Texas State Highway 70

[trailertraveler]

I am headed North from Amarillo, TX to Dodge City, KS. My mapping program and GPS want me to take TX-70 from US-60 to US-83 to US-54. I looked at Google Earth, but can not tell how the road surface is. Anybody familiar with this section of road?

Staying on US-60 to US-283 looks like a slightly longer route. I've driven the section of US-283 from US-54 to Dodge City a number of times and it has always been good two lane. Any comments/information would be greatly appreciated.

[trailertraveler]

one_strange_texan wrote:
...Can you not "spot check" ground level views on Google Earth or Google Maps (the "little yellow man") along the route to check on the quality of the road surface?...

Only if they have ground level imagery of that road.

Thanks to those that responded. For anyone that might care, US-60 East from Amarillo to Pampas was good four lane. There was one section of right lane closure. Traffic was light. TX-70 from Pampas to US-83 was good two lane with a few three lane passing sections. The speed limit is 75 MPH which caused me some concern as I don't go over 60 MPH when towing. Traffic was light and mostly passenger vehicles. There was one short construction zone with one way traffic. Again traffic was light so the delay was not long.

[one_strange_tex]

prichardson wrote:
Texas roads in general are in better condition than any where else. While I have not been on TX 70; being a state route I would expect it to be good with high speed limits.

I agree with this statement, though I have not been on this particular highway. Can you not "spot check" ground level views on Google Earth or Google Maps (the "little yellow man") along the route to check on the quality of the road surface?

[prichardson]

Texas roads in general are in better condition than any where else. While I have not been on TX 70; being a state route I would expect it to be good with high speed limits.

[TyroneandGladys]

It has been a few years but 70 was a good road. In my experience Texas highways are very good roads. No matter what road you take when you get to a 1/2 tank of fuel start looking for a place to fill up.

[trailertraveler]

Nobody familiar with TX-70?