Texas State Highway 207

State Highway 207 (SH 207) is a state Highway that runs from Post, Texas through the South Plains and Texas Panhandle to the Oklahoma state line.

State Highway 207
SH 207, highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length	199.712 mi[1] (321.405 km)
Existed	1934–present
Major junctions
South end	US 380 in Post
Major intersections	US 82 / SH 114 in Ralls US 62 / US 70 in Floydada US 287 in Claude I-40 in Conway US 60 in Panhandle
North end	CR 202 at Oklahoma state line southeast of Guymon
Location
Country	United States
State	Texas
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Former Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec
← SH 206 → SH 208

History

The highway was originally designated on August 1, 1934 between Floydada and Ralls.^[2] On August 1, 1938, a section from Post to Garden City was designated, creating a gap.^[3] On October 24, 1938, the section from Ralls to Post was added, closing the gap.^[4] On February 21, 1939, SH 207 was extended north to Silverton.^[5] On August 27, 1940, the section of SH 207 from Big Spring to Garden City was cancelled. On February 4, 1941, the section of SH 207 from Gail to 8 miles north of Big Spring was cancelled. on March 6, 1941, the section of SH 207 from 8 miles north of Big Spring to Big Spring and the section of SH 207 from Post to Gail was cancelled. On February 28, 1945, the section of SH 207 from Ralls to Post was cancelled and transferred to FM 122. On October 10, 1947, the section of SH 207 from Ralls to Floydada was transferred to US 62, leaving only the section between Silverton and Floydada. On September 1, 1965, the route was extended north and south along its current route, replacing FM 122 south to Post, the portion of FM 284 north to Claude, a portion of the rerouted SH 15 to Sperman, and SH 282 to the Oklahoma state line.^[6][7][8][9]

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Garza	Post	0.0	0.0	US 380 (East Main Street) / Loop 46 south
		0.1	0.16	FM 651 north (North Avenue F)
		0.5	0.80	Spur 575
	​	6.9	11.1	FM 211 west
Crosby	​	25.9	41.7	FM 40 east	South end of FM 40 overlap
	​	28.3	45.5	FM 40 west	North end of FM 40 overlap
	Ralls	34.0	54.7	US 82 / SH 114 – Lubbock, Crosbyton
		34.4	55.4	FM 122 east (Tilford Avenue)
		35.0	56.3	US 62 west – Lubbock	South end of US 62 overlap
	​	38.6	62.1	FM 1471
	​	42.5	68.4	FM 193
Floyd	​	47.7	76.8	FM 54 west – Petersburg
	​	52.3	84.2	FM 37 west
	Floydada	55.8	89.8	US 70 west – Plainview	South end of US 70 overlap
		56.7	91.2	US 62 east / US 70 east / FM 1958 south – Matador	North end of US 62 / US 70 overlap
		57.6	92.7	FM 784 west (Price Street)
	​	61.6	99.1	FM 786 east	South end of FM 786 overlap
	​	62.8	101.1	FM 786 west	North end of FM 786 overlap
	​	67.0	107.8	FM 97 west – Lockney	South end of FM 97 overlap
	​	68.3	109.9	FM 97 east – Flomot	North end of FM 97 overlap
	​	73.3	118.0	FM 2286 – Plainview
	​	76.3	122.8	FM 689 east
Briscoe	​	86.5	139.2	FM 145
	Silverton	91.2	146.8	SH 86 east – Quitaque	South end of SH 86 overlap
	​	92.2	148.4	FM 3030 north
	​	95.2	153.2	SH 86 west / FM 284 south – Tulia	North end of SH 86 overlap
	​	105.1	169.1	FM 3300 west
	​	109.2	175.7	FM 146 west – Vigo Park
Armstrong	​	116.9	188.1	FM 285 west – Wayside
	​	129.4	208.2	FM 2272 east
	​	134.4	216.3	FM 1258 west
	Claude	142.5	229.3	FM 1151 – Canyon, Palo Duro Canyon State Park
		143.0	230.1	US 287 – Amarillo, Clarendon
Carson	​			FM 2161 west – Amarillo	Former Route 66
	​			I-40 – Amarillo, Shamrock	I-40 exit 96
	Panhandle			US 60 – Amarillo, White Deer
				FM 293 west
	​			FM 2385 east
Hutchinson	Borger			Spur 246 north / FM 1551 west
				SH 136 south – Amarillo	Interchange; south end of SH 136 overlap
				SH 152 east (West 3rd Street) – Pampa	South end of SH 152 overlap
				Spur 119 east (West 10th Street) – Phillips
				Spur 140 south / Spur 245 east	Traffic circle
				RM 3474 west
	​			FM 1559 south
	​			RM 2277 east
	Stinnett			SH 152 west – Dumas	North end of SH 152 overlap
				RM 1526 east
				Bus. SH 152 west
	​			SH 136 north – Gruver	North end of SH 136 overlap
	​			FM 281 – Sunray
Hansford	​			SH 51 east
	​			FM 520 west
	Spearman			SH 15 east / FM 759 east – Perryton	South end of SH 15 overlap
	​			FM 760 south
	​			FM 2387 north
	​			FM 2018 west
	​			SH 15 west – Gruver	North end of SH 15 overlap
	​			FM 278 west – Gruver
	​			FM 1261 north
	​			FM 2535 east
	​			Oklahoma CR 202	Texas/Oklahoma state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

Gallery

• 
  Highway 207 as it winds its way through the valley of the Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River, Armstrong County. This section of Highway 207 is also known as Hamblen Drive, named after Will H. Hamblen (1876–1952), a local rancher.
• 
  Highway 207 in Crosby County, looking north toward the Caprock Escarpment of the Llano Estacado.

See also

• Caprock Escarpment
• Duffy's Peak
• Farm to Market Road 400
• Farm to Market Road 669
• Hamblen Drive
• Mount Blanco
• Mushaway Peak
• Salt Fork Brazos River
• White River (Texas)