Texas State Highway Loop 275

Loop 275 was originally formed in 1939 as an alternate route for US 81, which traversed Austin at that time. In 1954, US 81 was realigned to form the Interregional Highway, which would later form the initial alignment for Interstate 35. Loop 275 was re-designated Business US 81. The name was reverted to the Loop 275 name in 1975^[1].

At that time, Loop 275 followed Lamar Boulevard to downtown Austin. From there it followed Guadalupe Street and 1st Street over to Congress Avenue, where it crossed the Colorado River at the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge and then continued south to eventually rejoin Interstate 35.

Lamar Boulevard and Congress Avenue are main arterial roads through Austin, and in 1986, maintenance of the central segments of those roads was returned to the city of Austin at its request. This resulted in the two-segment configuration of Loop 275 seen today.

Route Description

As currently configured, Loop 275 consists of two non-connected segments. The 6.0-mile (9.7 km) northern segment starts at an interchange at US 183, just west of Interstate 35. It proceeds north along Lamar Boulevard, passing FM 734, before terminating at the southbound frontage road of Interstate 35, just south of Howard Lane (Exit #246).

The 3.2-mile (5.1 km) southern segment starts at an intersection with Slaughter Lane just west of Interstate 35 (Exit #226B/227). It proceeds north along South Congress Avenue to its terminus at Williamson Creek south of US 290.

Junction list

Location	Junction	Notes
Austin	I-35
	William Cannon Drive
	Williamson Creek	Northern terminus of southern section
	US 183	Southern terminus of northern section
	FM 734 (Parmer Lane)
	I-35

References

^ ^a ^b "Highway Designation File - State Highway Loop No. 275". Texas Department of Transportation. http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/sl/sl0275.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
^ Google Maps, [1]

Travis County highways

Interstates	I-35

U.S. Highways	US 183 (Research Boulevard) US 290

State Highways	SH 45 SH 71 (Ben White Boulevard) SH 95 SH 130 SH 165

State Loops and Spurs	Loop 1 (MoPac Expressway) Spur 69 Loop 111 (Airport Boulevard) Loop 212 Loop 275 (Congress Avenue) Loop 343 (Lamar Boulevard) Loop 360 (Capital of Texas Highway)

Toll Roads	Loop 1 SH 45 SH 130 (Pickle Parkway)

Farm and Ranch to Market Roads	RM 12 RM 620 FM 685 FM 734 FM 812 FM 969 FM 973 FM 1100 FM 1325 FM 1327 RM 1431 FM 1625 FM 1626 FM 1825 RM 1826 RM 2222 RM 2244 FM 2304 RM 2322 RM 2769 FM 3177 RM 3238

Texas State Highway Loop 275

Contents

History

Route Description

Junction list

References