page_title: U.S. Route 80
section_title: Texas
hierarchical_section_title: U.S. Route 80 / History / Texas
caption_attribution_description: English: The junction of US Highways 69 and 80 in Mineola, Tx. Photo by Danny Burton 06/05/06.
context_page_description: U.S. Route 80 or U.S. Highway 80 is a major east-west United States Numbered Highway in the Southern United States, much of which was once part of the early auto trail known as the Dixie Overland Highway. As the "0" in the route number indicates, it was originally a cross-country route, from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. Its original western terminus was at Historic US 101 in San Diego, California. However, the entire segment west of Dallas, Texas, has been decommissioned in favor of various Interstate Highways and state highways. Currently, the highway's western terminus is at an interchange with Interstate 30 on the Dallas–Mesquite, Texas city line. The highway's eastern terminus is in Tybee Island, Georgia near the interchange of I-516 and US 17 in Savannah, at the intersection of State Route 26, Butler Avenue, Inlet Avenue, and Tybrisa Street, near the Atlantic Ocean. Between Jonesville, Texas and Kewanee, Mississippi, US 80 runs parallel to or concurrently with Interstate 20. US 80 also currently runs through Dallas, Texas; Shreveport, Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; Montgomery, Alabama; Columbus, Georgia; Macon, Georgia; and Savannah, Georgia.
context_section_description: From the New Mexico border, US 80 (concurrent with US 85) formerly passed through the Mesilla Valley communities of Anthony, Vinton, and Canutillo. State Highway 20 (SH 20) follows the original US 80/US 85 route. I-10 bypassed the original US 80 routing in western El Paso County, and now parallels the old US 80 route a few miles east until crossing it at the current junction with SH 20, where I-10 continues through El Paso, then heads off southeast towards San Antonio. SH 20 follows the old alignment of US 80 until downtown El Paso. Exiting El Paso, I-10 mostly follows the former routing of US 80, but bypassing smaller towns in the Trans-Pecos that were formerly on US 80 (such as Marfa). I-10 then has a junction with I-20 outside of Kent. I-20 then follows former US 80 all the way to Fort Worth, bypassing many old sections of US 80 on the way. They are as follows:
  SH 20 from New Mexico via El Paso to I-10 near McNary, bypassed 1969
  Business Interstate 10-C (Bus. I-10-C) through Sierra Blanca (originally Loop 416 and Business U.S. Highway 80, Bus. US 80), bypassed 1965
  Bus. I-10-D through Van Horn (originally Loop 51 and Bus. US 80), bypassed 1975
  Bus. I-20-B through Pecos and Barstow, part of US 80 until its 1991 truncation
  Spur 57 through Pyote and Wickett, part of US 80 until its 1991 truncation
  Bus. I-20-D through Monahans, part of US 80 until its 1991 truncation
  Bus. I-20-E through Odessa and Midland, part of US 80 until its 1991 truncation
  Spur 268 and SH 158 through downtown Midland (originally Bus. US 80), bypassed in 1953
  Business Interstate 20-F through Stanton (originally Loop 214), part of US 80 until its 1991 truncation
  Bus. I-20-G through Big Spring (originally Loop 402 and Bus. US 80), bypassed 1965
  Bus. I-20-H through Westbrook (originally Loop 333), bypassed 1958
  Bus. I-20-J through Colorado City (originally Loop 377 and Bus. US 80), bypassed 1963
  Bus. I-20-K through Loraine (originally Loop 316), bypassed 1957
  Bus. I-20-L through Roscoe (originally Loop 237), bypassed 1959
  Loop 170 past Sweetwater Municipal Airport, bypassed 1946
  Bus. I-20-M through Sweetwater (originally Loop 432 and Bus. US 80), bypassed 1966
  Bus. I-20-N through Trent (originally Loop 319), bypassed 1957
  Bus. I-20-P through Merkel (originally Loop 39), bypassed 1959
  Bus. I-20-Q through Tye (originally Loop 320), bypassed 1957
  Bus. I-20-R through Abilene (originally Loop 355 and Bus. US 80), bypassed 1961
  Farm to Market Road 18 (FM 18) east of Abilene, bypassed 1951
  Bus. I-20-T through Baird (originally Loop 425), bypassed 1966
  FM 2945 west of Cisco, bypassed 1964
  SH 206, SH 6 and SH 112 through Cisco and Eastland, part of US 80 until its 1991 truncation
  Farm to Market Road 3363 (FM 3363) through Olden, bypassed 1976
  Loop 254 through Ranger, part of US 80 until its 1991 truncation
  Spur 312 and US 180 through Weatherford, part of US 80 until its 1991 truncation
  In Fort Worth, I-20 breaks off the old US 80 route at I-30's junction with I-20, which is also I-30's western terminus. Just east of the junction, I-30 leaves the pre-1991 route of US 80, now Spur 580. Old US 80 travels due east on Spur 580 to US 377 (Camp Bowie Boulevard), where it heads northeast to the junction with I-30. At I-30, US 377 and former US 80 join the freeway into downtown Fort Worth; the old route—along Camp Bowie Boulevard and Lancaster Avenue—was once Bus. US 80.
  Just east of downtown Fort Worth, US 80 split from I-30 onto present SH 180 until 1991. Approaching downtown Dallas, the older route of US 80 used Fort Worth Avenue and Commerce Street, designated Loop 260 and Bus. US 80 in 1952. (US 80 had bypassed that route by 1939, but it was SH 1 until 1952.) The later US 80 continued east on Davis Street, turning north at Zang Boulevard (Loop 354 until 1991), shifting to a route via SH 180 to I-35E after 1961. Through and east of downtown, the route before it was rerouted onto present I-30 used Commerce Street, Parry Avenue, Haskell Avenue, Grand Avenue and Samuell Boulevard. (This was not assigned a number or a business route designation when it was bypassed.) In 
caption: The junction of US highways 69 and 80 in Mineola, Texas
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