State Highway 98 (SH 98) is a north–south state highway in Bowie County, Texas, covering a total distance of 8.913 miles (14.344 km). Its northern terminus is at U.S. Highway 82, 3.3 miles (5.3 km) due west of New Boston. From there, it travels half a mile south, passing under Interstate 30. Two miles further south, it intersects Farm to Market Road 1840, and FM 561 beyond that. It ends at U.S. Highway 67 in the unincorporated community of Simms. The original route originally ended closer to New Boston traveling along current FM 1840, but was redirected north along FM 2552 in 1966.
 State Highway 98 | ||||
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 SH 98 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 8.91 mi[1] (14.34 km) | |||
| Existed | 1924–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  US 67 near Simms | |||
 I-30 near New Boston | ||||
| North end |  US 82 near New Boston | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
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Route description
editSH 98 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 67 at the community of Simms. The route then travels to the north through ranchlands and forested areas in central Bowie County. Noteworthy sights along this route include the Telford Unit, a 2,832-bed[2] Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison site named for state congressman and De Kalb resident Barry Telford. The route crosses Interstate 30 before reaching its northern terminus about a mile further north at U.S. Route 82. The road continues further north as Farm to Market Road 3378.
History
editThe route is one of few routes that has changed its path very little since it was designated. The route was initially designated on July 18, 1924 between Simms and New Boston.[3] On October 3, 1966, the route was redirected northward away from entering New Boston and to instead connect with Interstate 30, replacing Farm to Market Road 2552, which had just been paved at the time.[4] The road into New Boston was re-designated as an eastward extension of Farm to Market Road 1840.[5]
Junction list
editThe entire route is in Bowie County.
| Location | mi[6] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Simms | 0.0 | 0.0 |  US 67 – Mt. Pleasant, Texarkana | ||
| | 1.7 | 2.7 |   FM 591 west | ||
| | 6.4 | 10.3 |  FM 1840 – De Kalb, Boston | ||
| | 8.3 | 13.4 |  I-30 – Dallas, Texarkana | I-30 exit 198. | |
| | 8.9 | 14.3 |  US 82 – De Kalb, New Boston | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
edit- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 98". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
- ^ Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Unit Directory - Telford Archived 2006-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. July 28, 1924. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Farm to Market Road No. 2552". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Farm to Market Road No. 1840". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
- ^ "Route of SH 98" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved June 9, 2018.