Texas State Highway Loop 473

State Highway Loop 473 (Loop 473) is a loop located in Wichita Falls.

State Highway Loop 473
Old Jacksboro Highway
Loop 473 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length4.367 mi[1] (7.028 km)
Existed1969–present
Major junctions
South end US 281 in Wichita Falls
  US 82 / US 281 / US 287 in Wichita Falls
North end
Bus. US 287 in Wichita Falls
Location
CountiesWichita
Highway system
← Loop 472→ Loop 474

Route description

The highway begins at US 281 and Rathgeber Road. Loop 473 intersects SH 79 and FM 369 near Kickapoo Downtown Airport. Just south of downtown, the highway crosses US 281 again, which is cosigned with both US 82 and US 287 (East Central Freeway). Shortly after crossing the East Central Freeway, Loop 473 ends at Business US 287-J (Scott Avenue).[2]

History

Loop 473 was designated along an old alignment of US 281 on January 31, 1969 through the city when US 281 was relocated along the Henry S. Grace Freeway. At first, the Loop 473 designation was a hidden, internal one as the route was publicly signed as Bus. US 281 while the route originally terminated at its northern intersection with US 281. The Loop 473 designation became public after the route was extended northward on September 14, 1973 to the former Loop 370.[1] Loop 370 itself was only an internal TxDOT designation publicly signed as a US 287 business route until that route formally became Business US 287-J in 1991.[3]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Wichita Falls, Wichita County.

mi[4]kmDestinationsNotes
0.00.0 US 281 / Rathgeber Road – Jacksboro
0.71.1 SH 79 (Archer City Highway) / FM 369 (Southwestern Parkway) – Archer CityInterchange
3.45.5 US 82 / US 281 / US 287 (E. Central Freeway) – Seymour, Amarillo, Henrietta
4.47.1
Bus. US 287 (Scott Avenue)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also
  •  Texas portal
  •  U.S. Roads portal

References
  1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Loop No. 473". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  2. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 323. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
  3. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Loop No. 370". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  4. Google (July 20, 2014). "Overview Map of State Highway Loop 473" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 20, 2014.

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