Texas State Highway 359

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Texas State Highway 359 (SH 359) is a paved, mostly rural highway in southeast Texas. It runs about 135 miles from Skidmore, near Corpus Christi, southwest and then west to Laredo on the Mexican border. It passes through Bee, San Patricio, Jim Wells, Duval, Jim Hogg, and Webb counties.

The eastern end is at US 181 in Skidmore; the western end is at US 83 in Laredo. Along the way, SH 359 intersects I-37 in Mathis and briefly shares the road with SH 44 in Alice. It also meets SH 16 near Hebbronville and passes near Lake Corpus Christi through Sandia, Orange Grove, and Alfred before continuing to Laredo.

History: The SH 359 number was first used in 1946 in Coleman, but that designation was canceled in 1947. The current SH 359 was established on August 24, 1954, following the old US 59 route from Beeville to Laredo, and it originally overlapped with US 181 from Skidmore to Beeville. In 1958 the Alice routing was moved to Front Street, and in 1960 the US 181 overlap was removed, making Skidmore the eastern terminus.

There is also one business route, Bus. SH 359-B, in Mathis. It was formerly Loop 198 until it was redesignated in 1990.