U.S. Route 77 Business (US 77 Business or US 77-L) is a
business loop
A business route (or business loop, business spur, or city route) in the United States is a short special route that branches off a parent numbered highway at its beginning, continues through the central business district of a nearby city or t ...
of
U.S. Route 77
U.S. Route 77 (US 77) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway which extends for in the central United States. As of 2005, Its southern terminus is in Brownsville, Texas, at Veteran's International Bridge on the U.S.-Mexico borde ...
(US 77) in
McLennan County
McLennan County is a County (United States), county located on the Edwards Plateau in Central Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 260,579. Its county seat and largest city is Waco, Texas, Waco. The U.S. c ...
,
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
, United States, that passes through
Waco
Waco ( ) is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a U.S. census estimated 2024 population of 146,608, making i ...
,
Bellmead, and
Lacy Lakeview
The highway is the old alignment of US 77 through the city and was formerly signed as a US 77 & US 81 Business Route, but designated as Loop 491 on October 2, 1970 until it was changed to the current Business US 77 designation on June 21, 1990.
[
] The section of highway from
Loop 484 to
US 84 is a
freeway
A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway, and expressway. Other similar terms ...
, making it the only business route in Texas that is a freeway.
Route description
Northbound US 77-L begins as LaSalle Avenue in southern Waco at a
traffic circle
A roundabout, a rotary and a traffic circle are types of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic is permitted to flow in one direction around a central island, and priority is typically given to traffic already in the junct ...
with its parent route, along with Circle Drive and Valley Mills Drive. Approximately north-northeast of the northbound southern terminus of US 77-L, it connects with southbound US 77 at South 18th Street. (This intersection is the southern terminus of southbound US 77-L.)
From that intersection US 77-L runs along the eastern boundary of
Baylor University
Baylor University is a Private university, private Baptist research university in Waco, Texas, United States. It was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Te ...
before crossing the
Brazos River
The Brazos River ( , ), called the ''Río de los Brazos de Dios'' (translated as "The River of the Arms of God") by early Spanish explorers, is the 14th-longest river in the United States at from its headwater source at the head of Blackwater ...
. Now, South Loop Drive, the highway
interchanges with
Loop 484 and becomes a mostly a freeway. After crossing
Interstate 35
Interstate 35 (I-35) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States. As with most primary Interstates that end in a five, it is a major cross-country, north–south route. It stretches from Laredo, Texas, near the Mexican bo ...
(I-35) / US 77 and then
U.S. Route 84
U.S. Route 84 (US 84) is an east–westUS 84 was signed north-south in parts of Colorado and New Mexico. United States Numbered Highway that started as a short Georgia–Alabama route in the original 1926 scheme. Later, in 1941, it h ...
, the highway drops its freeway status and briefly enters Bellmead. The highway enters
Lacy Lakeview as the town's main street. Just north of Lacy Lakeview US 77-L ends at I-35 / US 77 (just south of
Elm Mott).
Junction list
See also
*
List of U.S. Highways in Texas
References
External links
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Transportation in McLennan County, Texas
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