U.S. Route 287 in Texas

US Highway 287
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	503.898 mi[1] (810.945 km)
Existed:	1942 – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 69 / US 96 / SH 87 in Port Arthur
	I-10 in Beaumont I-69 / US 59 in Corrigan I-45 in Corsicana I-35E in Waxahachie I-20 in Arlington I-20 / I-820 in Fort Worth I-30 in Fort Worth I-35W / US 81 in Fort Worth I-44 / US 277 / US 281 in Wichita Falls I-40 in Amarillo I-27 / I-40 / US 60 / US 87 in Amarillo
North end:	US-287 near Kerrick
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Bannered Divided Replaced Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← SH 286 SH 287 → ← SH 105 SH 106 SH 107 → ← SH 229 SH 230 SH 231 →

U.S. Route 287 in North Texas

U.S. Route 287 near Midlothian

U.S. Highway 287 (US 287) in the U.S. state of Texas is a U.S. Highway that begins on the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur and heads north through Fort Worth, northwest to Childress, Clarendon, and Amarillo in the Texas Panhandle and into Oklahoma near Kerrick.

Route description

US 287 crosses into Texas at Kerrick and continues southeast through to Stratford, where it takes a more southerly turn. In Dumas, US 287 merges with its "parent route", US 87, and continues its south/southeasterly path as a co-signed route to Amarillo.

After passing through the heart of downtown Amarillo, US 87 splits off to the south to merge with I-27, and US 287 merges with I-40 and continues co-signed with the interstate until just west of Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, where it veers to the southeast toward Claude, the seat of Armstrong County.

US 287 follows this east-southeasterly path through Clarendon and Childress, where it intersects US Highways 83 and 62. US 287 then proceeds to Vernon, where it merges with (and is briefly co-signed with) US 70 and US 183. After US 70 and US 183 leave the route at Oklaunion and veer to the northeast, US 287 resumes its east-southeasterly track passing through Harrold and Electra on its way to Wichita Falls. On the northwest side of the city US 287 merges with I-44, US 82, and (briefly) US 277. After leaving Wichita Falls, US 82/287 continues as a co-signed route until Henrietta, where US 82 leaves the route. After merging with US 81 in Bowie, US 287/81 continues southeast to Fort Worth, where it merges with I-35W on the north side of town. Just northwest of this interchange, Business US 287 veers off to the right following the original routing into Saginaw and into downtown Fort Worth while zig zagging its way through city streets to Kennedale and Mansfield before coming out onto the US 287 Freeway south of Interstate 20 near the Ellis County line just north of Midlothian.

Here, US 81 hits its terminus, but US 287 continues, concurrent route with I-35W through to the north end of downtown Fort Worth before splitting off to the southeast and once again picking up its own signage. This stretch of US 287, which runs from downtown to the southeast side of the city, is also known as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Freeway. In southeast Fort Worth, US 287 intersects with, and is briefly co-signed with, I-820 (which then dumps into I-20) before veering to the southeast yet again, where it passes through the extreme western side of Arlington, and then on in to Mansfield and Midlothian The freeway which previously terminated at the Tarrant/Johnson County line has been extended continuing on into Ellis County to connect with the existing freeway around Waxahachie, which includes a bypass around Midlothian and an interchange with US 67.

After intersecting with I-35E just north of Waxahachie, US 287 continues to the southeast, where it merges with I-45 just south of Ennis and follows the interstate to Corsicana where it then leaves the route and makes another sharp turn to the east. The highway continues southeastward to Palestine, where it merges with State Highway 19. US 287/SH 19 continues as a co-signed route until Crockett, where US 287 leaves SH 19 and continues its southeasterly track toward the Texas Gulf Coast.

In Woodville, US 287 merges with US 69 and takes on a more due-southerly route to Lumberton, where a co-signed US 69/287 also merges with US 96. The highway then continues to the southeast through Beaumont with a short stint with Interstate 10 and on to Port Arthur, where the route terminates at an intersection with State Highway 87.^[2]

