U.S. Highway 59 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
Length: | 612.169 mi[1] (985.191 km) | |||
Existed: | 1935 – present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end: | I-35 / US 83 in Laredo | |||
US 281 in George West US 181 in Beeville US 183 in Goliad US 77 / US 87 in Victoria US 90 in Sugar Land I-45 in Houston I-10 in Houston US 190 in Livingston US 287 in Corrigan US 69 in Lufkin US 259 in Nacogdoches US 84 in Timpson US 96 in Tenaha US 79 in Carthage I-20 / US 80 in Marshall US 67 / US 71 / I-30 in Texarkana |
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North end: | U.S. 59 in Texarkana, AR | |||
Highway system | ||||
United States Numbered Highways Highways in Texas
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In the U.S. state of Texas, U.S. 59 is named the Lloyd Bentsen Highway, after Lloyd Bentsen, former U.S. Senator from Texas. In northern Houston, US 59 is the Eastex Freeway (from Downtown to Humble). To the south, it is the Southwest Freeway (from Rosenberg to Downtown Houston), which is one of the busiest sections of freeway in the United States with a vehicle count, as of 2006, over 330,000 vehicles per day just outside the Loop.[2] To make things more confusing, 70 miles to the east, in Beaumont, Texas, U.S. 69, heading north of IH 10, is also officially known as Eastex Freeway, and is an evacuation route, as well.
US 59 (overlapped by US 71) actually straddles the border between Texas and Arkansas north of Interstate 30 near Texarkana, with the east side of the highway in Arkansas and the west side of the highway on the Texas side. In the past, both highways remained on the border past I-30 as State Line Avenue to downtown Texarkana; today, only US 71 does so. Nearly 90% of this route is designated to become part of Interstate 69 in the future. Currently 75 mph is allowed on US 59 in Duval County only.
The total length of the southernmost segment of U.S. Route 59 that passes through Texas and terminates near the Mexican border is some 615 miles.
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The US 96 designation was originally applied in 1926 from Rosenberg, Texas, near Houston to Pharr in the Rio Grande valley. This diagonal route, south of U.S. 90, did not violate the convention of even numbers for east–west routes. The highway's east–west nature was boosted in 1934 when US 96 was rerouted from Alice to Laredo.
US 59 begins in Laredo at an intersection with I-35 about 2 miles north of the Mexican border. Traveling in a mostly northeast direction, US 59 intersects Loop 20 just north of Laredo International Airport heads towards Freer. In Duval County, the speed limit on US 59 is 75 miles per hour, the highest speed limit on the highway. US 59 shares a short congruency with SH 44 in and around Freer. From Freer, US 59 passes through the southeastern part of McMullen County, but does not intersect any highways. The highway continues northeast, intersecting US 281 in George West, before intersecting I-37 about 55 miles north of Corpus Christi. Between Laredo and Interstate 37, US 59 passes through many rural areas and ranching sites.
From I-37, US 59 heads northeast passing through Beeville. US 59 bypasses Victoria to the south, and becomes a divided highway, and has a series of interchanges, until it becomes a freeway south of Houston in Rosenburg. Between Houston and Victoria, US 59 passes through Edna, El Campo, and Wharton. US 59 intersects many major Texas highways in Houston, including I-10 (which goes to San Antonio and Beaumont) and I-45 (which goes to Dallas and Galveston). Future I-69 may not overlap US 59 in Houston, but have its own route around the city, possibly on current SH 99 (Grand Parkway).
Leaving Houston, US 59 intersects Beltway 8 again on the northside of town, passing by Bush Intercontinental Airport and heads into Humble. Between Houston and Livingston, most of US 59 is a limited-access freeway. US 59 passes through or bypasses the towns of Cleveland and Livingston. 46 miles north of Livingston, US 59 bypasses Lufkin, where it overlaps US 69. 10 miles north of Lufkin, US 59 bypasses Nacogdoches and heads in an almost entirely east-west direction. Drivers wishing to stay on US 59, must turn left in Tenaha, where the highway intersects US 96 and ends it's overlap with US 84. US 59 passes through Carthage before intersecting I-20 south of Marshall.
US 59 intersects US 80 in Marshall, where US 59 is known as East End Boulevard (due to the fact the highway runs on the east side of town, near the city limits). US 59 passes through Jefferson, 15 miles east of Caddo Lake. US 59 passes through the towns of Linden and Atlanta before arriving in Bowie County. US 59 intersects SH 93 south of Texarkana, the old highway through the city. Shortly after, US 59 intersects Spur 151, where US 59 becomes a freeway on the westside of the city. US 59 intersects I-30, and overlaps I-30 until exit 223B, at the state line. After leaving I-30, US 59 joins US 71, where both highways run on the state line between Texas and Arkansas, where both highways continue north towards DeQueen, Arkansas.
