Texas State Highway 1

For other highways in Texas numbered 1, see NASA Road 1, Texas Loop Highway 1, Texas Spur Route 1, Farm to Market Road 1, Ranch Road 1, and Texas Park Road 1
State Highway 1 marker
State Highway 1
Texarkana, Dallas, Fort Worth, and El Paso Highway
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length837.421 mi[1] (1,347.698 km)
ExistedJune 21, 1917[2]–August 20, 1952[3]
HistoryReplaced by US 80 and several other highways on September 26, 1939
Designated to short spur route located in Dallas on September 26, 1939
Cancelled and redesignated to State Loop 260 on August 20, 1952
Major junctions
West endNew Mexico state line, near El Paso
Major intersections
East endArkansas state line, in Texarkana
Location
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
Highway system
← SH OSR→ Loop 1

State Highway 1 (SH 1) was a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas. The highway traveled from Texarkana on the eastern border to El Paso on the western border, via Dallas and Fort Worth, Abilene, and Midland–Odessa. SH 1 was approximately 842 miles (1,355 km) long, and was one of the original 25 Texas state highways, which were designated on June 21, 1917.[4] In 1920, the entire length of the highway was designated as part of the Bankhead Highway, a transcontinental Auto trail. In the Texas Department of Transportation's 1939 state highway renumbering, most of SH 1 was redesignated as U.S. Route 80, as well as U.S. Route 67, and others. Most of these highways were replaced by Interstate 10, Interstate 20, and Interstate 30. The only portion of SH 1 that existed after September 26, 1939, was a short spur located in Dallas. Texas State Highway 1 was officially cancelled on August 20, 1952. Due to the highway's historic value, a highway cannot be designated as State Highway 1 unless by the order of TxDOT Executive Director or by the Transportation Commission.[3]

Texas State Highway 1 had several long spur routes. Most of these were simply numbered as State Highway 1, and were renumbered within a few years. Three of these spurs were separately numbered. They were Texas State Highway 1A, which was a long alternate route of SH 1 that traveled from Abilene to just west of Palo Pinto, Texas State Highway 1B, which was a short spur located in Dallas that was redesignated as SH 1 in 1939, and Texas State Highway 1C, which was a short spur located in Fort Worth that was redesignated at US 80 in 1939.

  1. ^ Statewide Planning Map (Map). Cartography by Transportation Planning and Programming Division. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
  2. ^ Texas State Highway Commission, Office of State Highway Engineer (July 1917). Map Showing Proposed System of State Highways (Map) (June 1917 ed.). 1:2,112,200. Austin: Texas State Highway Commission. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  3. ^ a b Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 1". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  4. ^ Staff (July 6, 1917). "'Highway Commission Adopts 25 Highways". Commerce Journal.