Existed: 1940 – present North end: Gonzales battlefield SH 226 SH 227 → Constructed 1940 | South end: SH 97 at Cost Counties: Gonzales Length 1.695 km County Gonzales County, Texas | |
State Highway Spur 95 or Spur 95 is a short spur route maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The spur was originally designated as a state highway and branches off of State Highway 97 near Cost between Nixon and Gonzales in Gonzales County. The road ends near a monument by the Guadalupe River where the first shot was fired during the Texas war of independence from Mexico. TxDOT regards the road as the Lexington of Texas Spur.
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Map of TX-95 Spur, Texas, USA
History
Spur 95 was originally designated State Highway 226 which was built between 1936 and 1938. The road was reclassified with its current spur designation in 1940. The portion of SH 97 from SH 80 north of Nixon to Gonzales at the spur's south end was originally designated as part of SH 112 before 1939 and then as SH 200 until 1952.
Route description
Spur 95 begins at SH 97 on the eastern edge of Cost. The 1.1-mile (1.8 km) rural route proceeds northward along gentle grades to a point near the confluence of Stevens Creek with the Guadalupe River where a monument commemorates the first shot fired in the Texas Revolution during the Battle of Gonzales. The road has a turnaround loop at its northern end.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Gonzales County.