U.S. Route 190

U.S. Route 190 marker

U.S. Route 190
Route information
Auxiliary route of US 90
Length: 875 mi[1] (1,408 km)
Existed: 1926[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: I-10 at Iraan, TX
  I-35 at Temple, TX
I-45 at Huntsville, TX
I-49 at Opelousas, LA
I-110 at Baton Rouge, LA
I-55 at Hammond, LA
I-12 at Covington, LA
I-10 at Slidell, LA
East end: US 90 at Slidell, LA
Location
States: Texas, Louisiana
Highway system

U.S. Route 190 is an eastwest United States highway in Louisiana and Texas. It evolved from the shortest of intrastate routes in 1926 to a length comparable to a main Interstate Highway route, leading from the swamps and pine forests of Louisiana to the West Texas desert.

Route description

Lengths
  mi[2]km
TX 593 854
LA 282 454
Total 875 1408

Texas

The western terminus is at a point where US 190 intersects with Interstate 10, a few miles east of Bakersfield and 20 mi (32 km) west of the town of Iraan, in the middle of Pecos County.

It runs east through Texas Hill Country speckled with sage brush, intersecting with State Highway 305, crossing into Schleicher County, and intersecting with U.S. Route 277 in Eldorado. Just outside Eldorado was where the raid of the Yearning for Zion Ranch gained national attention. US 190 continues east into Menard County, intersecting State Highway 864, and passing a few miles north of Fort McKavett State Historic Site, entering Menard and intersecting with U.S. Route 83 north a short distance.

Continuing on a northeastward route US 190 enters McCulloch County and into Brady, Texas. Being the closest city to the geographical center of Texas, the city proclaims being the "True Heart of Texas", "where five major highways meet, making it a major gateway to all regions of the state".[3] US 190 enters Brady from the south merging and running concurrent with north U.S. Route 377 and U.S. Route 87 through town, intersecting FM 2028, 2309, then splitting with US 87 and US 377, before exiting the city heading east. US 190 goes through Rochelle, enters San Saba County, through Richland Springs where it intersects FM 45, the communities Algerita, and Harkeyville, and into San Saba, the birthplace of actor Tommy Lee Jones, and an intersection with State Highway 16. Continuing east US 190 enters Lampasas County, entering Lometa, merging and running concurrent with U.S. Route 183 south into the city of Lampasas. Splitting from US 183 and continuing east US 190 runs through the town of Kempner entering the extreme southern corner of Coryell County and the city of Copperas Cove. Copperas Cove is located on the southeastern edge of Fort Hood and US 190 traverses through part of the fort, into Bell County and then Killeen. Being directly adjacent to the main cantonment of Fort Hood, both Killeen and Copperas Cove depend on the fort and those stationed there. A restaurant in Killeen was the site of one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history where 23 people (including the shooter) were killed.[4][5]

US 190 next intersects and merges with I-35 north through Belton and enters Temple, merging and running concurrent with State Highway 36 south. Continuing east and south US 190 passes through Rogers and enters Milam County then Cameron and merges with U.S. Route 77 south for a distance. A few miles south of Cameron US 190 merges and runs concurrent with U.S. Route 79 north. In Hearne US 190 splits with US 79 and merges running concurrent with State Highway 6 south, entering Brazos County, through Benchley, and into Bryan, that is considered the heart of the Brazos Valley (Southeast Central Texas), and is part of the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area.

US 190 splits with State Highway 6, turning northeast and merging with State Highway 21 north, entering through Kurten, entering Madison County also passing through North Zulch, Cottonwood and into Madisonville, before merging with I-45 south and into Walker County, then entering Huntsville, where US 190 splits heading into Eastern Texas.

Continuing east, US 190 enters San Jacinto County, passing north of Oakhurst and Point Blank, crossing Lake Livingston, entering Polk County and into Onalaska. US 190 from the west makes a semi-loop up over Lake Livingston and down to Livingston, intersecting with US 59 and Business US 59 and through Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation, entering Tyler County, merging with FM 256 and into Woodville. East of Woodville FM 256 splits north and US 190 crosses BA Steinhagen Lake, into Jasper County, intersecting with State Highway 63 east, and in the center of Jasper intersecting with U.S. Route 96. Continuing east US 190 travels through Holly Springs enters Newton County and proceeds into Newton. In Newton US 190 turns south through Bon Wier, and then crosses the Louisiana line.

