U.S. Route 287 in Texas
US 287 highlighted in red | |||||||
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| Auxiliary route of US 87 | |||||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | |||||||
| Length | 659.1 mi (1,060.7 km) | ||||||
| Existed | 1942–present | ||||||
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| South end | US 69 / US 96 / SH 87 in Port Arthur | ||||||
| North end | US 287 near Kerrick | ||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||
| State | Texas | ||||||
| Counties | Jefferson, Hardin, Tyler, Polk, Trinity, Houston, Anderson, Freestone, Navarro, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant, Wise, Montague, Clay, Wichita, Wilbarger, Hardeman, Childress, Hall, Donley, Armstrong, Carson, Potter, Moore, Sherman, Dallam | ||||||
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U.S. Highway 287 (US 287) in the U.S. state of Texas is a major U.S. Highway that begins on the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur and heads north through Fort Worth, northwest to Childress, Clarendon, Wichita Falls, and Amarillo in the Texas Panhandle and into Oklahoma near Kerrick.