1939 general re-description of highway system (Texas) explained

In 1939, the Texas Highway Department renumbered all highways that ran concurrently with U.S. Highways. Sections of state highways that were separated by a concurrency with a US Highway were renumbered, and all suffixed routes (that did not become part of other highways or other state highways) were renumbered.

NewOldFromToNotes
U.S. Highway 54State Highway 56OklahomaNew Mexico
U.S. Highway 54State Highway 33New MexicoEl Paso
U.S. Highway 59State Highway 8MaudTenaha
U.S. Highway 59State Highway 35TimpsonHouston
U.S. Highway 59State Highway 12RosenbergLaredo
U.S. Highway 60State Highway 33OklahomaNew Mexico
U.S. Highway 62State Highway 138OklahomaNorth of Childress
U.S. Highway 62State Highway 18MatadorDickens
U.S. Highway 62State Highway 137LubbockBrownfield
U.S. Highway 62State Highway 130New MexicoEl Paso
U.S. Highway 66State Highway 75OklahomaAmarillo
U.S. Highway 66State Highway 13AmarilloNew Mexico
U.S. Highway 67State Highway 1TexarkanaDallas
U.S. Highway 67State Highway 68DallasStephenville
U.S. Highway 67State Highway 10StephenvilleAlpine
U.S. Highway 67State Highway 17MarfaPresidio
U.S. Highway 69State Highway 160DenisonWhitewright
U.S. Highway 69State Highway 42WhitewrightMineola
U.S. Highway 69State Highway 37MineolaJacksonville
U.S. Highway 69State Highway 40JacksonvilleLumberton
U.S. Highway 70State Highway 28VernonMuleshoe
U.S. Highway 71State Highway 47ArkansasTexarkana
U.S. Highway 75State Highway 6OklahomaDallas
U.S. Highway 75State Highway 14DallasRichland
U.S. Highway 75State Highway 32RichlandHuntsville
U.S. Highway 75State Highway 19HuntsvilleHouston
U.S. Highway 75State Highway 6HoustonGalveston
U.S. Highway 77State Highway 40OklahomaDallas
U.S. Highway 77State Highway 6DallasWaco
U.S. Highway 77State Highway 44WacoHallettsville
U.S. Highway 77State Highway 72HallettsvilleCuero
U.S. Highway 77State Highway 44VictoriaSinton
U.S. Highway 79State Highway 64LouisianaHenderson
U.S. Highway 79State Highway 43HendersonRound Rock
U.S. Highway 80State Highway 15LouisianaDallas
U.S. Highway 80State Highway 1BDallasCockrell Hill
U.S. Highway 80State Highway 1Cockrell HillNew Mexico (US 80/SH 1 went via what is now US 180 and SH 16 until 1938)
U.S. Highway 80 AlternateState Highway 15WeatherfordWest of Albany
U.S. Highway 80 AlternateState Highway 1AWest of AlbanyAbilene
U.S. Highway 80 AlternateState Highway 1 (Loop)El PasoSouth of Canutillo
U.S. Highway 81State Highway 2OklahomaLaredo
U.S. Highway 81 AlternateState Highway 2 (Loop)South of Fort WorthFort Worth
U.S. Highway 82State Highway 5TexarkanaWichita Falls
U.S. Highway 82State Highway 24SeymourLubbock
U.S. Highway 83State Highway 4OklahomaBrownsville
U.S. Highway 84State Highway 35LouisianaTimpson
U.S. Highway 84State Highway 22TimpsonPalestine
U.S. Highway 84State Highway 7Northeast of OakwoodNew Mexico
U.S. Highway 87State Highway 5New MexicoHartley
U.S. Highway 87State Highway 152HartleyDumas
U.S. Highway 87State Highway 9DumasSan Antonio
U.S. Highway 87State Highway 27San AntonioPort Lavaca
U.S. Highway 90State Highway 3LouisianaWaelder
U.S. Highway 90State Highway 3AWaelderSeguin
U.S. Highway 90State Highway 3SeguinVan Horn
U.S. Highway 90State Highway 54Van HornSouth of El CapitanUS 90 was proposed to overlap with US 62 to El Paso. Changed back to 54 5 months later.
U.S. Highway 96State Highway 8TenahaPort Arthur
U.S. Highway 175State Highway 40DallasJacksonvilleOriginally planned as part of US 287 Alternate
