New Mexico to Wichita Falls US 82 crosses into Texas from New Mexico at Texas Farm to Market Road 769, turning northeastward toward
Plains, where it merges with
US 380. US 82 is co-signed with US 380 from Plains to
Brownfield, where it joins
US 62, and US 380 leaves the route. US 82/62 continues northeastward toward
Lubbock. In Lubbock, US 82 and US 62 split, where US 82 has been upgraded to a full access freeway, named the Marsha Sharp Freeway, in honor of retired
Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball coach
Marsha Sharp. On the east side of the city, US 82 travels as a surface street along Parkway Drive and it once again merges with US 62 (along with
State Highway 114) where it continues eastward through
Ralls, where US 62 makes a sharp turn to the north and leaves the route. US 82 continues eastward across the level plains of the
Llano Estacado to
Crosbyton and then dips downward as it crosses the
White River of
Blanco Canyon, where the
Texas Department of Transportation maintains the Silver Falls Rest Area with facilities and hiking trails. After climbing out of
Blanco Canyon, US 82 eventually exits the
Llano Estacado and enters the rolling plains near
Dickens. US 82/SH 114 continues eastward as a co-signed route until
Seymour, where it merges with U.S. Highways
183,
277 and
283, with US 183 and 283 leaving the route at
Mabelle. US 82/277 continues eastward to
Wichita Falls, merging with
I-44 and
US 287 just south of downtown at Mile marker 0.
Wichita Falls to Arkansas US 82 leaves US 287 at
Henrietta and continues east towards the small towns of
Nocona (beginning as a four-lane divided highway),
St. Jo and
Muenster and crossing
I-35 in Gainesville at a
partial cloverleaf interchange (It has since been converted to a frontage road interchange in 2012.). The highway continues east towards
Whitesboro and
Sherman where it crosses
US Highway 75 at a three-level diamond interchange (the portion through Sherman is called the
Buck Owens Freeway in honor of the country music star, who was born in Sherman). Prior to the 1990s, the two highways ran concurrently on the route of
SH 56 before being rerouted northeast of Sherman on its present-day route. The highway continues east to
Bells where US 82 cross
US Route 69. In
Bonham, Texas, US 82 crosses
SH 121 while the route runs parallel with SH 56 until
Honey Grove where SH 56 ends. US 82 enters
Paris at a diamond interchange where it runs concurrent with
Loop 286 on the north side of the city as a
Business Route runs through the center of the city before rejoining on the east side of Paris. At a diamond interchange on the north side of Paris, US 82/TX Loop 286 meets with
US 271 where both highways run concurrent on the northeast side of town before US 82 branches off at another diamond interchange on the east side of Paris. After passing around
Clarksville and other smaller towns the highway is crossed by
Interstate 30 east of
New Boston at a partial cloverleaf and continues to run parallel to IH 30 into Arkansas through downtown
Texarkana. ==History==