Texas State Highway 199
 State Highway 199 | ||||
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 SH 199, highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 53.254 mi[1][a] (85.704 km) | |||
| Existed | by 1934–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |     US 281 / US 380 / SH 59 / SH 114 at Jacksboro | |||
 I-820 at Fort Worth | ||||
| East end |   I-30 / US 377 at Fort Worth | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Highway 199 is a northwest-to-southeast state route that runs from U.S. Route 380/State Highway 59 in Jacksboro to Interstate 30/U.S. Route 377 in Fort Worth.
Route description
[edit]SH 199 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 380/State Highway 59 in Jacksboro near the Jack County courthouse, with the road continuing north as U.S. Route 281/State Highway 114. The highway begins with a concurrency with US 281/US 380/SH 114, with US 380/SH 114 leaving just south of the Jacksboro city limits. SH 199 continues its overlap with US 281 until about 7 miles south of Jacksboro, with US 281 traveling south to Mineral Wells. The highway travels southeast to the town of Joplin, where it intersects with Farm to Market Road 1156. In Springtown, SH 199 goes from a two lane undivided highway to a four lane divided highway. Most of the highway from Azle to near Lakeside is a freeway. SH 199 travels through the town of Lake Worth as a divided highway with a wide median until reaching Interstate 820 at a modified cloverleaf interchange. Just inside Interstate 820, SH 199 enters the city limits of Fort Worth and intersects State Highway 183 just northeast of River Oaks. SH 199 crosses over both the West and Clear Forks of the Trinity River and enters Downtown Fort Worth. At 5th Street, the highway turns south before ending at an interchange with Interstate 30/U.S. Route 377.[2]
Names
[edit]- In Jacksboro, SH 199 is routed along South Main Street.
- In Azle, the highway has two names: Northwest Parkway northwest of the center of town, and Southeast Parkway to the southeast.
- In Lake Worth, the highway is known as "Lake Worth Boulevard".
- In Fort Worth, SH 199 within the city limits and northwest of downtown, is known as "Jacksboro Highway", as the route's other end is in Jacksboro.
- In Downtown Fort Worth, the highway is known as "Henderson Street."
History
[edit]State Highway 199 was designated on September 18, 1933 from Jacksboro to Olney.[3] On September 26, 1939, SH 199 was extended northwest to Seymour, replacing part of SH 24. On October 30, 1939, SH 199 was extended southeast to Fort Worth, replacing SH 319. On November 25, 1975, the section from Jacksboro to Seymour was transferred to SH 114.[1]
Major intersections
[edit]| County | Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack | Jacksboro | 0.0 | 0.0 |   US 281 north / US 380 west / SH 59 north / SH 114 west – Olney | west end of US 281 / US 380 / SH 114 overlap |
| 0.8 | 1.3 |  PR 61 – Fort Richardson State Park | |||
| | 2.5 | 4.0 |  US 380 east / SH 114 east – Runaway Bay, Bridgeport, Dallas | east end of US 380 / SH 114 overlap | |
| | 4.1 | 6.6 |   FM 3324 south | ||
| | 7.3 | 11.7 | US 281 south – Mineral Wells | east end of US 281 overlap | |
| Joplin | 13.5 | 21.7 |  FM 1156 north – Vineyard, Wizard Wells | ||
| | 17.1 | 27.5 |  FM 2210 – Gibtown | ||
| Wise | | 22.7 | 36.5 |  FM 920 north – Bridgeport | west end of FM 920 overlap |
| | 22.8 | 36.7 | FM 920 south – Weatherford | east end of FM 920 overlap | |
| Parker | Springtown | 33.7 | 54.2 |  Loop 182 | |
| 34.1 | 54.9 |  FM 51 – Decatur, Weatherford | |||
| | 38.5 | 62.0 |  FM 2257 north (Jay Bird Lane) | ||
| Sanctuary | 40.1 | 64.5 |  FM 1542 north – Reno | ||
| Azle | 42.6 | 68.6 |   Loop 344 east / FM 730 south | interchange; west end of freeway; no direct westbound exit (FM 730 north exit serves both directions) | |
| Tarrant | 43.2 | 69.5 | FM 730 north – Boyd | ||
| 43.8 | 70.5 | Loop 344 (Main Street) / Stewart Street | |||
| 44.4 | 71.5 |  Denver Trail | access to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Azle; no direct westbound exit (signed at Wells-Burnett Road) | ||
| 45.3 | 72.9 | Normandy Avenue / Wells-Burnett Road | |||
| Fort Worth | 47.0 | 75.6 | Hanger Cut-Off Road / Tenderfoot Trail | no direct eastbound exit (signed at Normandy Avenue) | |
| 48.3 | 77.7 | Nine Mile Bridge Road | |||
| 49.4 | 79.5 |  FM 1886 (Confederate Park Road) | interchange; east end of freeway | ||
| Lake Worth | 53.7 | 86.4 | I-820 | I-820 exit 10A | |
| Fort Worth | 56.4 | 90.8 |  SH 183 (Ephriham Avenue / River Oaks Boulevard) – NAS Fort Worth JRB, FMC Carswell, River Oaks | ||
| 59.9 | 96.4 |  Spur 347 east (Weatherford Street) | |||
| 60.8 | 97.8 | I-30 / US 377 / Presidio Street | I-30 exit 13B | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Notes
[edit]- ^ The certified mileage given is shorter than the actual mileage as TxDOT considers SH 199 to be discontinuous at rather than concurrent with US 281.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 199". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
- ^ a b "Overview Map of SH 199" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
- ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. September 18, 1933. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 5, 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2023.