Texas State Highway 29

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State Highway 29

Length:

143.3^[1] mi (230.6 km)

Formed:

before 1939

West end:

US 83 near Menard

Major
junctions:

US 377

US 87
US 281
US 183
I-35

East end:

SH 95 near Taylor

Highways in Texas
< SH 27		I-30 >
< SH 103	SH 104		SH 105 >

State Highway 29, or SH 29, runs from 3.0 miles south of Menard east to SH 95 in Circleville (6.0 miles north of Taylor) via Mason, Llano, Burnet, Liberty Hill, and Georgetown in central Texas.

In Georgetown, SH 29 is known as University Avenue and is the main east-west artery through the city, passing in front of Southwestern University, which has been on the same road since its Georgetown campus opened in 1873.

[edit] Previous Routes

SH 29 was proposed by 1919 on a route from Port O'Connor to Austin. By 1933, it had been extended north and west along the previous SH 20, with a proposed ending in Rocksprings. By 1939, the southern portion had been shifted significantly, now travelling through Goliad and Refugio, ending near Gregory along portions of proposed routes SH 190 and SH 119. In 1951, the stretch from Liberty Hill to Gregory was reassigned to U.S. Highway 183, with SH 29 routed farther east along former SH 104, and was also extended west from Mason along former SH 151 to Eldorado. In 1977, the section from Eldorado to Menard was redesignated U.S. Highway 190, shortening SH 29 to its current designation.

SH 29A was a proposed spur route splitting at Luling and travelling northwest through San Marcos to Blanco. By 1933, it had been renumbered SH 80.

[edit] Counties and junctions

County	Junction	Notes
Menard	US 83 – near Menard
Mason	US 377 – Mason
Mason	US 87 – Mason
Llano	SH 71 – Llano
	SH 16 – Llano
	SH 261 – Buchanan Dam
Burnet	US 281 – Burnet
Williamson	US 183
	I-35 – Georgetown
	Bus I-35 – Georgetown
	SH 130
	SH 95 – near Taylor