Texas State Highway Spur 95

State Highway Spur 95
Route information
Length: 1.053 mi[1] (1.695 km)
Existed: 1940[1] – present
Major junctions
South end: SH 97 at Cost
North end: Gonzales battlefield
Location
Counties: Gonzales
Highway system

Highways in Texas
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State Highway Spur 95 or Spur 95 is a short spur route maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The spur was originally designated as a state highway and branches off of State Highway 97 near Cost between Nixon and Gonzales in Gonzales County. The road ends near a monument by the Guadalupe River where the first shot was fired during the Texas war of independence from Mexico. TxDOT regards the road as the Lexington of Texas Spur.[1]

Contents

History

Spur 95 was originally designated State Highway 226 which was built between 1936[2] and 1938.[3] The road was reclassified with its current spur designation in 1940.[4][1] The portion of SH 97 from SH 80 north of Nixon to Gonzales at the spur's south end was originally designated as part of SH 112 before 1939[3] and then as SH 200 until 1952.[5][6]

Route description

Spur 95 begins at SH 97 on the eastern edge of Cost. The 1.1-mile (1.8 km)[1] rural route proceeds northward along gentle grades to a point near the confluence of Stevens Creek with the Guadalupe River where a monument commemorates the first shot fired in the Texas Revolution during the Battle of Gonzales. The road has a turnaround loop at its northern end.[7]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Gonzales County.

Location Mile[1] Destinations Notes
Cost 0 SH 97 – Nixon, Gonzales Southern terminus
  1.1 Dead end Northern terminus at battlefield
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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Texas portal
  1. ^ a b c d e f Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - State Highway Spur No. 95". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SS/SS0095.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-13. 
  2. ^ Texas State Highway Commission (Corrected to March 1, 1936). Official Map of the Highway System of Texas (Map). 1"=29 mi.. Cartography by R. M. Stene (Centennial ed.). http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/aris/maps/maplookup.php?mapnum=6193. Retrieved 2010-10-13. 
  3. ^ a b Texas State Highway Commission (Corrected to April 1, 1938). Texas Highway Map (Map). 1"=30 mi.. Cartography by R. M. Stene (1938 ed.). 
  4. ^ Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - State Highway No. 226". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SH/SH0226.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-13. 
  5. ^ Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - State Highway No. 200". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SH/SH0200.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-13. 
  6. ^ Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - State Highway No. 97". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SH/SH0097.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-13. 
  7. ^ United States Geological Survey (Photorevised 1987). Cost Quadrangle, Texas-Gonzales Co. (Map). 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) (1959 ed.). http://ims.er.usgs.gov/gda_services/download?item_id=5209088&quad=Cost&state=TX&grid=7.5X7.5&series=Map%20GeoPDF. Retrieved 2010-10-13.