Spur_601_(Texas)
Texas State Highway Spur 601
Highway in Texas
Texas State Highway Spur 601 or Spur 601 is a 7.4-mile-long (11.9 km) freeway spur route in El Paso County in the U.S. State of Texas. It runs from U.S. Route 54 (US 54) in El Paso eastward to Loop 375 in the Fort Bliss Military Reservation. The construction of this freeway improved access to Biggs Army Airfield and Fort Bliss. The route is officially known as the Liberty Expressway.
| Liberty Expressway | ||||
Spur 601 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 7.4 mi[1] (11.9 km) approximate length | |||
| Existed | 2006–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 54 in El Paso | |||
| East end |  Loop 375 | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | El Paso | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Spur 601 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 54 about 4 miles north of Interstate 10. The route travels eastward along the former location of Fred Wilson Avenue, just north of Fort Bliss National Cemetery. The route then jogs southeast then northeast, squeezing between the runways of Biggs Army Airfield and El Paso International Airport. The route then turns back to the east and reaches its eastern terminus at Texas State Highway Loop 375.
Spur 601 was officially designated on August 24, 2006 on its current route.[1] In February 2007, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) entered into a "pass-through finance" agreement to obtain funds for the construction of the route; groundbreaking was held in the same year.[2] On May 29, 2009, the first segment of Spur 601 opened to traffic between Global Reach Drive and Loop 375.[3] In 2010, then Fort Bliss commander Major General Howard Bromberg asked that the route be named the Liberty Expressway; the request was approved on March 16 by the city of El Paso.[2] Construction of Spur 601 was completed in January 2011, and a ceremony commemorating the freeway's completion was held by TxDOT on April 27, 2011.[4] The construction of the route cost $368 million.[4]
The entire route is in El Paso County.
| Location | mi[5] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Paso | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20A |  US 54 / Fred Wilson Avenue – El Paso, Alamogordo | US 54 exit 24B; westbound exit and eastbound entrance: roadway continues west as Fred Wilson Avenue | |
| Fort Bliss | 0.2 | 0.32 | 20B | Railroad Drive / Fred Wilson Avenue | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
| 1.0 | 1.6 | 21 | Chaffee Road / Fred Wilson Avenue | No westbound exit | ||
| 1.7 | 2.7 | 22 |  Sergeant Major Boulevard / Airport Road – Biggs AAF Main Gate, Airport | |||
| 4.2 | 6.8 | 25 | Old Ironsides Avenue / Global Reach Drive –Airport | |||
| 5.8 | 9.3 | 26 | Constitution Avenue | |||
| 7.4 | 11.9 | — |  Loop 375 | Diverging diamond interchange; Loop 375 exit 30 | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||
- Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Spur No. 601". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- Diana Washington Valdez (April 24, 2011). "Spur 601 completion celebration Wednesday". El Paso Times. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- Spur 601 June 2009 Newsletter (PDF), Texas Department of Transportation, retrieved August 1, 2011
- Jade Fulce. "Liberty Expressway – Spur 601 is complete". Fort Bliss Monitor. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- Google (August 12, 2023). "Overview Map of Spur 601" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
Geographic data related to Texas State Highway Spur 601 at OpenStreetMap