U.S. Route 259
US 259 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route ofUS 59
Length	250 mi (400 km)
Existed	1963[1]–present
Major junctions
South end	Future I-69 /US 59 /I-69 BL /Bus. US 59 nearNacogdoches, TX
Major intersections	I-20 nearKilgore, TX US 84 atMount Enterprise, TX US 79 atHenderson, TX I-20 atKinsloe, TX US 80 atLongview, TX US 67 atOmaha, TX I-30 near Omaha, TX US 82 atDe Kalb, TX US 70 /SH-3 fromIdabel, OK toBroken Bow, OK
North end	US 59 /US 270 nearHeavener, OK
Location
Country	United States
States	Texas,Oklahoma
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided

U.S. Route 259 (US 259) is a north–southspur ofU.S. Route 59 that runs for 250 miles (400 km) through rural areas of northeasternTexas and southeasternOklahoma. The highway's southern terminus is nearNacogdoches, Texas, at an interchange with its parent route, US 59. Its northern terminus is in theOuachita Mountains, approximately 15 miles (24 km) south ofHeavener, Oklahoma, where it reunites with US 59. For most of its length, US 259 lies 30–50 miles (48–80 km) to the west of its parent route.

US 259 begins at an intersection with its parent, US 59 (futureInterstate 69), on the north side of Nacogdoches, Texas. The highway continues due north, passing throughMount Enterprise, and around the eastern side ofHenderson and Kilgore. InKilgore, Texas, US 259 is known as the Charles K. Devall Memorial Highway, as named by theTexas Legislature.^[2] It then has a concurrency withInterstate 20 of about 6 miles (9.7 km), then continues north around the eastern edge ofLongview along Eastman Rd. The highway continues due north, crossingInterstate 30 in northernMorris County, and crossing into Oklahoma in northwestBowie County.

After crossing intoMcCurtain County, Oklahoma, US-259 immediately meetsState Highway 87, and continues north throughHarris. Maps indicate that US-259 and SH-87 overlap toIdabel, but officially, this is not the case,^[3] and ODOT signage does not reflect a concurrency.

US-259 bypasses Idabel to the south and east, concurring withU.S. Highway 70 Bypass. East of Idabel, the bypass route ends, and US-259 begins a concurrency with mainline US-70 andSH-3. The three highways continue north toBroken Bow, where US-70 splits to the east towardDeQueen, Arkansas, and SH-3 splits to the west, bound forAntlers. US-259 continues north alone, taking a winding path through the Ouachita Mountains of southeastern Oklahoma. The route passesBroken Bow Lake on its west side, with State Highway 259A serving as an access loop to the lake and Beavers Bend State Resort. Near the lake, US-259 crosses through theOuachita National Forest for the first time. NearSmithville, the highway serves as the western terminus ofState Highway 4.

North of the SH-4 junction, US-259 crosses intoLe Flore County. The U.S. route then serves as the eastern terminus ofSH-144 nearOctavia. US-259 reenters the national forest north of this junction, and intersectsSH-63 atBig Cedar. It then has a junction withSH-1, theTalimena Drive. The highway reunites with US-59 about 10 miles (16 km) south ofHeavener, reaching its northern terminus.

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In Texas, the highway was designated in 1962 and assumed the entire route of a previous iteration and alignment ofState Highway 26, which was then cancelled.^[4] (The SH 26 designation has since returned, on another roadway elsewhere in the state.)

Prior to 1985, US 259 between Kilgore and Longview followed the current route ofTexas State Highway 31. It entered Longview from the southwest at the intersection of South Street and Spur 63. It then followed Spur 63 toUS 80. US 259 then ran concurrently with US 80 to Eastman Road. At the US 80/Eastman Rd. intersection, the previous alignment of US 259 turned left to go north on Eastman. In 1985, US 259 was rerouted to its current route along Interstate 20 to Eastman Road, then left to go north, along the eastern edge of Longview, bypassing the central business district.

