NationMaster - Encyclopedia: U.S. Highway 77

US 77 is a north-south United States highway. It is unsigned in and around Dallas, Texas. Its historic segment through South Dakota 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 (aka Interstate 235) connecting suburban Edmond to downtown Oklahoma City and Shields Boulevard in South Oklahoma City. Current U.S. Highway shield The United States Highway System is an integrated system of roads in the United States numbered within a nationwide grid. ... Dallas is one of the ten largest cities in the United States and the heart of the largest metropolitan area in Texas. ... State nickname: The Mount Rushmore State Other U.S. States Capital Pierre Largest city Sioux Falls Governor Mike Rounds (R) Official languages English Area 199,905 kmÂ² (17th) - Land 196,735 kmÂ² - Water 3,173 kmÂ² (1. ... Interstate 29 is an interstate highway in the Midwestern United States. ... Downtown Oklahoma City The State Capitol of Oklahoma Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the state of Oklahoma in the United States of America. ... Interstate 235 is the name of three distinct interstate highway spur routes of Interstate 35 in the central United States: in Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma. ... Edmond is a rapidly growing suburban city located in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma in the central part of the state. ...

Termini

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 the Mexican border. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Sioux City is a city located in Western Iowa. ... Interstate 29 is an interstate highway in the Midwestern United States. ... Brownsville is a city located in Cameron County, Texas, United States. ...

Alternate Routes

As of 2004, Alternate US 77 has a northern terminus in Hallettsville, Texas. It rejoins US 77 at Refugio, Texas. While the main line of US 77 passes through Victoria, Alternate US 77 veers to the west to serve Yoakum and Cuero. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hallettsville is a city located in Lavaca County, Texas. ... Refugio is a town located in Refugio County, Texas. ... Victoria is a city located in Victoria County, Texas. ... Yoakum is a city located in Texas. ... Cuero is a city located in DeWitt County, Texas. ...

Notes

The section between the Oklahoma-Texas state line and Waco, Texas is generally co-located with Interstate 35 (and the 35E spur through Dallas, Texas) and, where it is co-located, it is not signed. Waco is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. ... Interstate 35 (I-35) is an interstate highway running north-south in the central United States. ... Dallas is one of the ten largest cities in the United States and the heart of the largest metropolitan area in Texas. ...

The two stretches in Texas that are not co-located are a stretch wholly within the city of Denton, Texas and a longer stretch from near Red Oak, Texas to Hillsboro, Texas. Denton is a city located in Denton County, Texas. ... Red Oak is a city located in Ellis County, Texas. ... Hillsboro is a city located in Hill County, Texas. ...

States Traversed

State nickname: The Hawkeye State Other U.S. States Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Governor Thomas Vilsack (D) Official languages English Area 145,743 kmÂ² (26th) - Land 144,701 kmÂ² - Water 1,042 kmÂ² (0. ... State nickname: Cornhusker State Other U.S. States Capital Lincoln Largest city Omaha Governor Dave Heineman (R) Official languages English Area 200,520 kmÂ² (16th) - Land 199,099 kmÂ² - Water 1,247 kmÂ² (0. ... State nickname: The Sunflower State Other U.S. States Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Governor Kathleen Sebelius Official languages None Area 82,277 miÂ²; 213,096 kmÂ² (15th) - Land 81,815 miÂ²; 211,900 kmÂ² - Water 462 miÂ²; 1,196 kmÂ² (0. ... Oklahoma is a South Central state of the United States (with strong midwestern and western influences) and its U.S. postal abbreviation is OK; others abbreviate the states name Okla. ... State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry (R) Official languages None. ...

Related US Routes

U.S. Highway 177 is a spur of U.S. Highway 77. ... U.S. Highway 277 is a spur of U.S. Highway 77. ... United States Highway 377 is a north-south United States highway. ... This list of United States Highways is grouped by the 1- or 2-digit parent highway, although in some cases, a 3 digit highway is totally unrelated to its apparent parent. ...

