Ranch to Market Road 2222 (RM 2222) is a
ranch to market road
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in
Travis County, Texas
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, maintained by the
Texas Department of Transportation
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(TxDOT).
Route description
RM 2222 begins at an intersection with
RM 620 in west Austin in the Four Points neighborhood.
Northwest of RM 620, the road is called Bullick Hollow Road and continues to the east side of
Lake Travis
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Serving principally as a flood-control reservoir, Lake Travis' historical minimum to maximum water height change is nearly 100 feet. In 2018 alone, it saw ...
. RM 2222 proceeds southeast from RM 620 for to intersect
Loop 360
Loop 360 is a loop route in Austin in the U.S. state of Texas. Loop 360 is a scenic highway winding through the hills of West Austin. The road is described by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) as "a 4-lane depressed median arteri ...
. This section of road is a four-lane, lightly developed
Texas Hill Country
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road. It includes Tumbleweed Hill, a half-mile ten-percent gradient hill.
City Park Road, leading to the
Emma Long Metropolitan Park
Emma Long Metropolitan Park is a large municipal park in northwest Austin, Texas (United States). The park is on the shores of Lake Austin and was originally called City Park. The park features open space, camp sites, boat ramps, picnic table sit ...
at
Lake Austin
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, is accessible from RM 2222 just west of Loop 360.
After crossing Loop 360, RM 2222 continues southeast to
Loop 1 (Mopac Boulevard). This section is a winding, scenic four-lane road built into the cliffs over Lake Austin. As RM 2222 approaches Loop 1, it enters a more heavily developed residential area.
After crossing Loop 1, RM 2222 continues southeast to its termination at
Spur 69, which leads to
US 290
U.S. Route 290 (US 290) is an east–west U.S. Highway located entirely within the state of Texas. Its western terminus is at Interstate 10 southeast of Segovia, and its eastern terminus is at Interstate 610 in northwest Houston. It is the ...
and
I-35
Interstate 35 (I-35) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States. As with most primary Interstates that end in a five, it is a major cross-country, north–south route. It stretches from Laredo, Texas, near the Mexican border ...
.
Although the designation after Lamar Boulevard changes to Spur 69, the road is still signed as RM 2222 through to I-35. This section of road is a four-lane, heavily developed urban residential and commercial road.
RM 2222 has several names over its length. Its westernmost segment is merely called RM 2222 (although it is sometimes erroneously referred to as FM 2222 or RR 2222). As it approaches its more developed stretch west of Loop 1, RM 2222 picks up the name Northland Drive. After crossing Shoal Creek Boulevard, the name changes to Allandale Road, named for the
Allandale neighborhood through which it passes. Finally, after passing Burnet Road, the name changes to Koenig Lane (pronounced ''KAY-nig''), and remains so to the junction with I-35.
The segment of RM 2222 west of Loop 1 is designated a scenic roadway by the City of Austin.
History
RM 2222 originally terminated at the (then)
Austin
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city limits when it was designated on September 29, 1954; it was expanded to its current termination point at Lamar Boulevard on July 16, 1957.
In the late 1980s, the city of Austin developed plans to expand RM 2222 east of Loop 1 into an east–west freeway,
SH 169, connecting with US 290. The plans were rejected in the 1990s, citing adverse effects on the environment and existing neighborhoods.
On June 27, 1995, the entire route was redesignated Urban Road 2222 (UR 2222).
The designation reverted to RM 2222 with the elimination of the Urban Road system on November 15, 2018.
Junction list
See also
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References
External links
TexasFreeway.com: Ranch to Market Road 2222- contains description, history and photos of RM 2222
{{Austin Streets
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Transportation in Austin, Texas
Transportation in Travis County, Texas