State Highway 285 | ||||
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 SH 285, highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 56.866 mi [1] (91.517 km) | |||
| Existed | by 1939–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  SH 16 at Hebbronville | |||
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| East end |    Future I-69E / US 77 at Riviera | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Highway 285 (SH 285) is a state highway that runs from Riviera in southern Texas, near Corpus Christi, west to Hebbronville.
Beginning at a junction with US 77 (Future I-69E) at Riviera in Kleberg County, SH 285 runs southwest and west to a junction with US 281 (Future I-69C) at Falfurrias in Brooks County. In Riviera the highway is known as Olive Avenue; in Falfurrias it is known as Rice Street. SH 285 continues northwest and west to a junction with SH 339 and then to its final junction with SH 16 at Hebbronville in Jim Hogg County, where the route is known as Fal Street. SH 285 was designated on March 31, 1939, from Falfurrias to Hebbronville. [2] On September 26, 1939 as part of a general redescription of the state highway system, SH 285 was extended east to its current end, replacing a part of SH 16. Most of the terrain covered by SH 285 is lightly populated ranch and oil country.
 | This section is missing mileposts for junctions. |
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Jim Hogg | | SH 16 | |||
| |  FM 1017 | ||||
| Brooks | |  SH 339 | |||
| |  FM 1329 | ||||
| |  FM 1538 | ||||
| |  FM 754 | ||||
| Falfurrias |   Bus. US 281 | ||||
| US 281 (Future I-69C) | U.S. 281 is the future Interstate 69C | ||||
| |  FM 1418 | ||||
| |  FM 2191 | ||||
| Kleberg | | US 77 (Future I-69E) | U.S. 77 is the future Interstate 69E | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
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