state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
that runs from
Skidmore
Skidmore may refer to:
Places United States
* Skidmore, Kansas
* Skidmore, Maryland
* Skidmore, Michigan
* Skidmore, Missouri
* Skidmore, Texas
* Skidmore, West Virginia
* Skidmore Fountain, a public fountain in Portland, Oregon
Other uses
* Sk ...
in southeastern
Texas
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, near Corpus Christi, southwest and west to Laredo at the international border with
Mexico
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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
US 59
U.S. Route 59 (US 59) is a north–south United States highway (though it was signed east–west in parts of Texas). A latecomer to the U.S. numbered route system, US 59 is now a border-to-border route, part of the NAFTA Corridor Highway Sy ...
route from Beeville to Laredo. SH 359 covered essentially its present-day route, plus a co-routing with
US 181
U.S. Highway 181 is a south–north U.S. Highway located entirely in the state of Texas. Both termini are at Interstate 37, the road that it mainly parallels to the east. US 181 begins in Corpus Christi, Texas at mile marker 0 to the south, ...
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
US 181
U.S. Highway 181 is a south–north U.S. Highway located entirely in the state of Texas. Both termini are at Interstate 37, the road that it mainly parallels to the east. US 181 begins in Corpus Christi, Texas at mile marker 0 to the south, ...
Interstate 37
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at Mathis. The route continues in a southwest direction past
Lake Corpus Christi
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Orange Grove Orange Grove may refer to:
General
*An orchard of cultivated orange trees, in the United States often called an orange grove
Places and buildings Australia
* Orange Grove, New South Wales
* Orange Grove, Western Australia
South Africa
* Orange ...
and
Alfred
Alfred may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
*''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series
* ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne
* ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák
*"Alfred (Interlu ...
until it reaches Alice, where it is briefly co-routed with SH 44.
The route then diverges from SH 44 at
San Diego
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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 Bruni can refer to:
* Bruni (surname)
* Bruni, Texas
* Bruni (horse), an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
* Bruni Olympic .380 BBM blank firing revolver
See also
* Bruno (disambiguation)
Bruno may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* ...
US 83
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at Laredo on the Mexican border. Counties traversed by the route include Bee, San Patricio, Jim Wells,
Duval
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,
Jim Hogg
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and
Webb
Webb most often refers to James Webb Space Telescope which is named after James E. Webb, second Administrator of NASA.
It may also refer to:
Places Antarctica
* Webb Glacier (South Georgia)
* Webb Glacier (Victoria Land)
*Webb Névé, Victoria ...
. 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
Business State Highway 359-B (Bus. SH 359-B), formerly Loop 198, is a business loop in Mathis. 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.
Texas Department of Transportation
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