Texas State Highway 79
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| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length: | 96.20 mi[1] (154.82 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1926 – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: |
  US 183 / US 283 in Throckmorton | |||
  US 82 / US 287 in Wichita Falls | ||||
| North end: |
 SH-79 at Oklahoma state line | |||
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State Highway 79 or SH 79 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas that runs 96 miles (154 km) from Throckmorton to the Oklahoma state line near Byers.
History
It was originally designated in 1926 along its current route, except for the unfinished portion from Olney to Elbert. This section was completed by 1938. The route was previously proposed as the northern sections of SH 22 and SH 23. The intersection of Hwy 79 and Hwy 25, in Archer City, was the location for the filming of movie The Last Picture Show in 1971.
Route description
SH 79 begins at an intersection with US 183/US 283 in Throckmorton. The highway runs in an east-west direction until FM 926, east of Elbert. The highway turns northeast, running to Olney and Archer City. The highway enters Wichita Falls and almost immediately begins an overlap with US 281 on the Henry S. Grace Freeway. At the interchange with US 82/US 287, US 281 travels north to downtown while SH 79 travels to the east. Shortly after joining US 82/287, SH 79 leaves the highways and runs on the eastern edge of the city as the Waurika Freeway. SH 79 runs through Dean, Petrolia and Byers before entering Oklahoma as OK-79.
Junction list
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Throckmorton | Throckmorton | US 183 / US 283 – Seymour, Breckenridge, Albany | |||
| |  FM 2356 north | ||||
| |  FM 2459 north | ||||
| Elbert |  FM 1711 south | South end of FM 1711 overlap | |||
| FM 1711 north | North end of FM 1711 overlap | ||||
| Young | |  FM 578 south | |||
| |  FM 926 east – Newcastle | ||||
| |  FM 2898 north – Megargel | ||||
| |  FM 3366 north – Olney Municipal Airport | ||||
| |  Spur 132 north | ||||
| Olney |  SH 251 south – Newcastle | ||||
 FM 210 west – Megargel | |||||
 SH 114 – Megargel, Loving | |||||
| |  FM 1768 east – Markley | ||||
| Archer | Archer City |  SH 25 – Mankins, Windthorst | |||
| |  FM 2224 north | ||||
| |  FM 1954 – Holliday | ||||
| Lakeside City |  FM 2380 north (Kemp Boulevard) | ||||
| Wichita | Wichita Falls |   FM 369 west (Southwest Parkway) / Loop 473 (Old Jacksboro Highway) | Interchange | ||
 US 281 south (Henry S. Grace Freeway) – Jacksboro | South end of US 281 overlap/freeway | ||||
| Hatton Road – Kickapoo Downtown Airport | |||||
| Midwestern Parkway | |||||
 US 82 west / US 281 north / US 287 north to I-44 – Seymour, Amarillo, Lawton | North end of US 281 overlap; south end of US 82/287 overlap | ||||
| Old Windthorst Road | |||||
| US 82 east / US 287 south – Henrietta, Fort Worth | North end of US 82/287 overlap | ||||
| Hammon Road | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||
  Bus. US 287 (Old Henrietta Highway) | Southbound exit via the Petrolia Road exit | ||||
| Petrolia Road | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; north end of freeway | ||||
| Clay | |  FM 3393 west (Old Petrolia Road) | South end of FM 3393 overlap | ||
| Dean | FM 3393 east (Tammen Road) | North end of FM 3393 overlap | |||
 FM 2393 – Thornberry, Jolly | |||||
| Petrolia |   SH 148 south / FM 810 north – Henrietta, Charlie | ||||
| Byers |  FM 171 east | South end of FM 171 overlap | |||
| FM 171 west – Charlie | North end of FM 171 overlap | ||||
| | SH-79 – Waurika | Crosses the Red River into Oklahoma | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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