U.S. Highway 181State Highway 16San AntonioCorpus Christi
U.S. Highway 183State Highway 28OklahomaVernon
U.S. Highway 183State Highway 191AlbanyColeman
U.S. Highway 183State Highway 16Santa AnnaBrady
U.S. Highway 190State Highway 63LouisianaJasper
U.S. Highway 190State Highway 45JasperHuntsville
U.S. Highway 190State Highway 69HearneCameron
U.S. Highway 190State Highway 53BeltonLampasas
U.S. Highway 190State Highway 74LampasasBrady
U.S. Highway 271State Highway 24OklahomaParis
U.S. Highway 271State Highway 49ParisMount Pleasant
U.S. Highway 271State Highway 65Mount PleasantGladewater
U.S. Highway 271State Highway 31GladewaterTyler
U.S. Highway 277State Highway 30OklahomaMexico
U.S. Highway 281State Highway 66Wichita FallsHidalgo66 continued northeast from Wichita Falls with 79
U.S. Highway 281State Highway 48HidalgoBrownsville
U.S. Highway 283State Highway 23OklahomaBrady
U.S. Highway 285State Highway 27New MexicoFort Stockton
U.S. Highway 285State Highway 82Fort StocktonSanderson
U.S. Highway 287State Highway 9OklahomaDumas
U.S. Highway 287State Highway 5AmarilloHenriettaThis was part of US 370 before the renumbering.
U.S. Highway 287State Highway 50HenriettaBowieThis was part of US 370 before the renumbering.
U.S. Highway 287State Highway 34Fort WorthEnnis
U.S. Highway 287State Highway 22CorsicanaPalestine
U.S. Highway 287State Highway 19PalestineCrockett
U.S. Highway 287State Highway 106CrockettWoodville
U.S. Highway 290State Highway 6HoustonHempstead
U.S. Highway 290State Highway 20HempsteadPaige
U.S. Highway 290State Highway OSRPaigeBastrop
U.S. Highway 290State Highway 71BastropAustin
U.S. Highway 290State Highway 20AustinSoutheast of Junction
U.S. Highway 290State Highway 27Southeast of JunctionFort Stockton
U.S. Highway 290State Highway 196Fort StocktonEast of Kent
U.S. Highway 377State Highway 10DentonStephenville
U.S. Highway 380State Highway 15West of AlbanyLueders
U.S. Highway 380State Highway 18LuedersJayton
U.S. Highway 380State Highway 84Southwest of JaytonNew Mexico
State Highway 1State Highway 1Cockrell HillDallas
State Highway 3State Highway 3WaelderSeguin
State Highway 4State Highway 4BrownsvilleBoca Chica
State Highway 5State Highway 5South of DumasHartley
State Highway 6State Highway 6WacoHempstead
State Highway 6State Highway 242HockleySugar Land
State Highway 6State Highway 38Sugar LandNorthwest of Galveston
State Highway 7State Highway 7JoaquinNacogdoches
State Highway 7State Highway 266NacogdochesRatclifforiginally planned as part of 103; eventually built farther southeast
State Highway 7State Highway 103RatcliffCrockettoriginally planned to stay 103
State Highway 8State Highway 8ArkansasWest of Maud
State Highway 9State Highway 9Three RiversCorpus Christi
State Highway 10State Highway 10WhitesboroDenton
State Highway 11State Highway 11LadoniaDaingerfield (SH 11 began to overlap with SH 49 from Daingerfield to Hughes Springs)
State Highway 11State Highway 47Hughes SpringsTexarkana
State Highway 14State Highway 14RichlandBremond
State Highway 15State Highway 15LuedersNew MexicoWas proposed to be replaced by a new US highway in December 1938, but this was not approved until August 4, 1943.
State Highway 16State Highway 120GrahamSouth of StrawnThis was originally planned to become part of 81.
State Highway 16State Highway 81South of StrawnFredericksburgThis was originally planned to stay 81.
State Highway 16State Highway 16FredericksburgSan AntonioThis was originally planned to become part of 81, but was changed because it would have crossed US 81.