Sources

Categories: United States road stubs | United States Highway system | U.S. highways in Kansas | U.S. highways in Nebraska Current U.S. Highway shield The United States Highway System is an integrated system of roads in the United States numbered within a nationwide grid. ... Us highway Shield, blank. ... United States Highway 1 is a United States highway which parallels the east coast of the United States. ... United States Highway 2 is an east-west United States highway. ... United States Highway 3 is a north-south United States highway that runs from northern New Hampshire to Boston, Massachusetts. ... United States Highway 4 is a United States highway that runs from Portsmouth, New Hampshire to East Greenbush (town), New York. ... United States Highway 5 is a north-south United States highway. ... U.S. Highway 6 is a largely east-west United States Highway that connects Bishop, California with Provincetown, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. ... Sources and External Links U.S. Highways: from US 1 to (US 830) (Robert V. Droz) Categories: Stub | United States Highway system ... United States Highway 8 is a United States highway that runs primarily east-west for 281 miles (452 km), mostly within the state of Wisconsin. ... United States Highway 9 is a north-south United States highway in the states of Delaware, New Jersey, and New York in the United States. ... Categories: Stub | United States Highway system | U.S. highways in North Dakota ... Categories: Stub | United States Highway system ... United States Highway 12 is an east-west United States highway. ... Source and External Link U.S. Highways: from US 1 to (US 830) (Robert V. Droz) Categories: Stub | United States Highway system ... United States Highway 14 (US 14), an east-west route, is one of the original United States highways of 1926. ... Source and external link U.S. Highways: from US 1 to (US 830) (Robert V. Droz) Categories: Stub | United States Highway system ... United States Highway 16 is an east-west United States highway between Rapid City, South Dakota and Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. ... United States Highway 17 is a north-south United States highway. ... United States Highway 18 (US 18), an east-west route, is one of the original United States highways of 1926. ... United States Highway 19 is a north-south United States highway. ... United States Highway 20 is an east-west United States highway. ... U.S. Highway 21 in the pre-Interstate era was a north-south highway connecting the area around Lake Erie and the coastal South. ... Signs for U-turn ramps on US 22 in Union County, New Jersey United States Highway 22, an east-west route, is one of the original United States highways of 1926. ... U.S. Highway 23 is a long north-south U.S. highway between Mackinaw City, Michigan and Jacksonville, Florida. ... United States Highway 24, a dual north-south/east-west route, is one of the original United States highways of 1926. ... U.S. Highway 25 is a north-south US highway in the eastern United States of America that now connects Cincinnati, Ohio at the Ohio River to Brunswick, Georgia near the Atlantic Ocean. ... United States Highway 26 is an east-west United States highway. ... United States Highway 27 (US 27), is a north-south United States highway. ... U.S. Highway 28 is a defunct designation (since the early 1950s) of an east-west highway between Astoria, Oregon and Ontario, Oregon. ... United States Highway 29 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 1,036 miles (1,667 km) from the western suburbs of Baltimore to Pensacola, Florida. ... United States Highway 30 is an east-west United States highway that traverses the United States. ... US Highway 31 is a long north-south highway connecting northern Michigan to southern Alabama, with termini at Interstate 75 near Mackinaw City, Michigan, and U.S. Highway 90 and U.S. Highway 98 at Spanish Fort, Alabama. ... U.S. Highway 32, or US-32, is an early (1926) designation of an east-west highway between Chicago, Illinois and Council Bluffs, Iowa. ... United States Highway 33 is a north-south United States highway that runs northwest-southeast for 709 miles (1,141 km) from northern Indiana to Richmond, Virginia. ... Source and External Link U.S. Highways: from US 1 to (US 830) (Robert V. Droz) Categories: Stub | United States Highway system ... Source and External Link U.S. Highways: from US 1 to (US 830) (Robert V. Droz) Categories: Road stubs | United States Highway system ... United States Highway 36 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 1,414 miles from east-central Ohio to Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. ... U.S. Highway 37 was a proposal for a north-south U.S. Highway put forth by AASHO between 1934 and 1944. ... U.S. Highway 38 is the early, long-defunct (since the 1930s) designation of an east-west route connecting Omaha, Nebraska and Denver, Colorado. ... United States Highway 40 is an east-west United States highway. ... United States Highway 41 is a north-south United States Highway that runs from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Miami, Florida. ... United States Highway 42 is an east-west United States highway that runs northeast-southwest for 355 miles from Cleveland, Ohio to Louisville, Kentucky. ... United States Highway 43 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 410 miles (649 km) from central Tennessee to Mobile, Alabama. ... United States Highway 44 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 238 miles from Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Hudson Valley region of New York. ... United States Highway 45 is a north-south United States highway. ... US 46 is an east-west United States highway. ... United States Highway 48 is an east-west United States highway that currently runs for 148 miles from northern Virginia to central West Virginia. ... US 49 is a north-south United States highway. ... United States