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Not to be confused with Interstate 35 in Texas.
State Highway 35
Map
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length206.5 mi[1] (332.3 km)
Existed1917–present
Major junctions
South endFile:I-37.svgFile:US 181.svg I-37 / US 181 near Corpus Christi
Major intersections
North endFile:I-45.svg I-45 in Houston
Location
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
Highway system
← I-35W→ SH 36
← Loop 5Spur 5→ FM 5

State Highway 35 (SH 35) is a 206.5-mile (332.3 km) state highway near the southeastern edge of Texas, United States, that is maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). It runs primarily south–north, paralleling the Gulf of Mexico for much of its length, from a junction with Interstate 37 in Corpus Christi to Interstate 45 in southeastern Houston.

Route description

The southern terminus of SH 35 is at an interchange with Interstate 37 (I-37) near downtown Corpus Christi, concurrent with U.S. Route 181 (US 181).[2] The two highways run as a freeway near Corpus Christi Bay before crossing Nueces Bay on the Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge and entering Portland. In Gregory, the two routes separate, with US 181 traveling towards Sinton, and the freeway segment of SH 35 ends shortly thereafter.[3] After crossing FM 136, SH 35 runs eastward to Aransas Pass before turning towards the northeast.[4] In Rockport, SH 35 runs as a divided expressway. After passing through Fulton, the highway crosses Copano Bay.[5] SH 35 runs along the western edge of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge before entering Refugio County.[6] In Calhoun County, SH 35 has a junction with US 87 in Port Lavaca[7] before crossing Lavaca Bay.[8] The route then runs east to Palacios before turning north[9] toward Blessing, where it resumes its northeasterly trajectory[10] toward Bay City[11] and Angleton.[12] From here, SH 35 takes a turn to the north-northwest toward Alvin[13] before heading north through Pearland and crossing the Sam Houston Tollway (Beltway 8) into Houston.[14] SH 35 then crosses I-610 before reaching its northern terminus at I-45.[15]

History

SH 35 was originally proposed on November 19, 1917 as a route from Paris to Houston.[16] On September 17, 1918, the section of the road from Liberty to Houston was cancelled (as it overlapped SH 12), and the road was rerouted south to Anahuac.[17] On January 20, 1919, the highway was rerouted through Coldspring, Cleveland, and Humble to end in Houston, while the old route was replaced by the new SH 35A. On August 21, 1923, the northern half of the highway had been renumbered as SH 49, with the new northern end now going east to the Louisiana state line.[18] On November 14, 1927, it was extended to Alvin.[19] On April 10, 1934, it had been extended southwest along cancelled SH 58 and SH 57, ending in Gregory.[20] SH 35 Spur was designated from 35 to the Retrieve Prison Farm. This SH 35 Spur was cancelled on July 15, 1935. On February 21, 1938, a new SH 35 Spur was designated to Danbury, as SH 35 was rerouted to bypass Danbury. On September 26, 1939, the section north of Houston was removed when it was renumbered as U.S. Highway 59 and U.S. Highway 84. SH 35 Spur was renumbered as Spur 28. On October 5, 1972, SH 35 was extended to Corpus Christi along US 181. On January 15, 1986, an Angleton bypass opened, with the old route becoming Loop 558. On February 25, 1987, SH 35 was rerouted back over Loop 558, and the bypass became Loop 558 instead (now FM 523). On April 27, 1995, another bypass opened, so that SH 35 no longer goes through Aransas Pass or Rockport. On March 29, 2007, an Old Ocean bypass opened, with the old route becoming Loop 419 (now Spur 419). SH 35A was a proposed spur route off SH 35 designated on March 18, 1918, with a route splitting off at Livingston, and travelling west to New Waverly.[21] On January 20, 1919, the section of SH 35A south of Coldspring was cancelled, and the section north of Coldspring became the main route. The section of SH 35 from Livingston via Liberty to Anahuac was routed through Devers and was renamed SH 35A. On August 21, 1923, the section from Anahuac to Devers was renumbered as SH 61, and the section north of Devers was cancelled.[18] By 1928, the Livingston to Liberty section was restored as SH 132. By 1933, that became a portion of SH 146. SH 35B was a spur of SH 35 designated on November 27, 1922 from Jefferson to the Louisiana state line.[22] On August 21, 1923, this was renumbered as SH 49. An overlap of SH 35 with the Gulf Freeway was constructed in the 1980s. This portion extends from Spur 5 to Dowling Street (now Emancipation Avenue), a distance of about 1.6 miles (2.6 km). This section contains three elevated lanes in each direction (briefly four southbound lanes near the southern terminus). This overlap section is 22 lanes wide, including mainlanes, feeder roads, and a reversible HOV lane.[23]

