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Texas: Was Navarro County Road 1090 ever a state highway?

Started by Brian556, October 08, 2012, 11:12:58 PM

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Brian556

This is a wierd situation. Navarro County Road 1090 is twin-slab concrete. It would make sense for it to have been an old route of US 287 or it's predecessor state highway down to the town of Navarro, and for the old highway to have followed FM 3243 back to the current hwy. However, I can find no evidence of such. My map collection from the 20's-30's in very incomplete.

Now, here's the wierder part. The concrete County Road 1090 jogs four blocks NE in Navarro, before continuing SE, making a 90 degree turn, and ending. This is so illogical. Could this concrete highway have been built by the county? I have found evidence of an old concrete road in Collin County that was never on the state highway system. The part heading SE out of Navarro makes no sense why it was concrete since it is not a road that connects cities.

Google Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=32.00138,-96.364861&spn=0.09739,0.2005&t=m&z=13
Street View: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=32.013764,-96.386684&spn=0.000146,0.10025&t=m&z=14&layer=c&cbll=32.013764,-96.386684&panoid=Cpx8993_ScDQ2S6wyxpO3g&cbp=12,181.81,,0,0

1961 General Highway Map (solid line indicates concrete):https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/maps/images/map5252.jpg


NE2

It appears that the county paved it ca. 1932, or at least they were letting bids:

Quotehttp://www.google.com/search?q=%22navarro+cheneyboro%22&tbm=bks

Tex., Corsicana – Navarro County, J. M. Tullos, Auditor, opens bids Aug. 16 for construction of culverts, dirt work and cone, pavement on about 17 mi. of local roads, known as Emhouse, Oak Valley, Black Hills and Navarro-Cheneyboro laterals; A. M. Mitchell, County Engr.

The other roads are also on the 1961 map, and are now FM 3383 (1977), 2555 (1982), and 1839 (1966), respectively.
pre-1945 Florida route log

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Brian556

Interesting.

According to the old maps that I have, the north-south road through Emhouse was US 75, until US 75 was moved to the now I-45 corridor between Ennis and Corsicana in the Mid-30's.

Therefore, it would seem odd that the county, not the state, would have let a contract for that road. The state took over maintenance of the state highways from the counties in the 20's.

Interesting that rural low-volume county roads that would typically be gravel were paved with concrete at such an early date (I'm referring to the less-important concrete roads, not the ones to Navarro or thru Emhouse.)

NE2

https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/aris/maps/maplookup.php?mapnum=0903 shows that US 75 was out of Emhouse by 1931, but not all paved.

Though other sources suggest that the "Emhouse Lateral" may have been FM 1126 from Emhouse to Cryer Creek? It's hard to tell. If it's an important question, your best bet will be to look through county records.
pre-1945 Florida route log

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Brian556

Went and saw a portion of this road today. Didn't drive the whole thing due to lack of time.
The portion that I drove was in very good condition for it's age. Must've been some quality work. interestingly, they added on to the edges to make it wider, just down to the airport.






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