Texas State Highway 218

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State Highway 218

Pat Booker Road
Texas State Highway 218
SH 218; highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length3.985 mi [1]  (6.413 km)
Existed1935–present
Major junctions
West endI-35.svg I-35 at Live Oak
Major intersectionsTexas Loop 1604.svg Loop 1604 at Universal City
East endTexas FM 78.svg FM 78 at Randolph Air Force Base
Location
Country United States
State Texas
Highway system
Texas 217.svg SH 217 Texas 219.svg SH 219

State Highway 218 (SH 218), also known as Pat Booker Road, is a short state highway in the U.S. state of Texas, connecting Interstate 35 to Randolph Air Force Base at Farm to Market Road 78. The highway is located in Greater San Antonio, and connects the cities of Live Oak and Universal City.

Contents

History

SH 218 has existed in its current alignment since June 11, 1935 to serve as an access road to Randolph Air Force Base from U.S. Highway 81 (now I-35). [1] [2]

Route description

SH 218 splits from I-35 just west of the I-35/Loop 1604 interchange in Live Oak and heads towards the east-southeast. About a half mile from I-35, SH 218 intersects Loop 1604 via a diamond interchange. The highway continues towards the southeast through Universal City, until it ends at FM 78 at the main gate of Randolph Air Force Base after just 3.99 miles (6.42 km). [3]

Junction list

The entire route is in Bexar County.

Locationmi [4] kmDestinationsNotes
Live Oak 0.00.0I-35.svg I-35  / IKEA-RBFCU ParkwayI-35 north exit 171; south exit 172; continues west as IKEA-RBFCU Parkway
Universal City 0.91.4Texas Loop 1604.svgTo plate blue.svg
North plate blue.svg
I-35.svg
Loop 1604 to I-35 north Live Oak
Interchange
3.65.8Texas FM 78.svg FM 78 (Gordon A. Blake Highway)Continues east as Harmon Road to JBSA Randolph
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

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  1. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 218". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation . Retrieved 2008-03-15.
  2. "Minutes of the 205th Meeting of the Texas Highway Commission" (PDF). June 11, 1935.
  3. Overview map of State Highway 218 (Map). Google Maps. Archived from the original on 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
  4. Google (October 13, 2022). "Overview Map of SH 218" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved October 13, 2022.