Texas State Highway 286

Texas highway south of Corpus Christi

State Highway 286

SH 286 highlighted in red

Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length| 15.209 mi[1] (24.477 km)
Existed| 1939–present
Major junctions
South end|  FM 70 at Chapman Ranch
Major intersections|  SH 358 at Corpus Christi
North end|  I-37 at Corpus Christi
Location
Country| United States
State| Texas
Highway system

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State Highway 286 (SH 286) is a Texas state highway running from downtown Corpus Christi south to Chapman Ranch. The route was designated on its current route in 1939. Before 1939, this route was known as SH 96, and was proposed to be extended to the southwest to Riviera. It is also locally known as the "Crosstown Expressway."[2]

## History

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The route from Corpus Christi to Chapman Ranch was originally designated as a portion of SH 96 as early as 1933.[3] The highway was redesignated to SH 286 on September 26, 1939.[1]

Throughout much of 2017, construction was done to expand the freeway south to FM 43. The work was completed by the end of the year.

## Route description

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The route of SH 286 runs from FM 70 northward to I-37 in Dollywood in Nueces County.[1] The southern terminus is located in rural Nueces County at FM 70 south of Corpus Christi. The highway heads north with intersections at FM 2444 and FM 43 before turning to the northeast and crossing Oso Creek near Cabaniss Field Naval Air Station. SH 286 becomes a freeway south of SH 357 (Saratoga Boulevard). The freeway portion of the highway is known as the Crosstown Expressway. As the freeway heads to the northeast, it has an interchange with SH 358 (South Padre Island Drive). The freeway continues to the northeast from the interchange through downtown Corpus Christi.[4]

## Junction list

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The entire route is in Nueces County. All exits are unnumbered.

Location| mi[5]| km| Destinations| Notes

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Chapman Ranch| 0.0| 0.0|  FM 70|
​| 4.5| 7.2|  FM 2444 (Staples Street)| Future interchange, future southern end of freeway
​| 5.5| 8.9| CR 20A / Prairie Road| Future interchange; northbound exit, southbound entrance
​| 6.0| 9.7| CR 22| Future interchange
​| 7.0| 11.3|  FM 43 (Weber Road)| Interchange; south end of freeway
Corpus Christi| 7.4| 11.9| Greenwood Drive / Ayers Street|
7.8| 12.6|  SH 357 (Saratoga Boulevard)|
9.1| 14.6| Holly Road|
10.3| 16.6|  SH 358 – Padre Island, Corpus Christi Naval Air Station|
11.3| 18.2| Gollihar Road|
11.7| 18.8| Horne Road|
12.3| 19.8| Tarlton Street / Port Avenue|
13.1| 21.1| Baldwin Boulevard|
13.4| 21.6|  Morgan Avenue / 19th Street| Access to Spohn Memorial Hospital
14.2| 22.9| Laredo Street / Agnes Street|
14.7| 23.7| Lipan Street / Comanche Street| Northbound exit, southbound entrance
15.0| 24.1|  Spur 407 (Leopard Street)| Northbound exit, southbound entrance
15.2| 24.5|  I-37 / US 181 / Shoreline Boulevard – San Antonio, Int'l Airport| Exit 1C on I-37; current northern terminus
17.8| 28.6|  US 181 / SH 35| Proposed northern terminus[6]
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

* Incomplete access

## References

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KML file (edit • help)

Template:Attached KML/Texas State Highway 286

KML is from Wikidata

1. ^ a b c Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 286". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 11, 2008.
2. ^ "Public Hearing - SH 286 (Crosstown Expressway)". TxDOT. April 11, 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
3. ^ Official Map of the Highway System of Texas (Map). Texas State Highway Department. 1933. Retrieved March 11, 2008.
4. ^ "overview map of SH 286" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 11, 2008.
5. ^ "SH 286 Overview Map". Google Maps. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
6. ^ "New Harbor Bridge facts".

*[mi]: Miles
*[km]: Kilometers