U.S. Route 84 in Texas

US Highway 84
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	530.369 mi[1] (853.546 km)
Existed:	1935 – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 64 / US 70 / US 84 at New Mexico state line near Farwell
	I-27 in Lubbock I-20 from Roscoe to Abilene US 83 / US 277 in Abilene I-35 in Waco I-45 in Farifield Future I-69/Future I-369/US 59/US 96 in Tenaha I-69 near Tenaha
East end:	US 84 at Louisiana state line near Joaquin
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 83 US 85 →

U.S. Route 84 (US 84) is a U.S. highway that runs from Pagosa Springs, CO to Midway, GA. In Texas, the highway enters the state from New Mexico at Farwell, near the Panhandle region. Major cities along the highway include Lubbock, Abilene, Waco and Palestine. The highway exits Texas into Louisiana near Joaquin, crossing the Toledo Bend Reservoir.

Route description

US 84 enters into Texas concurrent with US 70 from New Mexico. The US 70 overlap ends in Muleshoe. US 84 bypasses the towns of Littlefield and Shallowater before entering Lubbock. The highway just passes north of the Texas Tech University campus and enters downtown as Avenue Q. As Avenue Q, the highway parallels I-27 before crossing it, just north of that highway's southern terminus. Leaving the city, US 84 serves the towns of Post and Snyder before reaching Roscoe, where it begins its overlap with I-20.

The two highways run through Sweetwater before reaching Abilene. US 84 leaves the interstate on the western side of the city, running with I-20's business loop. US 84 joins US 83/US 277, with US 277 leaving the concurrency after a short distance. US 84 leaves US 83, northeast of Tuscola. US 84 runs southeast to Coleman, overlapping with US 283 in the process and joining US 67. After leaving Brownwood, US 84 leaves US 67 and joins US 183. US 84 becomes a solo route again in Goldthwaite, traveling through Gatesville. In Gatesville, the hwy meets SH 36, which coincidentally also runs to Abilene, albeit in a more direct way than US 84.

East of McGregor, US 84 becomes a 4-lane divided highway before becoming a freeway in Woodway. At SH 6, US 84 becomes a surface street, running through Waco. The highway enters Bellmead before leaving the Waco area. Several miles to the east, the highway enters Palestine. US 84 runs through several smaller communities before crossing over the Toledo Bend Reservoir, into Louisiana, running towards Mansfield.

US 84 is part of the El Camino East/West Corridor, which spans five states starting in Texas.^[2]

Future

Studies are underway to build a completely new route of US 84 around the city of Lubbock, in an attempt to relieve traffic going into the city.^[3] This bypass, tentatively named Loop 88, is to start construction in 2020.^[4][5]

In Abilene, Winters Freeway from Canyon Rock Road to FM 707 is beginning upgrades. This includes converting two-way frontage roads to one-way, adding u-turns, removing the crossover of Iberis Road and building a crossover near Lytle Creek.^[6]

An upgrade is in progress along US 84 from Ritchie Road to Harris Creek Road; this includes implementing a divide-interchange with Speegleville Road in south Waco.^[7]

US 84 in Tenaha between the US 59/US 96/Future I-69/Future I-369 interchange and just about 2 miles east of the interchange will become I-69. This would allow for heavy traffic on I-69 not have to slow down throughout Tenaha. This segment is expected to start work in 2016. The interchange with US 59/US 96 currently is being upgraded to Interstate standards. US 96's Northern terminus will remain, and this is expected to be the Southern Terminus of I-369. I-369 has been proposed to be routed south of this interchange to the coastline. This would make I-369 the Longest auxiliary route in the USA, surpassing Interstate 476.

Major intersections

All exits are unnumbered.

