Texas State Highway 27

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State Highway 27

Texas State Highway 27
SH 27 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length39.052 mi [1]  (62.848 km)
Existed1917 [2] –present
Major junctions
West endI-10.svg I-10 near Mountain Home
Major intersectionsTexas 16.svg SH 16 at Kerrville
East endI-10.svg I-10 at Comfort
Location
Country United States
State Texas
Counties Kerr, Kendall
Highway system
I-27.svg I-27 Old Texas 28.svg SH 28

State Highway 27 is located in Kerr and Kendall counties and runs parallel to Interstate 10.

Contents

History

Historic SH 27 Old Texas 27.svg
Historic SH 27

SH 27 was a route proposed in late July 1917 [3] to run from Ft. Stockton to El Paso. On March 18, 1918, a section from San Antonio to Sonora was added. [4] [2] On August 21, 1923, it became one continuous route from San Antonio to Balmorhea. Everything west of Balmorhea became a portion of SH 3. The section from Kerrville to Bandera was cancelled, and the section from Bandera to San Antonio was renumbered as part of SH 81. SH 27 was rerouted southeast to Boerne replacing a portion of SH 41. In 1927, it was cosigned with U.S. Highway 290. On May 20, 1931, SH 27 was extended west over a portion of SH 3, which was rerouted. On June 20, 1933 (map was on June 15), the western portion was reassigned northwest from Ft. Stockton, replacing SH 192 and the northern portion of SH 17, while the old alignment between Ft. Stockton and west of Balmorhea renumbered as SH 196. SH 27 also extended southeast to Port O'Connor, replacing portions of SH 81 and SH 29. [5] In 1934, SH 27 was no longer cosigned with US 290 (which was rerouted) east of near Junction but was still cosigned with it from Junction to Ft. Stockton. The section from Fort Stockton to New Mexico was codesignated with U.S. Route 285 by 1934. The section from San Antonio to Port Lavaca was codesignated with U.S. Route 87. On September 26, 1939, all cosigned sections were removed in favor of their U.S. Highway designations, the section from Port Lavaca to SH 185 was redesignated as an extension of SH 238, and the section from SH 185 to Port O'Connor was redesignated as an extension of SH 185. On March 18, 1975, the section from Junction to Mountain Home was removed as it was replaced by I-10. [1]

Route description

SH 27 begins at exit 488 on I-10 in Kerr County north of the town of Mountain Home. The highway heads southeast and east from I-10 to an intersection with SH 41 in Mountain Home. The highway continues to the southeast, generally paralleling to the south of I-10, to an intersection with RM 479. It continues heading southeast until it reaches an intersection with SH 39 in Ingram. From this intersection, SH 27 heads east towards Kerrville. In Kerrville, the highway has intersections with FM 1338 and RM 783 before a junction with SH 16. As the highway leaves Kerrville, it passes by Kerrville Municipal Airport. SH 27 begins to head to the east as it enters Center Point, where it has an intersection with RM 480. The highway continues on to the east with a slight turn to the northeast as it enters Comfort. The highway intersects RM 473 and US 87 in Comfort. It has a short concurrency with US Bus 87 until SH 27 ends at an interchange with I-10 southeast of Comfort. [6]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi [6] kmDestinationsNotes
Kerr 0.00.0I-10.svg I-10  Junction I-10 exit 488.
Mountain Home 2.13.4Texas 41.svgTo plate blue.svg
I-10.svg
SH 41 to I-10  Rocksprings
6.610.6North plate.svg
Texas RM 479.svg
RM 479 north Noxville
Ingram 13.621.9West plate.svg
Texas 39.svg
SH 39 west Hunt
Kerrville 17.027.4Texas Loop 98.svg Loop 98 (Thompson Drive)
17.428.0Texas FM 1338.svg FM 1338 (Goat Creek Road)
18.229.3North plate.svg
Texas RM 783.svg
RM 783 north (Harper Road) Harper
19.431.2South plate.svg
Texas FM 394.svg
FM 394 south (Francisco Lemos Street)
19.831.9Texas 16.svg SH 16 (Sidney Baker Street) Bandera, Fredericksburg
22.636.4Texas Loop 534.svg Loop 534 (Veterans Highway) to SH 173  / I-10
23.137.2North plate.svg
Texas Spur 100.svg
Spur 100 north
Center Point 29.747.8South plate.svg
Texas RM 480.svg
RM 480 south (Center Point Road) Center Point
31.851.2West plate.svg
Texas FM 1350.svg
FM 1350 west Center Point, Bandera
Kendall Comfort 38.261.5Texas RM 473.svg RM 473  Sisterdale
38.762.3North plate.svg
Business plate.svg
US 87.svg
Bus. US 87 north Fredericksburg
West end of Bus. US 87 overlap
39.563.6I-10.svgTexas FM 289.svgTo plate.svg
Texas FM 1621.svg
I-10  / FM 289 to FM 1621  Boerne, San Antonio, Waring
East end of Bus. US 87 overlap; I-10 exit 524.
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. 27". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation . Retrieved March 3, 2008.
  2. 1 2 State of Texas Highway Map (Map). Texas State Highway Department. 1919. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  3. "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. June 21, 1917. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 23, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  4. "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. March 18, 1918. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 23, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  5. "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. June 19, 1933. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 2, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  6. 1 2 Google (March 3, 2008). "overview map of SH 27" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved March 3, 2008.