Highway Designation File
Transportation Planning and Programming Division
Current Description-Effective Date-Authority
261.187 | 2010 |
U.S. HIGHWAY NO. 290
Original Description per Administrative Circular 16-1944
1927 - Beginning at San Antonio via Comfort, Sonora, Fort Stockton, Toyahvale to an intersection with No. 80 west of San Martine.
1929 – Beginning at San Antonio 50, Comfort 139, Sonora 156, Fort Stockton 58, Toyahvale 21, to an intersection with US 80 west of San Martine.
07/01/1932 - Beginning at San Antonio 50, Comfort 142, Sonora 155, Fort Stockton 58, Toyahvale 21, to an intersection with US 80 west of San Martine.
03/01/35 - Beginning Houston 50, Hempstead 21, Brenham 35, Giddings 20, Bastrop 35, Austin 51, Johnson City 32, Fredericksburg 55, Junction City 63, Sonora 155,- Fort Stockton 79, to a junction with US 80 east of Kent.
01/01/1939 - Beginning at Houston 50, Hempstead 21, Brenham 35, Giddings 20, Bastrop 35, Austin 51, Johnson City 32, Fredericksburg 55, Junction City 63, Sonora 155, Fort Stockton 79, to a junction with US 80 east of Kent.
05/01/1942 - Beginning at Houston 50, Hempstead 22, Brenham 36, Giddings 27, Bastrop 30, Austin 50, Johnson City 31, Fredericksburg 62, Junction 62, Sonora 148, Fort Stockton 77 to a junction with US 80 east of Kent.
From Houston via Hempstead, Brenham, Giddings, Fredericksburg, Junction,
Sonora, Ozona, Ft. Stockton, and Balmorhea to a point on US 80 east of
Kent. Gen'l Re-description of Highway System.
From US 80 east of Kent eastward via Balmorhea, Ft. Stockton, Ozona,
Sonora, Junction, Fredericksburg, Johnson City, Austin, Elgin, Paige, Giddings,
Brenham, and Hempstead to Houston. New description; section between
Austin and Paige via Bastrop rerouted to between Austin and Paige via Elgin.
From IH 10 southeast of Junction eastward via Fredericksburg, Johnson
City, Austin, Elgin, Giddings, Brenham, and Hempstead to IH 610 in Houston,
a distance of approximately 290.0 miles. (Kimble, Gillespie, Blanco,
Hays, Travis, Bastrop, Lee, Fayette, Washington, Waller and Harris Counties)
New description; section of approx. 312.0 miles, from IH 10/IH 20 intersection
east of Kent eastward to the IH 10/US 290 intersection southeast of Junction
cancelled and removed from the State Highway System.
From IH 10, southeast of Junction, eastward via Fredericksburg, Johnson City, Austin, Elgin, Giddings, and Brenham, to IH 610 in Houston, a distance of approx. 290.0 miles. (Kimble, Gillespie, Blanco, Hays, Travis, Bastrop, Lee, Fayette, Washington, Waller, and Harris Counties) New description; Hempstead removed as a control point. Mileage transferred to BU 290-H.
[10th Mountain Division Highway--US 290 from IH 35 to SH 95; the part of SH 95 from US 290 to SH 71; the part of SH 71 from SH 95 to IH 35. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., eff. Sept. 1, 1995]
[Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway--US 290, from IH 10 southeast of Junction to Johnson City. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., eff. Sept. 1, 1997]
[Presidential Corridor--US 290 from IH 35 to SH 21 and SH 21 from US 290 to SH 6. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., eff. Sept. 1, 1997]
[Henry G. "Bud" Lehman Highway--US 290 on Lee County. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., eff. Sept. 1, 1997]