The Interstate Highways in Texas are all owned and maintained by the U.S. state of Texas.[2] The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is the agency responsible for the day-to-day maintenance and operations of the Interstate Highways in Texas. The Interstate Highway System in Texas covers 3,239.7 miles (5,213.8 km) and consists of twelve primary routes, seven auxiliary routes and Interstate 35 (I-35) which is split into two branches, I-35E and I-35W, that provide access to both Fort Worth and Dallas. The longest segment of Interstate Highway in Texas is I-10 at 878.6 miles (1,414.0 km); the shortest is I-110 at 0.9 miles (1.4 km).
The construction of the Interstate Highway System in Texas began well before these routes were designated as Interstate Highways. A 50-mile (80 km) stretch of I-45 between Galveston and Houston was opened in 1951, eight years before it was designated I-45. It was also the first urban expressway in Texas. In 1962, 43 miles (69 km) of I-35 opened in Bexar County, the first section of Interstate Highway to open from county line to county line in a large metropolitan area.[3] Portions of I-10 west of San Antonio took much longer to complete due to the vast open spaces and lack of nearby labor. The majority of the construction of this section of I-10 occurred in the 1970s and 1980s and was complete by the early 1990s. The section east of San Antonio was completed 20 years earlier in 1972.[4] The opening of a 6-mile (10 km) section of I-27 in 1992 completed the Interstate Highway System in Texas.[5]
Planning is ongoing for a proposed extension of I-69 southward from its original terminus in Indiana through Texas to the United States–Mexico border.[6] If complete as planned, I-69 will extend about 650 miles (1,050 km) across Texas, from the Louisiana state line in the Texarkana–Shreveport area to South Texas.[7] The first 6.2-mile (10.0 km) portion was approved in 2011, with signage posted December 6, 2011.
Frontage roads opened and signed as SH 550 from I-69E/US 77/US 83 to FM 3248 in 2011 and from FM 3248 to the Port of Brownsville in 2013; main lanes opened and co-signed with SH 550 from I-69E/US 77/US 83 to Old Alice Road in 2015, main lanes currently under construction from Old Alice Road to the Port of Brownsville and should be completed by 2016, it will be a toll route once fully completed
^Staff (February 9, 2008). TTC Tier 1 EIS Meeting Handout. Texas Department of Transportation.
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^Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Mapbook(PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 351. Retrieved December 2, 2014.[needs update]
^Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Mapbook(PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 381. Retrieved December 2, 2014.[needs update]
^Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Mapbook(PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 411. Retrieved December 2, 2014.[needs update]
^ abTransportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Interstate Highway No. 10". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^ abTransportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Mapbook(PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 6. Retrieved December 2, 2014.[needs update]
^Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Mapbook(PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 30. Retrieved December 2, 2014.[needs update]
^Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Mapbook(PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 40. Retrieved December 2, 2014.[needs update]
^ abcdTransportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Mapbook(PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 339. Retrieved December 2, 2014.[needs update]
^ abcTransportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Mapbook(PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 497. Retrieved December 2, 2014.[needs update]
^Texas Transportation Commission (January 26, 2017). "Minute Order"(PDF). Texas Department of Transportation. p. 1. Archived(PDF) from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
^ abTransportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Interstate Highway No. 20". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^ abcdTransportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Mapbook(PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 387. Retrieved December 2, 2014.[needs update]
^ abcdeTransportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Mapbook(PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 417. Retrieved December 2, 2014.[needs update]
^ abTransportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Interstate Highway No. 30". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Mapbook(PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 521. Retrieved December 2, 2014.[needs update]
^ abTransportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Interstate Highway No. 35". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Mapbook(PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 287. Retrieved December 2, 2014.[needs update]
^ abcTransportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Mapbook(PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 340. Retrieved December 2, 2014.[needs update]
^Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Mapbook(PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 420. Retrieved December 2, 2014.[needs update]
^Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Mapbook(PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 385. Retrieved December 2, 2014.[needs update]
^ abTransportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Interstate Highway No. 35-E". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^ abTransportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Mapbook(PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 416. Retrieved December 2, 2014.[needs update]
^ abTransportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Interstate Highway No. 35-W". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^ abTransportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Interstate Highway No. 37". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Mapbook(PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 405. Retrieved December 2, 2014.[needs update]
^ abTransportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Interstate Highway No. 40". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Mapbook(PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 119. Retrieved December 2, 2014.[needs update]
^ abTransportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Interstate Highway No. 44". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^ abTransportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Interstate Highway No. 45". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^ abcdTexas Department of Transportation (March 1, 2013). Status of I-69 Designation in Texas(PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Austin: Texas Department of Transportation. Archived(PDF) from the original on December 25, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
^ abTransportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Interstate Highway No. 69-C". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
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^Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Loop No. 316". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
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^Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Loop No. 237". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
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^Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Loop No. 432". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
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^ abTransportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Business Interstate Highway No. 35-A". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
^Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Business U.S. Highway No. 83-K". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
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^Texas State Highway Department (January 1, 1961). General Highway Map, Oldham County, Texas (Map). 1:126,720. Austin: Texas State Highway Department. p. 1. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
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