U.S. Route 96

For the former route, see U.S. Route 96 (1926).

US Highway 96
US 96 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	133.746 mi (215.243 km)
Existed:	September 26, 1939 (1939-09-26) – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 69 / US 287 / SH 87 in Port Arthur
	I-10 / US 90 in Beaumont US 190 in Jasper
North end:	US 59 / US 84 / I-369 / I-69 in Tenaha
Location
Counties:	Jefferson, Hardin, Jasper, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs Park Rec FM ← US 90 US 164 →

U.S. Highway 96 (US 96) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs for about 117.11 miles (188.47 km) wholly within the state of Texas. Its number is a violation of the standard numbering convention, as even-numbered two-digit highways are east–west routes by rule. As of 2004, the highway's southern terminus (as well as those of US 287 and US 69) is in Port Arthur at an intersection with State Highway 87 (SH 87). Its northern terminus is in Tenaha at an intersection with US 59 (Future I-69)/(Future I-369) and US 84 (Future I-69).

Route description

US 96 begins at SH 87 in Port Arthur, at a southern terminus it also shares with US 69 and US 287. The three highways head in a northwest direction toward Beaumont. In Beaumont, the three highways briefly merge with Interstate 10 (I-10), but then split from that freeway continuing northwest. In Lumberton, US 96 separates from US 287 and US 69, and heads northeast. US 96 ends in Tenaha at a junction with US 59 (Future I-69)/(Future I-369) and US 84 (Future I-69).

History

In 1939, US 96 was designated along its current route.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Jefferson	Port Arthur			SH 87 (Gulfway Drive)	Southern end of US 69 / US 287 concurrency
				SH 73 – Winnie, Groves	Interchange
				60th Street / Jimmy Johnson Boulevard	interchange; south end of freeway, access to The Medical Center of Southeast Texas
				FM 365 – Port Neches, Fannett
				Nederland Avenue
	Nederland			Jack Brooks Regional Airport
				Beauxart Garden Road / Spurlock Road
	​			FM 3514
	​			Jefferson County Prison Complex	no direct northbound exit
	Beaumont			SH 347 – Nederland	no southbound entrance
				Spur 380 (M.L. King Parkway) – Lamar University
				Spur 93 (Avenue A) / Highland Avenue
				Spur 93 (Avenue A) / Florida Avenue / Erie Street
				4th Street
				SH 124 (Fannett Road)
				I-10 west – Houston	south end of I-10 overlap; US 96 south follows exit 849
				Washington Boulevard	I-10 exit 850
				US 90 – Liberty	I-10 exit 851, Access to Memorial Hermann Baptist Beaumont Hospital
				Laurel Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; I-10 exit 852A
				Calder Avenue / Harrison Avenue	I-10 exit 852B; no direct southbound exit (signed at Delaware Street)
				I-10 east – Lake Charles	north end of I-10 overlap; US 96 north follows exit 853A
				Delaware Street
				11th Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
				Lucas Drive
				Dowlen Road
				SH 105 – Sour Lake, Conroe
				Lawrence Drive
				Tram Road
Hardin	​			Cooks Lake Road
	​			Keith Road
	​			FM 3513 / Mitchell Road	No direct southbound exit (signed at Keith Road)
	​			US 69 / US 287 – Kountze, Lufkin	interchange; north end of US 69 / US 287 overlap
	Lumberton			FM 421 west to US 69 – Sour Lake
	​			Bus. US 96 north – Silsbee	Interchange; no northbound entrance
	Silsbee			SH 327 – Silsbee	Interchange
				Bus. US 96 south to FM 418 – Silsbee	Interchange
Jasper	Evadale			FM 105 / FM 2246 – Evadale, Vidor	Interchange
	Buna			Bus. US 96 north
				SH 62 south / FM 1004 north to Bus. US 96
	Call Junction			FM 1004 south	south end of FM 1004 overlap
				FM 1004 north – Call	north end of FM 1004 overlap
	Kirbyville			FM 82 to FM 1013 – Airport
				FM 1013 (Main Street) – Spurger, Call
				FM 363 east to SH 87 – Bon Wier
	​			FM 2245 east
	Zion Hill			FM 1005 south – Magnolia Springs
	Jasper			US 190 / SH 63 – Woodville, Leesville, Newton, Airport, Martin Dies Jr. State Park
				FM 2799 west (Houston Street)
				FM 776 east (Milam Street)
				FM 2800 west
	​			RE 255 – Sam Rayburn Dam, Toledo Bend Dam
	​			FM 1007 to RE 255 – Browndell
	Browndell			Loop 149 north – Brookeland, Mill Creek Park
Sabine	​			Loop 149 south – Brookeland, Mill Creek Park
	​			FM 201 east
	​			Spur 414 south
	Pineland			FM 1 north – Pineland, Hemphill
				FM 83 – Broaddus, Pineland
	​			FM 2866 south
	Bronson			SH 184 east – Hemphill, Patricia Huffman Smith NASA Museum
San Augustine	​			SH 103 – Lufkin, Milam, Many	Interchange
	​			FM 1751 south
	​			FM 2213 north
	​			SH 147 – Broaddus, Zavalla, Lufkin, San Augustine, El Camino Real Tourist Center (Mission Dolores)
	San Augustine			FM 1277 south
				SH 21 – Nacogdoches, San Augustine
				FM 711 north
	​			FM 3451 east
	​			FM 1279 east – Bland Lake
Shelby	​			FM 2140 north
	​			FM 417 east – Shelbyville
	​			Loop 500 to SH 7 / SH 87 south – Nacogdoches, Shelbyville
	Center			SH 7 (Nacogdoches Street / San Augustine Street)
				FM 138 west – Arcadia, Garrison
				SH 87 (Moffett Drive / Tenaha Street) – Timpson, Hemphill
	​			FM 2026 west
	Tenaha			Loop 157 north – Tenaha
				I-369 north / US 59 north to I-49 / I-30 I-69 south / US 59 south / US 84 west to I-10 I-69 north / US 84 east	interchange, I-69 will follow US 59 South to Houston, and US 84 east to Louisiana. I-369 will follow US 59 north to Texarkana. Interchange currently open for US 59/US 84 traffic.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Unopened

