Texas State Highway Loop 289

State Highway Loop 289
Route information
Length:	26.09 mi[1] (41.99 km)
Existed:	1955[1] – present
Major junctions
Beltway around Lubbock
	I-27 / US 87 US 84 US 62 / US 82 / SH 114 I-27 / US 87 US 84 US 62 / US 82
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← Loop 288 Loop 290 →

Loop 289 is a multi-lane beltway servicing Lubbock as a freeway. The highway serves as the southern end for Interstate 27 on the south side of the city. The highway passes about a mile south of Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport on the north side near the intersection with I-27.

History

Lubbock is among the smallest U.S. cities to be encircled by a beltway or loop highway.^[2] Loop 289 is grade-separated. Built from 1960 to 1972, it is 26 miles (42 kilometers) long.^[2] When first constructed, Loop 289 passed through entirely rural areas. Today, urban sprawl extends beyond the beltway, especially in southwestern Lubbock.^[2]

I-27, completed through Lubbock in 1992, serves as the city's north-south expressway. In 2004, construction began on the Marsha Sharp Freeway, the east-west expressway. Cosigned as US 62 / US 82 at its interchange with Loop 289, the Marsha Sharp Freeway begins northeast of Downtown Lubbock extending a mile west of Loop 289. The freeway is under construction to be extended west to the nearby suburb of Wolfforth.

Lane Configuration

Loop 289 is a complete loop freeway with four to six mainlanes. The freeways have frontage roads for nearly the entire route. It is one of only three complete loops in Texas, the other two being Interstate 610 and Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Parkway, and Sam Houston Tollway), both of which encircle Houston. At certain junctions, the freeway widens up to serve exit only lanes. At most interchanges with other highways, there are partial to full access ramps, that directly serve the mainlanes or frontage roads.

Popular Culture

The Dixie Chicks reference Loop 289 in "Lubbock or Leave It", a track from their 2006 release "Taking The Long Way". The lyric reads: 'Oh, boy, rave on down Loop 289 / That'll be the day you see me back in this fool's paradise".

Exit List

Counter-clockwise (CCW) reads down and clockwise (CW) reads up. The entire route is in Lubbock, Lubbock County. All exits are unnumbered.

mi	km	Destinations	Notes
0.0	0.0	I-27 north (Marshall Formby Memorial Highway) / US 87 – Lubbock, Amarillo, Tahoka	Southern terminus of I-27; US 87 exit 1 (NB); I-27 exit 1B
		US 84 (Slaton Highway) / Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard – Slaton, Snyder
		Spur 331 (Southeast Drive)
		FM 835 (50th Street)
		Frontage Road	CCW exit and CW entrance
		19th Street
		FM 40 (4th Street)
		US 62 / US 82 / SH 114 (Idalou Road) – Lubbock, Idalou
		Frontage Road	CCW exit and CW entrance
		Municipal Drive / Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard – Preston Smith International Airport
		Ash Avenue	CCW exit and CW entrance
		I-27 / US 87 (Marshall Formby Memorial Highway) – Lubbock, Amarillo	I-27 exits 6 (NB) and 6B (SB)
		Frontage Road	CCW exit and CW entrance
		FM 1264 (University Avenue) – Texas Tech University
		Frontage Road
		US 84 (Clovis Road) – Littlefield
		Quaker Avenue, Texas Tech Parkway – Texas Tech University
		Slide Road
		FM 2255 (4th Street)	CCW exit via the Slide Road exit; CW exit via the Frankford Avenue exit
		Frankford Avenue
		SH 114 (19th Street) – Levelland, Reese Center	CW exit and CCW entrance
		34th Street
		US 62 / US 82 west (Marsha Sharp Freeway) – Brownfield, Lubbock	CW exit via the 50th Street exit
		US 62 / US 82 east (Marsha Sharp Freeway) – Lubbock	CW exit and CCW entrance
		50th Street
		Spur 327 west – Brownfield	No CW entrance
		FM 1730 south (Slide Road)	CCW exit via the Spur 327 exit
		Quaker Avenue
		Indiana Avenue
		University Avenue – Texas Tech University
		I-27 / US 87 north (Marshall Formby Memorial Highway) – Lubbock, Amarillo	CCW exit and CW entrance; I-27 exit 1A
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

References

1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Loop No. 289". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
2. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/economic_development/assistance/i27tx.cfm