In Newton County, Texas, US 190 has been designated one of the routes on the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail. The site number attached to the signs denote the location of the sign. The sign in the picture is located on the westbound side of the highway, inside the Texas line, just west of the "Welcome to Texas" sign near the Sabine River (Texas-Louisiana).

Louisiana

US 190 crosses the Sabine River and enters the western portion of Louisiana in swampy bayou terrain three miles (5 km) west of Merryville, Louisiana. Merryville is the location of the old Coushatta Indian village.

From Merryville the highway heads north by northeast to the community of Junction, Louisiana, also referred to as The Junction.[6] Junction is where LA 111 and US 190 intersect and is the site of a roadside marker and the joining of two Indian trails.

From Junction, US 190 heads east to DeRidder, where it forms a multiplex with US 171 south and passes several NRHP sites such as the Beauregard Parish Jail, Beauregard Parish Courthouse, and the DeRidder Commercial Historic District among others. US 190 runs concurrently with US 171 to Ragley, where US 190 parts with US 171 heading east. From Ragley, the two-lane highway heads nearly due east almost parallel to Interstate 10 until Opelousas. US 190 crosses the northern reach of the Atchafalaya Basin near the Morganza Spillway en route to Baton Rouge. From Baton Rouge, US 190 passes, in places divided, through Denham Springs, Albany, Hammond, Robert, Goodbee, Covington,[7] Mandeville, before reaching the eastern terminus at Slidell (US 11).

The stretch between Interstate 12 south of Covington and the intersection with LA 22 at Mandeville is multilane divided with controlled access. The highway's eastern terminus is in the bayous near Slidell, at an intersection with U.S. Route 90. This junction was once known as the "White Kitchen" after a restaurant that was once located there.[8][9]

History

Old Route 190 sign

In the original 1926 plan, U.S. 190 served the purpose of modern-day Interstate 12, as the road around the north side of Lake Pontchartrain. The western terminus was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, meeting U.S. 71 at the Baton Rouge-Port Allen Mississippi River ferry. U.S. 190 followed State Route 7 (in the pre-1955 Louisiana Highway system) east to Covington, then State Route 34 from Covington to Slidell. The original eastern terminus in Slidell was at U.S. 90 (now U.S.11) at the modern intersection of Front Street and Gause Boulevard.

In 1935, the route was extended west across the Mississippi River, ending in the West Texas town of Brady at an intersection with U.S. 87.

U.S. 190 was assigned an additional 150 miles (240 km) across the sparsely-populated area south of San Angelo, Texas in 1979.

Louisiana

The original 1926 route followed the Jefferson Highway through downtown Baton Rouge, then LA 426 (Old Hammond Highway) to the Amite River. East of Baton Rouge, significant differences from the current alignment are as follows: LA 1032 through Denham Springs; LA 1027 into Walker; LA 43 and 1040 (Old Baton Rouge Highway) between Albany and Hammond; South Range Road and LA 1067 (Old Covington Highway) between Hammond and the Tangipahoa River; and U.S. 190 Business through Covington.

West of Baton Rouge, the current alignment generally follows the same route since its extension into Texas in 1935. The only major re-routing was between Deridder and Elton, where the original route followed LA 26. The portion between Oberlin and Elton was re-routed in 1937 to follow U.S. 165 to Kinder before assuming the current alignment between Deridder and Kinder the following year. Other differences from the current route are as follows: LA 110 through Merryville; LA 3099 into DeRidder; LA 3253, 1244, 31, and 742 between Opelousas and Port Barre; Old U.S. 190 between Bayou Courtableau and Krotz Springs and between East Krotz Springs, Louisiana Krotz Springs and Lottie; LA 77 between Livonia and Rosedale; and LA 76 between Rosedale and Port Allen.

