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U.S. Route 59

February 08, 2023

U.S. Route 59 (US 59) is a north–south United States highway (though it was signed east–west in parts of Texas). A latecomer to the U.S. numbered route system, US 59 is now a border-to-border route, part of the NAFTA Corridor Highway System. It parallels U.S. Route 75 for nearly its entire route, never much more than 100 miles (160 km) away, until it veers southwest in Houston, Texas. Its number is out of place since US 59 is either concurrent with or entirely west of U.S. Route 71. The highway's northern terminus is 9 mi (14 km) north of Lancaster, Minnesota, at the Lancaster–Tolstoi Border Crossing on the Canada–US border, where it continues as Manitoba Highway 59. Its southern terminus is at the Mexico–US border in Laredo, Texas, where it continues as Mexican Federal Highway 85D.

U.S. Route 59

US 59 highlighted in red
Route information
Length1,911 mi[citation needed] (3,075 km)
Existed1934[1]–present
Major junctions
South end I-69W / Loop 20 / Fed. 85D at Mexico–US border in Laredo, TX
Major intersections
North end PTH 59 at Canada–US border near Lancaster, MN
Location
CountryUnited States
StatesTexas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota
Highway system
← US 58→ US 60

Route description

Texas

Main article: U.S. Route 59 in Texas

U.S. Highway 59 (US 59) in the U.S. state of Texas is named the Lloyd Bentsen Highway, after Lloyd Bentsen, former U.S. Senator from Texas. In northern Houston, US 59, co-signed with Interstate 69 (I-69), is the Eastex Freeway (from downtown Houston to the Liberty County/Montgomery County line). To the south, which is also co-signed with I-69, it is the Southwest Freeway (from Rosenberg to downtown Houston), which is one of the busiest sections of freeway in the United States with a vehicle count, as of 2006, over 330,000 vehicles per day just outside the Loop.[2]

US 59 (overlapped by US 71) actually straddles the border between Texas and Arkansas north of I-30 near Texarkana, with the east side of the highway on the Arkansas side and the west side of the highway on the Texas side. In the past, both highways remained on the border past I-30 as State Line Avenue to downtown Texarkana; today, only US 71 does so. Nearly 90% of this route is designated to become part of I-69 in the future. Currently, 75 mph (120 km/h) speed limits are allowed on US 59 in Duval County and portions of northern Polk County.

 
In Texas, U.S. Route 59 is known as the Lloyd Bentsen Highway for the U.S. senator (1971-1993) and the Democratic vice-presidential nominee (1988).

From the southwestern suburbs of Houston to downtown Houston, U.S. 59 is commonly referred to as the "Southwest Freeway", sometimes derisively as the "Southwest's Best Freeway." Supporting 371,000 vehicles per day,[3] it is one of the busiest freeways in the United States. U.S. 59 is known as the "Eastex Freeway" in the north/northeast part of the Houston region. At the Mexico–US border, it ends at the World Trade International Bridge in Laredo, Texas. In Laredo, U.S. 59 is co-signed with both Interstate 69W (I-69W) and Loop 20, and has an intersection with Interstate 35 which ends at the Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge. After crossing the bridge into Mexico, Interstate 35 continues as Mexican Federal Highway 85 in Nuevo Laredo, which then runs through Mexico and Central America and ends in Panama at the Panama Canal.

 
Downtown Houston skyline along U.S. Route 59
 
Uptown Houston Skyscrapers along U.S. Route 59

Arkansas

In Arkansas, US 59 is concurrent with U.S. Route 71 from Interstate 30 at Texarkana to Acorn, and with U.S. Route 270 from Acorn to the Oklahoma state line. The Third Loop was to be extended on Interstate 49 from its original northern end to US-71 at the Texas state line opened on May 15, 2013, and was extended to State Line Road, where it intersects US-59 and US-71 in Texas.

Oklahoma

Main article: U.S. Route 59 in Oklahoma

US 59 and U.S. Route 412 are co-signed for 10 miles (16 km) in Delaware County, Oklahoma.

US 59 is co-signed with U.S. Route 270 from the Arkansas state line to Heavener and U.S. Route 271 from Poteau to west of Spiro. It is also co-signed with U.S. Route 64 in Sallisaw.