History

Before 1939, the portion from the Oklahoma state line to Amarillo was SH 9, from Amarillo to Henrietta was SH 5, Henrietta to Bowie was SH 50, Bowie to Fort Worth was SH 2 and US 81, Fort Worth to Ennis SH 34, Ennis to Corsicana was SH 14/US 75, Corsicana to Palestine was SH 22, Palestine to Crockett was SH 19, Crockett and Woodville was SH 106, Woodville to Port Arthur was SH 8. All of these state highways were shortened in the 1939 renumbering. SH 106 was decommissioned. SH 19 was deleted until 1960, when it extended back south.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Jefferson	Port Arthur			SH 87 (Gulfway Drive)	South end of US 69 / US 96 overlap
see US 96
Hardin	​			FM 3513 / Mitchell Road	interchange
	​			US 96 north – Lumberton, Jasper	interchange; north end of US 96 overlap; no direct southbound exit (signed at FM 3513)
	Lumberton			FM 421 to US 96
	​			SH 327 east – Airport
	Kountze			SH 326 south – Sour Lake
				FM 418 east – Silsbee
	​			FM 1003 south – Honey Island
	​			FM 420 east – Big Thicket National Preserve Visitor Center
	Village Mills			FM 3063 west – Wildwood
Tyler	​			FM 2827 west
	Warren			FM 1943 east – Fred	south end of FM 1943 overlap
				FM 1943 west	north end of FM 1943 overlap
	Hillister			FM 1013 east – Spurger
	Woodville			US 190 – Livingston, Jasper, Heritage Village, Indian Village
				US 69 north – Colmesneil, Lufkin	North end of US 69 overlap
	​			FM 256 to US 190 – Colmesneil
	Chester			FM 1745 east – Colmesneil	south end of FM 1745 overlap
				FM 1745 west / FM 2097 east – Camden	north end of FM 1745 overlap
Polk	​			FM 62 west – Camden
	​			FM 352 west – Pluck
	Corrigan			US 59	Future I-69
	​			FM 1872
Trinity	​			FM 2262 east
	Groveton			FM 355 (Devine Avenue) to SH 94 east
				SH 94 east (Magee Avenue) – Lufkin	South end of SH 94 overlap
				FM 2912 west (M.L. King)
	​			FM 3154 north
	​			SH 94 west – Trinity	North end of SH 94 overlap
	​			FM 1280 west – Friday, Lovelady
	​			FM 2781 – Holly, Pennington
Houston	​			FM 358 east – Pennington
	Shady Grove			FM 232 north – Arbor
	Crockett			Loop 304 (truck route)
				SH 7 / SH 19 south / SH 21	south end of SH 19 overlap; traffic circle around Houston County Courthouse
				Loop 304 (truck route)
	​			FM 2160 west
	Latexo			FM 2663 east
	Grapeland			Bus. US 287 north – Grapeland
				FM 2423
				FM 227 – Grapeland, Augusta
				FM 228 – Grapeland, Percilla
	​			Bus. US 287 south – Grapeland
Anderson	​			SH 294 east – Slocum, Alto	South end of SH 294 overlap
	Elkhart			FM 1817 north – Alderbranch
				SH 294 west (Parker Street) – Downtown Elkhart	North end of SH 294 overlap
	​			FM 2419 south – Broom City
	Palestine			Loop 256 (truck route)
				US 84 east (East Park Avenue) – Texas State Railroad Palestine Depot, Palestine State Park	South end of US 84 overlap
				SH 19 north (North Church Street)	North end of SH 19 overlap
				Loop 127 east (Avenue A) / FM 322 south (South Sycamore Street)
				US 84 west (West Oak Street) – Fairfield	North end of US 84 overlap
				US 79 / SH 19 south (West Palestine Avenue) – Austin, Tyler, Jacksonville	South end of SH 19 overlap
				Loop 256 (truck route)	interchange
	​			SH 19 north – Athens, Montalba	North end of SH 19 overlap
	​			FM 3224 west – NASA Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility
	​			Spur 324 north – Tennessee Colony
	​			FM 321 – Tennessee Colony, Montalba
	​			FM 645 south – Tennessee Colony
	​			FM 860 east
	Bethel			FM 2706 south – Yard
	Cayuga			FM 59 north – Cross Roads
Freestone	​			FM 488 south – Fairfield
Navarro	​			SH 309 – Kerens
	​			Spur 294 south
	Eureka			FM 3243 west – Navarro
				FM 637 west
	​			FM 739 west
	​			FM 637 east
	Corsicana			I-45 south / Bus. US 287 north – Richland, Houston	South end of I-45 overlap; US 287 south follows exit 229
see I-45
Ellis	Ennis			I-45 north – Dallas	North end of I-45 overlap; US 287 north follows exit 247
