| State Highway 89 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length: | 6.6 mi[1] (10.6 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1988 (construction began 2006, completed 2008(NB), 2009 (SB)) – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| Northwest end: | US 181 near Sinton | |||
| US 77 | ||||
| Southeast end: | US 181/SH 188 east of Sinton | |||
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State Highway 89 or SH 89 is a state highway that bypasses Sinton, Texas to the northeast, running northwest to southeast. It was designated in 1988, with construction beginning in May 2006[2]. Construction was completed on the Northbound lanes in September 2008, with the Southbound lanes opening on January 5, 2009[3].
The road includes overpasses at U.S. Highway 77, Business 77 and Highway 181 north.
Highway 89 also is a hurricane evacuation route.
SH 89 was originally defined by 1926 as a route from Cleburne to Meridian replacing a portion of SH 2. By 1933, this route was cancelled, and was redesignated along a route from Gainesville to Strawn. Portions of the route had been built by 1938, but the portion between Strawn and Weatherford was transferred to U.S. Highway 80, with the rest cancelled by 1939.