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State Highway 16 (SH 16) is a 541.823-mile (871.980 km) south–north state highway in Texas, United States. that runs from Zapata on the boundary with Mexico to U.S. Highway 281 24 miles (39 km) south of Wichita Falls. It is the longest state highway in Texas, but is only the ninth-longest of any highway classification in the state. [2]
The Interstate Highway System in Texas covers 3,233.4 miles (5,203.7 km) and consists of ten primary highways, seven auxiliary highways, and the splitting of both Interstate 35 (I-35) and Interstate 69 into multiple letter-suffixed branches. The Interstate Highway with the longest segment in Texas is I-10 at 880.6 miles
Formerly part of SH 16; this section renumbered in 1939, and now the original portion is part of SH 6 SH 284 — — — — 1939: 1951 Former SH 74A, became a portion of US 183: SH 285: 56.87: 91.52 SH 16 in Hebbronville: Future I-69E/US 77 in Riviera: 1939: current One section formerly part of SH 16 SH 286: 15.21: 24.48 FM 70 at Chapman Ranch
US 62 begins at the Mexican border in El Paso and travels east through far west Texas to the New Mexico state line east of Guadalupe Mountains National Park. It reenters Texas west of Seminole and travels northeast through the southern Texas Panhandle to the Oklahoma state line northeast of Childress. US 66: 177.1 [6] 285.0 New Mexico state ...
The maximum speed limit on rural two-lane roads ranges from 50 mph (80 km/h) in parts of the northeast to 75 mph (120 km/h) in parts of Texas. On rural Interstate Highways and other freeways, the speed limit ranges from 60 mph (96 km/h) in Hawaii to 85 mph (136 km/h) in parts of Texas. All roads in the United States have a speed limit, but it ...
The Texas Legislature created the Texas Highway Department in 1916 to administer federal highway construction and maintenance. In 1975, its responsibilities increased when the agency merged with the Texas Mass Transportation Commission, [3] resulting in the formation of the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation. [4] [5] [6]
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The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944 covered federal spending on highways "after the war", which (after World War II ended in August 1945) meant spending in fiscal 1946, 1947, and 1948. Among the act's provisions were: [8] Creation of a 40,000-mile (64,000 km) National System of Interstate Highways to connect major cities and industrial areas.