Kansas

Main article: U.S. Route 59 in Kansas
 
The newly upgraded U.S. Route 59 freeway between Ottawa, Kansas, and Lawrence, Kansas

U.S. 59 enters the state just south of Chetopa and runs nearly directly north across the state. It runs concurrently with U.S. 169 starting about 5 mi (8.0 km) south of Garnett and diverges north again immediately south of Garnett. The intersection immediately south of Garnett used to be a "braided" intersection with stop and yield signs. It was identified as a high-crash location in 2001, and was rebuilt as a roundabout that opened in April 2006.[4] The Kansas Department of Transportation is rebuilding or planning to rebuild several other rural intersections as roundabouts for increased safety.[5][6] Until 2012, US 59 passed through Ottawa, Kansas, and had to be shut down or detoured every time the Marias Des Cygnes floodwall gates were closed across the highway. The highway now bypasses around Ottawa, running concurrently with Interstate 35 for 5 mi and using that highway's bridges over the Marias Des Cygnes. US 59 passes through Lawrence. The street name of US 59 in Lawrence is Iowa Street, then 6th Street as it joins U.S. 40 and jogs east to cross the Kansas River near downtown. North of the U.S. 40 and 59 Bridges, it splits with U.S. 40 as it joins U.S. 24 briefly and jogs back west before resuming a northerly course. It continues north to Nortonville, then northeast to Atchison, where it crosses the Missouri River over the Amelia Earhart Bridge.

U.S. 59 has been rebuilt and rerouted just to the east between Lawrence and Ottawa as a divided highway, as the former road was one of the most dangerous stretches of highway in the state. The project began in mid-2007, and was completed and opened to the public on October 17, 2012.[7]

Missouri

In Missouri, US 59 roughly follows the Missouri River in the northwest corner of the state, from its entrance at Winthrop. In Saint Joseph, the highway is paired with Interstate 229 through downtown. US 59 departs from I-229 as Saint Joseph Avenue, joining with U.S. Route 71 at Interstate 29. The two highways then separate in Savannah. US 59 then follows Interstate 29 very closely until turning northward at Craig. It exits the state 10 miles (16 km) north of Tarkio. This section of US 59 is immortalized in the Brewer and Shipley song "Tarkio Road".

Iowa

Main article: U.S. Route 59 in Iowa

In Iowa, US 59 is a main north–south artery in the western part of the state. It enters Iowa south of Shenandoah and joins Interstate 80 at Avoca. It passes through the county seats of Harlan, Denison, Cherokee, and Primghar. Except for small stretches of expressway near Avoca, Denison, and Holstein, the entire length of US 59 in Iowa is an undivided two-lane road. US 59 exits the state near Hawkeye Point, the highest point in the state of Iowa.

Minnesota

US 59 enters Minnesota south of Worthington, just 1 mi (1.6 km) east of Bigelow. It passes through rural western Minnesota for its entire length in the state. Some cities along the way include Slayton, Marshall, Clarkfield, Montevideo, and Morris. US 59 overlaps Interstate 94/U.S. Highway 52 in the Fergus Falls area. North of Fergus Falls, US 59 passes through Pelican Rapids, Detroit Lakes, and Thief River Falls before ending at the Lancaster–Tolstoi border crossing on the Canada–US border. US-59 runs for about 425 miles (684 km) through Minnesota.

The Minnesota section of US 59 is legally defined as all or part of Routes 265, 16, 17, 88, 66, 144, 3, 30, and 174 in Minnesota Statutes §§ 161.115(19), (75), and (196) and 161.114(2).[8][9]

History

In 1934, a coalition of government officials from Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota agreed to sign the current US 59 as Highway 73 in an attempt to extend US 73 north from Atchison, Kansas. However, AASHO approved the route as US 59, instead.[citation needed]

The part in Missouri was defined in 1922 as Route 52 from Kansas to St. Joseph, Route 1 from St. Joseph to Tarkio, and Route 61 from Tarkio to Iowa. Route 61 became Route 9 in 1926, and Route 52 became part of Route 4 in 1927, and this portion became Route 18 in 1932, before being removed in favor of US 59 in the 1930s.

Historic termini

Before the 1950s, US 59 headed northwest to US 75 at Noyes, crossed the Red River of the North at St. Vincent, and terminated at US 81 in Pembina, North Dakota. A new highway and border crossing were built north of Lancaster on the present alignment in 1950. The former segment of US 59 between Lancaster and US 75 became CR 6, and the extremely short segment between US 75 and US 81 became MN 171 and ND 59. ND 59 still exists in Pembina from the state line to I-29.