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State	County	Location	mi[5]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Texas	Nacogdoches	Redfield	0.00	0.00		Future I-69 /US 59 /I-69 BL south /Bus. US 59 south (North Street) –Nacogdoches,Garrison,Lufkin,SFASU	Interchange; southern terminus; road continues as Bus. I-69 south/Bus. US 59 south (North Street); U.S. 59 is the future Interstate 69
		​				FM 698 west
		​				SH 204 west –Cushing
		​				FM 2664 east
		​				FM 1087 east
	Rusk	Mount Enterprise				US 84 (Rusk Street) –Rusk,Timpson
						SH 315 east –Carthage
		​				FM 2496 west
		​				FM 1798 –Laneville,Minden	Interchange
		​				FM 3310 north
		Henderson				US 79 south –Jacksonville,Palestine	South end of US 79 overlap
						Bus. US 79 south /FM 840 south –Downtown Henderson	Access to UT Health Henderson
						US 79 north /SH 43 north /SH 64 west –Tyler,Tatum,Carthage	North end of US 79 overlap
						FM 782 east –Oak Hill
						SH 322 north –Airport
		​				Loop 571 south (Landon Alford Loop)
		​				FM 2276 south	South end of FM 2276 overlap
		​				FM 2276 north	North end of FM 2276 overlap
		Jacobs				FM 850 –Overton
		Pitner Junction				FM 918 west –Overton
		​				Bus. US 259 north –Kilgore	Interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance
		​				FM 1249	Interchange
	Gregg	​				FM 2204	Interchange
		Kilgore				FM 349	Interchange
						Bus. US 259 south (SH 31 west) –Kilgore	Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance; south end of SH 31 overlap
		Kinsloe				SH 31 east toI-20 west	North end of SH 31 overlap
						I-20 west –Dallas	South end of I-20 overlap; southbound exit and northbound entrance; I-20 exit 589; southbound entrance via Post Oak Road
		​			591	FM 2087 (Old Kilgore Highway) /FM 2011	Exit numbers follow I-20
		Longview			595	SH 322 south (Estes Parkway) /Loop 281 north – Downtown,Longview,Amtrak	Split into exits 595A (south) and 595B (north) northbound
						I-20 east /SH 149 south (Eastman Road south) –Carthage	North end of I-20 overlap; south end of SH 149 overlap; I-20 exit 596
						SH 149 ends /US 80 (Marshall Avenue) – Downtown Longview,Hallsville,Marshall,Kilgore College	Northern terminus of SH 149; north end of SH 149 overlap; Access to CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center - Longview
						FM 2208 (Alpine Street) –Harleton
						Loop 281	Interchange
		​				FM 1844 west
		​				FM 2751
		​				Spur 502 south –Downtown Longview
		​				FM 449 east
		​				FM 1650 west –Gilmer
	Upshur	Diana				FM 3245 east
						SH 154 –Gilmer,Marshall
		Old Diana				FM 726 –Lake O' The Pines,Jefferson
		Ore City				FM 450 south /FM 1649 west –Harleton,Lake O' The Pines
		​				SH 155 –Linden,Gilmer	Interchange
		​				FM 557 west –Pittsburg
	Camp	No major junctions
	Morris	Lone Star				FM 729 east (Lone Star Boulevard) –Jefferson,Lake O' The Pines North Shore
						FM 250 north (Industrial Boulevard) –Hughes Springs
		​				FM 3421 east
		Jenkins				FM 144 north /FM 997 south –Cason
		Daingerfield				SH 11 east /SH 49 east (W.M. Watson Boulevard) –Hughes Springs,Linden,Jefferson,Daingerfield State Park	South end of SH 11 / SH 49 overlap
						SH 11 west (W.M. Watson Boulevard) –Pittsburg	North end of SH 11 overlap
						FM 130 east
		​				SH 49 west –Mount Pleasant	North end of SH 49 overlap
		Rocky Branch				SH 338 north –Naples
		​				Spur 284 west
		Omaha				US 67 –Mount Pleasant,Texarkana,Omaha Business District
		​				FM 144 south
		​				SH 77 east
		​				I-30 –Dallas,Texarkana	I-30 exit 178
		​				FM 71 west –Talco
	Bowie	​				FM 561 east –Dalby Springs
		​				FM 44 east /FM 992 east	South end of FM 44 overlap
		​				FM 44 west toFM 992	North end of FM 44 overlap
		​				FM 1701 west
De Kalb				US 82 –De Kalb,Clarksville		Interchange
Spring Hill				FM 114 west /FM 2735 south –Clarksville
Oklahoma	Red River		151.1 0.00	243.2 0.00		Bridge over the Red River
	McCurtain	​	1.9	3.1		SH-87 east –Foreman Ark.	Western terminus of SH-87
		Idabel	19.6	31.5		US 70 Byp. west (SW Lincoln Road)	Southern end of US-70 Byp. concurrency; servesMcCurtain County Regional Airport
			22.6	36.4		SH-3 east (Washington Street) –Haworth	Southern end of SH-3 concurrency
			24.5	39.4		US 70 Byp. ends /US 70 west –Southeastern Oklahoma State University McCurtain Campus,Hugo	Eastern terminus of US-70 Byp.; northern end of US-70 Byp. concurrency; southern end of US-70 concurrency
		Broken Bow	32.3	52.0		US 70 east (Martin Luther King Drive) /SH-3 west (Veterans Way) –Antlers,DeQueen Ark.	Northern end of US-70 / SH-3 concurrency
			38.6	62.1		SH-259A east –Beavers Bend	Clockwise terminus of SH-259A
			40.6	65.3		SH-259A –Beavers Bend,Broken Bow Dam	Counterclockwise terminus of SH-259A
		Smithville	70.7	113.8		SH-4 east –Smithville	Western terminus of SH-4
	Le Flore	​	75.4	121.3		SH-144 west –Octavia	Eastern terminus of SH-144
		Big Cedar	89.6	144.2		SH-63 –Talihina,Mena
		​	94.6	152.2		SH-1 (Talimena Scenic Drive)	Interchange via connector road
		​	98.9	159.2		US 59 /US 270	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

Business U.S. Highway 259
Location	Kilgore, Texas
Existed	2006–present

US-259 has one Business route in Texas. In 2006, a new bypass was completed around the eastern side of Kilgore. The bypass had been proposed as early as 1965, but funding did not become available until the late 1990s. The new bypass was designated as US-259, while the previous route through the Kilgore business district was designated as a business route. The new business route was approved by the AASHO in September 2006.

U.S. Highway 259 Bypass
Location	Idabel, Oklahoma
Existed	2000

Formerly, US-259 continued into downtown Idabel, and the southeast portion of the Idabel bypass was double-designated as US-70 Bypass and US-259 Bypass. On 6 March 2000, the bypass route was decommissioned, and mainline US-259 was moved onto the bypass.^[6] However, as of 2008^[update], some bypass signage is still in place, including signage indicating the former terminus of Bypass US-259 at US-70/SH-3.

SH-259A, an Oklahoma state highway, is a 10-mile (16 km) loop toBroken Bow Lake andBeavers Bend Resort Park north ofBroken Bow, Oklahoma. It lies partially in theOuachita National Forest and is occasionally signed as a U.S. highway.

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Browse numbered routes
←SH-251A	OK	→US 266

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