In 1937, U.S. 190 took over the original route of U.S. 90 from Slidell to the Rigolets Bridge (along current U.S. 11 and LA 433) when that highway assumed its current routing into Mississippi. U.S. 190 was given its current eastern terminus at U.S. 90 in the 1940s, following what is now U.S. 190 Business (Fremaux Avenue) through Slidell until the 1970s when it was shifted onto Gause Boulevard.

In 1951, U.S. 190 was re-routed along U.S. 51 Business (mainline U.S. 51 at the time) and LA 22 between Hammond and Mandeville. The new route passed through Ponchatoula and Madisonville and bypassed Covington. The former route through Covington was restored in 1956.

The current U.S. 190 near Krotz Springs, Louisiana, is an elevated highway. The road was built as a bypass around the road called Old 190 which continues across the Morganza Spillway to the western edge of Lottie. U.S. 190 crosses the Atchafalaya River on two cantilever bridges known as the Krotz Springs Bridge. It crosses the Mississippi River on the 1940-era Huey Long Bridge north of Baton Rouge.

The route is now used as an alternate route for Interstate 10, across the Atchafalaya Expressway. Traffic can be diverted along LA 975 to Krotz Springs, and LA 76 to U.S. 190/LA 1.

Junction list

StateCounty/ParishLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
TexasPecos I-10 Fort Stockton, OzonaI-10 exit 307
FM 305 north McCamey
SH 349 north RankinWest end of SH 349 overlap
Iraan SH 349 south SheffieldEast end of SH 349 overlap
Crockett SH 137 north Big LakeWest end of SH 137 overlap
SH 137 south OzonaEast end of SH 137 overlap
SH 163 Barnhart, Ozona
Schleicher FM 1828 east
Eldorado US 277 south SonoraWest end of US 277 overlap
US 277 north / RM 915 north San Angelo, MertzonEast end of US 277 overlap
RM 2596 south
RM 2084 north
Menard FM 864 south Fort McKavett
Menard US 83 south JunctionWest end of US 83 overlap
US 83 north EdenNorth end of US 83 overlap
McCulloch FM 1311 south
Brady US 87 south / US 377 south MasonWest end of US 87/377 overlap
FM 2028 west Brady Reservoir
FM 2309 south
US 87 north ColemanEast end of US 87 overlap
FM 714 east
US 377 north BrownwoodEast end of US 377 overlap
Rochelle FM 1121 west
FM 2315 north
FM 2822 north
San Saba FM 2997 north
Richland Springs FM 45 north Brownwood
FM 2732 west
FM 1030 south
San Saba SH 16 Goldthwaite, Llano
FM 1031 south
FM 580 east Nix
LampasasLometa FM 581 Lometa
US 183 north GoldthwaiteWest end of US 183 overlap
FM 3415 south
US 281 north HamiltonWest end of US 281 overlap
Lampasas FM 580 east (Avenue J)West end of FM 580 overlap
FM 580 west (North Avenue) NixEast end of FM 580 overlap
Loop 257 (4th Street) Lampasas Historic District
US 281 south BurnetEast end of US 281 overlap

US 183 south (Key Avenue) / US 281 Truck (Plum Street) Austin
East end of US 183 overlap
Loop 257 west (4th Street) Lampasas Historic District
Kempner FM 2313 north
FM 2808 east
CoryellCopperas Cove
Bus. US 190 east / FM 2657 south Copperas Cove
eastbound exit and westbound entrance
FM 116 / FM 3046Interchange; west end of freeway
Old Copperas Cove RoadInterchange

Bus. US 190 west Copperas Cove
Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Fort HoodClarke Road
Bell Tower Drive
Bell SH 201 south / Clear Creek Road
North Clear Creek RoadEastbound Exit
T.J. Mills Boulevard
Killeen
Bus. US 190 east / Willow Springs Road
SH 195 (Fort Hood Street)
Trimmier Road
W.S. Young Drive
FM 3470 (Stan Schlueter Loop)
Rosewood DriveEastbound Exit. Westbound signed at Stan Schlueter Loop
Harker Heights FM 2410 (Knight's Way)
FM 3421 (Indian Trail)

