 U.S. Highway 80 | ||||
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 US 80 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byTxDOT | ||||
| Length | 155.251 mi[1][a] (249.852 km) | |||
| Existed | 1927–present | |||
| History | Continued into New Mexico prior to 1991. | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   I-30 /US 67 atDallas-Mesquite border I-635 inMesquite Spur 557 nearTerrell US 69 inMineola US 271 inGladewater US 259 inLongview   Future I-369 /US 59 inMarshall I-20 nearWaskom | |||
| East end |  US 80 atLouisiana state line | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | Dallas,Kaufman,Van Zandt,Smith,Wood,Upshur,Gregg,Harrison | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Route 80 (also known asU.S. Highway 80 andUS 80) is a U.S. highway that begins in the state ofTexas inDallas at an interchange withI-30. US 80 runs in an east–west direction for most of its length from Dallas toLouisiana. Before the advent of theInterstate Highway System, US 80 through Texas was once a vital link in a major transcontinental highway with the national western terminus being inSan Diego, California rather than Dallas. Since 1991, most of US 80 in Texas has been decommissioned in favor ofI-10,I-20 and I-30 between the New Mexico state line and its current western terminus.
The current highway begins as a freeway atI-30 (also unsignedUS 67) inDallas, almost inMesquite. The freeway continues east into Mesquite where it meetsI-635 at astack interchange. East of I-635, the US 80 freeway serves as the northern terminus ofSH 352, the main highway into downtown Mesquite. Bisecting Samuell Park, US 80 entersSunnyvale, then crosses intoKaufman County.[2][3] The freeway makes a curve to the southeast, skirting the town ofForney. US 80 is the main highway and only freeway serving the town. Though there is no business loop through Forney proper,FM 688, which runs the entire length of Broad Street through town, serves a similar function.[4][5] On the outskirts ofTerrell, US 80 leaves the freeway and becomes afour lane divided highway known as Moore Avenue, intersectingSH 205 on the western edge of town, then SH 34 Bus. andSH 34 in the center of Terrell.[3][6] The remainder of the freeway between Terrell andI-20 makes up the full route ofSpur 557.[7] The entire US 80/Spur 557 freeway was a section of I-20 until 1987, when the Interstate was moved onto a new freeway throughLawson andHeartland.[4][7][8] A pair of frontage roads services the entire US 80 segment of the freeway, except for a small area west of Forney, where US 80 crosses a bridge over theEast Fork Trinity River.[2][3]
InTerrell, US 80 serves as the major east–west highway in the town, passing through thetown square. US 80 leaves Terrell serving smaller communities, such asElmo. US 80 intersectsSH 19 east ofEdgewood. The highway runs in mostly a straight line from Terrell toMineola, where it intersectsUS 69 about 30 miles north ofTyler.[3]
US 80 leavesMineola running in a slight southeast direction towardsLongview. From here, the highway turns in a slight northeast direction traveling intoMarshall. The highway soon overlapsI-20, leaving the interstate to serve the community ofWaskom. The two highways cross intoLouisiana, parallel with each other traveling toShreveport.[3]
The current route of US 80 in Texas is significantly shorter than it was when the highway was first commissioned in 1927.[1] The highway in Texas used to run from theNew Mexico state line, nearEl Paso, to theLouisiana state line, viaPecos,Odessa,Abilene,Weatherford,Fort Worth,Dallas,Longview andMarshall.[9] Nationally, US 80 ran fromSavannah, Georgia toSan Diego, California, being a major transcontinental highway. Beginning in the 1950s, much of the highway was bypassed/replaced by theInterstate Highway System.[10] US 80 has been replaced byI-10 from New Mexico toI-20, southwest ofPecos. The rest of the highway has been replaced by I-20 and I-30 from Pecos to Louisiana.[11][8] Replacement by the Interstates made US 80 an obsolete highway to the southwestern states. Between 1964 and 1989, US 80 was decommissioned entirely withinCalifornia,Arizona and all of New Mexico outside ofAnthony (which is located near the Texas state line). In 1991, the remainder of US 80 in both New Mexico and Texas west of Dallas was decommissioned, bringing the national western terminus to its current location. The old highway west of Dallas has since been replaced by local roads and state highways.[10]
All exits are unnumbered.
