U.S. Route 77 in Texas

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 77 in Texas. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 77.

See also: Interstate 35 in Texas, Interstate 35E (Texas), and Interstate 69E

US Highway 77
Blue Star Memorial Highway
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	471.296 mi (758.477 km)
Existed:	1927 – present
Major junctions
South end:	United States-Mexico border in Brownsville
	I-69E from Brownsville to Raymondville I-2 / US 83 in Harlingen I-69E from Robstown to Corpus Christi I-37 in Corpus Christi I-10 near Schulenburg I-35 in Waco I-20 in Dallas I-30 in Dallas I-635 in Dallas
North end:	I‑35 / US-77 near Gainesville
Location
Counties:	Cameron, Willacy, Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio, Refugio, Victoria, DeWitt, Lavaca, Fayette, Lee, Milam, Falls, McLennan, Hill, Ellis, Dallas, Denton, Cooke
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs Park Rec FM ← US 75 SH 77 →

U.S. Route 77 (US 77) is a major highway that is part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from the Veterans International Bridge in Brownsville to Sioux City, Iowa. In Texas, the road runs south-north for 471.3 miles (758.5 km) from the International border with Mexico to the Oklahoma state line north of Gainesville. The highway is being upgraded to a freeway near Corpus Christi to connect to the freeway part of the highway in Raymondville as part of future I-69. A freeway in Robstown is already signed as part of I-69. From Waco to the Oklahoma state line, US 77 overlaps or runs parallel to I-35/I-35E.

Route description

The interchange between I-37 and US 77 (and I-69E)

US 77 crosses the Rio Grande with US 83 on the Veterans International Bridge. The two highways run together concurrent with I-69E until Harlingen. US 83 runs west (north) along I-2 to McAllen while US 77 runs north along with I-69E to Raymondville. The highway is the only one to pass through Kenedy County. In Raymondville, I-69E temporarily ends.

In Robstown, US 77 again picks up the I-69E designation until the interchange with I-37 in north Corpus Christi. US 77 shares a short overlap with I-37 before leaving the highway. US 77 runs through many small to mid-size communities before arriving in Waco. Here, US 77 begins its overlap with I-35 that lasts until Hillsboro, where the highway then parallels I-35E until Red Oak.

→U.S. Route 77 Business (Waco, Texas)

US 77 has an unsigned overlap with I-35E until US 77 leaves the interstate in Corinth to serve Denton. The highway then returns to I-35 in north Denton until the two highways cross into Oklahoma together north of Gainesville.

