US Highway 57

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US Highway 57 road sign

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Map of US Highway 57
Basic data
Overall length:  103 mi / 166 km
Opening:  1970
State: Texas
Starting point:  Eagle Pass on the Rio Grande
End point:  I-35 road sign I-35 in Moore

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.

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