U.S. Route 77 Business (Waco, Texas)

Business US Highway 77
; Business US Highway 77
	Wikimedia \| © OpenStreetMap US 77 Bus. highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by TxDOT
Length	9.716 mi (15.636 km)
Existed	June 21, 1990–present
Major junctions
south end	US 77 in Waco
	Loop 484 in Waco; I-35 / US 77 in Waco; US 84 in Waco;
north end	I-35 / US 77 in Lacy-Lakeview
Location
Counties	McLennan
Highway system
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U.S. Route 77 Business (US 77 Business or US 77-L) is a business loop of US 77 in Waco. The highway is the old alignment of US 77 through the city and was formerly signed as a US 77 & US 81 Business Route, but designated as Loop 491 on October 2, 1970 until it was changed to the current Business US 77 designation on June 21, 1990.^[2] The section of highway from Loop 484 to US 84 is a freeway, making it the only business route in Texas that is a freeway.^{[citation needed]}

Route description[]

US 77-L begins as LaSalle Avenue in southern Waco. The highway's southern terminus with its parent route is at a traffic circle, along with Circle Drive and Valley Mills Drive. The highway runs along the eastern boundary of Baylor University before crossing the Brazos River. Now, South Loop Drive, the highway interchanges with Loop 484 and becomes a freeway. After crossing I-35 and US 84, the highway drops its freeway status and briefly enters Bellmead. The highway enters Lacy-Lakeview as the town's main street and ends at I-35/US 77, just short of Elm Mott.

Junction list[]

The entire highway is in McLennan County.

Location	mi^[3]	km	Destinations	Notes
Waco	0.0	0.0	US 77 / LaSalle Avenue, Circle Drive, Valley Mills Drive – Cameron	Southern terminus; traffic circle
	2.2	3.5	FM 434 (University Parks Drive) – Baylor University
	2.6	4.2	Bridge over the Brazos River
	2.7	4.3	(Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard) – McLane Stadium	Interchange
	3.1	5.0	Loop 484 east to SH 6 – Marlin, Bryan	Southern end of freeway
	3.4	5.5	Orchard Lane	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	3.8	6.1	Frontage Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	4.2	6.8	I-35 / US 77 – Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth
	4.4	7.1	Cottenbelt Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	4.6	7.4	I-35 south / US 77 south – Austin	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	4.7	7.6	US 84 – Gatesville, Mexia	Northern end of freeway; no southbound entrance
Lacy Lakeview	6.5	10.5	Loop 340 south / FM 3051 (Industrial Boulevard) – Bellmead, Lake Waco	Split intersection
	8.6	13.8	FM 2417 east (Crest Drive) – TSTC
	9.7	15.6	I-35 / US 77 – Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Incomplete access