List of Park Roads in Texas

Park Roads

Park Road 4 markerPark Road 33 markerPark Road 100 markerPark Road 1836 marker

Park Road markers
System information
Maintained by TxDOT
Formed: June 22, 1937[1]
Highway names
Interstates: Interstate X (I-X)
Interstate Highway X (IH-X)
US Highways: U.S. Highway X (US X)
State: State Highway X (SH X)
Loops: Loop X
Spurs: Spur X
Recreational: Recreational Road X (RE X)
Farm or Ranch
to Market Roads:
Farm to Market Road X (FM X)
Ranch to Market Road X (RM X)
Park Roads: Park Road X (PR X)
System links

Park Roads represent a subset a subset of public roads designated and maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). Park Roads are intended to provide access to and connection within Texas state parks. The system of Park Roads was established in 1937 at the request of the state parks board to establish maintenance of eight roads within the state's parks. The network of Park Roads has grown incrementally over the years along with the growth of parks now under the authority of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Park Roads are marked with distinctive signage distinguishing them from other state-maintained highways.

History

On September 22, 1936, the state highway commission initiated an investigation at the request of the state's parks board into the incorporation of certain park roads as part of the state highway system after which the highway commission would assume maintenance of these roads. The highway commission accepted routes in eight parks as the original Park Roads in the state system on June 22, 1937. The charter routes of the system were located in the following parks:[1]

  1. Bastrop State Park
  2. Caddo Lake State Park
  3. Davis Mountains State Park
  4. Longhorn Caverns State Park
  5. Palo Duro Canyon State Park
  6. Big Bend State Park, now a national park: PR 6 designation later reassigned to Goliad State Park and Historic Site
  7. Meridian State Park
  8. Big Spring State Park