Future

US 77 between Raymondville and just north of Driscoll is panned to be upgraded to I-69E. US 77 from Corpus Christi and Victoria is planned to be upgraded to I-69E.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Cameron	Brownsville
				University Boulevard / East Avenue - UT-Brownsville, Texas Southmost College	at-grade intersection
overlap; see I-69E
Kenedy	​			La Parra Avenue - Sarita	interchange
Kleberg	Riviera			FM 771 east – Riviera Beach
				SH 285 west – Falfurrias
	​			RM 628 east – Loyola Beach, Vattmann
	​			FM 772 – Vattmann
	Ricardo			FM 1118 east
	Kingsville			Bus. US 77 north
				FM 1717 east
				FM 1356 north (General Cavazos Boulevard)	interchange
				FM 425 (Senator Carlos Truan Boulevard) – Kingsville Naval Air Station	interchange
				SH 141 west (King Avenue) / Kenedy Avenue – Benavides	interchange
				FM 1898 west (Corral Avenue) / FM 2045 (Santa Gertrudis Avenue) – Kingsville Naval Air Station	interchange
	​			Frontage Road	interchange
Nueces	Bishop			FM 257 / East 6th Street	interchange
				FM 70 – Chapman Ranch, Agua Dulce	interchange; no direct northbound exit
				Bus. US 77 south / County Road 10 – Kingsville	interchange
				FM 3354 east – Concordia, Bishop Airport
	Driscoll			FM 665 – Alice, Corpus Christi, Petronila
	​			FM 2826 – Spring Gardens
	overlap; see I-69E
	Corpus Christi			I-37 south – Corpus Christi	north end of I-69E overlap; south end of I-37 overlap; US 77 south follows exit 14
				Sharpsburg Road / Redbird Lane	I-37 exit 15
				Labonte Park	I-37 exit 16
San Patricio	​			I-37 north – San Antonio	north end of I-37 overlap; US 77 north follows exit 17
	Odem			SH 234 west / FM 631 east (Main Street) – Edroy, Taft
	​			FM 1944 east – Taft
	Sinton			Bus. US 77 north / FM 1945 west	interchange
				SH 188 – Mathis	interchange
				US 181 – Beeville, Gregory	interchange
				SH 89 to US 181 – Beeville, Gregory	interchange
				Bus. US 77 south
Refugio	Woodsboro			FM 1360 south – Bayside
				FM 136 south – Bayside, Gregory
				FM 2441 north – Blanconia
	Refugio			FM 774 east (Empresario Street) to FM 2678 – Bayside, Austwell
				Alt. US 77 north / US 183 north to SH 202 – Goliad, Goliad State Historical Park, Presidio Labahia, General Zaragoza Birthplace, Beeville
	​			SH 239 – Tivoli, Austwell, Goliad	interchange
Victoria	​			FM 445 east – McFaddin
	Victoria			US 59 (via Spur 91) – Houston, Victoria	Exit 7 on I-69/US 59 southbound; interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance; future I-69 north
				US 59 north / Bus. US 77 north – Houston, Victoria	interchange; south end of US 59 overlap
				FM 446
				US 59 south / Bus. US 59 north – Goliad, Laredo	interchange; north end of US 59 overlap
				FM 236 – Cuero, Refugio	interchange
				FM 1685	interchange; no direct northbound exit (signed at FM 236)
				US 87 – Cuero, San Antonio, Port Lavaca	interchange
				Briggs Boulevard / Nursery Drive	interchange; no direct northbound exit
				Mallette Drive / Invitational Drive	interchange
				Bus. US 77 south (Navarro Street) / Loop 463 east – Edna	interchange
	​			FM 444 south – Inez
	​			FM 682 north – Terryville, Yoakum
DeWitt	No major junctions
Lavaca	​			SH 111 – Edna, Yoakum, Gonzales	interchange
	​			FM 531 – Koerth, Shiner, Ezzell
	​			FM 318 south – Sweet Home, Yoakum
	Hallettsville			Alt. US 77 south / Alt. US 90 west – Shiner, Seguin, Yoakum, Goliad	south end of US 90 Alt. overlap
				FM 340 west – Moulton
				Alt. US 90 east – Eagle Lake, Houston	north end of US 90 Alt. overlap
				FM 957 north (East First Street) – Schulenburg
	​			FM 532 east – Oakland	south end of FM 532 overlap
	​			FM 532 west – Komensky, Moulton, Gonzales	north end of FM 532 overlap
Fayette	Schulenburg			Loop 222 (Lyons Avenue) to FM 957 – Hallettsville
				US 90 to Loop 222 – Flatonia, Engle, Weimar
				I-10 – Flatonia, San Antonio, Weimar, Houston	I-10 exit 674
	​			FM 615 east
	​			FM 956 west – Freyburg
	Swiss Alp			FM 1383 south – Ammannsville
				FM 3171 south
	​			FM 2436 west – Hostyn
	​			Spur 92 west – Monument Hill Kreische Brewery State Park
	La Grange			FM 155 south – Weimar
				Bus. SH 71 / SH 159 east to SH 237 – Smithville, Austin, Columbus, Brenham, Bellville
