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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 ...
State highway loops in Texas are owned and maintained by the Texas Department of ... 1986, the road was extended to US 96, replacing a section of US 96. Loop 157 ...
State line at El Paso, Texas: State line at Texarkana, Texas: 1917: 1939 Replaced by Interstate 10, Interstate 20, and Interstate 30 a small portion inside the city of Dallas remained until 1952. SH 2 — — — — 1917: 1939 Became US 81: SH 3 — — — — 1917: 1952 Became SH 97 and US 90 Alt. SH 3: 30.42: 48.96
New Mexico state line northwest of El Paso to New Mexico state line northeast of Guadalupe Mountains National Park; from New Mexico state line west of Seminole to just east of Weatherford: US 181: 135.5 [26] 218.1 I-37/SH 35 at Corpus Christi: I-37 near San Antonio 1927 [26] current US 183: 426.0 [27] 685.6 US 77/US 77 Alt. in Refugio
The route was extended west to Denver City on May 20, 1940. On October 24, 1941, the section of the route from the Gaines/Dawson County Line to O'Donnell was cancelled. On January 9, 1945, the route extended east to SH 137. On September 26, 1945, SH 328 extended west to the Texas/New Mexico state line.
“It’s a real live boogie and a real live hoedown.”
On May 17, 1948, the route was extended further westward, reaching Gorman, which was the original endpoint of SH 68, replacing FM 96. The highway was extended west 2.8 miles (4.5 km) on May 26, 1957. The highway was extended east on May 6, 1964, from SH 108 to US 281.