Highway Designation File

Transportation Planning and Programming Division
Current Description-Effective Date-Authority


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
30.418 2010

STATE HIGHWAY NO. 3

Minute Order 016701, dated 09/26/1939

From a point on US 90 at Waelder via Gonzales to a point on US 90 near Seguin.  General redescription of Highway System.



Minute Order 032570, dated 08/20/1952

From US 90 west of Seguin, eastward via Seguin to Gonzales and northeastward to Waelder and from intersection of Winkler Dr and US 75 in Houston along Winkler Dr and a section of old route of US 75 to another point on US 75, approx. 9.9 miles northwest of Galveston.  Section from Houston to northwest of Galveston added.



Minute Orders 031878 and 031879, dated 03/28/1952

From US 75 in Houston along Winkler Dr and a section of old route of US 75 to another point on US 75 approximately 9.9 miles northwest of Galveston.  Section from US 90 west of Seguin to Gonzales cancelled and transferred to US 90-A.  Section from Gonzales to Waelder cancelled and transferred to SH 97.



Adm. Auth., dated 03/15/1963

From US 75 in Houston along Winkler Dr and a section of old route of US 75 to another point on SH 146 approximately 9.9 miles northwest of Galveston. Changes point of beginning.



Request by District, dated 02/21/1984

From US 75 in Houston along Winkler Dr and a section of old route of US 75 to another point on SH 146 approximately 9.9 miles northwest of Galveston.  (Harris and Galveston Counties)  Changes point of ending.



[V.F.W. Memorial Highway (Veterans of Foreign Wars), from San Antonio to the Louisiana State Line at Orange (Designated by M/O 13742, 5/18/37)]