Interstate 10 East - Sierra Blanca to Kent

Leaving Sierra Blanca, IH 10 travels south of the Streeruwitz Hills, 32 miles to Van Horn. The distance to Dallas reflects IH 20 and the former U.S. 80.

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A series of at-grade intersections line the 17.6 mile mile long straight away east of Sierra Blanca. The first is located just beyond mile marker 109, east of the Sierra Blanca Land Development street grid and north of Sand Mountain.

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The succeeding intersection on IH 10 east is at the Union Pacific Railroad siding of Arispe, beyond mile marker 112.

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A pair of at-grade intersections follow between mile markers 114 and 115.

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Reassurance marker and distance sign posted east of mile marker 117 and the Stone Road underpass.

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A ranch access road ties into IH 10 south of the Streeruwitz Hills and west of mile marker 119.

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The turn off onto adjacent old U.S. 80 after mile marker 126 was closed after 2006.

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IH 10 shifts away from parallel old U.S. 80 to Exit 129 south of Allamore. The at-grade intersection beyond the one mile sign for Exit 129 was closed by 2011. Sign changes made here also removed Hot Wells.

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Entering the diamond interchange (Exit 129) with Guest Ranch Road north to Allamore and south to Hot Wells. Allamore is a small ranching community, with the smallest school in Texas. Hot Wells is a former resort on the UP Railroad that has long since been abandoned.

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IH 10 gains over 130 feet in elevation through the Carrizo Mountains east from Allamore. Carrizo Peak tops out at 5,423 feet above sea level to the south.

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An at-grade turn off east of mile marker 132 links IH 10 eastbound with a single lane subway to a short north side frontage road.

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Continuing east around an elevation of 4,500 feet above sea level, IH 10 advances through the Carrizo Mountains. This section of IH 10 was one of the first completed in Texas as it was a simple conversion of U.S. 80.

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The IH 10 roadways diverge ahead of the at-grade intersection at mile marker 134.

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IH 10 enters Culberson County and Central Time Zone midway between mile markers 135 and 136.

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An at-grade turn off along IH 10 eastbound precedes the westbound scenic overlook just inside Culberson County.

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Lowering below 4,300 feet in elevation, eastbound IH 10 straightens out on the approach to Van Horn, next meeting a truck weigh station.

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Business Loop I-10D separates from IH 10 just beyond the weigh station along Broadway Street at the town of Van Horn.

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Exit 138 is the first of three off-ramps from IH 10 east for Van Horn. BI 10-D is former U.S. 80, which was bypassed in 1975. Broadway Street was signed as BU 80 until 1991.

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Exit 138 constitutes a wye interchange for Business Loop I-10D (Broadway Street) with access to the south Frontage Road for Golf Course Drive. The Texas Mountain Trail auto tour also separates from IH 10 here.

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IH 10 runs across the south side of the Van Horn street grid, meeting U.S. 90 (Van Horn Street) outside Downtown at Exit 140A.

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Located on Mount Locke in the Davis Mountains to the southeast, U.S. 90 south to FM 505, SH 166 and SH 118 leads motorists to McDonald Observatory and Visitors Center.

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U.S. 90 branches south from IH 10 to Marfa and Alpine, the gateway to Big Bend National Park, before reaching Del Rio in 299 miles. The US highway returns to the IH 10 corridor in San Antonio.

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U.S. 90 ends two blocks north of the diamond interchange (Exit 140B) with IH 10 at Business Loop I-10 (Broadway Street), a half block from SH 54 (La Caverna Street) north. SH 54 ventures north to U.S. 62/180 south of Guadalupe Mountains and Carlsbad Caverns National Parks.

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U.S. 90 and SH 54 shields posted beyond the Exit 140A off-ramp at Van Horn Street. Van Horn was founded around a set of wells in the 1860s. After the railroad came through town in 1881, it became a wayfaring station and the launching point for railroad tours to Carlsbad Caverns. Van Horn offered to make their airport a regular stop for the Concorde in 1976.

