Existed: 1946 – present North end: US 385 Length 2.176 km County Pecos County, Texas | South end: Old Alpine Road Counties: Pecos Constructed 1946 | |
State Highway Spur 194 or Spur 194 is a highway in the U.S. state of Texas maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The 1.4-mile (2.3 km) route begins southwest of Fort Stockton in Pecos County along the path of a former highway between Fort Stockton and Alpine and ends at U.S. Highway 385 (US 385) on the south side of Fort Stockton.
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Map of TX-194 Spur, Fort Stockton, TX 79735, USA
Route description
Spur 194, known as Railroad Avenue within the city of Fort Stockton and Old Alpine Road beyond, begins at a point southwest of Fort Stockton where TxDOT takes over maintenance of the former highway to Alpine from the county. The route begins as a two-lane road, then becomes a five-lane road with a center left-turn lane just outside the city limits. The spur follows to the northeast along the north side of the South Orient Rail Line before ending at US 385.
History
Most of Spur 194 follows the original alignment of US 67 between Fort Stockton and Alpine along Old Alpine Road from 1932 until the current US 67 roadway was constructed to the west sometime after 1940 and before the creation of the spur.
Spur 194 was designated in 1946 following a longer 2.0-mile (3.2 km) route that began at its present southern terminus at a former stockyard near a railroad crossing and extended further along the present US 385 terminating at what was then US 290 and now Business Interstate 10-G. In 1949, the stretch of the current US 385 south of US 290 was designated as Farm to Market Road 1214 (FM 1214) over a route that eventually was extended to Marathon. In 1957, FM 1214 was incorporated into a southern extension of State Highway 51 (SH 51) Two years later, the local portion of SH 51 was included in an extension of US 385, and Spur 194 was truncated to avoid a dual designation over US 385.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Pecos County.