Texas State Highway 218
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| Pat Booker Road | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length: | 3.985 mi[1] (6.413 km) | |||
| Existed: | by 1936[2] – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: |
 I-35 | |||
 Loop 1604 | ||||
| East end: |
 FM 78 at Randolph Air Force Base | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Highway 218 or SH 218 (also known as Pat Booker Road) is a short state highway in the U.S. state of Texas connecting Interstate 35 to Randolph Air Force Base at Farm to Market Road 78 (not to be confused with Texas farm road FM218 out of Hamilton, Texas). The route was designated along its current route between 1933 and 1936.
History
SH 218 has existed in its current alignment since 1936 to serve as an access road to Randolph Air Force Base from U.S. Highway 81.[1]
Route description
SH 218 splits from I-35 just west of the I-35/Loop 1604 interchange in Live Oak and heads towards the east-southeast. The junction with I-35 only accommodates traffic heading westbound on SH 218 to westbound on I-35 and from I-35 eastbound to SH 218 eastbound. About a half mile from I-35, SH 218 intersects Loop 1604 via a diamond interchange. The highway continues towards the southeast through Universal City, until it ends at FM 78 at the main gate of Randolph Air Force Base after just 3.99 miles (6.42 km).[3]
Junction list
The entire route is in Bexar County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Live Oak | I-35 south (Pan Am Expressway) | Northbound exit from I-35; traffic defaults onto I-35 south | |||
| Loop 1604 (Anderson Loop) | |||||
| Universal City | FM 78 (Gordon A. Blake Highway) | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 218". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- ↑ Official Map of the Highway System of Texas (Map). State Highway Commission (Texas Department of Transportation). 1936.
- ↑ Overview map of State Highway 218 (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2008-02-21.