Business Interstate 27-U (Bus. I-27-U) is a
business loop
A business route (or business loop, business spur, or city route) in the United States is a short special route connected to a ''parent'' numbered highway at its beginning, then routed through the central business district of a nearby city or ...
in the US state of
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
. It stretches along Columbia Street through
Plainview between exits 45 and 53 on
Interstate 27
Interstate 27 (I-27) is an Interstate Highway, entirely in the US state of Texas, running north from Lubbock to I-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 ...
(I-27). The highway follows the original alignment of
U.S. Route 87 (US 87) prior to the construction of the new freeway to the west. Before becoming Bus. I-27-U, it was designated as Loop 445 and signed as a business route of US 87. Along the way, it intersects
Farm to Market Road 3466
A farm (also called an agricultural holding) is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production. The name is used fo ...
(FM 3466, South 4th Street),
US 70 (5th Street), and
FM 1767 (34th Street).
History
The highway follows the original routing of US 87 through the city of
Plainview. When the new US 87 freeway was built to the west, this segment was redesignated Loop 445, the Plainview Loop, on January 31, 1967, and marked as a business route of US 87.
On June 21, 1990, Loop 445 was redesignated Bus. I-27-U.
Route description
Bus. I-27-U leaves I-27 south of Plainview at exit 45 and heads northeast toward the city. The highway begins as a four-lane road, with a wide median dividing the two directions. The road passes through several miles of farmland before entering Plainview and passing the Hale County Jail. The roadway continues past a small elementary school, several residential streets, the
Hale County Airport
Hale County Airport is a public airport about south-southwest of Plainview, Texas. There are no airline flights now.
History
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, and an auto junkyard before intersecting with
US 70 in downtown Plainview. The highway continues through downtown, intersecting several city blocks, and passing several parks and businesses. In the northern section of downtown, the road passes a small railroad depot, and a set of railroad tracks come alongside the eastbound lanes of the highway. The highway continues north from there, passing several more residential streets before intersecting I-27 in the northern region of Plainview. This intersection is the highway's northern terminus.
Junction list
References
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27 Business (Plainview)
27 Business (Plainview, Texas)
Transportation in Hale County, Texas
Business (Plainview, Texas)
U.S. Route 87