Bus. US 190 west / Nola Ruth Boulevard
No westbound entrance
Nolanville Spur 439 (Main Street) Nolanville
Paddy Hamilton Road
Frontage RoadEastbound exit only
Frontage RoadWestbound exit only
FM 2410 (Simmons Road)
G Wilson Road
Belton FM 1670 (Stillhouse Hollow Dam Road)
Loop 121
I-35 south (General Bruce Drive) / SH 317 / FM 436 / Connell Street AustinEastbound exit and entrance
I-35 south (General Bruce Drive) AustinEastbound exit and westbound entrance; west end of I-35 overlap; I-35 exit 293A-B
Central AvenueI-35 exit 294A
FM 93 (6th Avenue)I-35 exit 294B
TempleMidway DriveI-35 exit 297
I-35 north (General Bruce Drive) / SH 36 north / Loop 363 north (H.K. Dodgen Loop) Waco, GatesvilleEast end of I-35 overlap; west end of SH 36/Loop 363 overlap; I-35 exit 298
57th Street, Oakdale Drive
FM 1741 (31st Street)
5th Street
Spur 290 west (Veterans Memorial Drive)East end of freeway; no eastbound exit
SH 95 south / Loop 363 north (H.K. Dodgen Loop) HollandInterchange; east end of Loop 363 overlap
FM 3117 east

Bus. US 190 east Heidenheimer
FM 93 Temple, HeidenheimerInterchange
FM 436 Heidenheimer, Little River AcademyInterchange; eastbound exit is via the FM 93 exit

Bus. US 190 west Heidenheimer
Rogers FM 437 / FM 2184 Davilla
MilamBuckholts FM 1915 northWest end of FM 1915 overlap
FM 1915 southEast end of FM 1915 overlap
FM 486 south Thorndale
FM 845 east
Cameron FM 2269 north
US 77 north / FM 1600 south WacoWest end of US 77 overlap
FM 2095 east
US 77 south RockdaleEast end of US 77 overlap
Milano US 79 south RockdaleWest end of US 79 overlap
FM 3242 north
SH 36 south CaldwellEast end of SH 36 overlap
Gause FM 2095 west
Robertson FM 1644 north
FM 50 south Mumford
Hearne US 79 north / SH 6 north / FM 391 east Franklin, MarlinInterchange; east end of US 79 overlap; west end of SH 6 overlap
FM 2549 north
Benchley SH OSR / Spur 231 Normangee, Caldwell, BenchleyWest end of freeway
BrazosBryan FM 2818 (Harvey Mitchell Parkway)

Bus. SH 6 south Bryan, College Station, Texas A&M University
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Frontage RoadEastbound exit only
Woodville Road
FM 974 / Wilkes Road
SH 6 south / SH 21 west Navasota, BryanWest end of SH 21 overlap; east end of SH 6 overlap; east end of freeway
Wixon Valley FM 2776 west Wixon Valley

Bus. SH 21 east Kurten
Kurten FM 2038 Kurten

Bus. SH 21 west Kurten
FM 974 west
Madison FM 39 NormangeeInterchange
North Zulch Loop 160 east North Zulch
Loop 160 west North Zulch
FM 1372 south
FM 1452 westWest end of FM 1452 overlap
FM 1452 east to SH 90East end of FM 1452 overlap
Madisonville FM 974 north
Spur 174 south to SH 90
SH 75 Centerville, Huntsville
I-45 north / SH 21 east Dallas, CrockettEast end of SH 21 overlap; west end of I-45 overlap; I-45 exit 142
Spur 67I-45 exit 136
Walker FM 2989I-45 exit 132
FM 1696 / Pinedale RoadI-45 exit 123
Huntsville SH 75 / FM 1791I-45 exit 118
I-45 south / SH 30 west Houston, College StationEast end of I-45 overlap; west end of SH 30 overlap; I-45 exit 116
SH 75 north MadisonvilleWest end of SH 75 overlap
FM 247 north
SH 75 south Sam Houston State University, ConroeEast end of SH 75 overlap
SH 30 east TrinityEast end of SH 30 overlap
SH 19 Trinity, Conroe
FM 2296 south
FM 405 north Dodge
San Jacinto FM 946 Oakhurst
Point Blank SH 156 south Coldspring
FM 980 west Riverside
PolkOnalaska FM 356 Trinity, Onalaska
FM 3186 south Lake Livingston
FM 3459 north
FM 3152 east
FM 3126 south
Livingston FM 2457 west Lake Livingston
FM 350 east MoscowWest end of FM 350 overlap
FM 350 westEast end of FM 350 overlap
US 59 Lufkin, ClevelandUS 59 exit 434B; future Interstate 69

