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On February 28, 2013, the Texas Transportation Commission voted to transfer ownership and maintenance of Loop 49 from TxDOT to the NET RMA. [ 15 ] Segment 4, also known as the Lindale Relief Route, stretches for 6.7 miles (10.8 km) from US 69 south to I-20 , bypassing the city of Lindale to the west.
The route continues north through ranchlands until Seguin. Reaching Seguin, Texas State Highway 46 begins, peeling off to the northwest toward New Braunfels. SH 123 continues around the eastern edge of Seguin, where it is known locally as "the Bypass", and there it intersects US 90 Alternate, US 90, and Interstate 10.
Between Interstate 10 and US Route 85 (the CanAm Highway), the route is elevated above railroad tracks. [3] The segment serves as an alternate route to I-10 to relieve traffic congestion in and around downtown El Paso. [4] The project, originally known simply as the Loop 375 Extension, was approved in September 2007. [5]
The Interstate Highway with the longest segment in Texas is I-10 at 880.6 miles (1,417.2 km). The shortest in the state is I-110 at 0.9 miles (1.4 km). The construction of the Interstate Highway System in Texas actually began well before these routes were designated as Interstate Highways.
On June 24, 1931, the highway was rerouted west from Atlanta to Daingerfield, replacing SH 48, while the old route southeast of Atlanta became part of SH 77 [4] On April 19, 1938, SH 47 Bypass was designated from SH 47 to SH 1. [5] SH 47 Bypass extended north to SH 5 on October 24, 1938. [6]
Never built; mileage swapped with current route SH 39: 35.36: 56.91 US 83 in Real County: SH 27 in Ingram: 1936: current SH 40 — — — — 1919: 1939 Became US 69, US 175, and US 77: SH 40: 3.01: 4.84 FM 2154 in College Station: SH 6 in College Station: 1994: current SH 41: 50.53: 81.32 US 377 near Rocksprings: I-10 near Mountain Home
Reeves County and the Texas Department of Transportation are looking at a bypass for Pecos, Texas as oil and gas traffic has increased.
The route was redesignated on May 9, 1940, as Spur 99. [23] The route became part of Farm to Market Road 1458 on January 20, 1966. The highway's importance grew after Compaq, a former information technology company, chose to locate its headquarters near at the intersection of SH 249 and Louetta Rd in Harris County in the 1980s. [24]