From 1934 to 1935, the US 59 designation referred to a 50-mile (80 km)-long route across southeastern Minnesota, from Lake City, Minnesota, to the Iowa state line just short of Chester, Iowa. That entire route is now part of US 63, and nowhere close to the present US 59, established in 1935.[citation needed]

In 1933, much of the present US 59 and the entirety of US 96 in Texas were originally proposed to be part of US 71. Under this plan, discussed at a meeting of the United States Good Roads Association in Beaumont, US 71 was to be diverted out of Louisiana altogether and instead rerouted from the Texarkana area southward through East Texas.[10]

Future

A large portion of US 59 is proposed to become part of the future extension of I-69, I-69W and I-369 through Texas, allowing the current alignment and right-of-way to be upgraded without the need for government environmental studies or extensive eminent domain proceedings.[11]

Major intersections

Texas
World Trade International Bridge at the Mexico–US border
  I-69W in Laredo. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
   I-35 / US 83 in Laredo
   Future I-69C / US 281 in George West
  I-37 east of George West
  US 181 in Beeville
  US 183 in Goliad
     Future I-69 / Future I-69E / Future I-69W / US 77 southwest of Victoria. I-69/US 59 will travel concurrently to Houston. US 59/US 77 travels concurrently to south-southwest of Victoria.
  US 87 in Victoria
   I-69 / I-610 in Houston
  I-45 in Houston
   I-10 / US 90 in Houston
   I-69 / I-610 in Houston. I-69/US 59 will travel concurrently to Tenaha.
  US 190 in Livingston
  US 287 in Corrigan
  US 69 in Lufkin. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
  US 259 in Redfield
  US 84 in Timpson. The highways travel concurrently to Tenaha.
     Future I-69 / Future I-369 / US 84 / US 96 in Tenaha. I-369/US 59 will travel concurrently to Texarkana.
  US 79 in Carthage. The highways travel concurrently to north of Carthage.
  I-20 in Marshall
  US 80 in Marshall
  I-369 in Texarkana. I-369/US 59 travels concurrently to I-30.
  US 67 in Texarkana
  US 82 in Texarkana
   I-30 / I-369 in Texarkana. I-30/US 59 travels concurrently to the Arkansas state line.
Arkansas
   I-30 / US 71 in Texarkana. US 59/US 71 travels concurrently to Acorn.
Texas
  I-49 north of Texarkana
Arkansas
  US 371 in Lockesburg. The highways travel concurrently to De Queen.
  US 70 in Saline Township. The highways travel concurrently to De Queen.
  US 278 in Wickes
   US 71 / US 270 in Acorn. US 59/US 270 travels concurrently to Heavener, Oklahoma.
Oklahoma
  US 259 west-northwest of Page
  US 271 in Poteau. The highways travel concurrently to west of Spiro.
  I-40 in Sallisaw
  US 64 in Sallisaw. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
  US 62 in Westville
  US 412 in West Siloam Springs. The highways travel concurrently to Kansas.
   US 60 / US 69 east-northeast of Afton. US 59/US 60 travels concurrently for approximately 0.6 miles (0.97 km). US 59/US 69 travels concurrently to north of Dotyville.
   I-44 / US 60 east-northeast of Afton
Kansas
  US 166 in Chetopa. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
  US 160 in Oswego. The highways travel concurrently to the Mount Pleasant–Fairview township line.
  US 400 in Parsons
  US 54 in Moran
  US 169 in Welda Township. The highways travel concurrently to Washington Township.
   I-35 / US 50 in Ottawa. The highways travel concurrently to Ottawa Township.
  US 56 in Willow Springs Township
  US 40 in Lawrence. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
  I-70 in Lawrence
   US 24 / US 40 in Lawrence. US 24/US 59 travels concurrently to Williamstown.
  US 73 in Shannon Township. The highways travel concurrently to Atchison.
Missouri
  I-229 in St. Joseph. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
  US 36 in St. Joseph
   I-29 / US 71 in Jefferson Township
  US 71 in Nodaway Township
  I-29 in Jackson Township. The highways travel concurrently to Nodaway Township.
  I-29 in Hickory Township
  US 159 in Hickory Township
  I-29 in Union Township
  US 136 in Tarkio Township. The highways travel concurrently to Tarkio.
Iowa
  US 34 in Indian Creek Township
  US 6 in Belknap Township. The highways travel concurrently to Oakland.
  I-80 in Avoca
  US 30 in Denison. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
  US 20 on the Logan–Griggs township line. The highways travel concurrently to Holstein.
  US 18 on the Franklin–Lincoln township line. The highways travel concurrently to Sanborn.
Minnesota
  I-90 in Worthington
  US 14 in Custer Township
  US 212 in Camp Release Township. The highways travel concurrently to Montevideo.
  US 12 in Moyer Township
   I-94 / US 52 on the Buse–Dane Prairie township line. The highways travel concurrently to Fergus Falls Township.
  US 10 in Detroit Lakes
  US 2 in Knute Township
  PTH 59 at the Canada–US border on the Richardville–St. Joseph township line

