U.S. Route 79 in Texas

U.S. Highway 79
U.S. Highway 79
	US 79 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by TxDOT
Length	271.788 mi (437.400 km)
Existed	1935–present
Major junctions
South end	I-35 in Round Rock
	SH 130 Toll in Hutto; US 77 in Rockdale; US 190 from Milano to Hearne; SH 6 in Hearne; I-45 in Buffalo; US 84 from Oakwood to Palestine; US 287 in Palestine; US 69 in Jacksonville; US 259 in Henderson; ; Future I-369 / US 59 in Carthage;
North end	US 79 at Louisiana state line near Panola
Location
Country	United States
State	Texas
Counties	Williamson, Milam, Robertson, Leon, Freestone, Anderson, Cherokee, Rusk, Panola
Highway system
	United States Numbered Highway System; List; Special; Divided; Highways in Texas; Interstate; US; State; Toll; Loops; Spurs; FM/RM; Park; Rec;

U.S. Route 79 (US 79) is a U.S. highway that begins in the state of Texas at Interstate 35 in Round Rock. The highway travels northeast–southwest through the state, crossing into Louisiana approximately 23 miles northeast of Carthage. US 79 is entwined with two tragedies of country music: Johnny Horton was killed by a drunk driver on the highway near Milano in 1960 and Jim Reeves, killed in a plane crash in 1964, is buried and memorialized on US 79 in his hometown of Carthage.

Route description

U.S. 79 is the main street of Rockdale in Milam County, Texas.

US 79 begins at an interchange with Interstate 35 in the Austin suburb of Round Rock. The highway travels through the town as Palm Valley Boulevard, entering into the town of Hutto just before an interchange with State Highway 130. Leaving Hutto, US 79 takes a more rural route, bypassing the town of Taylor and enters Milam County right before entering the small community of Thorndale. US 79 runs through the town of Rockdale before entering Milano, where it begins an overlap with U.S. Route 190 and a brief concurrency with State Highway 36. The overlap with US 190 ends in Hearne, where an overlap with State Highway 6 begins. US 79 leaves State Highway 6, resuming its northeast–southwest run. The highway runs through several smaller towns, including Franklin and Buffalo, and begins an overlap with US 84 approximately 9 miles southwest of Palestine. Running through the city, the highway intersects US Route 287 and shares a brief overlap with State Highway 19. Leaving Palestine, US 79 travels through a heavily forested area of east Texas serving the towns of Jacksonville and Henderson. Leaving Henderson, the highway runs in an east–west direction before arriving at Carthage, turning back into a more northeast–southwest direction. About 23 miles northeast of Carthage US 79 leaves Texas and enters into Louisiana, running towards Shreveport.