Bus. US 59
SH 146 north / FM 1316 Lufkin, Liberty
FM 1276 east
Alabama-
Coushatta Reservation
FM 2500 north
Tyler FM 256 north
Woodlawn US 69 / US 287 Lufkin, Corrigan, Beaumont
FM 1746 east
FM 256 west Colmesneil
FM 92 Silsbee
Jasper FM 1747 north
FM 777
Jasper FM 777
SH 63 west ZavallaWest end of SH 63 overlap
FM 252 south
US 96 San Augustine, Beaumont
FM 2799 west
SH 63 east BurkevilleEast end of SH 63 overlap
FM 1408 north
NewtonNewton FM 1012 north
SH 87 Burkeville, Orange
Loop 505 southWest end of Loop 500 overlap
Loop 505 northEast end of Loop 500 overlap
FM 2626
FM 363 west
Bon Wier FM 1416 south
Sabine RiverUnnamed bridge (Texas–Louisiana state line)
LouisianaBeauregardMerryville LA 389 south Starks
LA 110 east Singer
LA 111 north Burr Ferry
LA 3226 north Rosepine
DeRidder LA 3099 south
US 171 north / LA 27 south Leesville, DeQuincyWest end of US 171 overlap
LA 112 east Sugartown
LA 26 east Oberlin
LA 394 east Dry Creek
Longville LA 110 west Singer
US 171 south / LA 12 west Lake Charles, DeQuincyInterchange; east end of US 171 overlap
AllenReeves LA 113 north Dry Creek
Kinder LA 1150 east
US 165 Oberlin, Iowa
LA 383 south
LA 99 south Welsh
Jefferson DavisElton LA 395 south
LA 26 Oberlin, Jennings
EvangelineAcadia
parish line
Basile LA 371 north
LA 97 south Evangeline
LA 3068 south
AcadiaEunice LA 757 west
LA 13 Mamou, Crowley
Saint Landry LA 367 south
LA 758 north / LA 95 south Church PointWest end of LA 95 overlap
LA 95 northEast end of LA 95 overlap
LA 752 east
LA 103 north
Lawtell LA 35 south Rayne
Opelousas LA 104 west
LA 357 south
LA 182 Washington, Sunset
I-49 / US 167 Alexandria, LafayetteInterchange; I-49 exit 19 A-B
Prudhomme LaneInterchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
LA 743
LA 742 west
Port Barre LA 103 south LeonvilleWest end of LA 103 overlap
LA 103 north WashingtonEast end of LA 103 overlap
LA 741 Port Barre
US 71 north AlexandriaInterchange
LA 3174 east Krotz Springs
Krotz Springs LA 3178 east Krotz Springs
LA 105 MelvilleInterchange
Saint LandryPointe Coupee parish lineBridge over the Atchafalaya River
Pointe Coupee LA 975 south East Krotz SpringsInterchange
Lottie LA 81 Morganza
LA 976 south
Livonia LA 77 Morganza, Plaquemine
LA 78 north / LA 411 south
LA 978 north
LA 1 north New RoadsWest end of LA 1 overlap
West Baton Rouge LA 413 Erwinville
LA 983 north
LA 415Interchange
LA 1 south Port AllenInterchange; east end of LA 1 overlap
LA 986 (River Road)
West Baton RougeEast Baton Rouge parish lineBridge over the Mississippi River
East Baton RougeMississippi River turnaroundInterchange
Baton Rouge
US 61 north / US 61 Bus. / US 190 Bus. St. Francisville, Baton Rouge
Interchange; west end of US 61 overlap
I-110 Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, Downtown Baton RougeInterchange; I-110 exit 5B
LA 67 (Plank Road)Interchange
LA 37 east / Greenwell Springs RoadInterchange