Future

State Highway Spur 5
LocationHouston
Length2.929 mi[24] (4.714 km)
Existed1998–present

In Houston, SH 35 is Telephone Road and Reveille Street from its northern terminus at I-45. An upgrade of the facility (in a slightly different corridor) to freeway standards is planned, tentatively named the Alvin Freeway. As of 2006, only 1.3 miles (2.1 km) had been built, under the sign Spur 5 (constructed between 1996–99; officially opened September 1999; designated 1998). However, the mainlanes extend less than half a mile south of Interstate 45 adjacent to the University of Houston campus. In early 2023, TxDOT unveiled construction bids for the first phase of the project, which will extend Spur 5 from its current southern terminus at US 90 Alt (Old Spanish Trail) to Griggs Road, just north of I-610. Phase 2 of the project will extend the freeway from Griggs Road to Dixie Drive. The estimated cost for the entire project is $366 million.[25]

Exit list (State Highway Spur 5)

The entire route is in Houston, Harris County.

mikmExitDestinationsNotes
File:Alternate plate.svg
File:US 90.svg US 90 Alt. (Old Spanish Trail)		Current southern terminus; at-grade intersection
Wheeler StreetCurrent at-grade intersection
University DriveCurrent at-grade intersection
File:South plate blue.svg
File:I-45.svgFile:Airport Sign.svg I-45 south / Elgin Street – Galveston, Hobby Airport		Current southern terminus of freeway; no northbound entrance
File:North plate blue.svg
File:I-45.svg I-45 north – Dallas		Northbound exit and southbound entrance; freeway begins to run parallel to I-45; I-45 exit 44B southbound
Scott Street  – Texas Southern UniversityNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
File:I-69.svgFile:US 59.svgFile:South plate.svg
File:Texas 288.svg I-69 / US 59 / SH 288 south – Victoria, Cleveland, Lake Jackson, Freeport		Northern terminus; northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-69 exits 129A-B
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Junction list