				FM 1183 (Oak Grove Road) – Oak Grove, Ennis
				SH 34 – Kaufman, Italy	Interchange
				Lampasas Street	interchange; no direct northbound exit (signed at SH 34)
				Bus. US 287 south / Ennis Parkway – Ennis	interchange
	Waxahachie			Bus. US 287 north / Frontage Road	interchange
				FM 878 / FM 879	interchange; south end of freeway
				Farley Street / Broadhead Road	no direct northbound exit
				FM 813 (Brown Street)
				US 77 – Waxahachie
				I-35E – Dallas, Waco	I-35E exit 403
				FM 664 – Ovilla	no direct northbound exit
				Bus. US 287 south	interchange; north end of freeway
	Midlothian			Bus. US 287 north (Main Street) / Midlothian Parkway	interchange; south end of freeway
				FM 663 / 14th Street
				US 67 – Cleburne, Dallas	no direct southbound exit to US 67 north (signed at US 287 Bus.)
				Bus. US 287 south – Midlothian	interchange; north end of freeway
	Grand Prairie			FM 661 east / Lakeview Road
	Mansfield			SH 360 north
Johnson				Bus. US 287 north / Lone Star Road	interchange
Tarrant				Heritage Parkway	interchange; south end of freeway
				East Broad Street	Access to Methodist Mansfield Medical Center
				Walnut Creek Drive / Debbie Lane
				FM 157 / Debbie Lane – Arlington
	Mansfield–Arlington city line			Turner-Warnell Road / Callender Road
	Arlington			Russell-Curry Road / Eden Road
				Kennedale-Sublett Road
				Little Road - Kennedale
				I-20 east – Dallas	South end of I-20 overlap; US 287 south follows exit 444
	Fort Worth			I-20 west to Bus. US 287 (Mansfield Highway) – Abilene	North end of I-20 overlap; south end of I-820 overlap; US 287 north follows exit 442B; US 287 south follows exit 34A
				Sun Valley Drive	I-820 exit 33C
				Martin Street	I-820 exit 33B; no northbound entrance
				I-820 north	North end of I-820 overlap; US 287 north follows exit 33A
				Village Creek Road
				Wilbarger Street / Miller Avenue
				Berry Street / Vaughn Boulevard
				Mitchell Boulevard
				Cobb Park Drive	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
				Rosedale Street
				Vickery Boulevard	no direct northbound exit (signed at Rosedale Street)
				Riverside Drive
				SH 180 (Lancaster Avenue)	no northbound exit
				I-30 west / US 377 south – Abilene	I-30 exit 15A; south end of US 377 overlap
				I-30 east – Dallas	southbound exit and northbound entrance; I-30 exits 15B-C
				Chambers Street	no southbound exit
				I-35W south – Waco	South end of I-35W overlap; southbound exit and northbound entrance; US 287 south follows exit 51
				Spur 280 – Downtown Fort Worth	I-35W exit 52A, access to Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center
		see I-35W
				I-35W north / US 81 – Denton	North end of I-35W overlap; south end of US 81 overlap; no southbound exit; US 287 north follows exit 60
				Harmon Road (FM 3479)
				FM 156
				Bonds Ranch Road
				Blue Mound Road / Willow Springs Road
				Bus. US 287 south / FM 718 – Newark, Saginaw	interchange; north end of freeway
Wise	Rhome			SH 114 east – Dallas	interchange; south end of freeway; south end of SH 114 overlap
				Bus. US 81 north / Bus. US 287 north (SH 114 Bus. west) / FM 3433 – Rhome
				SH 114 west (SH 114 Bus. east) – Bridgeport	North end of SH 114 overlap
				Bus. US 81 south / Bus. US 287 south – Rhome	interchange; north end of freeway
	New Fairview			FM 407 – Justin	Interchange
	Decatur			FM 2264 east
				Bus. US 81 north / Bus. US 287 north – Decatur Business District
				FM 730 – Boyd	Interchange
				Bus. US 380 / FM 51 – Weatherford, Gainesville	Interchange, access to Wise Regional Health System
				US 380 – Bridgeport, Denton	Interchange
				FM 1810 west – Chico
	​			Bus. US 81 south / Bus. US 287 south – Decatur Business District
	​			Bus. US 81 north / Bus. US 287 north – Alvord	interchange; south end of freeway
	​			Hubbard Street
	Alvord			FM 1655
