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100 years of US routes: 1926-2026
US route endpoint in
1935-1978
In 1935 the US 190 designation was extended west from Baton Rouge to Brady:
c. 1936, TX DoT
Today US 190 comes into town from the east aligned with Boy Street, but initially it came in via White Street:
c. 1940, TX DoT
At the time of that map, the US 183 and US 283 designations had both been extended through Brady, but had not yet been changed to their current corridors (neither of which go through Brady anymore). At Bridge Street, US 190 turned south and ended at the courthouse square, where it junctioned with US 87. This is a modern photo showing the perspective of a driver at the historic west end of US 190:
Sanderson, Aug. 2013
The roads surrounding the courthouse function as a large rotary (although the roads are not one-way). This shot was looking west on Main Street; to the right on Bridge was the west beginning of US 190:
Sanderson, Aug. 2013
In 1952 there were some big route swaps and changes in Texas. As part of this reorganization, US 283 was cut back from Junction and rerouted to its current corridor. The US 283 designation still served Brady, but it came into town from the northwest, overlapped with US 87 (rather than coming in from the north, as it had previously). US 283's old corridor became an extension of US 377:
c. 1961, TXDoT
During that time, US 283 ended at the courthouse square in downtown Brady, where there was a junction with US 190 and US 377. This photo shows modern signage at that intersection, heading east on Commerce Street:
Sanderson, Aug. 2013
So for about 20 years the McCullogh County courthouse marked the terminus of both US 190 and US 283. This photo shows highway signage at the courthouse during that timeframe:
date and attribution unknown; probably 1970s
In 1978 the US 190 designation was extended west of Brady to its current terminus. That was right about the same time US 283 was truncated to its current terminus, which is about four miles northwest of Brady. More about the endpoints of both routes can be viewed on the pages linked below.
Research and/or image credits: Dale Sanderson
Page originally created 1999;last updated Jun. 11, 2025.
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