RickP
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US 59 is basically being upgraded to eventually be converted to an Interstate northeast out of Houston. Pretty soon it will be extended into Louisiana where youll be able to jump onto I49 and zip up to Shreveport and i20. Currently you get ALMOST to the Louisiana border and then have to take 59 on up to i20. A buddy here is a retired Fed Ex Driver that used to do a houston/ Memphis/ Houston run, He said Both US59 and US79 are regular commercial trucking routes through east texas... WAY preferable to going up to DALLAS then then to shreveport. Youre right about being pretty desolate.... not much in parts of deep east texas but meth, single wide trailers and cars up on blocks lolAh-hah, you’re just north of Huntsville, TX.
I have been through your area trying to find the best route from Houston to the I-20 with a load heading east. I remember it as barren flatland. I was hauling rolls of industrial paper from some god-forsaken paper mill just north of Houston. That was a memorable trip not least because it took so long just to get to the I-20.
Glad to hear there is something in the area worth stopping for!