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U.S. Route 69
U.S. Route 69 (US 69) is a major north–south United States highway in the central United States. When it was first created, it was only long, but it has since been expanded into a Minnesota to Texas cross-country route. The highway's southern terminus (as well as those of US-287 and US-96) is in Port Arthur, Texas at an intersection with State Highway 87. Its northern terminus is in Albert Lea, Minnesota at Minnesota State Highway 13. Route description Texas US-69 begins at its southern terminus with SH-87 in Port Arthur. This intersection is also the southern terminus for US-96 and US-287, which are concurrent with US-69. US-69, US-96, and US-287 continue in a northwest, then west, route until its intersection with I-10 in southern Beaumont. At this intersection, US-69, US-96, and US-287 merge with I-10. I-10/US-69/US-96/US-287 continue in a northerly direction through Beaumont for several miles. Just after the intersection with US-90, I-10 splits from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Arthur, Texas
Port Arthur is a city in the state of Texas, United States of America, located east of metro Houston. Part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area, the city lies primarily in Jefferson County, with a small extension in Orange County. The largest oil refinery in the US, the Motiva Refinery, is located in Port Arthur. The population was 53,818 at the 2010 census, down from 57,755 at the 2000 census. In 2020, its population was 56,039. In the 19th century, initial attempts to settle the area had all failed, mostly. However, in 1895, Arthur Stilwell founded Port Arthur, and the town quickly grew, being incorporated as a city in 1898. It soon developed into a seaport and, eventually, became the center of a large oil-refinery network. The Rainbow Bridge across the Neches River connects Port Arthur to Bridge City. Due to its location on the Gulf of Mexico, Port Arthur is vulnerable to hurricanes and other intense tropical weather, as well as extreme heatwaves, high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota
Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the south, and North Dakota and South Dakota to the west. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 12th-largest U.S. state in area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 22nd-most populous, with about 5.8 million residents. Minnesota is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes"; it has 14,420 bodies of fresh water covering at least ten acres each. Roughly a third of the state is Forest cover by state and territory in the United States, forested. Much of the remainder is prairie and farmland. More than 60% of Minnesotans (about 3.71 million) live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, known as the "Twin Cities", which is Minnesota's main Politics of Minnesota, political, Economy of Minnesota, economic, and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US 190
U.S. Route 190 (US 190) is an east–west United States Highway in Louisiana and Texas. Segments of US 190 will be upgraded to Interstate 14 (I-14); the first segment was opened on January 26, 2017. Route description , - , TX , , - , LA , , - , Total , Texas The western terminus is at a point where US 190 intersects with I-10, a few miles east of Bakersfield and west of the town of Iraan, in the middle of Pecos County. It runs east through Texas Hill Country speckled with sagebrush, intersecting with State Highway 305 (SH 305), crossing into Schleicher County, and intersecting with US 277 in Eldorado. 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 US 83 north a short distance. Continuing on a northeastward route, US 190 enters McCulloch County and into Brady. As the closest city to the geographical cente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodville, Texas
Woodville is a town in and the county seat of Tyler County, Texas, United States. The town is intersected by three U.S. Numbered Highways: U.S. Route 69, U.S. Route 190, and U.S. Route 287. The population was 2,403 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Tyler County. The town was named after George Tyler Wood, governor of Texas from 1847 to 1849. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.2 square miles (8.2 km2), all land. Climate The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Woodville has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Demographics As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,403 people, 1,084 households, and 724 families residing in the town. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,415 people, 990 households, and 591 families living in the town. The populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasper, Texas
Jasper is a Administrative divisions of Texas, city in and the county seat of Jasper County, Texas, Jasper County, Texas, United States. Its population was 6,884 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. Census, down from 7,590 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 U.S. Census. Jasper is situated in the Deep East Texas subregion, about west of the Texas-Louisiana state line. Jasper (the "Butterfly Capital of Texas") holds an annual Butterfly Festival the first Saturday in October to celebrate the migration of the monarch butterflies. History 19th century The area, which was then part of Mexican Texas, was settled around 1824 by John Bevil. Thirty families occupied the settlement as early as 1830, when it was known as "Snow River", after John R. Bevil, a hero of the American Revolution. In 1835, the town was renamed after William Jasper, a soldier from the American Revolution, who was killed attempting to plant the American flag at the storming of Savannah, Georgia, Savanna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US 59 (TX)
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, Texas, Houston, US 59, co-signed with Interstate 69 in Texas, Interstate 69 (I-69), is the Eastex Freeway (from Downtown Houston to the Liberty County, Texas, Liberty–Montgomery County, Texas, Montgomery county line). To the south, which is also co-signed with I-69, it is the Southwest Freeway (from Rosenberg, Texas, Rosenberg to Downtown Houston). The stretch of the Southwest Freeway just west of Interstate 610 (Texas), The Loop was formerly one of the busiest freeways in North America, with a peak AADT of 371,000 in 1998. US 59 (overlap (road), overlapped by US 71) actually straddles the border between Texas and Arkansas north of Interstate 30, 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 highw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 69 In Texas
