U.S. 287 North - Amarillo

Departing from IH 40 west, U.S. 287 north accompanies the ending IH 27 freeway north to a two-wye interchange with the one way couplets of Buchanan / Pierce Streets and Fillmore / Taylor Streets. U.S. 287 merges with U.S. 60 east beyond the Fillmore Street off-ramp for U.S. 87 north.

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Traffic on U.S. 60/87 north separates with U.S. 60 east combining with U.S. 287 north on Buchanan Street. U.S. 87 northbound parallels U.S. 60/287 two blocks to the west through Downtown Amarillo.

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Decorative arches are positioned at both entry points to Downtown Amarillo from IH 27 north, and above the U.S. 60/87/287 south to the exchange joining IH 27/40.

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Trailblazers direct motorists onto Buchanan Street north from the freeway end. The north section of Buchanan Street originates as a residential street from Interstate Drive and the Plemons neighborhood.

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The first in a series of traffic lights along U.S. 60 east / U.S. 287 (Buchanan Street) north is located at SE 11th Avenue. 11th Avenue leads west to Ellwood Park.

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SE 10th Avenue doubles as SL 395 east to Tee Anchor Boulevard. The unmarked state highway provides a direct route from Downtown to IH 40.

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SE 9th Avenue flows east from the central business district to nearby industrial areas along the BNSF Railroad.

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Heading west with one way traffic, SE and SW 8th Avenue stretches across the original Town of Amarillo area to Mc Masters Street.

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Reassurance markers for U.S. 60/287 posted north of SE 8th Avenue.

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U.S. 60/287 (Buchanan Street) north at SE 7th Avenue eastbound.

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U.S. 60/287 intersect SE 4th Avenue by the Amarillo Civic Center and the Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts.

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3rd Avenue provides the next through route across the BNSF Railroad line en route to the Wolfin and Denver Heights areas.

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U.S. 60 east / U.S. 287 north shield assembly posted at Buchanan Street and SE 2nd Avenue.

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Buchanan Street northbound dips below a BNSF Rail yard through a 1936-built subway.

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Drivers emerge from the subway at NE 2nd Avenue. A traffic light follows at NE 3rd Avenue at the Holland community.

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U.S. 60/287 (Buchanan Street) north at NE 7th Avenue.

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A sign bridge precedes the split of U.S. 60 east from U.S. 287 north at Business Loop I-40 (Amarillo Boulevard). U.S. 60 overlaps with the business loop east throughout east Amarillo. Amarillo Boulevard represents the 1953-70 bypass alignment of Historic U.S. 66.

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The original bypass for U.S. 66 followed Amarillo Boulevard west 4.8 miles to SW 9th Avenue. Business Loop I-40 overlays all of the route west to IH 40 at Exit 62A.

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U.S. 287 remains on Buchanan Street for three more blocks from U.S. 60 (Amarillo Boulevard) before shifting westward onto a freeway with U.S. 87.

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Traffic from U.S. 87 and U.S. 287 combines ahead of the NE 15th Avenue underpass. A short distance further is the ramp departure for Oak Drive and the Hamlet community.

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The ensuing northbound exit consists of a diamond interchange for NE 24th Avenue at Thompson Memorial Park and Amarillo Zoo. A lane drop follows at the SL 434 (River Road) off-ramp.

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U.S. 87/287 (Dumas Drive) continue north between Wonderland Amusement Park to the west and Hamlet Shopping Center to the east.

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U.S. 87/287 (Dumas Drive) shift west and partition with Loop 434 (River Road) at a half diamond interchange. Traveling north for 4.999 miles, Loop 434 follows the pre-freeway alignment of both U.S. highways.

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The succeeding northbound exit joins U.S. 87/287 with Hastings Avenue on the north side of Thompson Memorial Park and Ross Rogers Golf Course.

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Interchange sequence sign outlining the final three Amarillo city exits. Cherry Avenue follows across U.S. 87/287 at the subsequent exit on the city line.

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A pedestrian overpass spans U.S. 87/287 (Dumas Drive) north at the off-ramp for Central Avenue. Central Avenue leads west to FM 2176 (Broadway Avenue) and east from parallel SL 434 (River Road) into the Pleasant Valley community.

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The 1965-built freeway elevates over Central Avenue on the half mile approach to Loop 335 (St. Francis Avenue).

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Presently a diamond interchange joins U.S. 87-287 (Dumas Drive) with Loop 335 (St. Francis Avenue). Long range plans involve upgrading the 40 mile beltway around Amarillo into a limited access highway.

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The freeway along U.S. 87/287 extends another five miles north from the SL 335 underpass to Reclamation Plant Road.

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Following the east side frontage road, drivers bound for Loop 335 enter a signalized intersection with St. Francis Avenue. Loop 335 narrows to a five lane arterial east to Glen Street, where it incurs expressway like characteristics east to Texas 136.

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West from U.S. 87-287 (Dumas Drive), SL 335 comprises a four lane, divided highway to interchanges with FM 2176 (Broadway Drive) and FM 1719 (Western Street) on the outskirts of Amarillo.

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