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Exit 140B serves Ross Drive, the east end of Business Loop BI 10-D in Van Horn.

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A long straight away ensues along IH 10 east from Van Horn and south of Culberson County Airport (VHN).

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The Culberson County Rest Area along IH 10 eastbound lies just beyond Wild Horse Draw and mile marker 144.

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Traversing the northern slopes of the Wylie Mountains, IH 10 proceeds east to a diamond interchange with the frontage road system (old U.S. 80) at Exit 146.

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Exit 146 connects with the frontage roads east to Sunsites Road north and Wild Horse Road south to adjacent ranch land.

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IH 10 bee lines east toward the desert flats southwest of the Apache Mountains.

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Exit 153 departs next for CR 142 north and Richard Kane Road south at Michigan Flat.

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IH 10 travels 22 miles east from Michigan Flat to Kent and 32 miles to the split with IH 20 to Dallas.

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Exit 159 lies one mile ahead with Moon Road south at Plateau.

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Plateau is a railroad section house, with a population of five.

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Continuing east across the desert flats, IH 10 passes by a mesa near mile marker 164 and reaches Kent in 16 miles.

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A diamond interchange (Exit 166) connects IH 10 with Boracho Road north and Fence Post Road south in one mile.

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Boracho Station is the site of a former railroad station. All that remains is a cemetery.

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Confirming marker posted eastbound at the crossing of Hard Luck Draw.

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The separation with IH 20 in Reeves County is 19 miles east of Boracho Station.

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A reassurance shield precedes mile marker 170 along IH 10 eastbound.

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Hurds Draw Road ties into IH 10 at a diamond interchange (Exit 173) in one mile.

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The IH 10 roadways separate on the hill preceding Exit 173 and Hurds Pass Draw.

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IH 10 arrives at the rural community of Kent in three miles. With a population of just 60 recorded in 2000, the small livestock town was founded in 1892.

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Kent Mountain tops out the mesas south of IH 10 at forthcoming Kent. Newman Peak (el. 6,302 feet) rises from the Davis Mountains to the far southeast.

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SH 118 north and RM 2424 south come together at a diamond interchange (Exit 176) with IH 10 in Kent.

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SH 118 constitutes a scenic highway winding across the Davis Mountains, 51.01 miles south to McDonald Observatory, Davis Mountain State Park and SH 17 at Fort Davis.

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SH 118 begins at Exit 176 and travels south via Alpine 156.81 miles to Big Bend National Park. RM 2424 spurs 13.71 miles north around the east side of the Apache Mountains to Jones Kent Road.

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IH 10 cuts across a mesa just east of Kent. Pecos, located along IH 20, is 51 miles to the northeast. Ft. Stockton represents the next significant population center along IH 10 east in 87 miles.

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Travelers along IH 10 eastbound enter the northern wedge of Jeff Davis County at Rock House Canyon.

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Curving northward, IH 10 crosses Adobe Draw at the diamond interchange (Exit 181) with Cherry Creek Road and old U.S. 80.

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IH 10 continues east to the Spring Hills and Exit 184 with Stocks Ranch Road north.

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Parking areas line both roadways along Interstate 10 to the south of the Spring Hills at Exit 185.

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IH 20 branches north in 1.75 miles from an unnumbered left exit toward Midland, Odessa and the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

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Gomez Peak, Newman Peak and Woulfter Mountain rise south of IH 10 within northern Jeff Davis County.

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Crossing into Reeves County, IH 10 meets the west end of IH 20 at a wide trumpet interchange.

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Pecos, at the crossroads of IH 20 and U.S. 285, is the Reeves County seat. U.S. 80 ran concurrent with the freeway northeast until 1989 when it was truncated west of Mesquite.

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Balmorhea is a small city of less than 500 located 19 miles to the southeast along SH 17 and old U.S. 290.

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Traffic partitions with two lanes joining the eastbound beginning of IH 20. IH 10 trends southward from this point toward Fort Stockton, Ozona, Sonora and San Antonio. Per TxDOT AADT counts, slightly more traffic takes IH 20 east over IH 10.

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