State Highway 16State Highway 9San AntonioSouth of San AntonioThis was originally planned to become 287.
State Highway 17State Highway 17PecosMarfa
State Highway 18State Highway 18MatadorPampa
State Highway 19State Highway 19FruitvalePalestine
State Highway 20State Highway 20AustinPaige
State Highway 21State Highway 21PaigeLouisiana
State Highway 22State Highway 22CorsicanaHamilton
State Highway 24State Highway 24ParisNewcastle
State Highway 24State Highway 120NewcastleEast of Aspermont
State Highway 26State Highway 11OklahomaDaingerfield
State Highway 26State Highway 149DaingerfieldLongview
State Highway 26State Highway 26LongviewNacogdoches
State Highway 27State Highway 27Southeast of JunctionComfort
State Highway 31State Highway 31WacoTyler
State Highway 31State Highway 176TylerKilgore
State Highway 34State Highway 34Honey GroveEnnis
State Highway 34State Highway 306EnnisItaly
State Highway 35State Highway 35GregoryHouston
State Highway 37State Highway 37OklahomaMineola
State Highway 43State Highway 43Caddo Lake State ParkHenderson
State Highway 44State Highway 16Corpus ChristiRobstown
State Highway 44State Highway 44RobstownAlice
State Highway 45State Highway 45Northeast of AndersonHuntsville
State Highway 45State Highway 19HuntsvilleCrockett
State Highway 48State Highway 48BrownsvilleEast of Brownsville
State Highway 49State Highway 49Mount PleasantLouisiana
State Highway 53State Highway 53RosebudTemple
State Highway 59State Highway 175Saint JoMontagueswapped with 59
State Highway 59State Highway 59MontagueBowie
State Highway 63State Highway 63ZavallaJasperoriginally planned as part of US 287 Alternate
State Highway 63State Highway 45JasperLouisianaoriginally planned as 296
State Highway 64State Highway 64HendersonWills Point
State Highway 68State Highway 68StephenvilleGorman
State Highway 70State Highway 70San AngeloJayton
State Highway 70State Highway 18JaytonDickens
State Highway 71State Highway 71BastropMidfield
State Highway 72State Highway 72CueroThree Rivers
State Highway 72State Highway 202Three RiversCotulla
State Highway 73State Highway 73AlleytonHouston
State Highway 73State Highway 228HoustonAnahuac
State Highway 73State Highway 125AnahuacStowelltemporary 73; became 65 in 1961
State Highway 73State Highway 228StowellPort Arthur
State Highway 74State Highway 74Liberty Hill
State Highway 77State Highway 260CommerceNaples
State Highway 77State Highway 77NaplesLouisianaLampasas
State Highway 80State Highway 80WimberleyKarnes City
State Highway 80State Highway 312Karnes CityAtascosa/Karnes County Line
State Highway 81State Highway No. "F" (feeder road)LlanoBradyThis was originally planned to become 283 instead.
State Highway 82State Highway 82New MexicoFort Stockton
State Highway 95State Highway 95TempleBastrop
State Highway 96State Highway 44SintonRobstown
State Highway 96State Highway 16RobstownRiviera
State Highway 96State Highway 96RivieraHarlingen
State Highway 107State Highway 107CombesEdinburg
State Highway 107State Highway 250EdinburgMission
State Highway 107State Highway 48MissionHidalgoappears in 1937
State Highway 111State Highway 95HochheimYoakum
State Highway 111State Highway 111YoakumMidfield
State Highway 118State Highway 118Big Bend National ParkFort Davis (SH 118 began to overlap with SH 17 and SH 166 from Fort Davis to northwest of Fort Davis)
State Highway 118State Highway 233northwest of Fort DavisKent
State Highway 124State Highway 125BeaumontStowell