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Parmer	Farwell			US 70 west / US 84 west – Clovis	New Mexico state line
				FM 292
	​			FM 145 east
	​			Loop 403 east – Lariat
	​			Loop 403 west – Lariat
	​			FM 1731 – Bovina
Bailey	​			FM 2079 north
	​			FM 1760 west
	Muleshoe			US 70 east / SH 214 (First Street) – Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge	East end of US 70 overlap
	​			FM 3269 north
Lamb	​			FM 746 west
	Sudan			FM 298 west / FM 303
				FM 1843 east
	​			FM 37 / FM 1055 north – Amherst, Earth
	Littlefield			Loop 430 east – Littlefield
				FM 54 – Littlefield	Interchange
				US 385 – Littlefield, Levelland	Interchange
				Loop 430 west – Littlefield
	​			Loop 385 east
	​			Loop 385 west
	​			FM 1072 north – Fieldton
Hockley	​			FM 168 / FM 597 – Anton, Smyer, Morton
	​			FM 168 north – Anton, Spade, Olton
	Roundup			FM 2130
Lubbock	​			FM 2378 south
	​			FM 179 north – County Line	West end of FM 179 overlap
	​			Loop 388 east
	​			FM 1294 – Shallowater, Lubbock County Museum
	Shallowater			FM 179 south – Shallowater, Wolfforth	Interchange; east end of FM 179 overlap
	​			Loop 388 west – Shallowater
	​			FM 2641 – Airport
	​			FM 2528 (N. Frankford Avenue)	Interchange under construction
	Lubbock			Loop 289	Interchange
				FM 1264 north (N. University Avenue) – Texas Tech University
				Spur 326 north (Avenue Q)	no left turn eastbound
				US 82 (Marsha Sharp Freeway) – Texas Tech University
				US 62 / SH 114 (19th Street) – Texas Tech University
				I-27 / US 87 – Amarillo, Tahoka	I-27 exit 1B
				Loop 289	interchange
				FM 3431 south – Montford Unit
				Spur 331 north	Interchange; no eastbound exit
	​			FM 835 west – Buffalo Springs Lake, Ransom Canyon
	​			FM 1585 west
	Slaton			Bus. US 84 east to FM 400 – Slaton	interchange; west end of freeway; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
				Woodrow Road
				FM 41 (Division Street)
				Bus. US 84 west / FM 400 – Slaton, Wilson	interchange; east end of freeway; serves FM 2150
Lynn	​			FM 212 south
Garza	Southland			Spur 45 east
				FM 2106 south
	​			FM 211
	​			FM 399
	​			FM 2282 west
	Post			Spur 575 east
				US 380 east to SH 207 / FM 651 – Clairemont	West end of US 380 overlap
				US 380 west to FM 669 – Tahoka	East end of US 380 overlap
				Loop 46 north to SH 207 / FM 651
	Justiceburg			FM 2458 east – Lake Alan Henry, Sam Wahl Recreational Area
	​			FM 1269 south – Fluvanna
Scurry	​			FM 612 west – Fluvanna
	​			FM 1142 north – Polar
	Brand			Bus. US 84 east / FM 1611	Interchange
	Snyder			SH 208 to SH 350 – Snyder, Big Spring	Interchange
				FM 1673 (Avenue E)	Interchange
				US 180 – Roby, Lamesa	Interchange
	​			Bus. US 84 west – Snyder	Interchange
	​			FM 1673 north – Price Daniel Unit
	​			Bus. US 84 east
	​			FM 644 – Hermleigh, Loraine
	​			Bus. US 84 west – Hermleigh
	​			FM 1606 – Dunn
	​			FM 1613 north – Pyron
Mitchell	No major junctions
Nolan	​			FM 1982 west – Buford
	​			Bus. US 84 east – Roscoe
	Roscoe			FM 608
	​			Bus. US 84 west – Roscoe	Interchange
	​			I-20 west – El Paso	West end of I-20 overlap; no eastbound entrance; US 84 west follows exit 238A
see I-20
Taylor	Tye			I-20 east / BL I-20 west – Fort Worth, Tye	West end of I-20 overlap; east end of I-20 Bus. overlap; no eastbound entrance; US 84 east follows exit 279
	Abilene			FM 3438 – Dyess AFB	Interchange
