State Highway 359 (SH 359) is a

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that runs from Skidmore in southeastern

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, near Corpus Christi, southwest and west to Laredo at the international border with

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History

The 359 route designation was first used on May 15, 1946, for a short stretch of highway in Coleman from US 84 west to Commercial Avenue and south along Commercial Avenue to US 67 (now SH 206), with a spur northward along Commercial Avenue to Coleman, but this designation was cancelled and replaced with Texas State Highway Loop 175 on June 17, 1947. The current State Highway 359 was designated on August 24, 1954, along the old

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route from Beeville to Laredo. SH 359 covered essentially its present-day route, plus a co-routing with

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from Skidmore to Beeville. On January 22, 1958, SH 359 was rerouted on Front Street rather than Main Street in Alice. On August 23, 1960, the dual designation with US 181 from Skidmore to Beeville was removed, which made Skidmore the eastern terminus of SH 359.

Route description

The highway's eastern terminus is the intersection with

at Skidmore. The route runs southwest through

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. The route continues in a southwest direction past Lake Corpus Christi through Sandia, Orange Grove and

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until it reaches

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, where it is briefly co-routed with SH 44. The route then diverges from SH 44 at

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and continues southwest through Benavides and Realitos to a junction with SH 16 at Hebbronville. Here the route takes a more western direction and runs through Bruni and Oilton before its final junction with

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at Laredo on the Mexican border. Counties traversed by the route include

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, San Patricio, Jim Wells,

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and

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. The highway is paved throughout and multi-lane for portions of the route. With the exception of its western terminus at Laredo, most of the terrain covered by the highway is sparsely populated and rural.

Business routes

SH 359 has one business route.

Mathis business loop

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. The route was bypassed in 1947 by US 59 and SH 9 and redesignated Loop 198. Loop 198 was redesignated as Business SH 359-B on June 21, 1990.

Major intersections

References

External links

{{commons category, Texas State Highway 359
State Highway 359 at aaroads.com/texas

at the

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