				SH 71 – Smithville, Austin, Columbus	interchange
	​			FM 2145 north – Nechanitz
	​			FM 153 west – Winchester, Smithville
	Warda			FM 1482 west
Lee	Giddings			FM 448 south – Serbin, Northrup, Winchester
				US 290 (Austin Street) – Elgin, Austin, Brenham, Houston
				FM 2440 to FM 141 – Manheim, Dime Box
	​			FM 1624 north – Fedor, Lexington
	​			SH 21 – Bastrop, Caldwell	interchange
	​			FM 3403 east
	Lexington			Loop 123 north to FM 112 west to FM 1624 south / FM 696 west – Taylor, Elgin, Fedor	south end of FM 696 overlap
				FM 696 east	north end of FM 696 overlap
				Loop 123 south to FM 112 west to FM 696 west to FM 1624 south – Taylor, Elgin, Fedor
Milam	Rockdale			FM 2116 north
				FM 908 – Caldwell, Airport
				US 79 – Hearne, Round Rock	interchange
	​			FM 1712 south – Rockdale
	​			US 190 east / SH 36 south – Milano, Hearne, Caldwell	south end of US 190 / SH 36 overlap
	​			FM 2095 east – Gause, Hearne
	Cameron			FM 845 west to FM 1600 south – Buckholts, Temple
				US 190 west / SH 36 north / North Travis Street – Temple, Business District	north end of US 190 / SH 36 overlap
	Splawn			FM 485 – Hearne, Seaton
	Ben Arnold			FM 1444 east – Clarkson
	Burlington			FM 1963 north – Barclay
Falls	​			FM 1445 south – Clarkson
	Rosebud			Loop 265 north / FM 1963 south (Main Street) – Reagan, Barclay
				SH 53 west – Temple
	​			Loop 265 south to FM 413 – Reagan
	Travis			FM 431 east – Cedar Springs	south end of FM 431 overlap
				FM 431 west – Westphalia	north end of FM 431 overlap
	Lott			SH 320 – Westphalia, Temple, Marlin
	Chilton			FM 935 – Troy, Marlin
				SH 7 east – Marlin	south end of SH 7 overlap
				FM 1950 west – Cego
				SH 7 west / Bus. SH 7 east – Bruceville-Eddy, Marlin	interchange; north end of SH 7 overlap
	Golinda			FM 2839 east
McLennan				FM 2643 west – Levi, Mooreville	south end of FM 2643 overlap
				FM 2643 east – Asa	north end of FM 2643 overlap
	Robinson			FM 2837 west – Lorena
				FM 3148 west – Hewitt
	Waco–Robinson line			SH 6 / Loop 340 – Temple, Marlin, Groesbeck	interchange
	Waco			Loop 396 north – Austin, Meridian	traffic circle
				Bus. US 77 north (La Salle Avenue)
				I-35 south (Jack Kultgen Expressway) / Loop 2 north (South 17th Street) – Austin, Cotton Palace Complex, Floyd Casey Stadium	south end of I-35 overlap; US 77 south follows exit 334
see I-35
Hill	Hillsboro			I-35 north / Spur 579 south – Fort Worth, Dallas	north end of I-35 overlap; US 77 north follows exit 370
	Carl's Corner			FM 2959 west to I-35E – Lovelace, Dallas
	Midway			FM 934 west – Itasca
	​			FM 1243 south – Brandon
Ellis	Milford			FM 308 south – Mertens, Malone, Elm Mott	south end of FM 308 overlap
				FM 566 west to I-35E
	​			FM 308 north – Maypearl	north end of FM 308 overlap
	Italy			SH 34 to I-35E – Ennis, Terrell
	Forreston			FM 329 west to I-35E
	Nena			FM 55 south – Avalon, Blooming Grove
	Waxahachie			I-35E south / FM 876 – Waco, Dallas, Bell Branch	I-35E exit 397
				FM 66 west (Rogers Street) / FM 877 south (Howard Road) – Maypearl, Itasca
				FM 1446 west
				Bus. US 287 (West Main Street) – Midlothian, Ennis
				FM 878 east (West Marvin Avenue) – Palmer
				FM 813 east – Palmer, Ferris
				US 287 – Fort Worth, Midlothian, Ennis	interchange
	​			FM 387 to I-35E / FM 813 – Ferris
	Red Oak			SH 342 north – Red Oak
				I-35E south – Waco	south end of I-35E overlap; US 77 south follows exit 408
see I-35E
Denton	Denton			I-35E north – Oklahoma City	north end of I-35E overlap; US 77 north follows exit 464
				US 377 south (Fort Worth Drive) – Roanoke	south end of US 377 overlap
				FM 426 east (McKinney Street)
				US 377 north / US 380 (University Drive) – Decatur, Prosper, Pilot Point	north end of US 377 overlap
				FM 428 east (Sherman Drive) – Aubrey
				FM 2164 north (Locust Street)
				Loop 288 / US 380 Truck – Aubrey, Pilot Point, Prosper	interchange
				I-35 south to Loop 288 / FM 1173 – Krum	south end of I-35 overlap; US 77 south follows exit 471
see I-35
Cooke	​			I‑35 north / US-77 north – Ardmore, Oklahoma City	Oklahoma state line (bridge over Red River)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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