Editing Interstate 27 (section)

{{Short description|Interstate in the Texas Panhandle}}
{{distinguish|Texas State Highway 27}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox road
| state = TX
| type = I
| route = 27
| alternate_name = Marshall Formby Memorial Highway
| map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=290|type=line|from=Interstate 27.map}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = I-27 highlighted in red
| length_mi = 128.332
| length_ref = <ref name="HDF-IH-27">{{TxDOT|IH|27|access-date=January 28, 2013}}</ref><ref name="southextension1">{{cite news |title = I-27 extension to Hwy. 87 officially approved |url = https://www.kcbd.com/2024/09/26/i-27-extension-hwy-87-officially-approved/ |access-date = January 1, 2025 |publisher = [[KCBD]]-TV |date = September 26, 2024 }}</ref><ref name="southexpansion2">{{cite news |last1 = LaFontaine |first1 = Ryan |title = New milestone for interstate expansion in West Texas |url = https://www.txdot.gov/about/newsroom/stories/new-milestone-for-interstate-expansion-in-west-texas.html |access-date = January 1, 2025 |publisher = [[Texas Department of Transportation]] |date = October 2, 2024 }}</ref>
| established = 1969<ref name="HDF-IH-27" />
| direction_a = South
| terminus_a = {{Jct|state=TX|US|87}} in [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]]
| junction = 
* {{Jct|state=TX|US|84}} in Lubbock
* {{Jct|state=TX|US|62}} in Lubbock
* {{Jct|state=TX|US|82}} in Lubbock
* {{Jct|state=TX|US|70}} near [[Plainview, Texas|Plainview]]
* {{Jct|state=TX|US|60}} near [[Canyon, Texas|Canyon]]
| direction_b = North
| terminus_b = {{Jct|state=TX|I|40|US|60|US|87|US|287}} in [[Amarillo, Texas|Amarillo]]
| counties = [[Lubbock County, Texas|Lubbock]], [[Hale County, Texas|Hale]], [[Swisher County, Texas|Swisher]], [[Randall County, Texas|Randall]], [[Potter County, Texas|Potter]]
| previous_type = SH
| previous_route = 26
| next_type = SH
| next_route = 27
}}
'''Interstate&nbsp;27''' ('''I-27'''{{refn |group=lower-alpha |Some sources use "IH-27", as "IH" is an abbreviation used by TxDOT for Interstate Highways.<ref>{{cite web |author = Transportation Planning and Programming Division |date = n.d. |url = https://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/division/transportation-planning/highway-designation/glossary.html |title = Highway Designations Glossary |publisher = Texas Department of Transportation |access-date = May 20, 2020 }}</ref>}}) is an [[Interstate Highway]], entirely in the [[US state]] of [[Texas]], running north from [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]] to [[Interstate 40 in Texas|I-40]] in [[Amarillo, Texas|Amarillo]]. These two cities are the only [[control cities]] on I-27;<ref>{{cite book |author = American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |author-link = American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |title = List of Control Cities for Use in Guide Signs on Interstate Highways |year = 2001 |publisher = American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials }}{{full citation needed|date=November 2017}}</ref> other cities and towns served by I-27 include (from south to north) [[New Deal, Texas|New Deal]], [[Abernathy, Texas|Abernathy]], [[Hale Center, Texas|Hale Center]], [[Plainview, Texas|Plainview]], [[Kress, Texas|Kress]], [[Tulia, Texas|Tulia]], [[Happy, Texas|Happy]], and [[Canyon, Texas|Canyon]]. In Amarillo, I-27 is commonly known as the '''Canyon Expressway''' (or '''Canyon E-Way'''), although it is also called '''Canyon Drive''' on its access roads. I-27 was officially designated the '''Marshall Formby Memorial Highway''' after former attorney and State Senator Marshall Formby in 2005.<ref name="HDF-IH-27"/> The entire length of I-27 replaced [[U.S. Route 87 in Texas|US Highway&nbsp;87]] (US&nbsp;87) for traffic. An extension of I-27 north to [[Raton, New Mexico]], and south to [[Laredo, Texas]], was approved in 2022.