Business routes

Buna business highway

Business US Highway 96
Location:	Buna
Length:	1.334 mi (2.147 km)
Existed:	1991–present

Business U.S. Highway 96 E (US 96 Bus.) is a 1.3-mile long (2.1 km) spur of US 96 in the Jasper County census designated place of Buna. The highway was designated on January 14, 1991 replacing State Highway Spur 88. It begins southwest of the community at US 96 and travels northeast paralleling a railroad. Except for one small industry, the highway travels past residential areas before it ends at SH 62 in the center of Buna. A left turn onto SH 62 can be made to access US 96 again.

Silsbee business highway

Business US Highway 96
Location:	Silsbee
Length:	5.223 mi (8.406 km)
Existed:	1991–present

Business U.S. Highway 96 F (US 96 Bus.) is a five-mile-long (8.0 km) business loop of US 96 serving the Hardin County city of Silsbee. The highway begins at an interchange with US 96 south of the city and travels north to the city limits as a four-lane undivided road. Upon reaching the Silsbee city limits, the name of the road also becomes 5th Street. In the center of the city, US 96 Bus. reaches Avenue N which carries SH 327. At Avenue G, US 96 Bus. turns right while FM 92 continues north through the city. FM 418's eastern terminus occurs at a stop-controlled T intersection east of the city center. At the highway's northern intersection with US 96, US 96 Bus. briefly runs on two frontage roads on either side of US 96 before it terminates at right-in/right-out intersections with the divided US 96.

See also

• Texas portal
• U.S. Roads portal

External links

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