Lubbock is a city in the US state of Texas. The city is located in Lubbock County in the Texas Panhandle and has a population of 261,000 and a slightly larger agglomeration of 325,000 inhabitants (2021).
Introduction
According to lawschoolsinusa, Lubbock is one of two major cities in the Texas Panhandle, the other being Amarillo, which is 180 miles to the north. Lubbock is located 480 kilometers west of Dallas and is the largest city in northwest Texas. Lubbock is considered the largest city on the High Plains from the Canadian border into Texas. The town is located in an agricultural area, the Llano Estacado, a very flat area. In addition to the oil industry, the region has a lot of circular irrigation. Lubbock has three universities and is one of the major college towns in Texas. Lubbock experienced rapid growth in the two decades after World War II, growing from 32,000 inhabitants in 1940 to 129,000 inhabitants in 1960. Thereafter, growth leveled off, and particularly in the 1980s and 1990s, growth was below national level and definitely below Texan level. However, after 2000 the growth doubled and in 2010 the city had 230,000 inhabitants. Lubbock has the image of being a sleepy city, but Texas Tech University has the sixth most students in the state. This is also the largest employer in the city. Lubbock is a very affordable city to live in, like most cities in the Great Plains.
Road network
Lubbock has a well-developed road network. It is located at the southern end of Interstate 27, which connects it to Amarillo. Lubbock is not directly connected by highways to other Texas cities, given the long distances through sparsely populated areas with very low traffic volumes. Lubbock is an important interchange of US Highways in the region. US 62 / US 82 runs diagonally through Lubbock and is constructed as a freeway, the Marsha Sharp Freeway. Lubbock also has a full ring highway, the Loop 289. Several divided highways connect the city with other cities in Texas and New Mexico.
A second western and southern beltway is planned, the Lubbock Outer Loop.
Traffic intensities
Congestion is virtually unknown in Lubbock due to the adequate road network. The traffic intensities are also not very high. The busiest point is in the south of the city, Loop 289 has 80,000 vehicles a day west of I-27. The nearby I-27 also has its busiest point here with 62,000 vehicles. The quietest part of Loop 289 has just 10,000 vehicles in northeast Lubbock. Traffic intensities of the Marsha Sharp Freeway are not yet known.