				BL I-20 east (South 1st Street) / US 83 north / US 277 north – Abilene, Anson	Interchange; east end of I-20 Bus. overlap; west end of US 83 / US 277 overlap
	see US 83
	​			US 83 south – Tuscola, Ballinger	East end of US 83 overlap
	​			FM 613 north – Tuscola
	​			FM 614 – Ovalo
	Lawn			FM 604 – Oplin
Coleman	​			FM 702 east – Novice
	​			FM 702 west – Novice
	Coleman			US 283 north / SH 206 north – Cross Plains, Baird	West end of US 283 / SH 206 overlap
				SH 206 south – Coleman, Ballinger	East end of SH 206 overlap
				FM 3425 north – Airport
				SH 153 west – Coleman, Winters
	​			FM 568 – Ballinger
	Santa Anna			US 67 south – Ballinger, San Angelo	West end of US 67 overlap
see US 67
Brown	Early			US 183 north – Rising Star, Cisco, Airport	West end of US 183 overlap
				US 67 north / US 377 north – Comanche	East end of US 67 / US 377 overlap
	​			FM 2126 south – Camp Bowie Training Center
	​			FM 1467 west – Blanket
	Zephyr			FM 590 north
				FM 218 east – Priddy, Hamilton
Mills	Mullin			FM 573 south	West end of FM 573 overlap
				FM 573 north – Comanche	East end of FM 573 overlap
	Bozar			FM 1029 north
	Durenville			SH 16 north – Priddy, Comanche	West end of SH 16 overlap
	​			US 183 south / SH 16 south – Goldthwaite, San Saba, Lampasas	East end of US 183 / SH 16 overlap
	​			Loop 15 west – Goldthwaite, Lampasas, Austin
	​			FM 2005 east – Hamilton
	Star			FM 1047 – Historical Museum
Hamilton	​			FM 2414 north
	Evant			US 281 – Hamilton, Lampasas	Interchange
Coryell				FM 183 east
	South Purmela			FM 183 west / FM 932 north – Hamilton, Pearl
	​			FM 930 north – Levita
	Gatesville			FM 116 south – Copperas Cove
				FM 2412 west – Levita
				Bus. SH 36 west (Lutterloh Avenue) – Hamilton	West end of Bus. SH 36 overlap
				Bus. SH 36 east – Temple	East end of Bus. SH 36 overlap
				SH 36 – Hamilton, Temple	interchange
	​			FM 1829 south – Mound
	​			FM 185 north – Osage
	​			FM 1996 south – Oglesby, Mother Neff State Park
McLennan	​			FM 938 north – Osage
	McGregor			SH 317 – Crawford, Moody, Business District
				FM 2188 south (Cotton Belt Parkway)
	Waco			FM 2837 east (Old Lorena Road) / Speegleville Road
				Frontage Road	interchange
	Woodway			Bush Drive	eastbound access only
				Wickson Road	at-grade intersection; west end of freeway; no access across US 84
				Ritchie Road
				Poage Drive	No direct eastbound exit (signed at Ritchie Road)
				FM 1695 (Hewitt Drive) / Estates Drive
				Old McGregor Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; no access across US 84
				Texas Central Parkway / Santa Fe Drive
				Londonderry Drive	Westbound access only
	Waco			SH 6 / Loop 340 – Robinson, Meridian
				Spur 298 (Franklin Avenue)	interchange; east end of freeway; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
				Loop 396 (North Valley Mills Drive) – Floyd Casey Stadium
				Loop 2 south (North 18th Street)
				FM 1637 west (North 4th Street) – Cameron Park Zoo, Lake Waco
				Waco Drive Bridge over Brazos River
				FM 933 north (Clifton Street) – Whitney
				Bus. US 77	Interchange
	Bellmead			I-35 / US 77 – Fort Worth, Dallas, Austin	I-35 exit 338A
				Spur 299 west
				Loop 340 / FM 2418 north – TSTC	interchange
	​			SH 31 east – Hubbard, Corsicana	Interchange
	​			FM 1330 north – Axtell
	​			FM 939 to SH 31 – Mart
Limestone	Prairie Hill			FM 73 east – Coolidge
				FM 339 south – Kosse	West end of FM 339 overlap