County | Location | # Mile |
Junction | Notes |
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Webb | Laredo | I-35 – San Antonio | ||
Loop 20 (Bob Bullock Loop) | ||||
FM 2895 | ||||
FM 2050 | ||||
Duval | SH 44 west – Encinal | South end of SH 44 concurrency | ||
Freer | SH 16 (Norton Avenue) – Hebbronville, Tilden | |||
SH 44 east – Alice, Corpus Christi | North end of SH 44 concurrency | |||
FM 2359 | ||||
McMullen | No major junctions in McMullen County | |||
Live Oak | FM 624 | |||
FM 1359 | ||||
George West | US 281 (Nueces Street) – Alice, San Antonio | |||
US 59 Bus. |
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FM 799 north | ||||
FM 799 south | ||||
I-37 – San Antonio, Corpus Christi | ||||
FM 1596 | ||||
Bee | FM 796 | |||
FM 1349 | ||||
Beeville | FM 351 | |||
FM 673 (Minnesota Street) | ||||
US 181 Bus. / SH 202 (Washington Street) |
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US 181 – Sinton, Floresville | ||||
Goliad | Berclair | FM 883 | ||
FM 1351 | ||||
SH 239 | South end of SH 239 concurrency | |||
FM 1726 | ||||
Goliad | US 183 / US 77 Alt. / SH 239 (Jefferson Street) |
North end of SH 239 concurrency | ||
Fannin | FM 2987 / PR 27 | |||
Victoria | US 59 Bus. north (Moody Street) / Loop 463 (Zac Lentz Parkway) |
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Gap in freeway | ||||
FM 446 | ||||
US 77 | ||||
Spur 91 | ||||
Victoria | SH 185 | |||
US 87 | ||||
Loop 463 (Zac Lentz Parkway) | ||||
US 59 Bus. south (Houston Highway) |
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FM 1686 | ||||
FM 444 | ||||
Jackson | FM 234 | |||
FM 234 | ||||
Loop 521 | ||||
Edna | SH 111 / FM 882 | Interchange | ||
Loop 521 | ||||
FM 530 | ||||
Loop 522 | ||||
SH 172 / FM 710 | Interchange | |||
Loop 522 | ||||
Wharton | Loop 523 / FM 647 | |||
FM 1160 | Interchange | |||
Loop 523 | ||||
Loop 524 to FM 441 | ||||
Loop 525 | ||||
El Campo | FM 1163 (Palacios Street) | Interchange | ||
SH 71 (Mechanic Street) | Interchange | |||
FM 1162 (Blue Creek Road) | Interchange | |||
Loop 525 / FM 960 | Interchange | |||
Loop 526 | ||||
Wharton | US 59 Bus. to SH 60 / FM 961 – Wharton, Bay City |
Interchange | ||
FM 102 | Interchange | |||
US 59 Bus. to SH 60 |
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FM 1161 | Interchange | |||
US 59 Bus. |
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Fort Bend | FM 2919 | |||
Loop 541 | Southbound exit and entrance | |||
FM 360 (Beasley-Needville Road) | ||||
Loop 540 | Southbound exit and entrance | |||
Rosenberg | Spur 10 | Interchange | ||
South end of freeway | ||||
Spur 529 | ||||
Frontage Road | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
SH 36 – Rosenberg | ||||
FM 2218 – Richmond | ||||
Reading Road | ||||
FM 762 – Richmond | ||||
Williams Way Boulevard | ||||
Sugar Land | SH 99 (Grand Parkway) / FM 2759 (Crabb River Road) | |||
Brazos River Turnaround | ||||
University Boulevard | ||||
Sweetwater Boulevard, First Colony Boulevard | ||||
SH 6 | ||||
Sugar Lakes Drive, Williams Trace Boulevard | ||||
Dairy Ashford Road, Sugar Creek Boulevard | ||||
US 90 Alt. |
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Stafford | Kirkwood Road, West Airport Boulevard | |||
Harris | Houston | FM 1092 (Wilcrest Drive, Murphy Road) / West Bellfort Avenue | ||
Sam Houston Tollway | ||||
Beltway 8 (Frontage Road) | Northbound exit is via the FM 1092 exit | |||
Bissonnet Street | ||||
South Gessner Road, Beechnut Street | ||||
Fondren Road, Bellaire Boulevard | ||||
Hillcroft Avenue | ||||
Westpark Tollway east | Northbound exit only | |||
Westpark Tollway west | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
Westpark Drive | Northbound exit is via the Hillcroft Avenue exit | |||
Fountainview Drive | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
Chimney Rock Road | ||||
I-610 (West Loop Freeway) | ||||
Newcastle Drive, Weslayan Road | ||||
Edloe Street, Weslayan Road | ||||
