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Northbound Texas Route 155 between Palestine and Frankston, Texas, April 2006. SH 155 begins at US 79 / SH 19 in Palestine northeastward via Frankston to SH 64 at Tyler. Just north of Frankston, a series of three causeways, one measuring a mile in length, crosses Lake Palestine and passes through the resort towns of Coffee City and Dogwood City.
Historic SH 8. SH 8 was one of the original twenty five state highways on June 21, 1917, proposed as an 'East Texas Highway.' [2] In 1919 the routing follows the present day SH 8 from the Arkansas state line to its terminus in Linden, then continued south on present day U.S. Highway 59 through Marshall, to Carthage.
This is intended to be a complete list of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Lee County, Texas. There are three properties listed on the National Register in the county. Two properties are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks including one that is also a State Antiquities Landmark.
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The toll road was foreclosed on late in 2003 and was purchased at auction on January 6, 2004, by its main creditor, the John Hancock Life Insurance Company, for the minimum $12 million, one-sixth of the construction value. [11] The only other bidder was the Texas Department of Transportation at $11.1 million. [11]
By 1905 the Humble oilfield was the biggest producing field in Texas. [5] The Humble oil fields are still active and have produced over 138,835,590 barrels (22,073,095 m 3) of oil. The town was the home of the Humble Oil & Refining Company, founded in 1911, a predecessor of Exxon. When the oil boom receded, many land owners returned to truck ...
To FM 1563 / County Road 4700: Fairlie: FM 2655 to FM 1563 east: Commerce: SH 24 north / Bus. SH 11 east – Commerce, Sulphur Springs, Cooper, Paris: interchange; west end of SH 24 overlap: SH 224: Bus. SH 224 (Live Oak Street) – Commerce: SH 24 south / Loop 178 west – Campbell, Northeast Texas Children's Museum
On June 21, 1938, the Cleveland-Neville's Ferry Road from Cleveland to Rye had its routing approved, and construction started on it. [9] On March 18, 1947, SH 105 was routed on the Cleveland-Neville's Ferry Road, closing the gap. [10] Construction was sporadic, with the section between Conroe and Beaumont not completed until the 1960s.