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Business U.S. Highway 59-D (Bus. US 59-D), formerly Loop 455, is a 3.585-mile-long (5.769 km) business loop in Carthage. [8] This is the oldest signed business route of US 59 in Texas, having been originally designated on October 21, 1959, with the hidden designation of Loop 455, after US 59 was re-routed and bypassed Carthage. [9]
In Texas, U.S. Route 59 is known as the Lloyd Bentsen Highway for the U.S. senator (1971-1993) and the Democratic vice-presidential nominee (1988). From the southwestern suburbs of Houston to Downtown Houston, US 59 is commonly referred to as the "Southwest Freeway", sometimes derisively as the "Southwest's Best Freeway."
The state reimbursed Clara Driscoll and on October 4, 1905, the governor formally conveyed the Alamo property, including the convento and the mission church, to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. A divide between two factions erupted over how the long barracks property was to be used.
Memorial Drive - From Houston Street to just west of Shepherd Drive, a distance of 2.3 miles (3.7 km), Memorial Drive is a limited-access parkway with exits at Heights Blvd./Waugh Drive and Shepherd Drive. U.S. Highway 90 Alternate — South Main Street — south-southwest of downtown from I-610 to near the Southwest Freeway.
The De Zavala chapter of the DRT in 1902 organized the Congress of Patriotism, [30] with the aim of creating a "Texas Hall of Fame" museum in the Alamo long barracks (or convento). Adina and her group convinced Gustav Schmeltzer [ 5 ] [ 31 ] to give the historical society first option to buy the structure if it went up for sale.
SH 99 Toll (Grand Parkway) to I-69 / US 59 – Spring, Baytown: Access to eastbound Grand Parkway via Texas U-turn at I-69/US 59: FM 1485 east – Huffman: South end of FM 1485 concurrency: FM 1485 west – Conroe: North end of FM 1485 concurrency: I-69 / US 59 – Cleveland: I-69/US 59 exit 159(B); northern terminus. 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 ...
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Spur 527 is a 0.863-mile (1.389 km) spur route in Midtown Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. The roadway is a freeway spur that feeds traffic from the Southwest Freeway (Interstate 69/U.S. Highway 59) into Downtown Houston. The route is mostly unsigned, except for a sign posted on the southbound side, right after an intersection with Smith Street.