U.S. Route 290
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Image:US290.png U.S. Highway 290 (or US 290) is an east-west highway entirely in Texas. Its current western terminus is at Interstate 10 milepost 477 (768 km), southeast of Junction, and its eastern terminus is at Interstate 610 on the northwest side of Houston. Prior to the Interstate era, it extended nearly 300 miles (483 km) farther west to an intersection with US 80 (now Interstate 20) before Interstate 10 supplanted it.
Because of truncations, it no longer intersects its "parent" route, US 90, in Houston.
The large remnant of US 290 continues to be an important highway, connecting Austin to and from Interstate 10 and eastward to Houston. Parts of US 290 in Austin and near Houston are freeway.
West of Austin, US 290 is an attractive route through the Texas Hill Country, passing through Fredericksburg and Johnson City near historical sites related to Admiral Chester Nimitz and Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of the United States. East of Austin, it is divided highway passing through or near Giddings and Brenham.