US 61 south (Airline Highway) / US 61 Bus. / US 190 Bus. New Orleans, Baton Rouge
Interchange; east end of US 61 overlap
LA 423 west (Old Hammond Highway)
LivingstonDenham Springs LA 1032 (River Road)
LA 16 north / LA 3002 south to I-12 WatsonWest end of LA 16 overlap
LA 1031 north / LA 16 south GonzalesEast end of LA 16 overlap
LA 1026 southWest end of LA 1026 overlap
LA 1026 northEast end of LA 1026 overlap
Walker LA 447 Prairieville
LA 1029 north
LA 449 north Pine Grove
Satsuma LA 1024 north
Livingston LA 63 northWest end of LA 63 overlap
LA 63 south KillianEast end of LA 63 overlap
Holden LA 441
Albany LA 43 Montpelier
TangipahoaHammond I-55 Jackson, New OrleansInterchange; I-55 exit 31
LA 3260 east
US 51 Amite, Ponchatoula

US 51 Bus. (Railroad Avenue)
LA 443 north
LA 3158 south
LA 1064 north
LA 1067 south
Robert LA 445
Saint Tammany LA 1077 Goodbee
Covington
US 190 Bus. east Covington
LA 25 north Franklinton
LA 437 north

US 190 Bus. west / LA 21 north / LA 36 east Covington, Bogalusa, Pearl River
Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
I-12 Gulfport, Baton RougeInterchange; I-12 exit 63 A-B
Fairway Drive, Judge Tanner BoulevardInterchange
LA 22 west / Causeway Boulevard Madisonville, New OrleansInterchange
Mandeville LA 59 north / LA 1087 west – Abita, Mandeville
LA 1089 south – Fontainbleau State Park
Lacombe LA 434 southWest end of LA 434 overlap
LA 434 northEast end of LA 434 overlap
LA 433 south
Slidell
US 11 / US 190 Bus. east Pearl River, Slidell
I-10 Gulfport, New OrleansI-10 exit 266
LA 1090 north

US 190 Bus. west Slidell
US 90 Bay Saint Louis, New Orleans
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Major intersections

Texas
I10 west-southwest of Iraan
US 277 in Eldorado. The highways travel concurrently through Eldorado.
US 83 in Menard. The highways travel concurrently to north of Menard.
US 87 / US 377 in Brady. The highways travel concurrently through Brady.
US 183 south of Lometa. The highways travel concurrently to Lampasas.
US 281 in Lampasas. The highways travel concurrently through Lampasas.
I35 in Belton. The highways travel concurrently to Temple.
US 77 in Cameron. The highways travel concurrently to southeast of Cameron.
US 79 in Milano. The highways travel concurrently to Hearne.
I45 in Madisonville. The highways travel concurrently to Huntsville.
Future I69 / US 59 in Livingston
US 69 / US 287 in Woodville
US 96 in Jasper
Louisiana
US 171 in DeRidder. The highways travel concurrently to Ragley.
US 165 in Kinder
I49 / US 167 east of Opelousas
US 71 west-northwest of Krotz Springs
US 61 in Baton Rouge. The highways travel concurrently through Baton Rouge.
I110 in Baton Rouge
I55 in Hammond
US 51 in Hammond
I12 north of Mandeville
US 11 in Slidell
I10 in Slidell
US 90 east-southeast of Slidell

Other designations for U.S. 190

See also

U.S. Roads portal Louisiana portal Texas portal

References

  1. 1 2 Droz, Robert V. U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830). URL accessed 6 March 2006.
  2. "U.S. Route Number Database" (Dec 2009 ed.). American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
  3. -geographical center city and gateway
  4. -Killeen shooting --Oct. 16, 1991
  5. -Killeen shooting
  6. -Mapquest
  7. West of Covington the original US 190 splits from US 190 and is signed as US 190 Business. US 190 Business is joined by LA 21, and US 190 Business and LA 21 are co-signed in a concurrency through Covington until US 190 Business folds back into US 190, whence LA 21 turns northeast toward Bogalusa.
  8. White Kitchen Birding
  9. "Louisiana, page 3 - U.S. Hwy. 90 - The Southern Route 66".

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