U.S. Route 290
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| U.S. Route 290 |
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| Length: | 261[1] mi (418 km) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Formed: | 1927[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| West end: |  I-10 southeast of Junction, TX |
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| Major junctions: |
 US 87 at Fredericksburg, TX
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| East end: |  I-610 at Houston, TX |
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U.S. Highway 290 (or US 290) is an east-west highway entirely in Texas. Its current western terminus is at Interstate 10 milepost 477 (768 km), southeast of Junction, and its eastern terminus is at Interstate 610 on the northwest side of Houston. Prior to the Interstate era, it extended nearly 300 miles (483 km) farther west to an intersection with US 80 (now Interstate 20) before Interstate 10 supplanted it. It also originally had an eastern terminus in San Antonio until 1935 when it was rerouted further north and extended eastward. The old alignment into San Antonio was redesignated US 87. [2][1]
Because of truncations, it no longer intersects its "parent" route, US 90, in Houston.
The large remnant of US 290 continues to be an important highway, connecting Austin to and from Interstate 10 and eastward to Houston. Parts of US 290 in Austin and near Houston are freeway.
In Houston, US 290 is referred to as the Northwest Freeway, and in Austin, it runs concurrently with Interstate 35 through downtown. The Texas Legislature officially named the route within Harris County as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway in 2005. [1]
West of Austin, US 290 is an attractive route through the Texas Hill Country, passing through Fredericksburg and Johnson City near historical sites related to Admiral Chester Nimitz and Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of the United States. East of Austin, it is divided highway passing through or near Giddings and Brenham.
[edit] Reference
- ^ a b c Texas Department of Transportation U.S. Highway 290 Designation File. URL accessed 8 December 2006.
- ^ Texas Department of Transportation U.S. Highway 87 Designation File. URL accessed 8 December 2006.
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