U.S. Route 79 in Texas

US Highway 79
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Route information
	Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	271.788 mi (437.400 km)
Existed:	1935 – present
Major junctions
South end:	I-35 in Round Rock
	I-45 in Buffalo; Future I-369/US 59 in Carthage
North end:	US 79 at Louisiana state line
Highway system

U.S. Route 79 (US 79) is a U.S. highway that begins in the state of Texas at Interstate 35 in Round Rock. The highway travels northeast–southwest through the state, crossing into Louisiana approximately 23 miles northeast of Carthage. US 79 is entwined with two tragedies of country music: Johnny Horton was killed by a drunk driver on the highway near Milano in 1960 and Jim Reeves, killed in a plane crash in 1964, is buried and memorialized on US 79 in his hometown of Carthage.

Route description

U.S. 79 is the main street of Rockdale in Milam County, Texas.

US 79 begins at an interchange with Interstate 35 in the Austin suburb of Round Rock. The highway travels through the town as Palm Valley Boulevard, entering into the town of Hutto just before an interchange with State Highway 130. Leaving Hutto, US 79 takes a more rural route, bypassing the town of Taylor and enters Milam County right before entering the small community of Thorndale. US 79 runs through the town of Rockdale before entering Milano, where it begins an overlap with U.S. Route 190 and a brief concurrency with State Highway 36. The overlap with US 190 ends in Hearne, where an overlap with State Highway 6 begins. US 79 leaves State Highway 6, resuming its northeast–southwest run. The highway runs through several smaller towns, including Franklin and Buffalo, and begins an overlap with US 84 approximately 9 miles southwest of Palestine. Running through the city, the highway intersects US Route 287 and shares a brief overlap with State Highway 19. Leaving Palestine, US 79 travels through a heavily forested area of east Texas serving the towns of Jacksonville and Henderson. Leaving Henderson, the highway runs in an east–west direction before arriving at Carthage, turning back into a more northeast–southwest direction. About 23 miles northeast of Carthage US 79 leaves Texas and enters into Louisiana, running towards Shreveport.

Junction list

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County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Williamson	Round Rock	I-35 – Waco, Austin	I-35 exit 253; continuation past I-35 via Sam Bass Road
		Spur 376 north (Mays Street)
		FM 1460 north (A. W. Grimes Boulevard) – Georgetown
	Hutto	SH 130 Toll – Waco, San Antonio	Interchange; SH 130 exit 423
		FM 685 south – Pflugerville
		FM 1660 north – Jonah	South end of FM 1660 overlap
		FM 1660 south – Norman's Crossing	North end of FM 1660 overlap
		FM 3349 south – Norman's Crossing
	Taylor	Bus. US 79 north / Loop 397 north – Taylor, Temple	Interchange
		FM 973 south – Manor
		SH 95 – Temple, Elgin	Interchange
		FM 112 – Taylor, Lexington
		Bus. US 79 south – Taylor	Interchange
		FM 619
		FM 1063 north
Milam	Thorndale	FM 486 – San Gabriel
		FM 1786 south
	Rockdale	FM 487 south – Lexington	South end of FM 487 overlap
		FM 908 – Caldwell
		FM 487 north – Cameron	North end of FM 487 overlap
		US 77 – Cameron, Lexington	Interchange
	Milano	US 190 west / SH 36 north – Cameron	South end of US 190/SH 36 overlap
		FM 3242 north
		SH 36 south – Caldwell	North end of SH 36 overlap
	Gause	FM 2095 west
Robertson		FM 1644 north – Calvert
		FM 50 south – Mumford
	Hearne	US 190 east / SH 6 south / FM 391 east – Bryan, College Station	Interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance; north end of US 190 overlap; south end of SH 6 overlap
	Hearne	FM 485 west – Branchville
		SH 6 north – Marlin, Waco	Interchange; north end of SH 6 overlap
		FM 2549 south
	Franklin	FM 46 – Bremond, Wheelock
	New Baden	FM 1940 south
		FM 2098 north – Bald Prairie
Leon		FM 3 south – Normangee
	Marquez	SH 7 – Kosse, Centerville
		FM 1512 north – Lake Limestone
	Jewett	FM 39 – Mexia, Flynn	Interchange
	Buffalo	I-45 – Dallas, Houston	I-45 exit 178
		SH 75 – Fairfield, Centerville	Former US 75
		FM 1848 north
		FM 832 south
	Oakwood	FM 542 south
Freestone		US 84 west – Fairfield	Interchange; no northbound exit; south end of US 84 overlap
Anderson		SH 294 east – Elkhart
		FM 645 north
	Palestine	FM 1990 south (Knox Street)
		Loop 256
		FM 2394 west (Court Drive)
		US 287 / US 84 east / SH 19 north – Corsicana, Crockett, Rusk	North end of US 84 overlap; south end of SH 19 overlap
		SH 155 north – Tyler
		SH 19 south – Palestine	North end of SH 19 overlap
		Loop 256
		FM 2574 east – Neches
		FM 2574 west – Neches
Cherokee		FM 747 west
	Jacksonville	FM 347 – Tyler
		US 69 – Tyler, Rusk
		SH 204 east – Reklaw
	New Summerfield	SH 110 – Tyler, Rusk
		FM 856 north
		FM 2274 south – Ponta
Rusk		SH 42 north / FM 1798 south – Kilgore
		FM 839 south – Reklaw
		Loop 571 north – Kilgore
	Henderson	FM 225 south – Cushing
		FM 3310 south
		US 259 south – Nacogdoches	South end of US 259 overlap
		FM 840 – Henderson
		US 259 north / SH 64 west / SH 43 east – Kilgore, Tyler, Tatum	North end of US 259 overlap
		FM 3135 east – Church Hill
		FM 348 south – Pine Hill
		FM 1798 south – Pine Hill
Panola		FM 124 east – Beckville
		FM 1970 south – Timpson
		FM 959 north
	Carthage	Bus. US 79 north / Loop 436 south – Carthage	Interchange; south end of Loop 436 overlap
		SH 149 west / Spur 572 east – Tatum, Carthage	Interchange
		I-369 north / US 59 north / Bus. US 59 south – Texarkana, Carthage	Interchange; north end of future I-369/US 59 overlap
	Carthage	I-369 south / US 59 south / Bus. US 79 south / Loop 436 south – Houston, Carthage	Interchange; north end of future I-369/US 59/Loop 436 overlap
		FM 123 east
		FM 1186 north
	DeBerry	FM 31 – Elysian Fields
	Panola	FM 9 north – Waskom
		US 79 north – Shreveport	Continuation into Louisiana
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus