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Oldest highway - A 20-mile section near present-day US 281 between
Falfurrias and Encino in Brooks County was the first road built by the highway
department in 1920.
Shortest highway - Loop 168 in downtown Tenaha in Shelby County is
only 391 feet long.
Longest highway - US 83 extends 899 miles, from the Oklahoma state line
in the Panhandle near Perryton to the Mexico border near Brownsville.
Highest highway - SH 118 on Mount Locke in the Davis Mountains of West
Texas stands 6,791 feet above sea level.
Highest bridge - The Rainbow Bridge on SH 87 near Port
Arthur is 177 feet above Gulf of Mexico.
Named roads - Old San Antonio Road between Midway and Bryan-College
Station is the only state highway without a number. Roadway miles - There are almost 80,000 miles of roads on the state
highway system.
For more information and statistics about TxDOT, please read our
Pocket Facts
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