Buffalo Speedway | Northbound exit is via the Edloe Street exit | |||
Kirby Drive | ||||
Greenbriar Drive, South Shepherd Drive | ||||
Spur 527 north | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
Main Street | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
Fannin Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
SH 288 south (South Freeway) – Lake Jackson, Freeport | ||||
McGowen Avenue, Tuam Avenue | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
I-45 (Gulf Freeway) – Dallas, Galveston | ||||
Gray Avenue, Pierce Avenue | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
Polk Street – Downtown Houston | Northbound exit only | |||
Jackson Street – Downtown Houston, George R. Brown Convention Center | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
I-10 (East Freeway) – San Antonio, Beaumont | ||||
Lyons Avenue, Quitman Street | ||||
Collingsworth Street, Cavalcade Street, Kelley Street | ||||
Cavalcade Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
I-610 (North Loop Freeway) | ||||
Crosstimbers Road, Kelley Street | ||||
Laura Koppe Road | Southbound exit is via the Tidwell Road exit | |||
Tidwell Road | ||||
Parker Road, Saunders Road, Jensen Drive | ||||
Little York Road | ||||
Hopper Road | Northbound exit is via the Little York Road exit | |||
East Mount Houston Road | ||||
Aldine Mail Route | ||||
Lauder Road | Northbound exit is via the Aldine Mail Route exit | |||
Old Humble Road, Lee Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
FM 525 (Aldine Bender Road) | ||||
Houston | Beltway 8 west (Sam Houston Parkway) | |||
Beltway 8 (Frontage Road) | Northbound exit is via FM 525 exit | |||
Greens Road | ||||
Rankin Road | ||||
Will Clayton Parkway – Bush Intercontinental Airport | ||||
Humble | Frontage Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
FM 1960 / FM 1960 Bus. – Humble | ||||
Townsen Boulevard | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
Loop 494 / Hamblen Road / Sorters-McClellan Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
Montgomery | Kingwood Drive | |||
Northpark Drive | ||||
FM 1314 – Porter, Conroe | ||||
Community Drive | ||||
FM 1485 – New Caney | ||||
Loop 494 | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
Roman Forest Boulevard | ||||
Woodbranch | SH 242 | |||
Local traffic only | Southbound exit only | |||
Creekwood Lane | ||||
Splendora | FM 2090 – Splendora | |||
East River Drive | ||||
Fostoria Road | ||||
North end of freeway | ||||
Liberty | Loop 573 (Washington Avenue) – Cleveland | Two exits northbound | ||
Cleveland | SH 105 – Cleveland, Conroe | |||
FM 2025 – Coldspring | ||||
Loop 573 (Washington Avenue) – Cleveland | ||||
San Jacinto | FM 2914 | |||
Shepherd | Loop 424 (Byrd Avenue) / FM 3460 | |||
SH 150 / FM 223 – Coldspring | Interchange | |||
Loop 424 | ||||
FM 1127 | ||||
Loop 393 | ||||
Polk | Goodrich | FM 2665 | ||
FM 1988 | ||||
Loop 393 | ||||
Livingston | US 59 Bus. north (Pan American Drive) – Livingston, Woodville |
Southbound exit is part of exit 436A | ||
436A | FM 1988 south – Lake Livingston State Park | |||
436D | Frontage Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
434B | Frontage Road | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
US 190 – Huntsville, Livingston | ||||
432B | Frontage Road – Pedigo Park | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
434D | US 59 Bus. south (Washington Avenue) to SH 146 south – Downtown Livingston, Pedigo Park |
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Loop 116 | ||||
Leggett | Loop 116 | |||
FM 942 | Short concurrency with FM 942 in Leggett | |||
FM 62 | ||||
Loop 177 | ||||
FM 350 | ||||
Loop 177 | ||||
Corrigan | FM 942 | |||
US 287 (2nd Street) | ||||
FM 352 | ||||
FM 1987 | ||||
Angelina | FM 357 / FM 1987 | |||
Diboll | Loop 210 (Thompson Street) / FM 1818 (Dennis Street) | |||
Loop 210 | ||||
FM 2497 (Ryan Chapel Road) | ||||
FM 2108 | ||||
FM 324 | ||||
Lufkin | FM 819 (College Drive) | |||
