Interstate 44 East

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Interstate 44 East U.S. 277 U.S. 281 U.S. 287 North
The elevated lanes of IH 44 north from Broad Street opened to traffic in the early 1980s. The freeway north to the separation with U.S. 287 was expanded to eight or ten lanes during road work in 2008. 09/06/09
The first standalone shield for IH 44 north appears beyond the entrance ramp from Broad and 8th Streets west of Downtown Wichita Falls. IH 44 continues northward into Oklahoma and Missouri to end in St. Louis. 09/06/09
IH 44 makes an S-curve across the Wichita River northbound to Exit 1B for Scotland Park and western Wichita Falls. 09/06/09
Scotland Park is just that, a park, and not a community or a street. The park, which connects to Lucy Park, forms a large urban park along the Wichita River. Lucy Park is also the site of the "Falls" in the city's name. 09/06/09
The Wichita Falls Travel Information Center lies along the west frontage road between IH 44 and the Wichita River at Exit 1C. 09/06/09
IH 44 and U.S. 277/281/287 curve northward along the Central Freeway beside Scotland Park. 09/06/09
The third exit in the first mile of IH 44 departs for North 8th Street and the busy state travel information center. 09/06/09
IH 44 and U.S. 277/281/287 proceed north from the 8th Street entrance ramp across a BNSF Railroad line and U.S. 287 Business (Old Iowa Park Road) to Exit 1D. 09/06/09
U.S. 287 Business in Wichita Falls crosses paths with U.S. 287 for a second time along IH 44 at Exit 1D. The 18.79 mile route of Business 287J continues west to Pleasant Valley and Iowa Park. 09/06/09
A diamond interchange (Exit 2) precedes the U.S. 287 split with IH 44 east at Maurine Street. 09/06/09
Spur 325 branches northeast from the three wye interchange (Exit 3A) with IH 44 and U.S. 287 to SH 240 at Sheppard Air Force Base. 09/06/09
U.S. 287 ventures west from IH 44 & U.S. 277/281 and Wichita Falls to Electra, the Wilbarger County seat of Vernon and Amarillo in the Texas Panhandle. 09/06/09
Exit 3B follows for SS 325 along the continuation of the U.S. 287 freeway east to Sheppard Access Road. SS 325 concludes a 1.68 mile route as a surface arterial. 09/06/09
Interstate 44 East U.S. 277 U.S. 281 North
09/06/09



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09/06/09 by AARoads

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U.S. 287

Page Updated 07-09-2019.

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