| County | Location | mi[3] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas | Dallas | 0.00 | 0.00 |  I-30 (US 67) /Loop 12 (Buckner Boulevard) | I-30 exit 53B eastbound; no access from I-30 west to US 80 east |
| Mesquite | 0.5 | 0.80 | Big Town Boulevard | I-30 exit 54 | |
| 1.3 | 2.1 | Town East Boulevard | |||
| 2.5 | 4.0 |  Galloway Avenue / Gross Road / Gus Thomasson Road | Access to Dallas Regional Medical Center | ||
| 3.1 | 5.0 | I-635 | I-635 exit 6 | ||
| 4.8 | 7.7 | Belt Line Road | Access to Dallas Regional Medical Center | ||
| Sunnyvale | 6.1 | 9.8 |  SH 352 (Collins Road) | Access to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Sunnyvale | |
| 8.4 | 13.5 | East Fork Road | |||
| Dallas–Kaufman county line | 9.5 | 15.3 | Lawson Road | Eastbound exit and entrance | |
| Kaufman | Forney | 11.2 | 18.0 |  FM 460 (Clements Drive) | |
| 12.2 | 19.6 |   FM 688 (Broad Street) /FM 740 (Pinson Road) | |||
| 13.9 | 22.4 |  FM 548 | |||
| 15.4 | 24.8 | County Road 212 / Reeder Road | |||
| 16.5 | 26.6 | Gateway Boulevard | |||
| 17.4 | 28.0 | Windmill Farms Boulevard | |||
| | 19.0 | 30.6 |   Spur 557 east toI-20 –Shreveport | East end of freeway | |
| Lawrence | 20.7 | 33.3 |   FM 1392 north | ||
| Terrell | 23.0 | 37.0 |    SH 205 north /FM 148 south –Rockwall,Crandall | ||
| 24.4 | 39.3 |  FM 986 north (Rockwall Avenue) | |||
| 24.7 | 39.8 |    Spur 226 south (Virginia Street) toSH 34 | |||
| 25.2 | 40.6 |  Spur 87 north (Dellis Street) –Terrell State Hospital | |||
| 26.0 | 41.8 |  FM 429 north –Lake Tawakoni | West end of FM 429 overlap | ||
| 26.5 | 42.6 | FM 429 south –College Mound | East end of FM 429 overlap | ||
| Elmo | 31.1 | 50.1 |  FM 2728 south toFM 429 | West end of FM 2728 overlap | |
| 31.3 | 50.4 | FM 2728 north toFM 429 | East end of FM 2728 overlap | ||
| Van Zandt | Wills Point | 39.6 | 63.7 |  FM 2965 south toI-20 | |
| 40.4 | 65.0 |  FM 47 (Fourth Street) –Lake Tawakoni,Mabank | |||
| 41.4 | 66.6 |  SH 64 east –Canton | |||
| Edgewood | 47.4 | 76.3 |  FM 1504 south | ||
| 47.7 | 76.8 |  FM 859 –Downtown,Canton | |||
| | 50.6 | 81.4 |  SH 19 –Emory,Canton | ||
| Grand Saline | 58.2 | 93.7 |   SH 110 south /FM 17 south (Main Street) –Van,Canton | West end of FM 17 overlap | |
| 58.7 | 94.5 | FM 17 north –Lake Fork | East end of FM 17 overlap | ||
| 58.8 | 94.6 |  FM 857 east –Sand Flat,Alba | |||
| Silver Lake | 64.9 | 104.4 |   FM 1255 west –Canton | ||
| Smith | | 65.9 | 106.1 |  FM 1253 south –Jamestown | |
| Wood | | 67.3 | 108.3 |  FM 1799 north –Lake Holbrook,Golden | |
| Mineola | 70.6 | 113.6 |   Loop 564 east (truck route) toUS 69 north /SH 37 north | ||
| 71.4 | 114.9 | US 69 (Pacific Street) toSH 37 | |||
| 71.9 | 115.7 |  FM 1801 east (Mimosa Street) | |||
| 72.9 | 117.3 | Loop 564 (truck route) toFM 1801 | Interchange | ||
| | 75.7 | 121.8 |  FM 2422 south | ||
| Hoard | 77.6 | 124.9 |  FM 1804 south –Lindale | ||
| 77.7 | 125.0 | FM 1801 west | |||
