Loop 111 is a state-maintained roadway located in
Austin, Texas
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. It is named Airport Boulevard.
History
Spur 111 was originally assigned on August 27, 1940 from
SH 70 in
Spur, Texas
Spur is a city in Dickens County, Texas, United States. The population was 863 at the 2020 census, down from 1,318 at the 2010 census. A city council resolution passed in July 2014 proclaimed Spur the "nation's first tiny house-friendly town."
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to the Texas State Experimental Farm. On May 19, 1942, it was modified to start at Loop 21. The route number was changed to
FM 836 on November 6, 1948. The western part is now
FM 2794. On March 22, 1960, Loop 111 was designated as the ''Austin Loop'', running east of Austin from
I-35
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down to
US 290 and extended further south to US 183 on August 23, 1960. This section of road was redesignated as US 183 on June 10, 1966, causing Loop 111 to move to its current location along Airport Boulevard.
The section of Airport Boulevard between
I-35
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and FM 969 was removed from Loop 111 on May 24, 2007,
but the signage in that portion has not been removed (as of September 2010). Airport Boulevard itself continues north of FM 969 to cross I-35 and
Spur 69 (leading to
RM 2222) before terminating at Lamar Boulevard.
Loop 111 is named ''Airport Boulevard'' because it once formed the south boundary of
Robert Mueller Municipal Airport
Robert Mueller Municipal Airport (1930–1999, "Miller") was the first civilian airport built in Austin, Texas, United States. It was located a few miles northeast of downtown Austin. It was replaced as Greater Austin's main airport by the A ...
, which was the main airport serving Austin until 1999. Mueller Airport was closed when
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport was opened, and the former airport site is undergoing development into a mixed-use residential, retail and commercial district. Contributing to the name is the northern end at Lamar is the site of the University Airport which closed around 1949.
Route description
Loop 111 is a four- and six-lane urban roadway running just east of the Austin central business district. It starts at an intersection with
US 183
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just north of the
Colorado River
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. Loop 111 proceeds north along Airport Boulevard for to its northern end at an intersection with
FM 969. Airport Boulevard itself continues north and west to cross
I-35
Interstate 35 (I-35) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States. As with most primary Interstates that end in a five, it is a major cross-country, north–south route. It stretches from Laredo, Texas, near the Mexico–Uni ...
and
Spur 69.
Junction list
References
{{Austin Streets
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Transportation in Austin, Texas
Transportation in Travis County, Texas