AUSTIN / ABANDONED ROADS ARCHIVE
US 290 West of Austin
Austin · Photograph from April 28, 2001
West of Austin, a pale, broken stretch of old US 290 runs beside the wider highway, still readable as pavement but visibly deteriorated.
↗ EnlargeThe old pavement runs beside US 290, broken but still continuous.
April 28, 2001 · 1 photographs
The old roadway west of Austin
↗ EnlargeOld US 290 west of Austin
(high resolution image, 226k) Looking west along US 290, west of Austin. Photo taken April 28, 2001.
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US 290 West of Austin
US 290 West of Austin
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As you drive west out of Austin on US 290, you'll see an abandoned roadway just north of the existing roadway at a few locations. This appears to be the original US 290. Although still accessible by vehicle, the old roadways are severely deteriorated.