Texas State Highway 20

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State Highway 20

Length:

78.06^[1] mi (125.62 km)

Formed:

1969

North end:

NM 478 – Anthony

Major
junctions:

I-10

US 85
US 180
I-110
US 54
US 62

South end:

I-10 in McNary

Highways in Texas
< I-20		SH 21 >

State Highway 20, or SH 20, runs from the Texas/New Mexico boundary at Anthony north of El Paso down to McNary in west Texas. It follows the old path of U.S. Highway 80.

1 History
- 1.1 Current Route
- 1.2 Previous Routes
2 Sights
- 2.1 Historical Markers
  - 2.1.1 El Paso County
  - 2.1.2 Hudspeth County
- 2.2 Counties and junctions
3 References

[edit] History

[edit] Current Route

The current SH 20 was created in 1969 when the routing of US 80 was realigned with Interstate 10 in this area. This stretch of highway had been part of SH 1, the Texarkana-Dallas-Fort Worth-El Paso highway prior to the creation of US 80. In 1917 the current route of SH 20 was mapped as the concurrency of SH 1 and SH 12 (part of the Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway and also called the Orange-El Paso Highway).

[edit] Previous Routes

SH 20 was one of the original Texas state highways planned in 1917 from Mason through Austin to Houston. In 1919, alternate route SH 20A was routed due west from Austin to Fredericksburg, with a planned extension farther west to Segovia. By 1933, the section from Austin to Mason had been renumbered as part of SH 29, with SH 20 rerouted over SH 20A. In 1935, a realigned US 290 had shortened SH 20 again, now only a stretch from Austin to near Paige. From 1938 to 1951, SH 20 went from Austin through Elgin and ended near Paige. After 1947, US 290 was shifted north (its former route becoming SH 71) to a straightened route parallel to SH 20. The two routes apparently existed side-by-side for several years until when, in 1951, SH 20 was deleted. As of 2005, portions of the original SH 20 are still open to traffic in Bastrop County. The portion from Loop 223 in McDade to Spur 186 in Paige are signed as "Old Highway 20".

[edit] Sights

[edit] Historical Markers

[edit] El Paso County

Corpus Christi de la Ysleta mission in the Ysleta area of El Paso

[edit] Hudspeth County

Fort Hancock mercantile, near Spur 148 in Fort Hancock

[edit] Counties and junctions

County	Junction	Notes
El Paso	NM 478 – Anthony
	Spur 6 – Anthony
	Loop 375 – Canutillo
	SH 178 – El Paso
	I-10/US 85/US 180 – El Paso
	Loop 478 – El Paso
	I-110 – El Paso
	US 54 – El Paso
	US 62 – El Paso
Hudspeth	Spur 148 – Fort Hancock
Hudspeth	I-10 – McNary