All exits are unnumbered.
CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
NuecesCorpus ChristiFile:North plate blue.svg
File:I-37.svgFile:West plate.svg
File:Texas Spur 544.svg I-37 north / Spur 544 west – San Antonio		I-37 exit 0 southbound; southern end of US 181 concurrency; continues south as Spur 544.
Belden StreetSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
Burleson Street, Causeway BoulevardNo northbound entrance
Beach AvenueNo southbound entrance
San PatricioPortlandNueces Bay
Frontage RoadSouthbound exit and entrance
File:Texas FM 893.svg FM 893 (Moore Avenue) – TaftNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
File:Texas FM 2986.svg FM 2986 (Wildcat Drive)
Frontage RoadNo northbound entrance
File:Texas FM 3239.svg FM 3239 (Buddy Ganem Drive) / Broadway Boulevard
Frontage RoadNorthbound exit only
GregoryFile:North plate.svg
File:US 181.svg US 181 north – Sinton		Northern end of US 181 concurrency; northbound exit and southbound entrance
File:Texas FM 3284.svg FM 3284 (Gregory Street)Southbound exit and northbound entrance
File:South plate.svg
File:Texas 361.svgFile:West plate.svg
File:Texas Spur 202.svg SH 361 south / Spur 202 west – Aransas Pass, Port Aransas, Gregory		No northbound entrance
File:Texas FM 136.svg FM 136 – BaysideNo northbound exit; north end of freeway
​File:South plate.svg
File:Texas FM 3512.svg FM 3512 south – Ingleside
​File:North plate.svg
File:Business plate.svg
File:Texas 35-L.svg Bus. SH 35-L north – Aransas Pass		Interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance
Aransas PassFile:Texas FM 1069.svg FM 1069 – InglesideInterchange; no northbound exit
Aransas​File:Texas 188.svg SH 188 – SintonInterchange
RockportFile:Texas FM 1069.svg FM 1069 (Market Street) – RockportInterchange
File:Texas FM 2165.svg FM 2165 – RockportInterchange
File:West plate.svg
File:Texas FM 3036.svg FM 3036 west		Southern end of FM 3036 concurrency
File:South plate.svg
File:Business plate.svg
File:Texas 35-L.svgFile:East plate.svg
File:Texas FM 3036.svg Bus. SH 35-L south / FM 3036 east – Rockport		Northern end of FM 3036 concurrency
​Loop 1781 southPrior to 2011, FM 1781
LamarFile:East plate.svg
File:Texas Park Road 13.svg PR 13 east – Goose Island State Park
Refugio​File:Texas FM 774.svg FM 774 – Refugio, Austwell
​File:East plate.svg
File:Texas FM 1684.svg FM 1684 east
​File:South plate.svg
File:Texas 239.svg SH 239 south – Austwell		Southern end of SH 239 concurrency
TivoliFile:North plate.svg
File:Texas 239.svg SH 239 north – Goliad		Northern end of SH 239 concurrency
Calhoun​File:South plate.svg
File:Texas 185.svg SH 185 south – Seadrift, Port O'Connor		Southern end of SH 185 concurrency
​File:North plate.svg
File:Texas 185.svg SH 185 north – Victoria		Northern end of SH 185 concurrency
​File:North plate.svg
File:Texas FM 1679.svg FM 1679 north
​File:South plate.svg
File:Texas FM 2235.svg FM 2235 south
​File:South plate.svg
File:Texas FM 2541.svg FM 2541 south
​File:Texas FM 2433.svg FM 2433 – Victoria, Indianola
Port LavacaFile:US 87.svg US 87 – Victoria, Port Lavaca
File:West plate.svg
File:Texas FM 3084.svg FM 3084 west (Half League Road)
File:Texas FM 1090.svg FM 1090 (Virginia Street)
File:South plate.svg
File:Texas 238.svg SH 238 south – Port Lavaca, Seadrift
Point ComfortFile:Texas FM 1593.svg FM 1593 – Lolita, Matagorda Bay
​File:East plate.svg
File:Texas FM 2143.svg FM 2143 east
Jackson​File:Texas 172.svg SH 172 – La Ward
​File:North plate.svg
File:Texas FM 1862.svg FM 1862 north – Blessing
​File:South plate.svg
File:Texas FM 3280.svg FM 3280 south
MatagordaPalaciosFile:North plate.svg
File:Business plate.svg
