U.S. Route 190 | |
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Route information | |
Auxiliary route of US 90 | |
Length: | 875 mi (1,408 km) |
Existed: | 1926 – present |
Major junctions | |
West end: | I-10 at Iraan, TX |
I-14 at Copperas Cove, TX I-14 / I-35 at Belton, TX I-35 at Temple, TX I-45 at Huntsville, TX I-49 at Opelousas, LA I-110 at Baton Rouge, LA I-55 at Hammond, LA I-12 at Covington, LA I-10 at Slidell, LA |
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East end: | US 90 at Slidell, LA |
Location | |
States: | Texas, Louisiana |
Highway system | |
U.S. Route 190 is an east–west United States highway in Louisiana and Texas. It evolved from the shortest of intrastate routes in 1926 to a length comparable to a main Interstate Highway route, leading from the swamps and pine forests of Louisiana to the West Texas desert. Parts of U.S. 190 are scheduled to be supplanted by Interstate 14; the first segment was so designated on January 26, 2017
The western terminus is at a point where US 190 intersects with Interstate 10, a few miles east of Bakersfield and 20 mi (32 km) west of the town of Iraan, in the middle of Pecos County.
It runs east through Texas Hill Country speckled with sage brush, intersecting with State Highway 305, crossing into Schleicher County, and intersecting with U.S. Route 277 in Eldorado. Just outside Eldorado was where the raid of the Yearning for Zion Ranch gained national attention. US 190 continues east into Menard County, intersecting State Highway 864, and passing a few miles north of Fort McKavett State Historic Site, entering Menard and intersecting with U.S. Route 83 north a short distance.