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State Highway 44 is a Texas state highway that runs from west of Encinal to Corpus Christi, Texas. This highway is also known as the Cesar Chavez Memorial Highway outside the city limits of Robstown, Banquete, Agua Dulce, Alice and Corpus Christi in Nueces and Jim Hogg Counties.
[edit] Previous routes
SH 44 was originally proposed in 1919 as a connector route between Waco and Giddings. By 1933, construction was continuing on the highway, with the southern terminus extended south to LaGrange, and was cosigned with U.S. Highway 77. By 1938, this route had been fully converted to US 77, with a new designation from Sinton to Alice via Robstown over former SH 128. In 1939, the section from Sinton to Robstown was reassigned, again taking on the US 77 designation. The western terminus was then extended to Freer in 1940. The section west of Freer approximately 56.4 miles (90.8 km) was Farm to Market Road 863[2] which traveled west to United States Route 83 in Webb County, today's State Highway 44 terminus. In 1990 FM 863 mileage was transferred to State Highway 44.
[edit] Counties and junctions
[edit] References
- ^ Texas Department of Transportation, [1]
- ^ Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - Farm to Market Road No. 863". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/FM0500/FM0863.htm.
US 83
I-35
SH 358
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US 59 – Freer
SH 16 – Freer
SH 359 – San Diego to Alice
US 281 – Alice
US 77 – Robstown
