| U.S. Route 259 | |
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| Route information | |
| Auxiliary route of US 59 | |
| Length: | 250 mi (400 km) |
| Existed: | 1963[1] – present |
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| South end: | US 59 / US 59 Bus. near Nacogdoches, Tex. |
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I-20 near Kilgore, Tex. |
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| North end: | US-59 / US-270 near Heavener, Okla. |
| Location | |
| States: | Texas, Oklahoma |
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United States Numbered Highways |
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U.S. Route 259 is a north–south spur of U.S. Route 59 that runs for 250 miles (402 km) through rural areas of southeast Oklahoma and northeast Texas.
The highway's northern terminus is in the Ouachita Mountains, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Heavener, Oklahoma, where it branches off of its parent route, U.S. 59. The southern terminus is near Nacogdoches, Texas, where it reunites with U.S. 59. For most of its length, US 259 lies 30–50 miles to the west of its parent route.
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US 259 begins at an intersection with its parent, US 59, on the north side of Nacogdoches, Texas. The highway continues due north, passing through Mount Enterprise, and around the eastern side of Henderson and Kilgore. It then has a concurrency with Interstate 20 of about 6 miles (9.7 km), then continues north around the eastern edge of Longview along Eastman Rd. The highway continues due north, crossing Interstate 30 in northern Morris County, and crossing into Oklahoma in northwest Bowie County.
After crossing into McCurtain County, Oklahoma, US-259 immediately meets up with State Highway 87, and continues north through Harris. Maps indicate that US-259 and SH-87 overlap to Idabel, but officially, this is not the case,[2] and ODOT signage does not reflect a concurrency.
US-259 bypasses Idabel to the south and east, concurring with U.S. Highway 70 Bypass. East of Idabel, the bypass route ends, and US-259 begins a concurrency with mainline US-70 and SH-3. The three highways continue north to Broken Bow, where US-70 splits to the east toward DeQueen, Arkansas and SH-3 splits to the west, bound for Antlers. US-259 continues north alone, taking a winding path through the Ouachita Mountains of southeastern Oklahoma. The route passes Broken Bow Lake on its west side, with State Highway 259A serving as an access loop to the lake and Beavers Bend State Resort. Near the lake, US-259 crosses through the Ouachita National Forest for the first time. Near Smithville, the highway serves as the western terminus of State Highway 4.
North of the SH-4 junction, US-259 crosses into Le Flore County. The U.S. route then serves as the eastern terminus of SH-144 near Octavia. US-259 reenters the National Forest north of this junction, and intersects SH-63 at Big Cedar. It then has a junction with SH-1, the Talimena Drive. The highway reunites with US-59 about 10 miles (16 km) south of Heavener, reaching its northern terminus.
In Texas, the highway was designated in 1962 and assumed the entire route of the State Highway 26, which was then cancelled.
In Kilgore, Texas, US 259 is known as the Charles K. Devall Memorial Highway, as named by the Texas legislature[3]
Prior to 1985, US 259 between Kilgore and Longview followed the current route of Texas State Highway 31. It entered Longview from the SW at the intersection of South St. and Spur 63. It then followed Spur 63 to US 80. US 259 then ran concurrently with US 80 to Eastman Rd. At the US 80/Eastman Rd. intersection, it reunited with the current route of US 259. In 1985, US 259 was rerouted to its current route along Interstate 20 to Eastman Rd, along the eastern edge of Longview, bypassing the central business district.
U.S. Highway 259 Business |
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| Location: | Kilgore, Texas |
| Existed: | 2006–present |
US-259 has one Business route in Texas. In 2006, a new bypass was completed around the eastern side of Kilgore. The bypass had been proposed as early as 1965, but funding did not become available until the late 1990s. The new bypass was designated as US-259, while the previous route through the Kilgore business district was designated as a business route. The new business route was approved by the AASHO in September 2006.
U.S. Route 259 Bypass |
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| Location: | Idabel, Oklahoma |
| Existed: | ?–2000 |
Formerly, US-259 continued into downtown Idabel, and the southeast portion of the Idabel bypass was double-designated as US-70 Bypass and US-259 Bypass. On 6 March 2000, the bypass route was decommissioned, and mainline US-259 was moved onto the bypass.[4] However, as of 2008[update], some bypass signage is still in place, including signage indicating the former terminus of Bypass US-259 at US-70/SH-3.