	​			Bus. US 81 south / Bus. US 287 south – Alvord	interchange; no direct northbound exit; north end of freeway
Montague	​			Spur 511 / Cemetery Road – Sunset	interchange; south end of freeway
	​			SH 101 – Sunset, Bridgeport
	​			Lawhorn Lane
	​			Fruitland Road
	​			Wagonseller Road
	​			US 81 north / SH 101 – Bowie, Waurika	North end of US 81 overlap; no northbound entrance; no access from US 287 south to SH 101
	Bowie			FM 1125 – Amon G. Carter Lake
				SH 59 – Montague, Jacksboro
	​			FM 174 to US 81 north – Bowie	interchange; north end of freeway
Clay	Bellevue			FM 1288 south	South end of FM 1288 overlap
				FM 1288 north	North end of FM 1288 overlap
	​			New York Road	interchange southbound; at-grade intersection northbound
	Henrietta			Spur 510 – Henrietta	interchange; south end of freeway
				SH 148 – Jacksboro
	​			Access Road
	​			US 82 east – Henrietta, Gainesville, Texarkana	interchange; south end of US 82 overlap; north end of freeway
	Jolly			FM 2393 – Jolly	Interchange
	​			Loop 47 east
	​			Bus. US 287 north to SH 240	interchange; south end of freeway
	​			Stephens Ranch Road	no direct northbound exit
Wichita	Wichita Falls			Fisher Road
				Hammon Road
				SH 79 north – Waurika	South end of SH 79 overlap; no direct northbound exit (signed at Hammon Road)
				Windthorst Road
				US 281 south / SH 79 south – Jacksboro, Archer City	North end of SH 79 overlap; south end of US 281 overlap
				Spur 447 / Loop 473 (Old Jacksboro Highway) / Galveston Street
				US 82 west / US 277 south – Lubbock, Abilene	North end of US 82 overlap; south end of US 277 overlap
				Broad Street - Business District	northbound exit and southbound entrance
				Holliday Street - Business District	south end of I-44 overlap; southbound exit and northbound entrance; I-44 exit 1, access to United Regional Healthcare System
				6th Street - MPEC	no direct southbound exit
				Bus. US 277 south	no northbound exit; I-44 exit 1A
				Scotland Park	I-44 exit 1B; no direct southbound exit
				Texas Travel Info Center	I-44 exit 1C
				Bus. US 287	I-44 exit 1D
				Maurine Street	I-44 exit 2
				I-44 east / US 277 north / US 281 north / Spur 325 north – Burkburnett, Lawton, Sheppard AFB	North end of I-44 / US 277 / US 281 overlap; US 287 north follows exit 3A
				Loop 11 (Beverly Drive)
				City View Drive
				Wellington Lane
				Huntington Lane
				FM 369
	​			Rifle Range Road
	​			Peterson Road
	Iowa Park			Bell Road
				FM 368 – Iowa Park
				Bus. US 287 south (Johnson Road) – Iowa Park
	​			Harmony Road
	​			Burnett Ranch Road
	​			Bus. US 287 north – Electra	no southbound exit
	​			FM 2384
	​			Midway Church Road
	Electra			FM 1739
				SH 25 – Electra, Archer City
Wichita–Wilbarger county line				County Line Road
Wilbarger	​			Bus. US 287 south – Electra	interchange; north end of freeway; no direct northbound exit
	​			SH 240 – Burkburnett	interchange
	Harrold			FM 1763 – Harrold	interchange
	Oklaunion			Loop 404 west – Oklaunion	South end of freeway; southbound exit and entrance
				US 70 east / US 183 north – Oklaunion, Frederick, Ardmore	interchange; south end of freeway; south end of US 70 / US 183 overlap
				Loop 145 – Oklaunion	no direct northbound exit (signed at US 70 east / US 183 north)
				Loop 404	Southbound exit only
	​			FM 433	interchange; north end of freeway
	​			Frontage Road	at-grade intersection
	​			FM 1763	interchange; south end of freeway
	​			Bus. US 287 north – Vernon	no direct southbound exit
	​			FM 1949	no direct southbound exit (signed at Laurie Street)
	Vernon			Laurie Street
				US 183 south / US 283 – Seymour, Altus	North end of US 183 overlap
				Bentley Street
				US 70 west / Bus. US 287 south – Crowell, Plainview, Vernon, Paducah	interchange; north end of freeway; north end of US 70 overlap
	​			FM 925 east	Interchange; south end of FM 925 overlap
	​			FM 925 west – Farmers Valley	North end of FM 925 overlap
	​			FM 432	Interchange
