U.S. Route 59
US highway that runs from Canada to Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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U.S. Route 59 (US 59) is a north–south United States highway (though it was signed east–west in parts of Texas). A latecomer to the U.S. numbered route system, US 59 is now a border-to-border route, part of the NAFTA Corridor Highway System. It parallels U.S. Route 75 for nearly its entire route, never much more than 100 miles (160 km) away, until it veers southwest in Houston, Texas. Its number is out of place since US 59 is either concurrent with or entirely west of U.S. Route 71. The highway's northern terminus is 9 mi (14 km) north of Lancaster, Minnesota, at the Lancaster–Tolstoi Border Crossing on the Canada–US border, where it continues as Manitoba Highway 59. Its southern terminus is at the Mexico–US border in Laredo, Texas, where it continues as Mexican Federal Highway 85D.
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Length | 1,911 mi[citation needed] (3,075 km) | |||
Existed | 1934[1]–present | |||
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West end | I-69W / Loop 20 / Fed. 85D at Mexico–US border in Laredo, TX | |||
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North end | PTH 59 at Canada–US border near Lancaster, MN | |||
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Country | United States | |||
States | Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota | |||
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