Park Road 12 (PR 12) is a short Park Road located in Washington County, in the Gulf Coast region of the U.S. state of Texas. The highway is approximately 0.3 miles (0.48 km) long, and connects Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site to Farm to Market Road 1155 (FM 1155) and the surrounding community of Washington-on-the-Brazos. The highway was designated in 1939, and was shortened in 1970. The designation originally contained all roads within the park.
 PR 12 | ||||
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 PR 12 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 0.275 mi[1] (443 m) | |||
| Existed | September 26, 1939[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  FM 1155 in Washington-on-the-Brazos | |||
| North end | Park road in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | Washington | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
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PR 12 begins at an at-grade intersection with FM 1155 just outside the border of the State Historic Site.[2] The highway begins as a two-lane, paved road. The road proceeds eastward for a short distance before bending northeastward. The roadway continues northeast through dense trees before reaching its northern terminus, an at-grade intersection with a small park road.[3][4]
History
editPark Road 12 was first designated on September 26, 1939, as a redesignation of State Highway 229. The highway began at State Highway 90, and included all drives in Old Washington State Park, as the park was known at that time. On February 5, 1954, SH 90 was rerouted off of the road on the north end of PR 12, and the old route of SH 90 that intersected PR 12 was redesignated as FM 912 (SH 105 replaced this section of SH 90 on February 28, 1973). On March 5, 1963, FM 1155 was extended north replacing the section of FM 912 at the north end of PR 12, meaning the north end was at FM 1155. On October 2, 1970, the Texas Highway Commission passed an order to remove most of the roads in the park road the PR 12 designation. This decision was approved on October 15 of the same year, and removed approximately 0.6 miles (0.97 km) from the route.[1]
Major junctions
editThe entire road is in Washington County.
| Location | mi[5] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Washington-on-the-Brazos | 0.000 | 0.000 | FM 1155 – Navasota | Southern terminus | |
| Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historical Site | 0.275 | 0.443 | Park road | Northern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b c Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 12". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ^ Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site (PDF) (Map). Cartography by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 1597. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ^ "Overview map of Park Road 12" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ^ Statewide Planning Map (Map). Cartography by Transportation Planning and Programming Division. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 25, 2013.