List

Number Length (mi) Length (km) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes
PR 1A 3.988[2]6.418 SH 21 near Bastrop State ParkPR 1A in Bastrop State Park 1937[1]current Loops back onto itself
PR 1B 0.483[2]0.777 PR 1A in Bastrop State ParkDead end at park cabins in Bastrop State Park 1937[1]current
PR 1C 11.196[2]18.018 PR 1A in Bastrop State ParkFM 153 in Buescher State Park 1937[1]current
PR 1D 0.106[2]0.171 PR 1A in Bastrop State ParkBastrop State Park dining hall 1937[1]current
PR 1E 0.948[2]1.526 PR 1C in Buescher State ParkPR 1C at Buescher State Park Headquarters 1940[3]current
PR 2 1.110[4]1.786 FM 2198 in Caddo Lake State ParkNumerous small in-park roads 1937[1]current
PR 3 1.160[5]1.867 SH 118 in Davis Mountains State ParkIndian Lodge in Davis Mountains State Park 1937[1]current
PR 3A 2.529[2]4.070 PR 3 in Davis Mountains State ParkDavis Mountains State Park–Fort Davis National Historic Site boundary 1965[5]current
PR 4 15.500[6]24.945 SH 29 near Buchanan Dam and Inks Lake State ParkUS 281 south of Burnet near Longhorn Caverns State Park 1937[1]current Listed on National Register of Historic Places
PR 5 8.0[7]12.9 SH 217 at Palo Duro Canyon State ParkPalo Duro Canyon State Park 1937[1]1949[7] Although officially assigned anew in 1949, this is essentially the same as the latter route as originally described
PR 5 10.239[7]16.478 SH 217 at Palo Duro Canyon State ParkMaintenance building inside park 1949[7]current Loops back onto itself
PR 6 7[8]11 SH 227 (now US 385)Big Bend National Park 1937[1]1946[8]
PR 6 1.110[8]1.786 US 183 south of GoliadGoliad State Park and Historic Site 1958[8]current
PR 7 3.940[9]6.341 SH 22Meridian State Park 1937[1]current Loops back onto itself
PR 8 2.405[10]3.870 FM 700 in Big Spring State ParkFM 700 in Big Spring State Park 1937[1]current Loops back onto itself
PR 9 6.5[11]10.5 SH 134 in HoustonSan Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site 1939[11]1960[11] Now PR 1836
PR 10 1.193[12]1.920 Recreation center in Lockhart State ParkFM 20 1939[12]current
PR 11 3.081[13]4.958 US 183Palmetto State Park 1939[13]current
PR 12 0.275[14]0.443 FM 1155 in Washington-on-the-BrazosPark road in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site 1939[14]current
PR 13 4.170[15]6.711 SH 35Goose Island in Goose Island State Park 1939[15]current
PR 14 1.56[16]2.51 SH 236Mother Neff State Park 1940[16]current
PR 15 7.227[17]11.631 SH 279Lake Brownwood State Park 1940[17]current
PR 16 2.932[18]4.719 FM 14 at Tyler State ParkCR 313 1940[18]current Loops back onto itself, connection to county road
PR 17 1.272[19]2.047 SH 49Daingerfield State Park 1940[19]current
PR 18 2.4[20]3.9 I-27 in LubbockMacKenzie State Park 1940[20]1993[20]
PR 19 3.5[21]5.6 1940[21]2006[21]
PR 20 1.75[22]2.82 1940[22]1946[22]
PR 20 4.296[22]6.914 Entrance to Eisenhower State ParkMarina inside park 1960[22]current Loops back onto itself
PR 21 9.295[23]14.959 FM 200 / FM 1434 / Entrance to Cleburne State ParkUS 67 1940[23]current
PR 22 80[24]129 US 281Mineral Wells State Park 1939[24]1939[24]
PR 22 15.59[24]25.09 1967[24]current
PR 23 1.1[25]1.8 US 281Blanco State Park 1940[25]current
PR 24 1.62[26]2.61 FM 271Bonham State Park 1943[26]current Loops back onto itself
PR 25 3.392[27]5.459 SH 359 southwest of MathisLake Corpus Christi State Park 1940[27]current
PR 26 1.2[28]1.9 1972[28] Now part of PR 10
PR 27 1.033[29]1.662 Fannin Battleground State Historic SiteUS 59/FM 2987 in Fannin 1940[29]current Former SH 162 and Spur 91
PR 28 2.307[30]3.713 SH 14Fort Parker State Park 1941[30]current
PR 29 4.10[31]6.60 1941[31]current
PR 30 0.277[32]0.446 Balmorhea State ParkSH 17 in Toyahvale 1941[32]current
PR 31 [33] Lake Sweetwater ParkUS 80 east of Sweetwater 1943[33]1951 Now FM 1856
PR 31 2.786[33]4.484 FM 47Guadalupe River State Park 1981[33]current
PR 32 0.64[34]1.03 1943[34]current
PR 33 17.28[35]27.81 US 180 near CaddoPossum Kingdom State Park 1944[35]current
PR 34 0.457[36]0.735 FM 273Lake Fannin State Park 1946[36]current
PR 35 1.65[37]2.66 1946[37]current
PR 36 5.606[38]9.022 Camp Constantin BSA/Camp Grady Spruce YMCASH 16 in Palo Pinto County 1945[38]current
PR 37 14.191[39]22.838 Bandera County Park in LakehillsSH 16 near Helotes 1947[39]current
PR 38 2.33[40]3.75 FM 1458 in San FelipeStephen F. Austin State Park 1949[40]current Loops back onto itself
PR 39 0.6[41]1.0 Mission Parkway near Mission San JoséSpur 536 1953[41]1993[41]
PR 40 3.528[42]5.678 Huntsville State ParkSH 75 southeast of Huntsville 1955[42]current
PR 41 1.673[43]2.692 1957[43]current
PR 42 1.373[44]2.210 1960[44]current
PR 43 2.497[45]4.019 1961[45]current
PR 44 0.943[46]1.518 1962[46]current
PR 45 0.208[47]0.335 1962[47]2004[47]
PR 46 3.259[48]5.245 1963[48]current
PR 47 1.775[49]2.857 1964[49]current
PR 48 4.488[50]7.223 1961[50]current
PR 49 0.134[51]0.216 1965[51]current
PR 50 0.4[52]0.6 1966[52]current
PR 51 0.376[53]0.605 1967[53]current
PR 52 0.781[54]1.257 1967[54]current
PR 53 17.5[55]28.2 PR 22SH 361 in Port Aransas 1967[55]1988[55] Now SH 361
PR 54 1.047[56]1.685 1968[56]current
PR 55 4.156[57]6.688 1968[57]current
PR 56 2.666[58]4.291 Alabama-Coushatta Indian ReservationUS 190 1970[58]current Partially replaced FM 2865
PR 57 5.8[59]9.3 Boat ramp in Lake Somerville State ParkFM 60 1970[59]current
PR 58 0.63[60]1.01 1970[60]current
PR 59 1.409[61]2.268 1971[61]current
PR 60 1.124[62]1.809 1971[62]current
PR 61 1.785[63]2.873 1971[63]current
PR 62 1.381[64]2.223 1972[64]current
PR 63 1.018[65]1.638 1973[65]current
PR 64 1.419[66]2.284 1973[66]current
PR 65 0.818[67]1.316 1973[67]current
PR 66 1.365[68]2.197 FM 3005 at entrance to Galveston Island State ParkBoat ramp inside park 1973[68]current
PR 67 0.56[69]0.90 Depot inside State Railroad ParkUS 84 at park entrance 1974[69]1975[69] Now PR 76
PR 67 0.451[69]0.726 Seminole Canyon State Historical Park headquartersUS 90 at park entrance 1975[69]current
PR 68 2.06[70]3.32 RM 2775 in the Hueco Tanks State Historic SiteHueco Tanks State Historic Site 1974[70]current
PR 69 0.283[71]0.455 1974[71]current
PR 70 0.82[72]1.32 1976[72]current
PR 71 0.743[73]1.196 1977[73]current
PR 72 4.346[74]6.994 FM 762 near Long PointBrazos Bend State Park 1978[74]current
PR 73 1.888[75]3.038 1982[75]current
PR 74 0.918[76]1.477 Alma Drive in Lumberton1.3 miles north and northeast 1994[76]current
PR 76 0.401[77]0.645 Depot inside State Railroad ParkUS 84 at park entrance 1975[77]current Former PR 67
PR 100 13.198[78]21.240 SH 100 at the Queen Isabella CausewayPadre Island National Seashore 1968[78]current
PR 138 2.25[79]3.62 Business US 90-UGarrett Road 2014[79]current
PR 1836 7.234[80]11.642 Battleground Road (former SH 134) in HoustonSan Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site 1960[80]current Replaced PR 9; number chosen to commemorate the date that Texas won its independence from Mexico[80]
  •       Former