				FM 339 north – Mount Calm	East end of FM 339 overlap
	​			FM 1245 south – Groesbeck
	​			FM 2310 north – Sandy, Coolidge
	​			FM 2681 south – Booker T. Washington Park, Lake Mexia
	​			FM 2705 south – Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site
	​			FM 2838 north – Mexia State Supported Living Center
	Mexia			SH 14 (Martin Luther King Jr. Highway) – Wortham, Corsicana, Groesbeck
				SH 171 north – Hillsboro, Corsicana
				FM 1365 south (Bailey Street) – Point Enterprise
Freestone	​			FM 1366 north
	​			FM 2777 south
	​			FM 80 north – Streetman, Kirvin	West end of FM 80 overlap
	Teague			FM 1367
				Bus. US 84 east / FM 80 south – Teague	east end of FM 80 overlap
				Bus. US 84 west – Teague
				FM 553 south – Dew
	Fairfield			I-45 – Dallas, Houston	I-45 exit 197
				FM 27 west – Wortham
				SH 75 – Streetman, Buffalo
				FM 488 north – Richland Chambers Reservoir
				FM 1580 south
	Turlington			FM 1364 north
	Red Lake			FM 489 – Dew
	​			US 79 south – Buffalo, Austin, Oakwood	West end of US 79 overlap
Anderson	​			SH 294 east – Elkhart
	​			FM 645 north – Tennessee Colony	interchange under construction
	Palestine			FM 1990 south (Knox Street)
				Loop 256
				US 79 north / FM 2394 west (Court Drive) to US 287 north / SH 19 north – Jacksonville, Tyler	East end of US 79 overlap
				US 287 north (West Spring Street) – Corsicana	West end of US 287 overlap
				Loop 127 east (Avenue A) / FM 322 south (South Sycamore Street)
				SH 19 north (North Church Street) – Athens	West end of SH 19 overlap
				US 287 south / SH 19 south (Crockett Road) – Crockett	East end of US 287 / SH 19 overlap
				Loop 256
	​			FM 323 south – Swanson Hill, Alderbranch
	​			FM 1137 north
	​			PR 70 – Texas State Railroad State Historical Park, Palestine Depot
	​			FM 3266 north
Cherokee	​			FM 747 north – Pierces Chapel
	Maydelle			FM 2138 north – Jacksonville
	Oakland			FM 347 north – Dialville
	Rusk			PR 76 – Texas State Railroad, Rusk Depot, Rusk State Park
				FM 1248
				FM 343 to US 69
				Loop 62 / FM 23 south / FM 752 south (Main Street)	west end of SH 110 overlap
				US 69 – Jacksonville, Alto
				FM 768 north
				SH 110 north – New Summerfield	east end of SH 110 overlap
	​			FM 2962 south
Rusk	Reklaw			SH 204 – Jacksonville, Sacul, Nacogdoches
				FM 839 north – Lake Striker, New Salem
	​			FM 2753 north – Glenfawn, Anadarko
	Bugscuffle			FM 225 – Laneville, Cushing
	Mount Enterprise			FM 3055 south
				US 259 – Henderson, Nacogdoches
	​			FM 95 – Minden, Garrison
	Caledonia			FM 1971 – Lake Murvaul, Clayton, Garrison
Shelby	​			FM 1970 south	West end of FM 1970 overlap
	​			FM 1970 north	East end of FM 1970 overlap
	Timpson			US 59 south – Nacogdoches	West end of US 59 overlap
	see US 59
	Tenaha			US 59 north / US 96 south / I-69 south / I-369 north – Carthage, Center, Houston, Texarkana	Interchange; east end of US 59 overlap. West end Of Future I-69 overlap. US 59 To the south will be upgraded to I-69. US 59 North will be I-369.
				I-69 north – Shreveport	Unbuilt. East end of Future I-69 overlap.
	​			FM 2669 south
	Paxton			FM 699 – Carthage, Center
	​			FM 3343 south
	Joaquin			FM 2428 south
				SH 7 west
	​			FM 3174 north
	Haslam			FM 2787 south – Toledo Bend Reservoir
	​			US 84 east – Logansport	Louisiana state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Unopened

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