Junction list

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Williamson	Round Rock	I-35 – Waco, Austin	I-35 exit 253; continuation past I-35 via Sam Bass Road
		Spur 376 north (Mays Street) – Austin, Georgetown
		FM 1460 north (A. W. Grimes Boulevard) – Georgetown
	Hutto	SH 130 Toll – Waco, Lockhart, San Antonio	Interchange; SH 130 exit 423
		FM 685 south – Pflugerville
		FM 1660 north – Jonah	South end of FM 1660 overlap
		FM 1660 south – Norman's Crossing, Coupland	North end of FM 1660 overlap
		FM 3349 south – Norman's Crossing
	Taylor	Bus. US 79 north / FM 397 north – Bartlett, Temple, Thorndale	Interchange
		FM 973 south – Manor
		SH 95 – Bartlett, Temple, Coupland, Elgin	Interchange
		FM 112 to FM 619 – Lexington
		Bus. US 79 south – Round Rock	Interchange
		FM 619
	Thrall	FM 1063 north
Milam	Thorndale	FM 486 – San Gabriel, Buckholts
		FM 1768 south
	Rockdale	FM 487 south to FM 2116 – Lexington	South end of FM 487 overlap
		FM 908 – Caldwell, San Gabriel
		FM 487 north – Bartlett, Jarrell, Florence	North end of FM 487 overlap
		US 77 – Cameron, Waco, Lexington, Giddings	Interchange
	Milano	US 190 west / SH 36 north – Cameron, Temple, Waco	South end of US 190/SH 36 overlap
		FM 3242 north – Hanover
		SH 36 south – Caldwell, Brenham	North end of SH 36 overlap
	Gause	FM 2095 west – Cameron
Robertson		FM 1644 east – Calvert
	Hearne	FM 50 south – Mumford, Brenham
		US 190 east / SH 6 south / FM 391 east – Bryan, College Station, Wheelock	Interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance; north end of US 190 overlap; south end of SH 6 overlap
		FM 485 west – Branchville, Temple
		SH 6 north – Marlin, Waco, Mexia, Dallas	Interchange; north end of SH 6 overlap
	Elliott	FM 2549 south
	Franklin	FM 1644 west – Calvert
		FM 46 – Bremond, Wheelock
		FM 2446 east
	New Baden	FM 1940 south
	Easterly	FM 2098 north – Bald Prairie
Leon		FM 3 south – Hilltop Lakes, Normangee
	Marquez	Loop 208 north – Centerville, Crockett
		SH 7 – Kosse, Centerville
		FM 1146 north
		FM 1512 north – Lake Limestone
	Jewett	FM 39 – Mexia, Flynn	Interchange
	Buffalo	I-45 – Dallas, Houston	I-45 exit 178
		SH 75 – Fairfield, Centerville	Former US 75
		SH 164 west – Groesbeck, Waco
		FM 1848 north
		FM 832 south – Keechi
	Oakwood	FM 542 south to FM 831 – Malvern, Flo
Freestone		US 84 west – Fairfield, Teague	Interchange; no northbound exit; south end of US 84 overlap
Anderson		SH 294 east – Elkhart, Alto
	Tucker	FM 645 north – Tennessee Colony
	Palestine	FM 1990 south (Knox Street)
		Loop 256 – Corsicana, Athens, Crockett
		FM 2394 west (Court Drive)
		US 287 / US 84 east / SH 19 north – Corsicana, Athens, Crockett, Rusk	North end of US 84 overlap; south end of SH 19 overlap
		SH 155 north – Frankston, Tyler
		SH 19 south – Elkhart, Crockett	North end of SH 19 overlap
		Loop 256 – Tyler, Rusk
	Neches	FM 2574 east to FM 19 north / FM 321 west / FM 2267 north / FM 3372 north – Frankston, Montalba, Pert
	Neches	FM 2574 west to FM 19 north / FM 321 west / FM 2267 north – Frankston, Montalba, Pert
Cherokee		FM 921 north
		FM 747 west
		FM 747 south
	Jacksonville	FM 347 south to FM 2138 south – Maydelle, Dialville
		US 69 – Tyler, Rusk, Lufkin
		SH 204 east to Loop 456 west – Reklaw, Nacogdoches, Rusk
	New Summerfield	SH 110 to FM 235 – Tyler, Troup, Rusk, Ponta
		FM 856 north
		FM 2274 north
		FM 2274 south – Ponta
Rusk		SH 42 north / FM 1798 east – Kilgore, Laneville, Minden
		FM 839 south – Reklaw
	Henderson	Loop 571 north – Tyler, Overton, Kilgore
		FM 225 south – Cushing
		FM 3310 south – Mount Enterprise
		US 259 south – Mount Enterprise, Nacogdoches	South end of US 259 overlap
		FM 840 to FM 13 – Troup
		US 259 north / SH 64 west / SH 43 north – Kilgore, Tyler, Tatum, Marshall	North end of US 259 overlap
		FM 3135 east – Church Hill
		FM 348 south – Pine Hill
		FM 1798 west / FM 3231 north – Pine Hill, Minden, Tatum	at the Rusk/Panola County Line
Panola		FM 124 east / FM 1251 west – Beckville, Church Hill
		FM 1970 south – Clayton, Timpson
		FM 959 north – Beckville
	Carthage	Bus. US 79 north / Loop 436 south – Mount Enterprise, Tenaha	Interchange; south end of Loop 436 overlap
		SH 149 west / Spur 572 east – Tatum, Longview	Interchange
		Future I-369 north / US 59 north / Bus. US 59 south – Marshall, Texarkana	Interchange; north end of future I-369/US 59 overlap
		Future I-369 south / US 59 south / Bus. US 79 south / Loop 436 south – Nacogdoches, Lufkin, Houston, Beaumont	Interchange; north end of future I-369/US 59/Loop 436 overlap
		FM 123 east
		FM 1186 north
	DeBerry	FM 31 to FM 1794 – Elysian Fields, Grand Bluff, Marshall, Logansport
	Panola	FM 9 north – Waskom
		US 79 north – Greenwood, Shreveport	Continuation into Louisiana
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 79". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 10, 2016.

External links

Media related to U.S. Route 79 in Texas at Wikimedia Commons

[US_79-1] Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 79". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 10, 2016.

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U.S. Route 79 in Texas

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Route description

Junction list

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