Texas State Highway 359

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State Highway 359
Length: 135.233 mi[1] (217.636 km)
Formed: 1954
West end: US 83 at Laredo
Major
junctions:		 I-37 at Mathis
East end: US 181 at Skidmore
Highways in Texas
< SH 358 SH 360 >

State Highway 359 or SH 359 is a state highway that runs from Skidmore in southeastern Texas, near Corpus Christi, southwest and west to Laredo at the international border with Mexico.

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[edit] History

The 359 route designation was first used in 1946 for a short stretch of highway in Coleman, but this designation was cancelled in 1947. The current State Highway 359 was designated in 1955 along the old US 59 route from Beeville to Laredo. SH 359 covered essentially its present-day route, plus a co-routing with US 181 from Skidmore to Beeville. In 1960 the dual designation with US 181 from Skidmore to Beeville was removed, which made Skidmore the eastern terminus of SH 359.

[edit] Route description

The highway's eastern terminus is the intersection with US 181 at Skidmore. The route runs southwest through Tynan to an intersection with Interstate 37 at Mathis. The route continues in a southwest direction past Lake Corpus Christi through Sandia, Orange Grove and Alfred until it reaches Alice, where it is briefly co-routed with SH 44.

The route then diverges from SH 44 at San Diego and continues southwest through Benavides and Realitos to a junction with SH 16 at Hebbronville. Here the route takes a more western direction and runs through Bruni and Oilton before its final junction with US 83 at Laredo on the Mexican border. Counties traversed by the route include Bee, San Patricio, Jim Wells, Duval, Jim Hogg and Webb. The highway is paved throughout and multi-lane for portions of the route. With the exception of its western terminus at Laredo, most of the terrain covered by the highway is sparsely populated and rural.[2]

[edit] Junction list

County Location Mile Junction Notes
Webb Laredo US 83
Loop 20 (Bob Bullock Boulevard)
FM 2895
FM 649
Bruni FM 2050
Duval No major junctions
Jim Hogg Hebbronville SH 16 Short concurrency with SH 16 in Hebbronville
Duval FM 716
Benavides FM 2295 (Parr Street)
SH 339 Short concurrency with SH 339 in Benavides
FM 2295 (La Mota Street)
San Diego FM 1329
SH 44 (Gravis Street) West end of SH 44 concurrency
Jim Wells FM 625
FM 2507
US 281 Interchange
Alice FM 665 (Cameron Street)
FM 1931 (Airport Road)
SH 44 East end of SH 44 concurrency
FM 3376
FM 1539
FM 2044
Orange Grove FM 624 (Orange Avenue)
FM 534
FM 70
FM 1540
San Patricio PR 25
Mathis Bus. 359-B / FM 666 (San Patricio Avenue)
Spur 459
Bus. 359-B (Front Street)
FM 3024
I-37
Bee FM 796
FM 796
Skidmore US 181

[edit] References

  1. ^ Texas Department of Transportation. Highway Designation File - State Highway No. 359. Retrieved on 2006-12-23.
  2. ^ Google Maps. Overview map of SH 359 [map]. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.

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