Texas State Highway 165

State Highway 165 marker

State Highway 165

Route information

Maintained by TxDOT

Length:

0.512 mi^[1] (0.824 km)

Existed:

1932 – present

Major junctions

South end:

7th Street in Austin

North end:

Texas State Cemetery in Austin

Highway system

Highways in Texas

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State Highway 165 (SH 165) is a state highway in the state of Texas in the United States. At 0.51 miles (0.82 km) long, it is the shortest main state highway in Texas, and perhaps the only one partially locked at night. It is connected to no other Texas highway system roads.

Route description

State Highway 165, viewed from the north gate of the cemetery.

Officially, SH 165 runs north along Comal Street from 7th Street into and within the Texas State Cemetery in Austin.^[2] As of December 2005, it is signed only within the State Cemetery while the Comal Street portion is unsigned. The posted speed limit for the highway is 10 miles per hour (16 km/h).

History

In 1932, Texas historian Louis Kemp brought the neglected Texas State Cemetery to the attention of officials at the Texas Highway Department. At the time, the 22-acre (8.9 ha) State Cemetery, located just east of current downtown Austin, had no roads. The Highway Department established a highway to and created and paved roads through the cemetery. The highway to the State Cemetery was also previously known informally as the "Lou Kemp Highway".

At various times, SH 165 originated from US 290 and SH 20 (probably the same route redesignated) in downtown Austin, and at Loop 343. In 1965, SH 165 was truncated to Comal Street from 7th Street to the entrance of the State Cemetery as well as the roads within the cemetery. At that time, Loop 343 ran along 7th Street (which borders the State Cemetery). In 1977, the eastern section of Loop 343, including the routing along 7th Street, was deleted from the Texas highway system, leaving SH 165 officially isolated from other highways in the Texas highway system. However, the Texas State Cemetery — and SH 165 — are located just six blocks east of Interstate 35.

This route has only been designated as SH 165 or, on an informal basis, as "Lou Kemp Highway".

Major intersections

The entire route is in Austin, Travis County.

mi^[1]	km	Destinations
0.0	0.0	7th Street
0.5	0.8	11th Street
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division. "State Highway No. 165". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Map Book (PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 366. Retrieved June 21, 2015.

Roads in Greater Austin

Interstates	I-35 Bus. I-35-L (Mays Street)

U.S. Highways	US 79 US 183 US 290

State Highways	SH 21 SH 29 SH 45 SH 71 SH 80 SH 95 SH 123 SH 130 SH 138 SH 142 SH 165 SH 195 SH 304

State Loops and Spurs	Loop 1 Spur 69 Loop 111 Loop 212 Loop 275 Loop 343 Loop 360

Park and Recreational Roads	PR 1

Toll Roads	Manor Expressway Loop 1 SH 45 SH 130 183A Toll Road

FM and RM Roads	RM 12 FM 20 FM 86 FM 535 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 RM 2322 FM 3177 RM 3238

Bridges	Lamar Boulevard Bridge Mansfield Dam Montopolis Bridge Pennybacker Bridge Richards-Congress Avenue Bridge

Named Streets	6th Street

Related	CTRMA

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