US Highway 57
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Overall length: | 103 mi / 166 km |
Opening: | 1970 |
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Starting point: | Eagle Pass on the Rio Grande |
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The US Highway 57 (short US 57 ) is a United States highway that in the state of Texas South-North direction is in. It begins 80 km (50 mi) south of San Antonio between Devine and Pearsall on Interstate 35 , the section of which was formerly part of US Highway 81 , and ends at Eagle Pass on the Rio Grande , where it becomes Carretera Federal 57 in Mexico .
history
The highway was built as Texas State Highway 76 in 1939 . From 1942 to 1964, the eastern part was designated as 394 Farm to Market Road . In 1966 the street was given the number 57 based on the Mexican street after the border. It was officially upgraded as the United States Highway in 1970 and designated as a North-South Directional Road, even though it runs largely in an East-West direction.
Web links
- End of US Highways (English)