File:Texas 35-H.svg Bus. SH 35-H north – Palacios
File:South plate.svg
File:Business plate.svg
File:Texas 35-H.svg Bus. SH 35-H south – Palacios
​File:North plate.svg
File:Texas FM 2853.svg FM 2853 north
​File:North plate.svg
File:Texas FM 521.svg FM 521 north – Simpsonville
BlessingFile:South plate.svg
File:Texas FM 2853.svg FM 2853 south
File:West plate.svg
File:Texas FM 616.svg FM 616 west – La Ward
File:West plate.svg
File:Texas 71.svg SH 71 west – El Campo
ElmatonFile:South plate.svg
File:Texas FM 1095.svg FM 1095 south – Simpsonville
MarkhamFile:South plate.svg
File:Texas FM 1468.svg FM 1468 south		Southern end of FM 1468 concurrency
File:North plate.svg
File:Texas FM 1468.svg FM 1468 north – Markham		Northern end of FM 1468 concurrency
​Colorado River TurnaroundInterchange
Bay CityFile:Texas 60.svg SH 60 – Wharton, Matagorda
File:South plate.svg
File:Texas FM 2668.svg FM 2668 south
File:East plate.svg
File:Texas FM 457.svg FM 457 east – Cedar Lane
Van VleckFile:South plate.svg
File:Texas FM 2540.svg FM 2540 south
​File:North plate.svg
File:Texas FM 1728.svg FM 1728 north – Pledger
Brazoria​File:East plate.svg
File:Texas Loop 419.svg Loop 419 east – Old Ocean
Old OceanFile:North plate.svg
File:Texas FM 524.svg FM 524 north – Danciger		Southern end of FM 524 concurrency
​File:West plate.svg
File:Texas Loop 419.svg Loop 419 west – Old Ocean
​File:South plate.svg
File:Texas FM 524.svg FM 524 south – Sweeny		Northern end of FM 524 concurrency
​File:Texas FM 1459.svg FM 1459 – Sweeny
​File:North plate.svg
File:Business plate.svg
File:Texas 35-E.svg Bus. SH 35-E north – West Columbia
West ColumbiaFile:Texas 36.svg SH 36 – Rosenberg, Freeport
File:South plate.svg
File:Business plate.svg
File:Texas 35-E.svg Bus. SH 35-E south (17th Street)
File:North plate.svg
File:Texas FM 2851.svg FM 2851 north – Varner-Hogg Plantation
Bailey's PrairieFile:South plate.svg
File:Texas FM 521.svg FM 521 south – Brazoria		Southern end of FM 521 concurrency
File:North plate.svg
File:Texas FM 521.svg FM 521 north – Rosharon		Northern end of FM 521 concurrency
AngletonFile:Texas 288.svg SH 288 (Nolan Ryan Expressway) – Houston, Freeport
File:Texas Loop 274.svg Loop 274 (Hancock Street)
File:Business plate.svg
File:Texas 288-B.svg Bus. SH 288-B – Houston, Lake Jackson
File:Texas FM 523.svg FM 523 (Highway 35 Bypass) – Freeport
​File:South plate.svg
File:Texas Spur 28.svg Spur 28 south – Danbury
​File:South plate.svg
File:Texas FM 2917.svg FM 2917 south
AlvinFile:South plate.svg
File:Texas FM 2403.svg FM 2403 south
File:North plate.svg
File:Business plate.svg
File:Texas 35-C.svg Bus. SH 35-C north – Alvin
File:West plate.svg
File:Texas FM 1462.svg FM 1462 west
File:Texas 6.svg SH 6 – Sugar Land, GalvestonInterchange
File:Texas FM 517.svg FM 517 (Dickinson Road) – League City
File:Texas FM 528.svg FM 528 (Friendswood Road) – Friendswood, Webster
File:South plate.svg
File:Business plate.svg
File:Texas 35-C.svg Bus. SH 35-C south – Alvin		Interchange
​File:North plate.svg
File:Texas FM 2351.svg FM 2351 north – Friendswood
PearlandFile:Texas FM 518.svg FM 518 – Friendswood
HarrisHoustonFile:Texas Beltway 8.svgFile:Sam Houston Tollway.svg Beltway 8 (Frontage Road) / Sam Houston Tollway
File:I-610.svgFile:To plate blue.svg
File:South plate blue.svg
File:I-45.svg I-610 (South Loop Freeway) to I-45 south (Gulf Freeway) – Galveston		I-610 exit 32B; interchange; northbound entrance from I-45 closed until April 2018
File:North plate blue.svg
File:I-45.svg I-45 north (Gulf Freeway) – Downtown Houston		I-45 exit 40 southbound; interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Business routes