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See also

References

  1. ^ "New Highway Numbers". The St. Joseph News-Press. St. Joseph, Missouri. October 19, 1934. p. 21. Retrieved December 18, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.  
  2. ^ Texas Department of Transportation. Traffic Counts (Map). Retrieved December 12, 2007.
  3. ^ Staff. "Houston". Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  4. ^ Church, David (May 11, 2007). Kansas: High Speed Approach Rural Roundabouts (PDF). Missouri Department of Transportation State Traffic & Safety Conference. Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  5. ^ Myers, Ed; Waltman, Eric (February 7, 2003). (PDF). Kittelson & Associates. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2015 – via Kansas Department of Transportation.
  6. ^ King, Steve (May 22, 2005). KDOT (PDF). National Roundabout Conference. Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  7. ^ Belt, Mike (June 21, 2007). "End of the Road for 'Silent Killer'". Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  8. ^ "§161.115". Minnesota Statutes. 2006. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  9. ^ "§161.114". Minnesota Statutes. 2006. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  10. ^ "Road Route Change Attempt Protested". The Times-Picayune. New Orleans. October 13, 1933. p. 27.
  11. ^ I69Info.com: "New" and "Old" Terrain
  12. ^ Rand McNally (2014). The Road Atlas (Walmart ed.). Chicago: Rand McNally. pp. 10, 38, 41, 54–55, 58, 83, 100–101. ISBN 0-528-00771-8.

