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The Texas State Highway system was established in 1917 to create a structured network of roads that would enhance connectivity and support economic development across the state. The initial system included 22 state highways, many of which followed pre-existing trails and trade routes.
It continues northeast through the Texas coastal plains before reaching the Greater Houston area, where it intersects Interstates 610, 45 and 10. It continues north through far east Texas reaching Texarkana and Interstate 30. US 59 travels north along the Arkansas state line before finally fully entering Arkansas at the Red River near Ogden ...
Texas state highways are a network of highways owned and maintained by the U.S. state of Texas. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is the state agency responsible for the day-to-day operations and maintenance of the system. Texas has the largest state highway system, followed closely by North Carolina's state highway system.
Business State Highway 6-R (Bus. SH 6-R, formerly Loop 507) is a business loop that runs through the cities of Bryan and College Station. The highway is known locally as Texas Avenue in both cities and runs along the eastern boundary of Texas A&M University in College Station. The route was created in 1990 with the re-designation of Loop 507 ...
In 1926, the U.S. Highway System was created and many of the highways listed below became part of a new U.S. Highway; in some cases, a highway's number was changed so as not to conflict with a U.S. Highway number (or, later, an Interstate Highway number) which came through Missouri.
Farm to Market Road 1092 (FM 1092) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas that is within both Fort Bend and Harris Counties. The highway starts from State Highway 6 (SH 6) in Missouri City and goes north to Interstate 69/U.S. Route 59 in southwest Houston. The divided highway is also known as Murphy Road along its entire length.
Missouri also maintains a secondary set of roads, supplemental routes, which are lettered rather than numbered. Route 366 in St. Louis Missouri has also changed highway designations with a US route or an interstate with the same number is designated through the state (Route 40 was redesignated Route 14 to avoid duplicating numbers with US-40 ...
Secretary Howard M. Gore appointed the Joint Board on Interstate Highways, as recommended by AASHO, on March 2, 1925. The Board was composed of 21 state highway officials and three federal Bureau of Public Roads officials. At the first meeting, on April 20 and 21, the group chose the name "U.S. Highway" as the designation for the routes.