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State Highway 128 (Texas)
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State Highway 128 is a state highway in Andrews County, Texas
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state line east of Jal, New Mexico
, as New Mexico Highway 128 crosses into Texas. The route immediately encounters its only intersection between its termini, at , which runs just inside the state line. The route travels eastward through unincorporated Andrews County before ending at about 20 miles (32.2 km) southwest of Andrews
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northeast to Victoria
. By 1933, it had been extended west to Alice
, replacing a portion of SH 12A
. By 1938, this segment had been renumbered as SH 44
.
The current route was originally designated in 1948 as Farm to Market Road 781 and ran from the state line to FM 703. The highway was signed, but not officially designated, concurrently as SH 128 beginning in 1955, "for guidance of traveling public" to correspond with New Mexico State Highway 128. The FM 781 designation was cancelled in 1990; the same year, FM 703 became part of SH 115.
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
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Route description
SH 128 begins at the New MexicoNew Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
state line east of Jal, New Mexico
Jal, New Mexico
Jal is a city in Lea County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,996 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Jal is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land....
, as New Mexico Highway 128 crosses into Texas. The route immediately encounters its only intersection between its termini, at , which runs just inside the state line. The route travels eastward through unincorporated Andrews County before ending at about 20 miles (32.2 km) southwest of Andrews
Andrews, Texas
Andrews is a city in and the county seat of Andrews County in the U.S. state of Texas within the West Texas region. The population was 10,448 in 2009. Along with Midland and Odessa, these cities form the Midland-Odessa Combined Statistical Area with a population of 241,316 in four counties...
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History
SH 128 was originally designated by 1928 along a route from RobstownRobstown, Texas
Robstown is a city in Nueces County, Texas, United States, and a western suburb of Corpus Christi. It was founded about 1906, and was named for Robert Driscoll Jr., a landowner...
northeast to Victoria
Victoria, Texas
Victoria is a city in and the seat of Victoria County, Texas, United States. The population was 60,603 at the 2000 census. The three counties of the Victoria Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 111,163 at the 2000 census,...
. By 1933, it had been extended west to Alice
Alice, Texas
At the 2000 census, there were 19,010 people, 6,400 households and 4,915 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,597.4 per square mile . There were 6,998 housing units at an average density of 588.0 per square mile...
, replacing a portion of SH 12A
State Highway 12 (Texas)
State Highway 12 is an east–west state highway that runs from I-10 in Vidor to Deweyville on the Texas-Louisiana boundary in east Texas. The route was designated in 1959 as a renumbering of SH 235 to smooth the travel transition with Louisiana Highway 12, with which it connects.-Route...
. By 1938, this segment had been renumbered as SH 44
State Highway 44 (Texas)
State Highway 44 is a Texas state highway that runs from west of Encinal to Corpus Christi, Texas. This highway is also known as the Cesar Chavez Memorial Highway outside the city limits of Robstown, Banquete, Agua Dulce, Alice and Corpus Christi in Nueces and Jim Hogg Counties.-History: SH 44 was...
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The current route was originally designated in 1948 as Farm to Market Road 781 and ran from the state line to FM 703. The highway was signed, but not officially designated, concurrently as SH 128 beginning in 1955, "for guidance of traveling public" to correspond with New Mexico State Highway 128. The FM 781 designation was cancelled in 1990; the same year, FM 703 became part of SH 115.