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The Texas Legislature created the Texas Highway Department in 1916 to administer federal highway construction and maintenance. In 1975, its responsibilities increased when the agency merged with the Texas Mass Transportation Commission, [3] resulting in the formation of the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation.
Texas Highways was founded in 1953 when the Texas Department of Transportation changed the name of its employee publication from Maintenance and Construction Bulletin.The magazine originally centered on highway design, construction, and maintenance, but in 1962, editor Frank Lively began adding stories about history and travel.
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.
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 ...
"Minute Orders of the June 21, 1917 Meeting of the Texas State Highway Department" (PDF). Austin: Texas State Highway Department; Texas Mapbook}} is used to cite either the current (2014) or most recent old (2012) version of the Texas Department of Transportation County Mapbook. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2012). Texas ...
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
In February 2023, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) assumed responsibility for the maintenance and operation of the corridor, [9] and the SH 84 designation was applied to it on May 25, 2023. [1] Construction began in November 2022. Entering fall 2024, the project is 80% complete and completion is estimated to be finished December ...
Tentative master plan for Dallas-Fort Worth outer loops, as released by the North Central Texas Council of Governments Metropolitan Transportation Program in 2009. Loop 9, as defined by TxDOT, is highlighted in red; it is unknown whether the remainder of the loop would receive this designation.