Interstate 69 (I-69) is an Interstate Highway that is in the process of being built in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of a longer I-69 extension known as the NAFTA superhighway, that, when completed, will connect Canada to Mexico. In Texas, it will connect Tenaha and the Louisiana segment of the route through the eastern part of the state and along the Texas Gulf Coast to Victoria, where it will split into three branches: I-69E to Brownsville, I-69C to Pharr, and I-69W to Laredo. The first segment of I-69 in Texas was opened in 2011 near Corpus Christi. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) approved an additional of U.S. Highway 77 (US 77) from Brownsville to the Willacy– Kenedy county line for designation as I-69, which was to be signed as I-69E upon concurrence from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). FHWA approval for this segment was announced on May 29, 2013. By March 2015, a section ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US 90
U.S. Route 90 or U.S. Highway 90 (US 90) is an east–west major United States highway in the Southern United States. Despite the "0" in its route number, US 90 never was a full coast-to-coast route. It generally travels near Interstate 10 (I-10) and passes through the southern states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. US 90 also includes part of the DeSoto Trail between Tallahassee and Lake City, Florida. With the exception of a short-lived northward extension to US 62/ US 180 near Pine Springs, Texas, that existed for less than one year, its western terminus has always been at Van Horn, Texas; this is an intersection with I-10 Business (formerly US 80) just north of an interchange with I-10. Its eastern terminus is at Florida State Road A1A in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, three blocks from the Atlantic Ocean. On August 29, 2005, a number of the highway's bridges in Mississippi and Louisiana were destroyed or damage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 10 In Texas
Interstate 10 (I-10) is the major east–west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States. In the U.S. state of Texas, it runs east from Anthony, at the border with New Mexico, through El Paso, San Antonio, and Houston to the border with Louisiana in Orange. At just under , the Texas segment of I-10, maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation, is the longest continuous untolled freeway in North America that is operated by a single authority. It is also the longest stretch of Interstate Highway with a single designation within a single state. U.S. Highway 83 is about longer than I-10 within Texas. Mile marker 880 and its corresponding exit number in Orange, Texas, are the highest-numbered mile marker and exit on any freeway in North America. Since widening was completed in 2008, a portion of the highway west of Houston is now also believed to be the widest in the world, at 26 lanes when including feeders. More than a third of I-10's length is l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US 287
U.S. Route 287 (US 287) is a north–south (physically northwest–southeast) United States highway. At long, it is the second longest three-digit U.S. Route, behind U.S. Route 281, US 281. The highway is broken into two segments by Yellowstone National Park, where unnumbered park roads serve as a connector. The highway's northern terminus is in Choteau, Montana, south of the Canada–United States border, Canadian border, at an intersection with U.S. Route 89, US 89. Its southern terminus (as well as those of U.S. Route 69, US 69 and U.S. Route 96, US 96) is in Port Arthur, Texas at an intersection with Texas State Highway 87, State Highway 87 (SH 87), up the Sabine River (Texas-Louisiana), Sabine River from the Gulf of Mexico. It intersects its parent route U.S. Route 87, US 87 twice, overlapping it from Amarillo, Texas, Amarillo to Dumas, Texas, and then crossing it in Denver, Colorado. Route description Texas US 287 originates at i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US 96
U.S. Highway 96 (US 96) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs for about entirely in the U.S state of Texas. Its number is a violation of the standard numbering convention, as even-numbered two-digit highways are east–west routes by rule. As of 2004, the highway's southern terminus (as well as those of U.S. Route 287 in Texas, US 287 and U.S. Route 69 in Texas, US 69) is in Port Arthur, Texas, Port Arthur at an intersection with Texas State Highway 87, State Highway 87 (SH 87). Its northern terminus is in Tenaha, Texas, Tenaha at an intersection with U.S. Route 59 in Texas, US 59 (Future Interstate 69 in Texas, I-69)/(Future Interstate 369 (Texas), I-369) and U.S. Route 84 in Texas, US 84 (Future I-69). U.S. Highway 96 is designated by the State of Texas as a major hurricane evacuation route, with the local county governments facilitating the evacuation of citizens along U.S. Highway 96 from Coastal Region counties, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota State Highway 13
Minnesota State Highway 13 (MN 13) is a highway in Minnesota that runs from its Intersection (road), intersection with U.S. Route 65, U.S. Highway 65 in Albert Lea, Minnesota, Albert Lea to its northern terminus at its intersection with Minnesota State Highway 149, State Highway 149 at the West St. Paul, Minnesota, West St. Paul / Saint Paul, Minnesota, Saint Paul city boundary line. Route description State Highway 13 serves as a north–south route between Albert Lea, Waseca, Prior Lake, Savage, Burnsville, Eagan, Mendota Heights, West St. Paul, and the "West Side" neighborhood of Saint Paul. The southern terminus of the route is at the Intersection (road), intersection of Main Street and Broadway Avenue (U.S. Route 65, U.S. 65 / Business Loop 35) in the city of Albert Lea. The northern terminus of Highway 13 is at the intersection of Annapolis Street and Smith Avenue (Minnesota State Highway 149, Highway 149) at the West St. Paul / Saint Paul city boundary line. Highwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
