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U.S. Highway 96 (US 96) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs for about 117.11 miles (188.47 km) entirely in the U.S state of Texas.Its number is a violation of the standard numbering convention, as even-numbered two-digit highways are east–west routes by rule.
SH 96 was instead extended to Sinton, replacing a portion of SH 44. This was redesignated as U.S. Highway 77 on June 30, 1945 when that route was extended south. [1] A section of FM 1266 shared a concurrency with SH 96, providing access to FM 646 to the south and FM 518 to the north. This concurrency was removed on May 29, 2003 when sections of ...
The route was to be signed as US 96 Business, rather than Spur 114, when construction on Spur 114 was completed. On September 21, 1950, the road was extended along Proctor Street and Houston Avenue (both also signed as US 96 Business) to US 96/SH 87 at 16th Street and Houston Avenue and the route was changed to Loop 114.
State Highway 241 was designated on November 24, 1936, as a route southward from Jourdanton, ending at Freer, with the possible extension further south to Hebbronville. [118] [138] On December 22, 1937, the highway was extended south to Rio Grande City, but this was reverted by April 1, 1938. [139]
Originally US 80 in West Texas to San Antonio; rerouted north and extended to Houston in 1935; rerouted north away from Bastrop and Paige (original route now SH 71 and SH 21); shortened to near Segovia in 1991 due to completion of I-10 (old route now I-10 Business, SH 290, RM 1312, RM 3130, and RM 1674) US 366: 20 [37] 32
On October 15, 1946, the road was extended north to a county road and a loop around the campus with connections to Spur 96 was added. Spur 96 was cancelled on July 9, 1951: the section from US 290 to the campus itself became a portion of FM 1098 and the remainder was renumbered as Loop 96 (which also became part of FM 1098 in 1953).
Loop 143 was designated on November 24, 1959, from US 83 in Perryton westward and northward to SH 15. On October 28, 1966, the road was extended east and north from US 83 to SH 15. On October 1, 19658, the road was extended north from SH 15 (west intersection) to FM 1267. On May 1, 1972, the road was extended north and west from SH 15 to US 83.
The highway has a short overlap with FM 2169 near the Texas Tech University Junction Center. The highway travels through rural areas and hilly terrain before ending at an interchange with I-10 / US 83. Along with US 377 (North Main Street), Loop 481 forms a business loop of I-10 through Junction. Junction list. The entire route is in Kimble County.