Texas State Highway 15
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| Length: | 125.2 mi (201.5 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1959 – present | |||
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 US 54 at Stratford
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 US 83 in Perryton
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| East end: |
 SH-15 east of Follett
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State Highway 15, or SH 15, runs from the Texas-Oklahoma boundary 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Follett to US 54 in Stratford.
In 1955, SH 117 was redesignated as SH 15 for its entire route from the Texas/Oklahoma state line in Lipscomb County through the northeast Panhandle to an intersection with U.S. Highway 287 at Claude. The route was renumbered to correspond to the connecting Oklahoma State Highway 15. In 1967 the section from Spearman southward was redesignated as SH 207, while SH 15 was rerouted westward to Stratford over cancelled routes SH 282 and FM 289.
SH 15 begins at an intersection with US 54 in Stratford. It travels eastward through the far northern reaches of the Texas Panhandle, mainly through farmlands. The route passes through the towns of Spearman and Perryton, before exiting eastward into Northwest Oklahoma, where the road transitions to Oklahoma State Highway 15.
SH 15 was one of the original twenty six state highways proposed in 1917, overlaid on top of the Dallas-Louisiana Highway. From 1919 the routing mostly followed present day U.S. Highway 80 from Dallas to Wills Point. It continued on, routed along present day SH 64 from Wills Point into Tyler and up U.S. Highway 271 into Longview.
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