Texas_State_Highway_Loop_473
Texas State Highway Loop 473
State highway in Texas
State Highway Loop 473 (Loop 473) is a loop located in Wichita Falls.
| Old Jacksboro Highway | ||||
Loop 473 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 4.367 mi[1] (7.028 km) | |||
| Existed | 1969–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  US 281 in Wichita Falls | |||
| Major intersections |   US 82 / US 281 / US 287 in Wichita Falls | |||
| North end |  Bus. US 287 in Wichita Falls | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | Wichita | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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The highway begins at US 281 and Rathgeber Road.[2] 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).[3]
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.[4]
The entire route is in Wichita Falls, Wichita County.
| mi[5] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | 0.0 | US 281 / Rathgeber Road – Jacksboro | |||
| 0.7 | 1.1 |   SH 79 (Archer City Highway) / FM 369 (Southwestern Parkway) – Archer City | Interchange | ||
| 3.4 | 5.5 | US 82 / US 281 / US 287 (E. Central Freeway) – Seymour, Amarillo, Henrietta | |||
| 4.4 | 7.1 | Bus. US 287 (Scott Avenue) | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
- Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Loop No. 473". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 367. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
- Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 331. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
- Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Loop No. 370". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- Google (July 20, 2014). "Overview Map of State Highway Loop 473" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
Geographic data related to Texas State Highway Loop 473 at OpenStreetMap