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According to Emporis the building is the 2nd tallest in Lubbock, behind only the Metro Tower. [2] The building's basement is one of the largest fallout shelters in Texas and reportedly could shelter occupants from a 10-megaton nuclear weapon air burst over Reese AFB (now closed) 11 miles to the West. [ 3 ]
I-27, completed through Lubbock in 1992, serves as the city's north–south freeway. In 2004, construction began on the Marsha Sharp Freeway , the east–west freeway. Cosigned as US 62 / US 82 at its interchange with the east leg of Loop 289, the Marsha Sharp Freeway begins northeast of downtown Lubbock and extends to a mile west of the west ...
Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions, and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bike, air (in beta) and public transportation.
The Metro Tower, also known as the NTS Tower, is an office high-rise building located in Lubbock, Texas. Completed in 1955, it is the tallest building in Lubbock at 274 feet (84 meters). [ 2 ] The 20-story building was originally known as the Great Plains Life Building after an insurance company that was its first occupant.
The highway was extended from Lubbock to the New Mexico state line in 1963. Between 1974 and 1994, US 82 was re-routed from Whitesboro to Honey Grove; the old routing became SH 56. [ 3 ] The highway was re-routed from Allendale Road to US 281/US 287 through Wichita Falls in 1998 with a bypass built around Holliday in 2005.
After making another turn back to the north just outside O'Donnell, US 87 reaches Lubbock, where it merges with I-27 on the south side of the city. [ 4 ] US 87 is concurrent with I-27 for a majority of its trek to Amarillo , deviating from the interstate route to spur into cities such as Kress , Tulia , and Canyon .
One day, Anna Costley stumbled upon TikTok videos of people participating in the Google Maps trend, in which users reminisce over photos of their old homes taken from satellite images over the years.
Lubbock (/ ˈ l ʌ b ə k / LUB-ək) [7] is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Lubbock County.With a population of 266,878 in 2023, [3] the city is the 10th-most populous city in Texas and the 84th-most populous in the United States. [8]