Texas State Highway 12
State Highway 12 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 19.6 mi[1] (31.5 km) | |||
| Existed | August 27, 1959[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   I-10 / US 90 in Vidor | |||
| East end |  LA 12 near Deweyville | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | Orange, Newton | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Highway 12 (SH 12) is a west–east
SH 235 to match the numbering of Louisiana Highway 12
(LA 12), with which it connects.
Route description
SH 12 begins at an intersection with
Deweyville. The route continues into Louisiana as Louisiana Highway 12
.
History
SH 12 was one of the original twenty five state highways proposed on June 21, 1917. It was an ambitious undertaking to construct a border-to-border highway hugging the southern Texas coast and border with Mexico, and was to be named the 'Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway.'[2]
In 1917 the route followed present day
U.S. Highway 59 and finally US 90 to Orange. The route from Kingsville to Brownsville was determined on July 3, 1917.[3]
Many of the roads in West and South Texas did not exist as planned (and still do not), and the technology available in 1919 was not up to the task of building so many miles of non-existent roadway quickly and efficiently. This led to SH 12 being rerouted many times, each time trying to keep it as a border-to-border highway, hugging the southern borderline. On November 20, 1917, SH 12 was rerouted into Corpus Christi via present day
FM 136 to Bayside. From here, another proposed road would have met back with US 77 into Victoria.[4]
In late July 1917, the segment from El Paso, to near
SH 60 from Wharton to Matagorda.[5]SH 12B was designated on March 18, 1919, from Beeville through Oakville, Tilden, and Gardendale, to Eagle Pass as a bypass if SH 12 between these places could not be built.[6]
The New Mexico border crossing was rerouted to the current U.S. Highway 180 crossing. On March 15, 1920, The Rio Grande hugging Big Bend segment was completely abandoned, with SH 12 now using the current US 90 highway from Valentine to Alpine to Sanderson.[7]
The road from Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Laredo to Pharr was still proposed, and sections had been built west of Pharr. However, not sure if that road would be built either, a cut-off SH 12A was designated on February 22, 1921 from Laredo to The Matagorda-Wharton segment was renamed SH 12C.
On August 21, 1923, SH 12 had lost much of its assignment, being mostly confined to south and southeast Texas. The Eagle Pass-Laredo and Refugio-Rockport segments had never been built. The section of SH 12 from Corpus Christi to Gregory was transferred to the new SH 60. SH 12 at this time followed the routing from Brownsville via Pharr to Alice. From Alice, SH 12 followed SH 359 to Skidmore, US 181 to Beeville, and US 59 to Rosenberg. SH 12B was cancelled and reassigned to the old route of SH 12 from Pharr to Laredo.[9]
In 1926, US 83, US 96 and US 77 were overlaid on most of SH 12. On March 19, 1928, SH 12B became part of an extension of SH 162
.
On June 24, 1931, SH 12 was rerouted over SH 12A from Laredo to Alice, with the old route to Pharr being transferred to SH 128.[12] On December 21, 1938, SH 12 Loop was designated in Laredo.[13] On September 26, 1939, the original route was cancelled completely, its mileage taken over by US 59. SH 12 Loop was renumbered as Loop 20 (Laredo).[14]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FM 105 | I-10 exit 861A | ||||
| 2.0 | 3.2 |     FM 105 | |||
| | 7.8 | 12.6 |   FM 1136 south to I-10 | ||
| Mauriceville | 9.4 | 15.1 |  SH 62 – Buna, Bridge City | ||
| Newton | | 16.6 | 26.7 |  SH 87 – Newton, Orange | |
Spur 272 south | |||||
| | 19.6 | 31.5 |  Dequincy | Louisiana state line (Deweyville Swing Bridge over Sabine River) | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
KML is from Wikidata
- ^ a b Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 12". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
- ^ a b "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. June 21, 1917. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 23, 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. July 3, 1917. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 23, 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. November 20, 1917. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 23, 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. December 17, 1918. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 24, 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. March 18, 1919. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 24, 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. March 15, 1920. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 24, 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. February 22, 1921. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 27, 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. August 21, 1923. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. March 18, 1929. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 15, 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. November 25, 1929. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 25, 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. June 22, 1931. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. December 21, 1938. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 22, 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. September 25, 1939. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 23, 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2023.