State Highway 124State Highway 124StowellHigh Island
State Highway 137State Highway 137BrownfieldLamesa
State Highway 137State Highway 303LamesaSouth of Lamesa
State Highway 137State Highway 271South of LamesaSheffield
State Highway 149State Highway 149LongviewCarthage
State Highway 152State Highway 152DumasOklahoma
State Highway 154State Highway 155MarshallGilmer
State Highway 154State Highway 154GilmerNortheast of Cooper
State Highway 155State Highway 155GilmerNortheast of Tyler
State Highway 159State Highway 159OldenburgSouthwest of Oldenburg
State Highway 160State Highway 160WhitewrightNorth of Blue Ridge
State Highway 171State Highway 171MexiaCovingtonactually began at Coolidge (Mexia to Coolidge was US 84; US 84 went on what is now FM 73)
State Highway 171State Highway 2ACovingtonCleburne
State Highway 171State Highway 122CleburneWeatherford
State Highway 173State Highway 173HondoJourdanton
State Highway 173State Highway 241JourdantonHebbronville
State Highway 174State Highway 174IredellCleburne
State Highway 174State Highway 2ACleburneBurleson
State Highway 175State Highway 59MontagueNoconaswapped with pre-1939 175
State Highway 183State Highway 183East of MesquiteDallas
State Highway 183State Highway 15DallasFort Worthoriginally planned as part of US 287 Alternate
State Highway 185State Highway 185Northeast of TivoliSeadrift
State Highway 185State Highway 27SeadriftPort O'Connor
State Highway 194State Highway 194DimmittPlainview
State Highway 194State Highway 280PlainviewTahoka
State Highway 199State Highway 199Northwest of JacksboroOlney
State Highway 199State Highway 24OlneySeymour
State Highway 200State Highway 200WhartonGonzales
State Highway 200State Highway 112GonzalesNixon
State Highway 222State Highway 222Knox CityMunday
State Highway 222State Highway 252MundayEast of Benjamin
State Highway 237State Highway 237South of CarmineSouthwest of Oldenburg
State Highway 237State Highway 159Southwest of OldenburgLa Grange
State Highway 238State Highway 238InezPort Lavaca
State Highway 238State Highway 27Port LavacaSeadrift
State Highway 251State Highway 24OlneyNewcastle
State Highway 251State Highway 251NewcastleFort Belknap
State Highway 257State Highway 257LaredoGeorge Westbecame 202 a month later
State Highway 257State Highway 202George WestRefugioreturned to being 202 a month later
State Highway 282State Highway 18SpearmanOklahoma
State Highway 283State Highway 16SagertonOklahomaThis was originally planned to stay 16
State Highway 284State Highway 74ALometaGoldthwaite
State Highway 285State Highway 16RivieraFalfurrias
State Highway 285State Highway 285FalfurriasHebbronvilleadded by hand on 1939 map
State Highway 286State Highway 96Corpus ChristiChapman Ranch96 formerly continued west from Chapman Ranch to Bishop but this section was deleted on July 15, 1935
State Highway 288State Highway 19HoustonFreeport
State Highway 289State Highway 14West of ShermanDallas
State Highway 290State Highway 24LubbockNew Mexico
State Highway 291State Highway 2ANorth of ItascaCovington
State Highway 292SH 68 SpurKeeneKeene
State Highway 293State Highway 103RatcliffMilamreturned to being 103 a month later
State Highway 294State Highway 7Northeast of OakwoodAlto
State Highway 295State Highway 44HallettsvilleVictoria
State Highway 297State Highway 95FlatoniaYoakumreturned to being 95 two months later
State Highway 319State Highway 34JacksboroFort Worthproposed to be 281 but changed as it crossed US 281; became part of 199 a month later

