US highway 82 historic endpoints in Lubbock, TX
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1934-1961
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In 1934, the US 82 designation was extended west from Texarkana to Lubbock; here is a map showing how things looked at that time:
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c. 1940, TXDoT
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All highways junctioned at the center of town (that is, the intersection of Broadway and what was then Avenue "H", but has now been renamed to Buddy Holly Avenue). This interactive image was taken looking west on Broadway:
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The crossroad is Buddy Holly; the Lubbock Co. Courthouse is visible at right. Northbound US 87 was to the right, and to the left was southbound US 87 and eastbound US 84. US 62 and US 82 came to that point together. Westbound US 62 continued ahead, and westbound US 84 went that direction too, but US 82 ended there. Here we are looking the opposite direction:
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Taylor, Dec. 2005
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That was once westbound US 84 (which turned right on "H") and US 62 (which continued ahead). Also ahead was the west beginning of US 82 (the I-27 overpass is visible in the distance). At some point (probably around 1947), the four highways began to be rerouted away from Broadway and Av "H":
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c. 1954, TXDoT
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That shows US 82 coming in with US 62. It is unclear exactly how far US 82 was signed, but it could have ended at its junction with US 87:
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That is looking west at Av "A". US 82 probably would not have ended at Av "H" (since that was no longer a US route), but it could have extended to Av "Q" (which carries US 84). This shot is looking south on Av "Q":
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Sanderson, Aug. 2015
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To the left on 19th may have been an historic west beginning of US 82. By the time of this map, the rerouting was complete, and traffic was directed through town using four different bypasses of sorts:
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c. 1961, TXDoT
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Except for the later addition of I-27, that is pretty much how the highways are still arranged. US 84 uses Avenue "Q" (9 blocks west of "H"), and US 87 uses Avenue "A" (7 blocks east of "H"). US 62 uses 19th Street (a half-mile south of Broadway). By the time of the map above, US 82 was using 4th Street (a half-mile north of Broadway), so the original junction was bypassed in all four directions. US 82 went all the way across town, but then ended at its junction where it rejoined US 62 on the west side (near the Texas Tech University campus). This image was taken still further west on 19th:
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Stuve, Mar. 2013
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That is westbound US 62, which continues by angling to the left on the relatively-new Marsha Sharp Freeway. Today that direction is also westbound US 82, but for a time, the west beginning of US 82 was to the right on the freeway... however, back then, there was no freeway here -- it was called the Brownfield Highway, and this was an at-grade intersection. This shot is looking northeast on the Sharp Fwy:
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Stuve, Feb. 2010
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Today this is eastbound US 62-82. US 82 continues ahead, while US 62 exits and continues east (right) on 19th. But until about 1960, this was only US 62, with the west beginning of US 82 straight ahead.
Research and/or photo credits: Dale Sanderson; Eric Stuve; Stephen Taylor
Page originally created 2005;
last updated Dec. 13, 2017.
last updated Dec. 13, 2017.
