Texas State Highway Spur 95
State Highway Spur 95 | |||||||
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Length: | 1.053 mi[1] (1.695 km) | ||||||
Existed: | 1940[1] – present | ||||||
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South end: | SH 97 at Cost | ||||||
North end: | Gonzales battlefield | ||||||
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Counties: | Gonzales | ||||||
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State Highway Spur 95 or Spur 95 is a short spur route maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The spur was originally designated as a state highway and branches off of State Highway 97 near Cost between Nixon and Gonzales in Gonzales County. The road ends near a monument by the Guadalupe River where the first shot was fired during the Texas war of independence from Mexico. TxDOT regards the road as the Lexington of Texas Spur.[1]
History
Spur 95 was originally designated State Highway 226 which was built between 1936[2] and 1938.[3] The road was reclassified with its current spur designation in 1940.[1][4] The portion of SH 97 from SH 80 north of Nixon to Gonzales at the spur's south end was originally designated as part of SH 112 before 1939[3] and then as SH 200 until 1952.[5][6]
Route description
Spur 95 begins at SH 97 on the eastern edge of Cost. The 1.1-mile (1.8 km)[1] rural route proceeds northward along gentle grades to a point near the confluence of Stevens Creek with the Guadalupe River where a monument commemorates the first shot fired in the Texas Revolution during the Battle of Gonzales. The road has a turnaround loop at its northern end.[7]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Gonzales County.
Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Cost | 0 | 0.0 | SH 97 – Nixon, Gonzales | Southern terminus | |
| 1.1 | 1.8 | Dead end | Northern terminus at battlefield | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Spur No. 95". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
- ↑ Official Map of the Highway System of Texas (Map) (Centennial ed.). 1"=29 mi. Cartography by R. M. Stene. Texas State Highway Commission. Corrected to March 1, 1936. Retrieved 2010-10-13. Check date values in:
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(help) - 1 2 Texas Highway Map (Map) (1938 ed.). 1"=30 mi. Cartography by R. M. Stene. Texas State Highway Commission. Corrected to April 1, 1938. Check date values in:
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(help); - ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 226". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
- ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 200". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
- ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 97". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
- ↑ Cost Quadrangle, Texas-Gonzales Co. (Map) (1959 ed.). 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. Photorevised 1987. Retrieved 2010-10-13. Check date values in:
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