1 | 165.9 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
103.3 | 166.2 | ![]() | Interchange | |||||
104.4 | 168.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
| 108.2 | 174.1 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SH 97 overlap | ||||
Sutherland Springs | 110.8 | 178.3 | ![]() | |||||
La Vernia | 117.2 | 188.6 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
117.6 | 189.3 | ![]() | ||||||
117.9 | 189.7 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
118.7 | 191.0 | ![]() | ||||||
Bexar | | 125.3 | 201.7 | ![]() | Interchange | |||
Lone Oak | 125.5 | 202.0 | ![]() | |||||
| 126.8 | 204.1 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Sayers | 127.8 | 205.7 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
128.2 | 206.3 | ![]() | ||||||
129.4 | 208.2 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
China Grove | 132.0 | 212.4 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
San Antonio | 134.5 | 216.5 | ![]() ![]() | I-410 exit 35 | ||||
135.5 | 218.1 | ![]() | ||||||
138.0 | 222.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of I-10 / US 90 overlap; US 87 south follows exit 577 | |||||
see I-10 | ||||||||
Kendall | Comfort | 191.7 | 308.5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of I-10 overlap; US 87 north follows exit 523 | |||
Kerr | No major junctions | |||||||
Gillespie | Fredericksburg | 213.2 | 343.1 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of US 290 overlap | |||
213.5 | 343.6 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SH 16 overlap | |||||
213.6 | 343.8 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SH 16 overlap | |||||
214.0 | 344.4 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
214.8 | 345.7 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 290 overlap | |||||
| 222.6 | 358.2 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
| 224.3 | 361.0 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Mason | Loyal Valley | 236.8 | 381.1 | ![]() | ||||
238.0 | 383.0 | ![]() | ||||||
| 243.6 | 392.0 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
| 244.6 | 393.6 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Mason | 254.5 | 409.6 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
255.7 | 411.5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SH 29 overlap | |||||
255.8 | 411.7 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
257.1 | 413.8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SH 29 overlap; Southern end of US 377 overlap | |||||
Camp Air | 267.1 | 429.9 | ![]() | |||||
McCulloch | Camp San Saba | 274.0 | 441.0 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Brady | 281.6 | 453.2 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
283.0 | 455.4 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of US 190 overlap | |||||
283.3 | 455.9 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
283.8 | 456.7 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
284.4 | 457.7 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 190 / US 377 overlap | |||||
288.0 | 463.5 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
| 292.1 | 470.1 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Melvin | 300.5 | 483.6 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
| 301.6 | 485.4 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Concho | | 311.0 | 500.5 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Eden | 316.6 | 509.5 | ![]() | |||||
| 321.5 | 517.4 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
| 334.8 | 538.8 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
| 335.7 | 540.3 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Tom Green | | 345.7 | 556.4 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
| 347.3 | 558.9 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
| 349.2 | 562.0 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
San Angelo | 352.3 | 567.0 | ![]() ![]() | Interchange; Southern end of Loop 306 overlap | ||||
355.2 | 571.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Interchange; Southern end of US 277 overlap; no direct northbound exit (signed at Loop 378) | |||||
356.0 | 572.9 | Country Club Road – Goodfellow AFB | Interchange | |||||
356.4 | 573.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Interchange; northern end of Loop 306 overlap; access to San Angelo Community Medical Center | |||||
357.5 | 575.3 | Ben Ficklin Road | Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||||
359.5 | 578.6 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
359.8 | 579.0 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
361.0 | 581.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of US 67 Bus. overlap | |||||
361.5 | 581.8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Interchange; Northern end of US 277 / US 67 Bus. overlap | |||||
362.3 | 583.1 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
| 365.3 | 587.9 | Chadbourne Street | Interchange; former Loop 378 | ||||
