State Highway 27 (Texas)
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| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length: | 39.052 mi (62.848 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1919 – present | |||
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 I-10 near Mountain Home
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I-10 at Comfort
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| Counties: | Kerr, Kendall | |||
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State Highway 27 is located in Kerr and Kendall counties and runs parallel to Interstate 10.
SH 27 was a route proposed by 1919 to run from San Antonio to Sonora and from to just west of Balmorhea, creating a more direct route from San Antonio to El Paso. By 1926, It became one continuous route from San Antonio to Balmorhea. Everything west of Balmorhea became a portion of SH 3. The section from Kerrville to San Antonio was renumbered as SH 81. It was rerouted southeast to Boerne replacing a portion of SH 41. By 1933, it was cosigned with U.S. Highway 290 west of Junction and extended west over a portion of SH 3, which was rerouted. By 1934, the western portion was reassigned northwest from Ft. Stockton, replacing State Highway 192 and the northern portion of SH 17, while the old alignment between Ft. Stockton and west of Balmorhea renumbered as State Highway 196. The new alignment was also codesignated with U.S. Route 285. It also extended southeast to Port Lavaca over portions of SH 81 and SH 29. On September 26, 1939, all cosigned sections were removed in favor of their U.S. Highway designations. On March 18, 1975, the section from Junction to Mountain Home was removed as it was replaced by I-10.
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