SH 35 has four business routes and one former business route.

Alvin business loop

LocationAlvin
Length4.146 mi[26] (6.672 km)
Existed1990–present

Business State Highway 35-C (Bus. SH 35-C), formerly Loop 409, is a 4.146-mile-long (6.672 km) business loop that runs through Alvin. The road was bypassed on April 1, 1965, by SH 35 and designated Loop 409. The road was redesignated as Business SH 35-C on June 21, 1990.[26]

West Columbia business loop

LocationWest Columbia
Length2.011 mi[27] (3.236 km)
Existed1998–present

Business State Highway 35-E (Bus. SH 35-E) is a 2.011-mile-long (3.236 km) business loop that runs through West Columbia. The route was created in 1998 when SH 35 was rerouted north and west of town.[27]

Palacios business loop

LocationPalacios
Length3.648 mi[28] (5.871 km)
Existed1990–present

Business State Highway 35-H (Bus SH 35-H), formerly Loop 141, is a 3.648-mile-long (5.871 km) business loop that runs through Palacios. The road was bypassed on September 21, 1944 by SH 35 and designated Loop 141. The road was redesignated as Business SH 35-H on June 21, 1990.[29]

Rockport–Aransas Pass business loop

LocationAransas County
Length16.083 mi[30] (25.883 km)
Existed1990–present

Business State Highway 35-L (Bus. SH 35-L), formerly Loop 70, is a 16.083-mile-long (25.883 km) business loop that runs through Rockport. The road was created in 1939 when SH 35 was rerouted south and east of town. The route was redesignated as Business SH 35-L on June 21, 1990. On April 27, 1995 the route was extended north to SH 35 and FM 3036 and south to SH 35 in Aransas Pass over former SH 35 and was also rerouted in Rockport with the old route redesignated as Loop 70.[30]

Former Aransas Pass business loop

Business State Highway 35-M
LocationAransas Pass
Length1.387 mi[31] (2.232 km)
Existed1990–1995

Business State Highway 35-M (Bus. SH 35-M), formerly Loop 81, was a 1.387-mile-long (2.232 km) business loop that ran through Aransas Pass. The route was created in 1939 when SH 35 was rerouted in the city. The route was redesignated as Business SH 35-M on June 21, 1990, but was redesignated as Loop 90 on April 27, 1995.[29]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 35". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  2. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 2140. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  3. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 2125. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  4. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 2126. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  5. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 2110. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  6. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 2093. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  7. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 2053. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  8. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 2030. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  9. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 2032. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  10. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 2007. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  11. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 1982. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  12. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 1954. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  13. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 1883. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  14. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 1844. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  15. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 1800. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Minutes from 6th State Highway Commission meeting" (PDF). November 19, 1917.
  17. ↑ "Minutes from 16th State Highway Commission meeting" (PDF). September 17, 1918.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Minutes from 73rd State Highway Commission meeting" (PDF). August 21, 1923.
  19. ↑ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. November 14, 1927. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 22, 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  20. ↑ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. April 9, 1934. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 5, 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  21. ↑ "Minutes from 10th State Highway Commission meeting" (PDF). March 18, 1918.
  22. ↑ "Minutes from 70th State Highway Commission meeting" (PDF). May 21, 1923.
  23. ↑ Chapter 4, The Spokes Archived 2006-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, p. 163 Houston Freeways, Erik Slotboom.
  24. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Spur No. 5". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
  25. ↑ Zuvanich, Adam (March 16, 2023). "TxDOT inching forward on Spur 5/SH 35 highway project in South Houston". Houston Public Media. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Business State Highway No. 35-C". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Business State Highway No. 35-E". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
  28. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Business State Highway No. 35-H". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Business State Highway No. 35-M". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Business State Highway No. 35-L". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
  31. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Loop No. 90". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.

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