| 366.5 | 589.8 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Grape Creek | 370.6 | 596.4 | ![]() | Interchange | ||||
Water Valley | 384.6 | 619.0 | ![]() | |||||
Coke | No major junctions | |||||||
Sterling | Sterling City | 403.4 | 649.2 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SH 158 overlap | |||
404.4 | 650.8 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SH 163 overlap | |||||
| 407.2 | 655.3 | ![]() ![]() | Interchange; Northern end of SH 158 overlap | ||||
| 408.1 | 656.8 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SH 163 overlap | ||||
Glasscock | | 434.2 | 698.8 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Howard | | 435.6 | 701.0 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of FM 461 overlap | |||
| 436.1 | 701.8 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of FM 461 overlap | ||||
| ![]() ![]() | South end of freeway | ||||||
Big Spring | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||||||
| Martha May Road, Rockhouse Road | |||||||
| Frazier Road | |||||||
| ![]() | I-20 exit 173 | ||||||
| ![]() | |||||||
| County Road 21 | |||||||
| ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Interchange; north end of freeway | ||||||
| 455.1 | 732.4 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
455.4 | 732.9 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
| 460.7 | 741.4 | ![]() | |||||
| 468.3 | 753.7 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
| 468.7 | 754.3 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Martin | | 471.0 | 758.0 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Dawson | 472.1 | 759.8 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
472.6 | 760.6 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
| 474.4 | 763.5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
| 477.9 | 769.1 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
| 484.1 | 779.1 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
| 488.2 | 785.7 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Interchange; Southern end of US 180 overlap | ||||
Lamesa | 490.6 | 789.5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
491.0 | 790.2 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
491.7 | 791.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 180 overlap; access to Medical Arts Hospital | |||||
491.9 | 791.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
492.2 | 792.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
492.9 | 793.2 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
493.1 | 793.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
| 494.5 | 795.8 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
| 497.1 | 800.0 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
| 502.2 | 808.2 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
| 505.8 | 814.0 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Lynn | | 508.6 | 818.5 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
| 509.9 | 820.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
| 513.4 | 826.2 | ![]() | |||||
| 516.4 | 831.1 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Tahoka | 522.3 | 840.6 | ![]() | Interchange; south end of freeway | ||||
523.4 | 842.3 | ![]() | ||||||
524.2 | 843.6 | ![]() | ||||||
525.7 | 846.0 | ![]() | Interchange; north end of freeway | |||||
| 531.8 | 855.8 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
| 534.7 | 860.5 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of FM 211 overlap | ||||
| 534.9 | 860.8 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of FM 211 overlap | ||||
Lubbock | | 541.1 | 870.8 | ![]() | To be converted into an interchange by October 2024.[12] | |||
Woodrow | 543.2 | 874.2 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
543.3 | 874.4 | Woodrow Road | Interchange | |||||
544.2 | 875.8 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
| 545.3 | 877.6 | ![]() | Interchange; Southern end of freeway; future Loop 88 | ||||
| 546.3 | 879.2 | 114th Street | |||||
Lubbock | 547.3 | 880.8 | 98th Street | |||||
548.3 | 882.4 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of I-27 overlap; I-27 exit 1 | |||||
see I-27 | ||||||||
Swisher | | 610.2 | 982.0 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of I-27 overlap; US 87 north follows exit 61 | |||
Kress | 612.1 | 985.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
| 617.3 | 993.4 | ![]() | |||||
| 623.4 | 1,003.3 | ![]() ![]() | Interchange; Southern end of SH 86 overlap | ||||
Tulia | 624.0 | 1,004.2 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SH 86 overlap | ||||
624.5 | 1,005.0 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
| 626.7 | 1,008.6 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of I-27 overlap; US 87 south follows exit 77 | ||||
see I-27 | ||||||||
| 637.3 | 1,025.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of I-27 overlap; US 87 north follows exit 88B; no access from US 87 south to I-27 north | ||||
Happy | 639.1 | 1,028.5 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of FM 1075 overlap | ||||