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U S Route 59 US 59 is a north south United States highway though it was signed east west in parts of Texas A latecomer to the U S numbered route system US 59 is now a border to border route part of the NAFTA Corridor Highway System It parallels U S Route 75 for nearly its entire route never much more than 100 miles 160 km away until it veers southwest in Houston Texas Its number is out of place since US 59 is either concurrent with or entirely west of U S Route 71 The highway s northern terminus is 9 mi 14 km north of Lancaster Minnesota at the Lancaster Tolstoi Border Crossing on the Canada US border where it continues as Manitoba Highway 59 Its southern terminus is at the Mexico US border in Laredo Texas where it continues as Mexican Federal Highway 85D U S Route 59US 59 highlighted in redRoute informationLength1 911 mi citation needed 3 075 km Existed1934 1 presentMajor junctionsSouth endI 69W Loop 20 Fed 85D at Mexico US border in Laredo TXMajor intersectionsI 35 US 83 at Laredo TX I 10 at Houston TX I 45 at Houston TX I 20 near Marshall TX I 30 near Texarkana TX I 40 at Sallisaw OK I 35 US 50 at Ottawa KS I 70 Kansas Turnpike at Lawrence KS I 80 near Avoca IA I 90 at Worthington MN I 94 US 52 near Fergus Falls MNNorth endPTH 59 at Canada US border near Lancaster MNLocationCountryUnited StatesStatesTexas Arkansas Oklahoma Kansas Missouri Iowa MinnesotaHighway systemUnited States Numbered Highway SystemList Special Divided US 58 US 60 Contents 1 Route description 1 1 Texas 1 2 Arkansas 1 3 Oklahoma 1 4 Kansas 1 5 Missouri 1 6 Iowa 1 7 Minnesota 2 History 2 1 Historic termini 3 Future 4 Major intersections 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksRoute description EditTexas Edit Main article U S Route 59 in Texas U S Highway 59 US 59 in the U S state of Texas is named the Lloyd Bentsen Highway after Lloyd Bentsen former U S Senator from Texas In northern Houston US 59 co signed with Interstate 69 I 69 is the Eastex Freeway from downtown Houston to the Liberty County Montgomery County line To the south which is also co signed with I 69 it is the Southwest Freeway from Rosenberg to downtown Houston which is one of the busiest sections of freeway in the United States with a vehicle count as of 2006 over 330 000 vehicles per day just outside the Loop 2 US 59 overlapped by US 71 actually straddles the border between Texas and Arkansas north of I 30 near Texarkana with the east side of the highway on the Arkansas side and the west side of the highway on the Texas side In the past both highways remained on the border past I 30 as State Line Avenue to downtown Texarkana today only US 71 does so Nearly 90 of this route is designated to become part of I 69 in the future Currently 75 mph 120 km h speed limits are allowed on US 59 in Duval County and portions of northern Polk County In Texas U S Route 59 is known as the Lloyd Bentsen Highway for the U S senator 1971 1993 and the Democratic vice presidential nominee 1988 From the southwestern suburbs of Houston to downtown Houston U S 59 is commonly referred to as the Southwest Freeway sometimes derisively as the Southwest s Best Freeway Supporting 371 000 vehicles per day 3 it is one of the busiest freeways in the United States U S 59 is known as the Eastex Freeway in the north northeast part of the Houston region At the Mexico US border it ends at the World Trade International Bridge in Laredo Texas In Laredo U S 59 is co signed with both Interstate 69W I 69W and Loop 20 and has an intersection with Interstate 35 which ends at the Juarez Lincoln International Bridge After crossing the bridge into Mexico Interstate 35 continues as Mexican Federal Highway 85 in Nuevo Laredo which then runs through Mexico and Central America and ends in Panama at the Panama Canal Downtown Houston skyline along U S Route 59 Uptown Houston Skyscrapers along U S Route 59 Arkansas Edit In Arkansas US 59 is concurrent with U S Route 71 from Interstate 30 at Texarkana to Acorn and with U S Route 270 from Acorn to the Oklahoma state line The Third Loop was to be extended on Interstate 49 from its original northern end to US 71 at the Texas state line opened on May 15 2013 and was extended to State Line Road where it intersects US 59 and US 71 in Texas Oklahoma Edit Main article U S Route 59 in Oklahoma US 59 and U S Route 412 are co signed for 10 miles 16 km in Delaware County Oklahoma US 59 is co signed with U S Route 270 from the Arkansas state line to Heavener and U S Route 271 from Poteau to west of Spiro It is also co signed with U S Route 64 in Sallisaw Kansas Edit Main article U S Route 59 in Kansas The newly upgraded U S Route 59 freeway between Ottawa Kansas and Lawrence Kansas U S 59 enters the state just south of Chetopa and runs nearly directly north across the state It runs concurrently with U S 169 starting about 5 mi 8 0 km south of Garnett and diverges north again immediately south of Garnett The intersection immediately south of Garnett used to be a braided intersection with stop and yield signs It was identified as a high crash location in 2001 and was rebuilt as a roundabout that opened in April 2006 4 The Kansas Department of Transportation is rebuilding