Hardeman	​			FM 925 east – Farmers Valley
	Chillicothe			FM 91
	​			FM 2006 north
	​			FM 1167 south – Medicine Mound
	​			FM 2568
	Quanah			SH 6 (Main Street) – Crowell, Altus, Copper Breaks State Park, Historical Main Street, Historical Museum
				FM 2568 – Airport
				Loop 285 west
	​			Loop 285 east – Acme	Interchange
	​			FM 1166 north
	Goodlett			FM 2363 – Goodlett
	​			FM 2363 south – Goodlett
	​			FM 680 north
	​			FM 268
Childress	​			FM 2875
	​			FM 1033 north (County Road 22)	South end of FM 1033 overlap
	Kirkland			FM 1033 south	North end of FM 1033 overlap
	​			FM 2638 south
	Childress			FM 2530
				FM 3031 south (5th Street)
				FM 268 east (3rd Street Northeast)
				FM 401 north (7th Street)
				US 62 / US 83 – Paducah, Wellington, Hollis
	​			FM 164 – T.L. Roach Unit, Airport	Interchange
	​			Loop 328 – Carey, Lake Childress, Baylor Lake
	​			Loop 328 – Carey, Lake Childress, Baylor Lake
Hall	​			FM 658 south
	Estelline			SH 86 west – Turkey, Caprock Canyons State Park
	​			FM 1619 north – Newlin
	​			FM 1619 south
	Memphis			SH 256 – Silverton, Wellington, Hollis, Downtown Memphis
				FM 1547 east (Montgomery) / North 6th – Quail
				FM Spur 2361 south (Delaney)
Donley	Hedley			SH 203 east / SH 273 north – McLean, Wellington
	Lelia Lake			FM 1754 south
				FM 1755 north
	​			FM 1260
	Clarendon			SH 70 south – Turkey, Silverton	South end of SH 70 overlap
				FM 2162 south
				SH 70 north – Greenbelt Lake, Howardwick, Pampa	North end of SH 70 overlap
	​			FM 3257 north – Greenbelt Lake
	Ashtola			FM 2362 south
Armstrong	Goodnight			FM 294 north – White Deer
	​			FM 2889 south
	​			FM 1151 east	South end of FM 1151 overlap
	Claude			FM 1151 west	North end of FM 1151 overlap
				SH 207 – Silverton, Panhandle, Lake Mackenzie, Palo Duro Park
	​			FM 3330 south
	​			FM 2373 north
	Washburn			FM 2250 south
Carson	No major junctions
Potter	​			FM 1912 north
	​			Spur 228 north – Amarillo College East Campus
	Amarillo			East 3rd Avenue	northbound exit only
				I-40 east – Oklahoma City	South end of I-40 overlap; southbound exit and northbound entrance; US 287 south follows exit 78
		see I-40
				I-27 south / I-40 west / US 60 west / US 87 south – Albuquerque, Canyon, Lubbock	North end of I-40 overlap; south end of US 60 overlap; south end of US 87 south overlap (southbound only); US 287 north follows exit 70
				(Pierce Street)	north end of US 60 west / US 87 south overlap (southbound only)
				Southeast 10th Avenue (Loop 395)
				Historic US 66 west (Southeast 6th Avenue / Spur 279)
				BL I-40 / US 60 east / Historic US 66 east (Amarillo Boulevard East) – Pampa	north end of US 60 east overlap (northbound)
				US 87 south (Pierce Street) to I-27 / Buchanan Street	interchange; south end of freeway; south end of US 87 overlap
see US 87
Moore	Dumas			US 87 north / SH 152 east – Dalhart, Hartley, Stinnett, Amarillo College, Airport	North end of US 87 overlap
	​			FM 119 north – Sunray
	Etter			FM 281 – Dalhart, Sunray	interchange
Sherman	​			FM 297 west – Dalhart
	​			FM 1573 east – Sunray
	Stratford			US 54 – Dalhart, Texhoma
Dallam	Kerrick			FM 807 south – Conlen
	​			US-287 north – Boise City, Denver	Oklahoma state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Image gallery

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  Approaching US 287 near Midlothian.

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  US 287 runs northwest-southeast through Childress, located equidistant from Amarillo and Wichita Falls.

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  US 287 is concurrent with US 87 between Amarillo and Dumas.

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  US 287 in North Texas.

See also

Texas portal U.S. Roads portal

References

External links

• US 287 southeast of downtown Fort Worth—from dfwfreeways.info

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