Randall | 639.5 | 1,029.2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of FM 1075 overlap | ||||
| 641.7 | 1,032.7 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
| 643.8 | 1,036.1 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
| 651.5 | 1,048.5 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Canyon | 656.1 | 1,055.9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
656.5 | 1,056.5 | ![]() ![]() | At-grade intersection; south end of freeway | |||||
656.6 | 1,056.7 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of US 60 overlap | |||||
657.1 | 1,057.5 | ![]() | ||||||
658.2 | 1,059.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
659.0 | 1,060.6 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of I-27 overlap; southbound left exit and northbound left entrance; I-27 exit 110 | |||||
see I-27 | ||||||||
Potter | Amarillo | 672.4 | 1,082.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of I-27; north end of I-27 overlap; south end of US 287 south overlap; I-27 exit 123B; I-40 exit 70 | |||
![]() | One-way street, inbound access only; southbound entrance only; north end of US 287 south overlap | |||||||
673.2 | 1,083.4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | One-way street, outbound access only; northbound exit only; north end of freeway; north end of US 60 east overlap | |||||
673.8 | 1,084.4 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of Loop 279 at US 87 north (Fillmore Avenue); does not intersect US 87 south (Pierce Avenue); former Bus. US 66 west | |||||
674.8 | 1,086.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 60 west overlap | |||||
675.3 | 1,086.8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | One-way street, outbound access only; south end of freeway; exits only; south end of US 287 overlap | |||||
![]() | One-way street, inbound access only; south end of freeway; northbound entrance only; south end of US 287 overlap | |||||||
675.4 | 1,087.0 | NE 15th Avenue | Southbound exit only | |||||
675.5 | 1,087.1 | Oak Drive | Northbound exit only | |||||
675.7 | 1,087.4 | NE 24th Avenue | ||||||
676.3 | 1,088.4 | ![]() | northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||||
676.7 | 1,089.0 | Hastings Avenue | ||||||
677.2 | 1,089.8 | Central Avenue | ||||||
677.7 | 1,090.7 | ![]() | ||||||
678.6 | 1,092.1 | Willow Creek Avenue | ||||||
679.7 | 1,093.9 | Cherry Avenue | ||||||
| 680.7 | 1,095.5 | ![]() | |||||
| 681.7 | 1,097.1 | ![]() | Northern end of freeway | ||||
Moore | | 709.1 | 1,141.2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Interchange | |||
Dumas | 720.8 | 1,160.0 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
721.8 | 1,161.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 287 overlap | |||||
722.0 | 1,161.9 | Twichell Avenue | Interchange | |||||
| 725.2 | 1,167.1 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Hartley | | 737.2 | 1,186.4 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Hartley | 745.2 | 1,199.3 | ![]() ![]() | Interchange; Southern end of US 385 overlap | ||||
746.0 | 1,200.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Dalhart | 757.5 | 1,219.1 | ![]() | |||||
Dallam | 759.8 | 1,222.8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
760.4 | 1,223.7 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
760.5 | 1,223.9 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 385 overlap | |||||
762.0 | 1,226.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
| 768.6 | 1,236.9 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
| 778.1 | 1,252.2 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Perico | 784.8 | 1,263.0 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Texline | 795.9 | 1,280.9 | ![]() | |||||
| 797.1 | 1,282.8 | ![]() ![]() | New Mexico state line | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 2053. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 2003. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 1909. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 433. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 16. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ "overview map of US 87" (Map). Google Maps. Google. March 5, 2008. Retrieved March 5, 2008.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Text of the I–27 Numbering Act of 2023 at Congress.gov
- ^ Driggars, Alex (March 28, 2023). "Cruz, Cornyn introduce legislation to name I-27 extension project". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
- ^ McEwen, Mella (August 1, 2023). "Senate passes act to create I-27 West through Midland". Midland Reporter Telegram. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
- ^ Bordner, Zachery (August 5, 2023). "MOTRAN talks I-27, what it means for Midland/Odessa, Big Spring". Yourbasin. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
- ^ KCBD Staff (October 8, 2021). "TxDOT to reconstruct US-87 and FM 41 intersection". www.kcbd.com. Retrieved May 23, 2023.