or planning to rebuild several other rural intersections as roundabouts for increased safety 5 6 Until 2012 US 59 passed through Ottawa Kansas and had to be shut down or detoured every time the Marias Des Cygnes floodwall gates were closed across the highway The highway now bypasses around Ottawa running concurrently with Interstate 35 for 5 mi and using that highway s bridges over the Marias Des Cygnes US 59 passes through Lawrence The street name of US 59 in Lawrence is Iowa Street then 6th Street as it joins U S 40 and jogs east to cross the Kansas River near downtown North of the U S 40 and 59 Bridges it splits with U S 40 as it joins U S 24 briefly and jogs back west before resuming a northerly course It continues north to Nortonville then northeast to Atchison where it crosses the Missouri River over the Amelia Earhart Bridge U S 59 has been rebuilt and rerouted just to the east between Lawrence and Ottawa as a divided highway as the former road was one of the most dangerous stretches of highway in the state The project began in mid 2007 and was completed and opened to the public on October 17 2012 7 Missouri Edit In Missouri US 59 roughly follows the Missouri River in the northwest corner of the state from its entrance at Winthrop In Saint Joseph the highway is paired with Interstate 229 through downtown US 59 departs from I 229 as Saint Joseph Avenue joining with U S Route 71 at Interstate 29 The two highways then separate in Savannah US 59 then follows Interstate 29 very closely until turning northward at Craig It exits the state 10 miles 16 km north of Tarkio This section of US 59 is immortalized in the Brewer and Shipley song Tarkio Road Iowa Edit Main article U S Route 59 in Iowa In Iowa US 59 is a main north south artery in the western part of the state It enters Iowa south of Shenandoah and joins Interstate 80 at Avoca It passes through the county seats of Harlan Denison Cherokee and Primghar Except for small stretches of expressway near Avoca Denison and Holstein the entire length of US 59 in Iowa is an undivided two lane road US 59 exits the state near Hawkeye Point the highest point in the state of Iowa Minnesota Edit US 59 enters Minnesota south of Worthington just 1 mi 1 6 km east of Bigelow It passes through rural western Minnesota for its entire length in the state Some cities along the way include Slayton Marshall Clarkfield Montevideo and Morris US 59 overlaps Interstate 94 U S Highway 52 in the Fergus Falls area North of Fergus Falls US 59 passes through Pelican Rapids Detroit Lakes and Thief River Falls before ending at the Lancaster Tolstoi border crossing on the Canada US border US 59 runs for about 425 miles 684 km through Minnesota The Minnesota section of US 59 is legally defined as all or part of Routes 265 16 17 88 66 144 3 30 and 174 in Minnesota Statutes 161 115 19 75 and 196 and 161 114 2 8 9 History Edit US 59 and State Highway 10 in Welch Oklahoma In 1934 a coalition of government officials from Missouri Iowa and Minnesota agreed to sign the current US 59 as Highway 73 in an attempt to extend US 73 north from Atchison Kansas However AASHO approved the route as US 59 instead citation needed The part in Missouri was defined in 1922 as Route 52 from Kansas to St Joseph Route 1 from St Joseph to Tarkio and Route 61 from Tarkio to Iowa Route 61 became Route 9 in 1926 and Route 52 became part of Route 4 in 1927 and this portion became Route 18 in 1932 before being removed in favor of US 59 in the 1930s Historic termini Edit Before the 1950s US 59 headed northwest to US 75 at Noyes crossed the Red River of the North at St Vincent and terminated at US 81 in Pembina North Dakota A new highway and border crossing were built north of Lancaster on the present alignment in 1950 The former segment of US 59 between Lancaster and US 75 became CR 6 and the extremely short segment between US 75 and US 81 became MN 171 and ND 59 ND 59 still exists in Pembina from the state line to I 29 From 1934 to 1935 the US 59 designation referred to a 50 mile 80 km long route across southeastern Minnesota from Lake City Minnesota to the Iowa state line just short of Chester Iowa That entire route is now part of US 63 and nowhere close to the present US 59 established in 1935 citation needed In 1933 much of the present US 59 and the entirety of US 96 in Texas were originally proposed to be part of US 71 Under this plan discussed at a meeting of the United States Good Roads Association in Beaumont US 71 was to be diverted out of Louisiana altogether and instead rerouted from the Texarkana area southward through East Texas 10 Future EditA large portion of US 59 is proposed to become part of the future extension of I 69 I 69W and I 369 through Texas allowing the current alignment and right of way to be upgraded without the need for government environmental studies or extensive eminent domain proceedings 11 Major intersections EditTexas World Trade International Bridge at the Mexico US border I 69W in Laredo The highways travel concurrently through the city I 35 US 83 in Laredo Future I 69C US 281 in George West I 37 east of George West US 181 in Beeville US 183 in Goliad Future I 69 Future I 69E Future I 69W US 77 southwest of Victoria I 69 US 59 will