State Highway 290 (SH 290) is a state highway maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) that runs from

Interstate 10 Interstate 10 (I-10) is the southernmost cross-country highway in the American Interstate Highway System. I-10 is the fourth-longest Interstate in the United States at , following I-90, I-80, and I-40. This freeway is part of the originally pl ...

near Sheffield east to another connection with I-10 about east of Sheffield. The route was designated in 1992 as a replacement for

U.S. Route 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 ...

when that route was shortened to end near

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. The route connects I-10 to Sheffield and

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and overlays a portion of

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. SH 290 was the former designation for a portion of SH 114 between the New Mexico state line and Lubbock.

History

Cochran, Hockley, and Lubbock counties

SH 290 was originally designated as a route from the New Mexico state line east through Morton and Levelland to Lubbock in

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, Hockley, and Lubbock counties that was created on September 26, 1939. The route had been previously numbered as SH 134 beginning sometime between 1926 and 1928 until the route was renumbered as SH 24 on March 19, 1930. The SH 290 designation was dropped on March 31, 1955 when the route became SH 116. On December 14, 1977, the SH 116 designation was canceled, and the route became an extension of SH 114.

Pecos and Crockett counties

SH 290 was created on November 21, 1991 from a portion of US 290 which was decommissioned beyond its current terminus at I-10 near Junction to its former terminus at US 80 near Kent. US 290 together with US 80 formed a route linking El Paso to

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and Houston before the construction of I-10. SH 290 is a portion of the former US 290 that was bypassed by I-10 around Sheffield.

Route description

SH 290 begins at Exit 325 of I-10 in Pecos County and winds southward around hills concurrently with SH 349. The road turns east through Sheffield passing through town along Main Street where SH 349 turns to the south. SH 290 then runs southeast to the

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where the road enters Crockett County. The road turns eastward along the Pecos River valley until it reaches

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, an old frontier Army fort maintained by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The road then turns northeast climbing steeply out of the river valley and returns to I-10 at Exit 343.

Major intersections

References

External links

{{osmrelation, 962301, Texas State Highway 290

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Transportation in Pecos County, Texas Transportation in Crockett County, Texas