Interstate 27
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| Marshall Formby Memorial Highway | ||||
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| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length: | 124.13 mi (199.77 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1969 – present | |||
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  US 87 / Loop 289 in Lubbock
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 US 84 in Lubbock US 62 in Lubbock US 82 in Lubbock US 70 near Plainview US 60 near Canyon
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| North end: |
  I-40 / US 60 / US 87 / US 287 in Amarillo
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| Location: | Hale Center |
| Length: | 1.168 mi (1.880 km) |
| Existed: | 2002–present |
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| Location: | Plainview |
| Length: | 9.282 mi (14.938 km) |
| Existed: | 1990–present |
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Interstate 27 (I-27) is an Interstate Highway, entirely in the U.S. state of Texas, running north from Lubbock to Interstate 40 in Amarillo. These two cities are the only control cities on I-27; other cities and towns served by I-27 include (from south to north) New Deal, Abernathy, Hale Center, Plainview, Kress, Tulia, Happy, and Canyon. In Amarillo, I-27 is commonly known as the Canyon Expressway (or Canyon E-Way), although it is also called Canyon Drive on its access roads. I-27 was officially designated the Marshall Formby Memorial Highway after former attorney and Texas State Senator Marshall Formby in 2005. The entire length of I-27 replaced U.S. Route 87 for through traffic.
I-27 parallels the BNSF Railway's Plainview Subdivision, which splits from its Chicago-Southern California Transcon line at Canyon and runs south to Lubbock. A large amount of the alignment is on former US 87, but several portions through built-up areas have been bypassed, as well as two longer areas where US 87 still follows the old road.
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