Routes not in the above table; if nothing is stated no changes were made

dashed on inset starting in 1938; was State Highway 1C

Brady to Menard deleted on July 15, 1935

became 221 on August 27, 1935, but 221 was deleted on January 6, 1939

continued from New Braunfels to Seguin until July 15, 1935 and became FM 25 in 1942 (but became part of SH 46 again in 1988!)

Uvalde to San Diego and Rocksprings to south of Junction deleted on July 15, 1935, but Rocksprings to south of Junction restored on November 19, 1935 and Uvalde to Dilley restored on January 18, 1937

became 35 on April 10, 1934

became 35 on April 10, 1934

became 15 on August 8, 1935 (not effective until September 1, 1935)

became 18 on May 24, 1938

Weatherford to Gainesville deleted on July 15, 1935; rest became part of 1 in 1938/1939

went southwest from Hamlin to Longworth until July 15, 1935 (now FM 57)

became 36 on July 25, 1933, but was reused for old 97 on December 20, 1937 and became part of 97 again four months later

Elgin to Flatonia deleted on July 15, 1935, but Elgin to Bastrop restored on June 19, 1936

Hebbronville to Rio Grande City deleted on July 15, 1935, restored on December 20, 1937, replaced 241, old route became 93; changes undone four months later

became 10 on July 23, 1934

became 14 on April 10, 1934

became 222 on August 27, 1935

became 44 on November 24, 1936 but was reassigned to portion of 72; new 128 was renumbered 237 on December 22, 1936

became 23 on July 23, 1934

became 146 on September 22, 1932

became 105 on July 12, 1933

SH 31 to Tyler Fish Hatchery, deleted on July 30, 1934

section west of what is now US 281 (then SH 66) deleted on July 15, 1935

became 51 on July 16, 1934

became Spur 73 in renumbering, then FM 75 in 1943

deleted on July 15, 1935 (sections restored as latereal road cancelled upon completion)

became 70 on January 22, 1931 (old 70 was deleted and is now FM 610)

spur to McDonald Observatory was SH 166A.

unconstructed portion cancelled on February 12, 1934; remainder became 97 on March 13, 1934

became 89 on November 30, 1932

became 152 on June 21, 1938

SH 5 to Annona, deleted on January 25, 1938; restored as 5 spur on February 20, 1939; became Spur 23 in renumbering; became FM 44 in 1942

Artesia Wells to Catarina, deleted on July 15, 1935, but became FM 133 in 1945

became 29 on March 19, 1934

became 27 on June 20, 1933

deleted on September 11, 1934 (later 222 and 252); now FM 267

pre-1939 continued east from Cross Plains on overlap with not-yet-built SH 36

became 152 on June 21, 1938

deleted on July 15, 1935

deleted on January 6, 1939, restored on January 22, 1940, only to become FM 50 and Spur 197 in 1942

deleted on July 15, 1935

deleted on April 28, 1937 due to the first Farm to Market Road being nearby.

became 158 on February 11, 1937

through Heidenheimer, deleted on January 6, 1939

SH 6 to TAMU, gone on September 26, 1939

became PR 12 during the renumbering

deleted April 19, 1938; part became SH 303 on December 1, 1938; remainder became RM 87 in 1943, now SH 176 and SH 137

deleted on March 21, 1939; became FM 82 in 1943, now SH 121

deleted on August 31, 1939; became RM 380 in 1945

Proposed for SH 319

Proposed for SH 16 from US 87 to US 281

Proposed for SH 45 east of Jasper

Proposed for Spur 69

became part of PR 10 during the renumbering

Park Roads:

extended over State Highway 310 during the renumbering

was State Highway 229 before the renumbering

designated August 31, 1939 as State Highway 319, 35A, or 35 Spur before the renumbering?

Loops and Spurs:

3 Spur

2 Bypass (alternate route of 2 on 1937 map)

2 Bypass

2 Loop

2 Loop

5 Loop

two routes called 8 Spur on each end that were connected during the renumbering

8 Bypass ("by-pass" on 1937 map)

28 Spur

114 Loop or 121 Loop

5 Loop

40 Bypass

2 Loop

47 Bypass

7 Business

1 Loop

probably 123 Loop

7 Spur

12 Loop

18 Spur

18 Spur

5 Spur

87 Spur

3 Spur

24 Spur

72 Spur

35 Spur

40 Spur

probably 22 Spur

probably 22 Spur

probably 22 Spur

24 Spur

probably 21 Loop

probably 21 Spur

40 Loop

5 Loop

49 Business

24 Spur

1 Spur (originally 89 Spur)

152 Spur

18 Spur

43 Loop

24 Loop

7 Spur

7 Loop

33 Loop

71 Spur

probably 22 Spur

72 Bypass

71 Spur

probably 2 Spur

14 Spur

22 Spur

22 Spur

probably 19 Spur

38 Spur

probably 35 Spur (originally 58 Spur if it was designated before April 10, 1934)

probably 40 Loop

probably 40 Loop

probably 40 Loop

31 Spur

probably 31 Spur

40 Spur

26 Loop

9 Spur

8 Loop

87 Spur (planned as SH 298)

probably 35 Loop

29 Spur

16 Spur

SH 145

24 Spur

28 Loop and 28 Spur

9 Loop

9 Loop

SH 166 Spur

old alignment of SH 152

old alignment of SH 64

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