Highway 50 is an east-west United States highway. ... United States Highway 51 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 1,286 miles from northern Wisconsin to the western suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana. ... United States Highway 52 is an unusual United States highway. ... United States Highway 53 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 403 miles from northern Minnesota to La Crosse, Wisconsin. ... United States Highway 54 is an east-west United States highway that runs northeast-southwest for 1,197 miles (1,926 km) from western Illinois to El Paso, Texas. ... United States Highway 55 was a north-south United States highway. ... United States Highway 56 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 640 miles from Kansas City, Missouri to northern New Mexico. ... United States Highway 57 is a north-south United States highway that follows a nearly east-west route in southwest Texas. ... United States Highway 58 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 508 miles from Virginia Beach, Virginia to northeast Tennessee. ... United States Highway 59 is a north-south United States highway (though it is signed east-west in parts of Texas). ... US 60 is an east-west United States highway, running 2,670 miles (4,300 km) from Virginia to Arizona. ... The Dubuque-Wisconsin Bridge, Dubuque, Iowa. ... U.S. Highway 62 runs from the US-Canadian border at Niagara Falls, New York all the way to the US-Mexican border at El Paso, Texas. ... United States Highway 63 is an north-south United States highway that runs for 1,286 miles from northern Wisconsin to northern Louisiana. ... United States Highway 64 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 2,326 miles from eastern North Carolina to just southwest of the Four Corners in northeast Arizona. ... U.S. Highway 65 is a north-south United States highway stretching from Albert Lea, Minnesota to Natchez, Mississippi. ... U.S. Highway 66 or Route 66 was and is the most famous road in the U.S. Highway system and quite possibly the most famous and storied highway in the world. ... United States Highway 67 is a north-south United States highway. ... United States Highway 68 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 560 miles from northwest Ohio to western Kentucky. ... US 69 is a north-south United States highway. ... United States Highway 70 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 2,385 miles (3,838 km) from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. ... United States Highway 71 is a north-south United States highway. ... United States Highway 72 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 432 miles from southeast Tennesee through northern Alabama and northern Mississippi to southwest Tennessee. ... United States Highway 73 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 112 miles from southeast Nebraska to northeast Kansas. ... United States Highway 74 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 524 miles (843 km) from southeast North Carolina to Chattanooga, Tennessee. ... US 75 is a north-south United States highway. ... United States Highway 76 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 548 miles from southeast North Carolina to Chattanooga, Tennessee. ... United States Highway 78 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 715 miles (1,151 km) from Memphis, Tennessee to Charleston, South Carolina. ... United States Highway 79 is a north-south United States highway. ... US 80 is an east-west United States highway. ... United States Highway 81 is a north-south United States highway. ... United States Highway 82 is an east-west United States highway. ... United States Highway 83 is a north-south United States highway. ... United States Highway 84 is an east-west United States highway. ... United States Highway 85 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 1,479 miles from the Canadian border in North Dakota to the Mexican border in El Paso, Texas. ... United States Highway 87 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 1,998 miles from northern Montana to southern Texas. ... United States Highway 89 is a north-south United States highway with two branches. ... United States Highway 90 is an east-west United States highway. ... United States Highway 91 is a north-south United States highway. ... Current route US 92 runs for 177 miles from SR 595 and SR 687 in downtown St. ... United States Highway 93 is a major north-south United States highway in the western U.S., extending between the Canadian border in Montana, where it connects with B.C. Highway 93, and Wickenburg, Arizona, a small town about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Phoenix. ... US 94 is now part of U.S. Highway 41; see that article for details. ... US 95 is a north-south United States highway. ... US 96 is a north-south United States highway. ... United States Highway 97 is a major north-south United States highway in the western United States. ... United States Highway 98 is an east-west United States highway that runs from southern Florida to western Mississippi. ... Detail from antique road map of US 99 through California. ... U.S. Highway 101, or U.S. Route 101 (U.S. 101), is a north-south highway that is aligned along the Pacific West Coast of the United States. ... U.S. Highway 163 is not related to U.S. Highway 63 despite the numbers implication of such. ... US 400 is an east-west U.S. Highway. ... United States Highway 412 is an east-west United States highway. ... US 425 is an north-south United States highway. ... This list of United States Highways is grouped by the 1- or 2-digit parent highway, although in some cases, a 3 digit highway is totally unrelated to its apparent parent. ... On the U.S. Highway system, many alternates and spurs are designated with a banner plate above the route shield, or a suffix after the number in the shield. ...

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