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Because Texas law allows 75 mph (121 km/h) speed limits on any numbered state highway, city maintained road, or tollway, it is the only state with 75 mph limits on two-lane roads. Speed studies undertaken by TxDOT in response to legislation passed in 2011 took about 2 years, and the result is that the mileage of highway with a speed limit of 75 ...
Highway speed limits can range from an urban low of 25 mph (40 km/h) to a rural high of 85 mph (137 km/h). Speed limits are typically posted in increments of five miles per hour (8 km/h). Some states have lower limits for trucks, some also have night and/or minimum speed limits. The highest speed limits are generally 70 mph (113 km/h) on the ...
Current U.S. representatives from Mississippi District Member (Residence) [1] Party Incumbent since CPVI (2022) [2] District map 1st: Trent Kelly : Republican June 2, 2015 R+18: 2nd: Bennie Thompson : Democratic April 13, 1993 D+11: 3rd: Michael Guest : Republican January 3, 2019 R+15: 4th: Mike Ezell : Republican January 3, 2023 R+22
In 1916, the Mississippi State Highway Commission was formed by the Mississippi Legislature with three elected commissioners to act in a supervisory capacity in the administration of federal funds allotted to the state and to work with the Federal Bureau of Public Roads on planning a system of highways. The bill was signed on March 29, 1916 ...
The current dean of the Texas delegation is Representative Lloyd Doggett, having served in the House since 1995. Republicans have complete control of the congressional redistricting process in Texas, as any new maps are drawn and passed by the Republican-held state legislature and signed into law by the Republican governor. [1]
Under Texas Transportation Code section 545.365, the following vehicles are exempt from speed limits during emergency situations: An authorized emergency vehicle responding to a call. A police patrol.
Mississippi highways. State highways in Mississippi have different numbering schemes. The primary highways are numbered from 1-76, and most three-digit numbered routes are numbered by region (300s in the northernmost part of the state, 600 in the southernmost). Three-digit numbered routes from 700s to 900s are usually short connectors and spurs.
Three federal judges are telling Mississippi to redraw some of its legislative districts, saying the current ones dilute the power of Black voters in three parts of the state. The judges issued ...