U.S. Route 84 (US 84) is a

U.S. highway The United States Numbered Highway System (often called U.S. Routes or U.S. Highways) is an integrated network of roads and highways numbered within a nationwide grid in the contiguous United States. As the designation and numbering of these h ...

that runs from Pagosa Springs, CO to Midway, GA. In

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, the highway enters the state from

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at Farwell, near the Texas Panhandle, Panhandle region. Major cities along the highway include Lubbock, Texas, Lubbock, Abilene, Texas, Abilene, Waco, Texas, Waco and Palestine, Texas, Palestine. The highway exits Texas into Louisiana near Joaquin, Texas, Joaquin, crossing the Toledo Bend Reservoir.

Route description

US 84 enters into Texas at Farwell, concurrent with U.S. Route 70 (Texas), US 70 from New Mexico. The US 70 overlap ends in Muleshoe, Texas, Muleshoe. US 84 bypasses the towns of Littlefield, Texas, Littlefield and Shallowater, Texas, Shallowater before entering Lubbock, Texas, Lubbock. The highway just passes north of the Texas Tech University campus and enters downtown as Avenue Q. As Avenue Q, the highway parallels Interstate 27, I-27 before crossing it, just north of that highway's southern terminus. Leaving the city, US 84 serves the towns of Post, Texas, Post and Snyder, Texas, Snyder before reaching Roscoe, Texas, Roscoe, where it begins its overlap with Interstate 20 in Texas, I-20. The two highways run through Sweetwater, Texas, Sweetwater before reaching Abilene, Texas, Abilene. US 84 leaves the interstate on the western side of the city, running with I-20's business loop. US 84 joins U.S. Route 83 in Texas, US 83/U.S. Route 277 (Texas), US 277, with US 277 leaving the concurrency after a short distance. US 84 leaves US 83, northeast of Tuscola, Texas, Tuscola. US 84 runs southeast to Coleman, Texas, Coleman, overlapping with U.S. Route 283, US 283 in the process and joining U.S. Route 67 in Texas, US 67. After leaving Brownwood, Texas, Brownwood, US 84 leaves US 67 and joins U.S. Route 183 in Texas, US 183. US 84 becomes a solo route again in Goldthwaite, Texas, Goldthwaite, traveling through Gatesville, Texas, Gatesville. In Gatesville, the hwy meets Texas State Highway 36, SH 36, which coincidentally also runs to Abilene, albeit in a more direct way than US 84. East of McGregor, Texas, McGregor, US 84 becomes a 4-lane divided highway before becoming a freeway in Woodway, Texas, Woodway. At Texas State Highway 6, SH 6, US 84 becomes a surface street, running through Waco, Texas, Waco. The highway crosses the Brazos River and enters Bellmead, Texas, Bellmead before leaving the Waco area to the northeast/east. The highway cross I-45 in Fairfield, Texas, Fairfield, and crosses the Trinity River (Texas), Trinity River just before arriving in Palestine, Texas, Palestine. US 84 runs through several smaller communities in East Texas before meeting U.S. Route 59, US 59 (future I-69) in Timpson, Texas, Timpson and follows that highway to Tenaha, Texas, Tenaha. It continues due east and crosses over the Toledo Bend Reservoir/Sabine River (Texas–Louisiana), Sabine River, into Louisiana, at Logansport, Louisiana, Logansport, in the area where that river starts to form the Texas/Louisiana state border. US 84 is part of the El Camino East/West Corridor, which spans five states starting in Texas.

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. This bypass, tentatively named Texas State Highway Loop 88, Loop 88, started construction in late 2021. 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. 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. US 84 in Tenaha between the U.S. Route 59 in Texas, US 59/U.S. Route 96, US 96/Future I-69/Future I-369 interchange to the Louisiana state line will become part of Interstate 69 in Texas, I-69. US 96's northern terminus will remain, and this is expected to be the southern terminus of Interstate 369 (Texas), I-369. This would make I-369 the longest auxiliary route in the US, surpassing Interstate 476, I-476.

Major intersections

References

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