State Highway 15 marker

State Highway 15

Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length125.2 mi[1] (201.5 km)
Existed1954[1]–present
Major junctions
West end US 54 at Stratford
Major intersections US 83 in Perryton
East end SH-15 east of Follett
Location
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
Highway system
PR 14 Loop 15

State Highway 15 (SH 15) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas. It runs from the Oklahoma state line 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Follett to US 287 in Stratford.

Route description

SH 15 begins at an intersection with US 287 in Stratford. It travels eastward through the far northern reaches of the Texas Panhandle, mainly through farmlands. The route passes through the towns of Spearman and Perryton, before exiting eastward into Northwest Oklahoma, where the road transitions to Oklahoma State Highway 15.

History

On October 26, 1954, SH 117 was redesignated as SH 15 for its entire route from the Texas/Oklahoma state line in Lipscomb County through the northeast Panhandle to an intersection with U.S. Highway 287 at Claude. The route was renumbered to correspond to the connecting Oklahoma State Highway 15. On September 1, 1965, the section from Spearman southward was redesignated as SH 207, while SH 15 was rerouted westward to Stratford over cancelled routes SH 282 and FM 289.

Previous route

Historic SH 15
Historic SH 15

SH 15 was one of the original twenty five state highways proposed on June 21, 1917, overlaid on top of the Dallas-Louisiana Highway.[2] From 1917 the routing mostly followed present day U.S. Highway 80 from Dallas to Wills Point. It continued on, routed along present day SH 64 from Wills Point into Tyler and up U.S. Highway 271 into Gladewater, and east along US 80 into Longview. On June 17, 1918, the section of SH 15 from Gladewater to Longview was transferred to SH 11. On January 21, 1919, an alternate route of SH 15 was designated east of Wills Point, going through Mineola to Gladewater, via US 80.[3]

Historic SH 15A
Historic SH 15A

On November 27, 1922, the section of SH 15 from Wills Point to Tyler was redesignated as SH 15A, which extended to Carthage.[4] The section of SH 15 from Tyler to Gladewater was transferred to an extended SH 31. On August 21, 1923, SH 15A was renumbered as SH 64.[5] On October 26, 1925, SH 15A was designated from Gladewater to Kilgore. On March 19, 1930, this became part of SH 135. On September 18, 1929, another SH 15A was designated along the Scyene Road from SH 15 to SH 14.[6] This highway was erroneously omitted on the March 19, 1930 log, so was unnumbered that day. On November 30, 1932, the former SH 15A was added to the state highway log, but was renumbered as SH 183.

SH 15 was extended east to the Louisiana state line on August 21, 1923, replacing a section of SH 11. In 1926, U.S. Highway 80 was routed over SH 15. The routes were marked concurrently. On December 16, 1929, SH 15 was extended west to Fort Worth.[7] On June 24, 1931, this extension to Fort Worth was cancelled.[8] On September 11, 1934, SH 15 was extended west back to Fort Worth.[9] On August 8, 1935, SH 15 was extended west via Albany via Seminole to the New Mexico state line, replacing SH 83 and part of SH 1A, though this was not effective until September 1, 1935.[10] On September 26, 1939, the section of SH 15 east of Albany was deleted (already part of US 80 and US 80 Alternate). The remainder of SH 15 was redesignated as US 180 on September 6, 1943.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
ShermanStratford US 287 (Poplar Street) Dalhart, Texhoma

FM 2232 south
FM 119 Texhoma, Sunray

FM 1290 north Texhoma
Hansford
FM 1573 west Sunray

FM 1262 north Guymon
Gruver
SH 136 north Guymon
west end of SH 136 overlap


SH 136 south (Main Avenue) / FM 278 east Stinnett
east end of SH 136 overlap

Loop 84 west Gruver

SH 207 north Guymon
west end of SH 207 overlap

FM 2018 west Sunray

FM 2387 north Hardesty
Spearman
FM 760 north – Lake Palo Duro, Airport
west end of FM 760 overlap

SH 207 south Stinnett
east end of SH 207 overlap


FM 759 east / FM 760 south (West Kenneth Avenue)
east end of FM 760 overlap
Ochiltree
FM 1267 east
Farnsworth
FM 376 south

Spur 192 east Frank Phillips College Allen Campus
Perryton Loop 143
US 83 (Main Street) Liberal, Canadian
Loop 143
LipscombBooker SH 23 Beaver, Canadian
Darrouzett
FM 2172 south

RM 2248 north

SH 305 south Lipscomb
FM 1455
Follett
FM 2741 north
west end of FM 2741 overlap

FM 2741 south (South Main Street)
east end of FM 2741 overlap

FM 1454 south Higgins
west end of FM 1454 overlap

FM 1454 north
east end of FM 1454 overlap

SH-15 east Shattuck
Oklahoma state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 15". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
  2. "Minutes of the tenth and adjorned Regular Meeting of the STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, held in Mineral Wells, TX, at the Standard Pavillion, at 2:00 p.m." (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  3. "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. January 21, 1919. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 24, 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  4. "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. November 27, 1922. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 27, 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  5. "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. August 21, 1923. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  6. "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. September 17, 1929. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  7. "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. December 16, 1929. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 18, 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  8. "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. June 22, 1931. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  9. "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. September 10, 1934. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 14, 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  10. "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. July 15, 1935. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 20, 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
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