| | 80.6 | 129.7 |  FM 3056 north | ||
| Crow | 82.2 | 132.3 |  FM 778 north –Hainesville | ||
| | 84.5 | 136.0 |  FM 2869 north –Holly Lake Ranch,Fouke,Lake Hawkins | ||
| Hawkins | 88.8 | 142.9 |  FM 14 –Holly Lake Ranch,Tyler | ||
| | 91.1 | 146.6 |  FM 2659 west | ||
| Upshur | Big Sandy | 93.6 | 150.6 |  SH 155 south –Tyler | West end of SH 155 overlap |
| 94.5 | 152.1 | SH 155 north (North Tyler Street) –Gilmer | East end of SH 155 overlap | ||
| Gladewater | 103.2 | 166.1 |  FM 2685 north | ||
| Gregg | 105.4 | 169.6 | US 271 (truck route) –Gilmer,Kilgore,Tyler | ||
| 106.2 | 170.9 |  Loop 485 (truck route) toUS 271 | |||
| White Oak | 110.3 | 177.5 |  FM 3272 north | ||
| 110.9 | 178.5 |  SH 42 south –Kilgore | |||
| Longview | 114.1 | 183.6 |   Loop 281 –UTT Longview,Texas Baptist College,LeTourneau University,East Texas Regional Airport | ||
| 114.3 | 183.9 |  FM 1845 north (Pine Tree Road) / Cherokee Street | |||
| 115.8 | 186.4 |  SH 300 north (Gilmer Road) –Gilmer | |||
| 116.9 | 188.1 |   SH 31 west /Spur 63 north –Kilgore,Tyler | |||
| 117.5 | 189.1 |  Spur 502 north (North High Street) –Kilgore College | |||
| 118.6 | 190.9 |  FM 2208 east (Alpine Street) | |||
| 119.3 | 192.0 |  US 259 /SH 149 south (Eastman Road) | |||
| Harrison | 121.5 | 195.5 | Loop 281 toI-20 | Interchange | |
| Hallsville | 127.4 | 205.0 |  FM 450 (Central Street) toI-20 –Harleton | ||
| | 135.4 | 217.9 |  FM 968 west | ||
| | 136.0 | 218.9 |  FM 3379 east | ||
| Marshall | 138.4 | 222.7 |  Loop 390 (Ernest Smith Parkway / M.L. King Jr. Boulevard) | ||
| 139.8 | 225.0 |  FM 1997 north (Grove Street) –East Texas Baptist University,Wiley College | |||
| 141.0 | 226.9 |  US 59 /SH 43 (East End Boulevard North) –Texas State Technical College | |||
| 143.3 | 230.6 |  FM 1998 east –Scottsville | |||
| | 144.7 | 232.9 | Loop 390 north (Ernest F. Smith Parkway) | FutureInterstate 369[12] | |
| | 147.9 | 238.0 |  FM 2199 –Scottsville | ||
| | 152.7 | 245.7 |  I-20 west –Dallas | West end of I-20 overlap; US 80 west follows exit 628 | |
| | 157.3 | 253.1 |    I-20 east /FM 134 north toFM 9 –Shreveport,Caddo Lake,Jonesville | East end of I-20 overlap; US 80 east follows exit 633 | |
| Waskom | 159.5 | 256.7 | FM 9 south –Panola | West end of FM 9 overlap | |
| 159.7 | 257.0 | FM 9 north | East end of FM 9 overlap | ||
| 160.4 | 258.1 |  Spur 156 south toI-20 | |||
| | 161.1 | 259.3 | US 80 east –Greenwood,Shreveport | Continuation intoLouisiana | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Geographic data related toU.S. Route 80 in Texas atOpenStreetMap Geographic data related toU.S. Route 80 in Texas circa 1931 atOpenStreetMap - Shows the historic extent of US 80 in Texas, including the decommissioned route between Anthony, New Mexico and Dallas. Geographic data related toU.S. Route 80 in Texas circa 1991 atOpenStreetMap - Map of US 80 through Texas prior to its truncation in 1991. U.S. Route 80 | ||
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