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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.
In 1992, the 3,200 miles (5,100 km) of Interstate Highway System in Texas was completed with the opening of a six-mile (9.7 km) section of I-27. In 1997, the Texas Turnpike Authority was merged with TxDOT and independently, the North Texas Turnpike Authority became responsible for toll projects in Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant counties. [6]
Business U.S. Highway 59-D (Bus. US 59-D), formerly Loop 455, is a 3.585-mile-long (5.769 km) business loop in Carthage. [8] This is the oldest signed business route of US 59 in Texas, having been originally designated on October 21, 1959, with the hidden designation of Loop 455, after US 59 was re-routed and bypassed Carthage. [9]
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is the agency responsible for the day-to-day maintenance and operations of the Interstate Highways in Texas. The Interstate Highway System in Texas covers 3,239.7 miles (5,213.8 km) and consists of twelve primary routes , seven auxiliary routes and Interstate 35 (I-35) which is split into two ...
When Texas began numbering its highway system, the Ozark Trail received the number State Highway 13. By 1920, the entire US 60 route had been renumbered as State Highway 33, or its spur SH 33A, with the northeastern portion also following the AT&SF Railway. By the mid-1920s, the entire route had become an extension of the Abo Pass Highway, and ...
US 54 again enters Texas near Nara Visa, New Mexico, and travels due northeast through the Texas Panhandle to the Oklahoma state line at Texhoma. US 57: 98.1 [2] 157.9 Mexican border at Eagle Pass: I-35 near Moore: 1970 [2] current Travels northeast through south Texas farmlands; former SH 57 US 59: 622.736 [3] 1,002.196 Mexican border at Laredo
Texas Boulevard 1939: current Loop 15: 0.546: 0.879 US 183: US 84: 1939: current Loop 16 — — — — 1939: 1974 Replaced by US 62 and US 85 Loop 17 — — — — 1939: 1990 Transferred to Business SH 123-D: Loop 19: 0.883: 1.421 US 82: US 81 1939: current Loop 20: 23.000: 37.015 Mangana-Hein Road: Texas/Mexico border
U.S. Highway 285 (US 285) travels from Sanderson, Texas to Denver, Colorado. In Texas, US 285 begins at an intersection with US 90 in Sanderson, traveling through Fort Stockton and Pecos before exiting the state into New Mexico between Pecos and Carlsbad.