FM 1877 | ||||
US 59 Bus. (1st Street) / Loop 287 (John Redditt Drive) |
Interchange, south end of Loop 287 concurrency | |||
FM 58 (Chestnut Street) | Interchange | |||
US 69 (Woodville) / US 69 Bus. |
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FM 841 (Lufkin Avenue) to FM 325 | Northbound exit, southbound entrance | |||
FM 841 (Ford Chapel Road) | Southbound exit, northbound entrance | |||
FM 325 (Lufkin Avenue) | Southbound exit, northbound entrance | |||
SH 103 (Atkinson Drive) | Interchange | |||
US 69 / US 59 Bus. (Timberland Drive) / Loop 287 (Ellen Trout Drive) |
North end of US 69 / Loop 287 concurrency | |||
FM 3521 | ||||
FM 3439 | ||||
FM 2021 | ||||
FM 843 | ||||
Nacogdoches | Nacogdoches | US 59 Bus. (South Street) / Loop 224 (Stallings Drive) |
Interchange, south end of Loop 224 concurrency | |
SH 7 (Fredonia Street) | Interchange | |||
FM 225 (Durst Street) | Interchange | |||
SH 21 (Douglass Road) | Interchange | |||
FM 2609 (Austin Street) | ||||
FM 1638 (Old Tyler Road) to FM 3314 (Lone Star Road) | Interchange | |||
Loop 224 (Stallings Drive) / Westward Drive | Interchange, north end of Loop 224 concurrency | |||
FM 342 (Industrial Drive) | ||||
US 259 north / US 59 Bus. south – Henderson, Nacogdoches |
Interchange | |||
FM 2864 | ||||
Appleby | FM 941 (Appleby Sand Road) | |||
FM 2476 (Fitze Road) | ||||
Garrison | FM 95 | |||
FM 138 (Greenwood Street) | ||||
FM 95 (Main Street) | ||||
Rusk | No major junctions in Rusk County | |||
Shelby | FM 2667 | |||
Timpson | US 84 | South end of US 84 concurrency | ||
SH 87 | ||||
FM 947 (Tennessee Road) | ||||
Spur 470 (Bear Drive) | ||||
FM 1645 | ||||
Tenaha | FM 2141 | |||
FM 947 (Main Street) | ||||
Loop 157 (Center Street) | ||||
US 84 east (George Bowers Drive) / US 96 south – Center | Interchange, north end of US 84 concurrency | |||
Loop 157 (Center Street) | ||||
Panola | FM 999 | |||
FM 2517 | ||||
US 59 Bus. (Shelby Street) / SH 149 (LaSalle Parkway) |
Interchange | |||
Carthage | FM 699 (Forsythe Street) | |||
US 79 / US 79 Bus. (Sabine Street) |
Interchange, south end of US 79 concurrency | |||
US 79 (LaSalle Parkway) / US 59 Bus. |
Interchange, north end of US 79 concurrency | |||
FM 124 | ||||
FM 2792 | ||||
FM 1794 | ||||
Harrison | FM 1186 | |||
FM 2983 | ||||
FM 2625 | ||||
Marshall | I-20 – Dallas, Shreveport | |||
SH 43 (Pinecrest Drive) | South end of SH 43 concurrency | |||
FM 31 (Travis Street) | ||||
US 80 (Grand Avenue / Victory Drive) | ||||
SH 43 (Karnack Highway) | North end of SH 43 concurrency | |||
Loop 390 (Ernest F. Smith Parkway) | ||||
FM 1793 | ||||
Woodlawn | FM 1997 | |||
Marion | FM 2208 | |||
Jefferson | SH 49 (Broadway Street) | |||
FM 1324 | ||||
Cass | FM 2683 | |||
Linden | SH 8 / SH 155 / FM 125 (Main Street) | |||
FM 125 (Kildare Road) | ||||
FM 1841 | ||||
FM 1913 | ||||
SH 11 (Houston Street) | ||||
FM 1913 | ||||
FM 2328 | ||||
FM 2328 | ||||
Atlanta | SH 77 | South end of SH 77 concurrency | ||
SH 77 (Pine Crest Drive) / FM 249 (Main Street) | North end of SH 77 concurrency | |||
SH 43 (Louise Street) | ||||
Loop 236 / FM 2791 (Hickory Street) | ||||
FM 96 (Lanark Street) | ||||
FM 2914 | ||||
Loop 236 | ||||
FM 2327 | ||||
FM 2327 | ||||
FM 3129 | ||||
Bowie | FM 2148 | |||
FM 3244 | ||||
FM 2516 (Buchanan Loop Road) | ||||
FM 989 (Kings Highway) | ||||
Texarkana | SH 93 (Lake Drive) / Loop 151 (Wallace Parkway) | |||
South end of freeway | ||||
US 67 (7th Street) | ||||
Westlawn Drive – Wake Village | ||||
US 82 (New Boston Road) | ||||
I-30 west – Dallas | South end of I-30 concurrency | |||
220B | FM 559 (Richmond Road) | |||
222 | SH 93 / FM 1397 (Summerhill Road) | |||
223A | I-30 east / US 71 south (State Line Avenue) – Little Rock | Northbound exit ramp enters Arkansas, north end of I-30 concurrency, south end of US 71 concurrency | ||
North end of freeway. Continues into Arkansas |
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