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Staff (June 22, 1937). "Minute Order 18341, Minutes of the Two Hundred Thirty-third Meeting of the State Highway Commission" (PDF). Texas State Highway Commission. pp. 11–12. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Statewide Planning Map (Map). Cartography by Transportation Planning and Programming Division. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
  3. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 1". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  4. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 2". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  5. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 3". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  6. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 4". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 5". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 6". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  9. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 7". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  10. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 8". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  11. 1 2 3 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 9". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  12. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 10". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  13. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 11". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  14. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 12". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  15. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 13". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  16. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 14". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  17. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 15". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  18. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 16". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  19. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 17". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  20. 1 2 3 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 18". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  21. 1 2 3 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 19". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 20". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  23. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 21". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  24. 1 2 3 4 5 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 22". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  25. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 23". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  26. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 24". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  27. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 25". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  28. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 26". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  29. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 27". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  30. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 28". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  31. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 29". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  32. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 30". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  33. 1 2 3 4 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 31". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  34. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 32". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  35. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 33". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  36. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 34". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  37. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 35". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  38. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 36". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  39. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 37". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  40. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 38". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  41. 1 2 3 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 39". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  42. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 40". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  43. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 41". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  44. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 42". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  45. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 43". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  46. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 44". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  47. 1 2 3 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 45". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  48. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 46". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  49. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 47". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  50. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 48". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  51. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 49". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  52. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 50". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  53. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 51". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  54. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 52". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  55. 1 2 3 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 53". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  56. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 54". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  57. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 55". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  58. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 56". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  59. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 57". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  60. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 58". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  61. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 59". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  62. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 60". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  63. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 61". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  64. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 62". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  65. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 63". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  66. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 64". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  67. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 65". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  68. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 66". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  69. 1 2 3 4 5 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 67". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  70. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 68". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  71. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 69". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  72. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 70". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  73. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 71". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  74. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 72". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  75. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 73". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  76. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 74". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  77. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 76". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  78. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 100". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  79. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 138". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  80. 1 2 3 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 1836". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
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