travel concurrently to Houston US 59 US 77 travels concurrently to south southwest of Victoria US 87 in Victoria I 69 I 610 in Houston I 45 in Houston I 10 US 90 in Houston I 69 I 610 in Houston I 69 US 59 will travel concurrently to Tenaha US 190 in Livingston US 287 in Corrigan US 69 in Lufkin The highways travel concurrently through the city US 259 in Redfield US 84 in Timpson The highways travel concurrently to Tenaha Future I 69 Future I 369 US 84 US 96 in Tenaha I 369 US 59 will travel concurrently to Texarkana US 79 in Carthage The highways travel concurrently to north of Carthage I 20 in Marshall US 80 in Marshall I 369 in Texarkana I 369 US 59 travels concurrently to I 30 US 67 in Texarkana US 82 in Texarkana I 30 I 369 in Texarkana I 30 US 59 travels concurrently to the Arkansas state line Arkansas I 30 US 71 in Texarkana US 59 US 71 travels concurrently to Acorn Texas I 49 north of Texarkana Arkansas US 371 in Lockesburg The highways travel concurrently to De Queen US 70 in Saline Township The highways travel concurrently to De Queen US 278 in Wickes US 71 US 270 in Acorn US 59 US 270 travels concurrently to Heavener Oklahoma Oklahoma US 259 west northwest of Page US 271 in Poteau The highways travel concurrently to west of Spiro I 40 in Sallisaw US 64 in Sallisaw The highways travel concurrently through the city US 62 in Westville US 412 in West Siloam Springs The highways travel concurrently to Kansas US 60 US 69 east northeast of Afton US 59 US 60 travels concurrently for approximately 0 6 miles 0 97 km US 59 US 69 travels concurrently to north of Dotyville I 44 US 60 east northeast of Afton Kansas US 166 in Chetopa The highways travel concurrently through the city US 160 in Oswego The highways travel concurrently to the Mount Pleasant Fairview township line US 400 in Parsons US 54 in Moran US 169 in Welda Township The highways travel concurrently to Washington Township I 35 US 50 in Ottawa The highways travel concurrently to Ottawa Township US 56 in Willow Springs Township US 40 in Lawrence The highways travel concurrently through the city I 70 in Lawrence US 24 US 40 in Lawrence US 24 US 59 travels concurrently to Williamstown US 73 in Shannon Township The highways travel concurrently to Atchison Missouri I 229 in St Joseph The highways travel concurrently through the city US 36 in St Joseph I 29 US 71 in Jefferson Township US 71 in Nodaway Township I 29 in Jackson Township The highways travel concurrently to Nodaway Township I 29 in Hickory Township US 159 in Hickory Township I 29 in Union Township US 136 in Tarkio Township The highways travel concurrently to Tarkio Iowa US 34 in Indian Creek Township US 6 in Belknap Township The highways travel concurrently to Oakland I 80 in Avoca US 30 in Denison The highways travel concurrently through the city US 20 on the Logan Griggs township line The highways travel concurrently to Holstein US 18 on the Franklin Lincoln township line The highways travel concurrently to Sanborn Minnesota I 90 in Worthington US 14 in Custer Township US 212 in Camp Release Township The highways travel concurrently to Montevideo US 12 in Moyer Township I 94 US 52 on the Buse Dane Prairie township line The highways travel concurrently to Fergus Falls Township US 10 in Detroit Lakes US 2 in Knute Township PTH 59 at the Canada US border on the Richardville St Joseph township line 12 See also EditU S Route 159 U S Route 259References Edit New Highway Numbers The St Joseph News Press St Joseph Missouri October 19 1934 p 21 Retrieved December 18 2019 via Newspapers com Texas Department of Transportation Traffic Counts Map Retrieved December 12 2007 Staff Houston Retrieved October 9 2014 Church David May 11 2007 Kansas High Speed Approach Rural Roundabouts PDF Missouri Department of Transportation State Traffic amp Safety Conference Missouri Department of Transportation Retrieved December 27 2014 Myers Ed Waltman Eric February 7 2003 Intersection Improvement Feasibility Study US 169 US 59 Intersection Garnett Kansas PDF Kittelson amp Associates Archived from the original PDF on March 6 2012 Retrieved February 28 2015 via Kansas Department of Transportation King Steve May 22 2005 KDOT PDF National Roundabout Conference Kansas Department of Transportation Retrieved February 28 2015 Belt Mike June 21 2007 End of the Road for Silent Killer Lawrence Journal World Retrieved February 28 2015 161 115 Minnesota Statutes 2006 Retrieved December 26 2017 161 114 Minnesota Statutes 2006 Retrieved December 26 2017 Road Route Change Attempt Protested The Times Picayune New Orleans October 13 1933 p 27 I69Info com New and Old Terrain Rand McNally 2014 The Road Atlas Walmart ed Chicago Rand McNally pp 10 38 41 54 55 58 83 100 101 ISBN 0 528 00771 8 External links EditRoute map KML file edit help Template Attached KML U S Route 59KML is from Wikidata Wikimedia Commons has media related to U S Route 59 Endpoints of US 59Browse numbered routes SH 57TX SH 59 AR 58AR AR 59 SH 58OK SH 59 K 58KS K 60 Route 58MO Route 59 Iowa 58IA Iowa 60 MN 58MN MN 60 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title U S Route 59 amp oldid 1135946413, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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