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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.
New Mexico state line northwest of El Paso to New Mexico state line northeast of Guadalupe Mountains National Park; from New Mexico state line west of Seminole to just east of Weatherford: US 181: 135.5 [26] 218.1 I-37/SH 35 at Corpus Christi: I-37 near San Antonio 1927 [26] current US 183: 426.0 [27] 685.6 US 77/US 77 Alt. in Refugio
Historic SH 11. State Highway 11 was one of the original twenty-five state highways proposed on June 21, 1917, overlaid on top of the Jefferson Highway. [2] In 1917, the routing was proposed from the Oklahoma state line at Denison, south on present day U.S. Highway 69 through Whitewright into Greenville.
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In 1957, the state began receiving federal funding for the construction of the Interstate Highway System. 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]
Loop 12 is a state highway that runs mostly within the city limits of Dallas, Texas. The western segment of the loop is named after General Walton Walker , who served and died in South Korea . During the 1950s and 1960s, Loop 12 was the outer beltway in the Dallas area, having since been supplanted by I-635 , which is itself being supplanted by ...
State Highway 13 was designated in 1917, running through the Texas Panhandle along the Ozark Trail. It generally referenced the routing due west from Amarillo to the New Mexico state line. In 1926, US 66 was co-located along the route. The co-designation was dropped completely on September 26, 1939.
Loop 11 continues to the north, junctioning with Industrial Drive and Bus. US 287, crossing over a railway line. Near Maurine Street, the highway curves to the northeast, before turning back in a more north direction. Loop 11 has a junction with US 287, a few miles southwest of Sheppard Air Force Base/Wichita Falls Municipal Airport.