SH-259A is a 10-mile (16 km) loop to Broken Bow Lake and Beavers Bend Resort Park north of Broken Bow, Oklahoma. It lies partially in the Ouachita National Forest and is occasionally signed as a U.S. highway.
| County | Location | Mile | Destinations | Notes |
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| Nacogdoches |
US 59 / US 59 Bus. – Garrison, Nacogdoches |
Interchange | ||
| FM 698 west | ||||
| SH 204 west – Cushing | ||||
| FM 2664 east | ||||
| FM 1087 east (Camp Tonkawa Rd) | ||||
| Rusk |
Mount Enterprise | US 84 (Rusk St) – Reklaw, Timpson | ||
| SH 315 east – Carthage | ||||
| FM 2496 west | ||||
| FM 1798 – Minden | ||||
| FM 3310 north | ||||
| Henderson | US 79 west – Jacksonville | South end of US 79 overlap | ||
US 79 Bus. west (Main St) / FM 840 east |
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| SH 64 west / SH 43 north / US 79 east | North end of US 79 overlap | |||
| FM 782 north (Millville Dr) | ||||
| SH 322 north – Lakeport | ||||
| Loop 571 south | ||||
| FM 2276 (Old Kilgore Hwy) | ||||
| FM 850 | ||||
| FM 918 west | ||||
US 259 Bus. north |
Interchange | |||
| FM 1249 (Dudley Rd) | ||||
| Gregg |
FM 2204 (Stone Rd) | |||
| Kilgore | FM 349 | |||
US 259 Bus. south / SH 31 south |
Interchange, south end of SH 31 overlap | |||
| I-20 west / SH 31 north – Liberty City, Longview | Interchange, north end of SH 31 overlap, west end of I-20 overlap and freeway | |||
| FM 2087 (Old Kilgore Hwy) to FM 2011 | Interchange | |||
| Longview | Loop 281 north / SH 322 south (Estes Pkwy) | Interchange | ||
| I-20 east / SH 149 south (Eastman Rd) – Marshall, Lakeport | Interchange, east end of I-20 overlap and freeway, south end of SH 149 overlap | |||
| US 80 (Marshall Ave) – Gladewater, Hallsville | North end of SH 149 overlap | |||
| FM 2208 (Alpine St) | ||||
| Loop 281 (Tomlinson Pkwy) | Interchange | |||
| FM 1844 west | ||||
| FM 2751 | ||||
| Spur 502 south (Judson Rd) | ||||
| FM 449 east | ||||
| FM 1650 west | ||||
| Upshur |
FM 3245 east | |||
| Diana | SH 154 – Gilmer, Nesbitt | |||
| FM 726 | ||||
| Ore City | FM 1649 west / FM 450 east (Main St) | |||
| SH 155 – Gilmer, Avinger | Interchange | |||
| FM 557 west | ||||
| Camp | No intersections in Camp County, Texas | |||
| Morris |
Lone Star | FM 729 south (Texas Forest Trl) | ||
| FM 250 east (Bluebonnet Ave) | ||||
| FM 3421 east (Hospital Rd) | ||||
| FM 144 west / FM 997 south | ||||
| Daingerfield | SH 11 east / SH 49 east (Watson Blvd) – Hughes Springs | East end of SH 11 overlap, south end of SH 49 overlap | ||
| SH 11 west (Watson Blvd) – Pittsburg | West end of SH 11 overlap | |||
| FM 130 east (King St) | ||||
| SH 49 west – Mount Pleasant | North end of SH 49 overlap | |||
| SH 338 north – Naples | ||||
| Spur 284 west (State St) | ||||
| Omaha | US 67 (Main St) – Mount Pleasant, Naples | |||
| FM 144 south | ||||
| SH 77 east – Naples | ||||
| I-30 – Mount Pleasant, New Boston | Interchange | |||
| FM 71 west | ||||
| Bowie |
FM 561 east | |||
| FM 44 south / FM 992 north | South end of FM 44 overlap | |||
| FM 44 west | North end of FM 44 overlap | |||
| FM 1701 west | ||||
| US 82 – Avery, De Kalb | Interchange | |||
| FM 114 west / FM 2735 east | ||||
| Texas-Oklahoma state line | ||||
| McCurtain |
SH-87 east | |||
| Idabel | US 70 Byp. west (Lincoln Rd) |
South end of US 70 Byp. overlap | ||
| SH-3 east (Washington St) – Haworth | South end of SH-3 overlap | |||
| US-70 west (Washington St) – Garvin | North end of US 70 Byp. overlap, south end of US 70 overlap | |||
| Broken Bow | SH-3 west / US-70 east (Craig Rd) – Rattan | North end of SH-3 and US 70 overlaps | ||
| SH-259A east – Beavers Bend Resort Park | Southern intersection with the SH-259A loop | |||
| SH-259A east – Beavers Bend Resort Park | Northern intersection with the SH-259A loop | |||
| Smithville | SH-4 east (Choctaw Ave) | |||
| Le Flore |
SH-144 west | |||
| Ouachita National Forest | SH-63 – Talihina | |||
| SH-1 (Talimena Scenic Drive) – Talihina | ||||
| US-59 / US-270 – Heavener | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||
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| ← SH 258 | TX | SH 261 → | ||
| ← SH-251A | OK | US-266 → | ||