U.S. Route 77 | |
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Route information | |
Length: | 1,305 mi (2,100 km) |
Existed: | 1926 – present |
Major junctions | |
South end: | Fed. 101 / Fed. 180 at Mexican Border in Brownsville, TX |
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North end: | I-29 at Sioux City, IA |
Location | |
States: | Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa |
Highway system | |
U.S. Route 77 is a north–south United States highway. As of 2005, the highway's northern terminus is in Sioux City, Iowa at an interchange with Interstate 29. Its southern terminus is in Brownsville, Texas, at Veteran's International Bridge on the U.S.-Mexico border, where it connects with both Mexican Federal Highway 101 and Mexican Federal Highway 180.
It is unsigned in and around Dallas, Texas. Its historic segment through South Dakota and Minnesota was decommissioned with the advent of Interstate 29 but otherwise the route has been spared the decommissioning that has shortened other US highways. The route has major freeway sections in Oklahoma City including the Broadway Extension connecting suburban Edmond to downtown Oklahoma City.
The section between the Oklahoma-Texas state line and Waco, Texas is mostly co-located with Interstate 35 and the 35E spur through Dallas, Texas and, where it is co-located, it is not signed.
The two stretches in Texas that are not co-located are a stretch wholly within the city of Denton and a longer stretch from near Red Oak, to Hillsboro, the reason being that US 77 is a separate road between the two, serving the town of Waxahachie.