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The first section of Interstate Highway from county line to county line to open in the state was a 43-mile (69 km) section of I-35 in Bexar County. By 1967, the highway system controlled 66,000 miles (106,000 km) of highway. [5] In 1984, US 66 was replaced by I-40 and the US 66 designation was removed from the state highway system the following ...
Greer County, formed in 1860. Separated from Texas by U.S. Supreme Court ruling in United States v. the State of Texas, 162 U.S. 1 (1896) and is now part of southwestern Oklahoma. Perdido County, formed in 1824 and forgotten during the upheavals of the 1840s. Perdido was reportedly abolished in 1858 and again in 1871.
Number Length (mi) Length (km) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes SH 1: 837.42: 1,347.70 State line at El Paso, Texas: State line at Texarkana, Texas: 1917: 1939 Replaced by Interstate 10, Interstate 20, and Interstate 30 a small portion inside the city of Dallas remained until 1952.
The branch of SH 2, which US 75 followed between Houston and Galveston, eventually became part of SH 6, [citation needed] and these numbers were dropped in the 1939 renumbering. Prior to the coming of the Interstate Highway System in the late 1950s, the only improvements to US 75 in Texas beyond building a two-lane paved roadway were in the ...
The following are lists in a series of Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks (RTHLs) arranged by county as designated by the Texas Historical Commission and local county historical commissions in Texas. Purchase and display of a historical marker is a required component of the RTHL designation process.
U.S. Highway 181 is a south–north U.S. Highway located entirely in the state of Texas.Both termini are at Interstate 37, the road that it mainly parallels to the east.US 181 begins in Corpus Christi, Texas at mile marker 0 [citation needed] to the south, through south-central Texas to just south of San Antonio to the north (mile marker 131), for a total length of 137 miles (220 km).
I-10 enters Texas northwest of El Paso near Anthony and runs southward, alongside US Route 85 (US 85) and US 180.US 85 splits off in West El Paso at exit 13 (Sunland Park Drive, Paisano Drive), where US 85 heads south on Paisano Drive, through downtown El Paso, and ends at the Stanton Street Bridge and the border with Mexico via local streets.
At-grade intersection on I-40 near milemarker 8 in far west Texas. I-40 in Texas is one of a few Interstate Highways with at-grade intersections.The westernmost 16 miles (26 km) of I-40 in Texas, near the New Mexico state line, lacks the frontage roads typical to Texas freeways, and eight driveways for ranches directly intersect the main lanes of I-40, in violation of Interstate standards.