Texas State Archives Map Collection



General Highway Map, Cameron County
Date: 1972
Publisher: Texas State Highway Department, Planning Survey Division, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 1965. Highways revised to September 1, 1972.
Cartographer: -- None Listed --
Scale: 1 inch = 2 miles
Size: 45 cm x 61 cm
Type of Map: highway
Format: color, engraved, lithographed, printed
Language: English
AC Number: 05396
Photo Media: -- None Listed --

General Highway Map, Cameron County Image:



Description:
Shows bays, rivers, lakes, creeks, streams, islands, cities, towns; outlying buildings--including schools, churches, and post offices; roads, highways (giving mileage between points), bridges, railroads, cemeteries, ranches, battlegrounds, utility lines, petroleum pipelines, canals, ship channel routes, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, wildlife managment area, national wildlife refuge, and airfields. Insets: Santa Maria, Carricitos, San Pedro, La Paloma, Las Rusias [and] Los Indios, Colabos [and] Ranchito [and] Cavazos, Las Yescas, Olmito, Laureles, Russelltown, Brownsville Fishing Harbor, South Padre Island. For more detail on additional towns and cities in Cameron County, see maps 5397-5399. Earlier editions are 4812, 5075. A later edition is 5771. Long. 97 deg. 10' - 97 deg. 50' Two sheets, each 45 cm x 61 cm. 2/6/86

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