Loop 461, the New Deal Loop, is a state highway

State highway

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 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Texas

Texas

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. It stretches 1.719 miles (2.766 km) along Monroe Avenue through New Deal, between exits 13 and 15 of Interstate 27/U.S. Highway 87. It was authorized on April 1, 1968, after the new US 87 freeway was built, and initially marked as US 87 Business. Along the way, it intersects Farm to Market Road 1729 (Main Street).

Route description

Loop 461 begins at an interchange with I-27

Interstate 27

Interstate 27 is an intrastate Interstate Highway, located entirely in the U.S. state of Texas, running north from Lubbock to Interstate 40 in Amarillo. These two cities are the only control cities on I-27; other cities and towns served by I-27 include New Deal, Abernathy, Hale Center, Plainview,...

/US 87

U.S. Route 87 in Texas

In the U.S. state of Texas, U.S. Highway 87 is a north–south U.S. Highway that begins near the Gulf Coast in Port Lavaca, Texas and heads north through San Antonio, Lubbock, and Amarillo to the New Mexico border near Texline....

 in New Deal

New Deal, Texas

New Deal is a town in Lubbock County, Texas, United States.The population was 708 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Lubbock Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

, Lubbock County, heading north on two-lane undivided Monroe Avenue. The road passes through residential areas, bending north-northeast before heading north as it runs to the west of a BNSF Railway

BNSF Railway

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 line. The highway crosses FM 1729 and runs between more homes to the west and the railroad tracks to the east. Loop 461 reaches its northern terminus at another interchange with I-27/US 87.

History

Loop 461 was created on its current alignment in 1968, replacing what had been a part of US 87. The route was originally signed as US 87 Business.

Junction list

The entire route is in New Deal

New Deal, Texas

New Deal is a town in Lubbock County, Texas, United States.The population was 708 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Lubbock Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

, Lubbock County.

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