Texas State Highway 361

State Highway 361
SH 361; highlighted in red, ferry crossing in blue
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length	35.293 mi [1]  (56.799 km)
Existed	1956–present
Major junctions
South end	PR 22 on Padre Island
North end	SH 35  / Spur 202 at Gregory
Location
Country	United States
State	Texas
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Former Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec
← SH 360 → SH 362

State Highway 361 (SH 361) is a state highway in San Patricio and Nueces counties that runs from Gregory in southern Texas, near Corpus Christi, east and south to Padre Island on the Gulf of Mexico coast.

History

The highway was first designated on April 4, 1956 as the six-mile (9.7 km) portion of the route from Aransas Pass to Port Aransas, and a 0.7 mile extension in Port Aransas to PR 53 was added to the designation on November 28, 1967. On January 31, 1969 FM 632 from Gregory to Aransas Pass was added to the SH 361 designation. The present route was completed on November 29, 1988 with the designation of PR 53 from Port Aransas to PR 22 on Padre Island as part of SH 361.

Route description

The highway's northern terminus is the intersection with SH 35 and Spur 202 at Gregory in San Patricio County. The route runs southeast through Ingleside, where it intersects Farm to Market Road 1069, then turns northeast to Aransas Pass. Here the route leaves the Texas mainland and crosses several bridges as it runs in a southeasterly direction through Stedman Island and Harbor Island. The highway is known as Port Aransas Causeway and Cemetery Road for this part of the route.

There is no bridge for the route over the Corpus Christi Channel between Harbor Island and Port Aransas on Mustang Island; a ferry operates at this point. The route takes a southwesterly direction at Port Aransas and runs along the length of Mustang Island. Much of the route crosses Mustang Island State Park, a 3,954-acre (16.00 km²) tourist and recreational area established by the state in 1979. The highway then crosses the Corpus Christi Pass onto Padre Island, where it ends at a junction with Park Road 22 near the Padre Isles Country Club in Nueces County. The road is paved throughout, except for the ferry at Port Aransas, and is often multi-lane. Much of the highway traverses the picturesque terrain of the Texas barrier islands along the Gulf of Mexico.

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Nueces	Corpus Christi	0.0	0.0	PR 22
	Port Aransas	19.1– 19.4	30.7– 31.2	Aransas Pass–Port Aransas Ferry
Nueces–San Patricio county line	Port Aransas–Aransas Pass line			Redfish Bay Causeway
San Patricio	Aransas Pass	25.8	41.5	Loop 90 (Commercial Street, Goodnight Avenue) – Rockport
		27.7	44.6	FM 2725
	Ingleside	30.8	49.6	FM 1069 (Main Street)
	Gregory	35.3	56.8	SH 35  / Spur 202 west – Corpus Christi, Sinton, Gregory	Interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 361". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation . Retrieved January 7, 2007.

External links

• Texas official travel map at the Texas Department of Transportation (Adobe Acrobat format, magnification required for legibility)
• Satellite image of SH 361 ferry crossing at Port Aransas at Google Maps
• Mustang Island State Park web site