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U.S. Highway 81 in Texas

US Highway 81 marker

US Highway 81
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length: 81.458 mi (131.094 km)
Existed: 1927 – present
Major junctions
South end: I-35W / US 287 in Fort Worth
  US 380 in Decatur
US 287 in Bowie
US 82 in Ringgold
North end: US-81 at TexasOklahoma state line
Location
Counties: Tarrant, Wise, Montague
Highway system
US 80 US 82

US Highway 81 marker

U.S. Route 81 (US 81) is a U.S. Highway that begins at an interchange with Interstate 35W/U.S. Route 287 in northern Fort Worth in Texas. US 81 leaves the state and crosses the Red River into Oklahoma between Ringgold and Terral.

US 81 begins at an interchange with Interstate 35W/U.S. Route 287 in northern Fort Worth. The two highways travel northwest as a freeway, passing by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing near Blue Mound Road (Farm to Market Road 156), through the city's northwest side. US 81/287 leave the city of Fort Worth and enter Wise County near Avondale. The two highways run through or near the towns of Rhome, New Fairview, Decatur, Alvord, and Sunset before separating in southern Bowie. US 81 runs through the town as Wise Street, running in a more east–west direction before turning in a more north–south direction at Farm to Market Road 174. The highway has a mostly rural route, running through western Montague County, before crossing the Red River into Oklahoma.


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