Texas State Highway Spur 69
state highway spur in Austin, Texas, United States
Spur 69 is a 1.2-mile (1.9 km), unsigned, four-lane state highway spur in Austin, Texas, United States, that connects Ranch to Market Road 2222 (RM 2222) and Lamar Boulevard with Interstate 35 (I-35) and U.S.Route 290 (US 290). It is part of Koenig Lane and is signed over its entire length as RM 2222, rather than as Spur 69.
Route description
Spur 69 begins at an intersection with North Lamar Boulevard in Austin, where the roadway continues northwest as RM 2222. From here, the highway heads southeast as West Koenig Lane, a four-lane divided highway (signed as RM 2222). The road passes businesses before heading into residential areas with some commercial establishments, becoming East Koenig Lane. Spur 69 crosses the Capital MetroRail Red Line, turning east and becoming an undivided freeway with frontage roads. The highway reaches an interchange with Airport Boulevard south of the Highland Mall and becomes a divided highway again as it comes to a large interchange with I-35 and the west end of US 290. It is east of this interchange that Spur 69 ends and the freeway continues east as part of US 290.
History
The original Spur 69 was established in Deweyville, in Newton County, on September 26, 1939, running from Texas State Highway 87 to the Sabine River as a renumbering of Texas State Highway SH 87A. This road was replaced with a portion of Texas State Highway 235 on October 27, 1945, which became Texas State Highway 12 on August 27, 1959.
The current Spur 69 was designated on January 21, 1969, to run from I-35 west to Koenig Lane, near the Southern Pacific railroad tracks.
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