Texas State Highway 98

Infobox TX State Highway
type=State
route=98

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length_mi=8.91Texas Department of Transportation, [http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/sh/sh0098.htm] ]
length_km=14.34
formed=by 1933
dir1=North
dir2=South
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junction=
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previous_type=State
previous_route=97
next_type=State
next_route=99

State Highway 98, or SH 98, is a north-south state highway in Bowie County, Texas, covering a total distance of 8.913 miles. Its northern terminus is at U.S. Highway 82, 3.3 miles due west of New Boston. From there, it travels half a mile south, passing under Interstate 30. Two miles further south, it intersects Farm to Market Road 1840, and FM 561 beyond that. It ends at U.S. Highway 67 in the unincorporated community of Simms. The original route originally ended closer to New Boston traveling along current FM 1840, but was redirected north along FM 2552 in 1966.

Noteworthy sights along this route include the Telford Unit, a 2,832-bed [Texas Department of Criminal Justice, [http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/to.htm Unit Directory - Telford] ] Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison site named for state congressman and De Kalb resident Barry Telford.

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