{"id":4829,"date":"2017-12-26T22:35:18","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T22:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/?p=4829"},"modified":"2017-12-26T22:35:18","modified_gmt":"2017-12-26T22:35:18","slug":"texas-state-highway-loop-279-i-40-bus-to-us-60us-87us-287","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/?p=4829","title":{"rendered":"Texas State Highway Loop 279, I-40 Bus to US-60\/US-87\/US-287"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/tx\/279loop\/40amarilloto60\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"831\" height=\"570\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: 9th Ave and Amarillo Blvd, Amarillo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Reassurance shield as Loop 279 begins. Loop 279 largely follows the original Route 66 alignment into downtown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/tx\/279loop\/40amarilloto60\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: Bushland Blvd and Western St, Amarillo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Local Route 66 shield as we merge onto the old routing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/tx\/279loop\/40amarilloto60\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"857\" height=\"449\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: Bushland Blvd and Independence St, Amarillo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Another one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/tx\/279loop\/40amarilloto60\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1021\" height=\"529\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: Bushland Blvd and Forest St, Amarillo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Probably didn&#8217;t need to take pictures of all these, but whatever.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/tx\/279loop\/40amarilloto60\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"460\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: 6th Ave and Fairmont St, Amarillo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Another one a couple blocks later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/tx\/279loop\/40amarilloto60\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"540\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: 6th Ave and Kentucky St, Amarillo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ground mounted Route 66 shield.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/tx\/279loop\/40amarilloto60\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: 6th Ave and McMaster St, Amarillo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A few blocks later, we&#8217;re reassured again as we pass out of the 6th Avenue district. We&#8217;re still on old 66 though.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/tx\/279loop\/40amarilloto60\/8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"912\" height=\"510\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: 6th Ave and Parker St, Amarillo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Reassurance shield for Route 66 a few blocks later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/tx\/279loop\/40amarilloto60\/9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"919\" height=\"515\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: 6th Ave and Adams St, Amarillo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Reassurance shield as we enter downtown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/tx\/279loop\/40amarilloto60\/10.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><strong>Location<\/strong>: 6th Ave and Tyler St, Amarillo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Another one a few blocks later. In a block, turn right for US-287 south. In two blocks, turn left for US-60 east\/US-87 north.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/tx\/279loop\/40amarilloto60\/11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"974\" height=\"494\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: 6th Ave and Pierce St, Amarillo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Turn right for 60 west\/87 south.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/tx\/279loop\/40amarilloto60\/12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"937\" height=\"527\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: 6th St and Buchanan St, Amarillo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And turn left for US 287 north. Loop 279 ends.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/generic\/us60.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" \/>\u00a0W to TX-395 Loop, E to I-40 Bus\/US-87\/US-287<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/generic\/US_87.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/?p=9911902\">S to TX-395 Loop<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/?p=9911901\"> N to I-40 Bus\/US-60<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/generic\/US_287.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"88\" height=\"70\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0S to TX-395 Loop,\u00a0N to I-40 Bus\/US-60<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/generic\/i40bus.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" \/>\u00a0W to TX-335 Loop, E to TX-FM1719<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location: 9th Ave and Amarillo Blvd, Amarillo Reassurance shield as Loop 279 begins. Loop 279 largely follows the original Route 66 alignment into downtown. Location: Bushland Blvd and Western St, Amarillo Local Route 66 shield as we merge onto the old routing. Location: Bushland Blvd and Independence St, Amarillo Another one. Location: Bushland Blvd and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4829\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}