Texas State Highway 359
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| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length: | 135.233 mi (217.636 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1954 – present | |||
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 US 83 at Laredo
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 I-37 at Mathis
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| East end: |
 US 181 at Skidmore
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State Highway 359 or SH 359 is a state highway that runs from Skidmore in southeastern Texas, near Corpus Christi, southwest and west to Laredo at the international border with Mexico.
The 359 route designation was first used in 1946 for a short stretch of highway in Coleman, but this designation was cancelled and replaced with Texas State Highway Loop 175 in 1947. The current State Highway 359 was designated in 1955 along the old US 59 route from Beeville to Laredo. SH 359 covered essentially its present-day route, plus a co-routing with US 181 from Skidmore to Beeville. In 1960 the dual designation with US 181 from Skidmore to Beeville was removed, which made Skidmore the eastern terminus of SH 359.
The highway's eastern terminus is the intersection with US 181 at Skidmore. The route runs southwest through Tynan to an intersection with Interstate 37 at Mathis. The route continues in a southwest direction past Lake Corpus Christi through Sandia, Orange Grove and Alfred until it reaches Alice, where it is briefly co-routed with SH 44.
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