{{short description|State highway in Texas}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=TX |maint=TxDOT |type=Loop |route=79 |map={{maplink-road|10|29.39|-100.86}} |map_custom=yes |length_mi=12.00 |length_ref=<ref name="TxDOT SL 79">{{TxDOT|SL|79|accessdate=October 1, 2012}}</ref>| |established=April 2012<ref name="DRNH opening"/> |direction_a=South |direction_b=North |terminus_a={{Jct|state=TX|US|277}} southeast of Del Rio |junction={{Plainlist| *{{Jct|state=TX|US|90}} in Del Rio *{{Jct|state=TX|US|277|US|377}} north of Del Rio }} |terminus_b={{Jct|state=TX|US|90}} north of Del Rio |counties=Val Verde |previous_type=SS |previous_route=78 |next_type=SS |next_route=80 }} '''Texas State Highway Loop 79''' ('''Loop 79''') is a state highway loop in Val Verde County in the U.S. state of Texas.<ref name="TxDOT SL 79"/> The highway, which opened in 2012, serves as a bypass of Del Rio, and provides access to Laughlin Air Force Base near its southern terminus.
==Route description== Loop 79 begins at an intersection with US 277 southeast of Del Rio.<ref name="Mapbook 1896">{{Texas Mapbook|page=1896|year=2018|link=no|access-date=June 22, 2022}}</ref> The roadway travels to the north past the western edge of Laughlin Air Force Base; an interchange with Spur 317, whose designation was extended to connect to the then-proposed Loop 79 in 2008, provides access to the military facility.<ref name="TxDOT SS 317">{{TxDOT|SS|317|accessdate=January 24, 2014}}</ref> Loop 79 then briefly enters Del Rio city limits, where it has an interchange with US 90, before curving to the northwest and intersecting RM 2523, known locally as Hamilton Lane.<ref name="Mapbook 1858">{{Texas Mapbook|page=1858|year=2018|link=no|access-date=June 22, 2022}}</ref> The route then travels through sparsely populated Val Verde County before turning to the west, crossing US 277 / US 377 at an interchange before reaching its northern terminus at an intersection with US 90.<ref name="TxDOT SL 79"/>
==History== A route numbered Loop 79 was originally designated on September 25, 1939, and served as a loop in Stinnett. That designation was cancelled on June 21, 1990, when that roadway became a business route of SH 152.<ref name="TxDOT SL 79"/>
The present Loop 79 was designated by TxDOT on June 26, 2008.<ref name="TxDOT SL 79"/> Construction on the route began in March 2010 and the roadway opened to traffic in April 2012.<ref name="DRNH opening">{{cite news|last=Gleason|first=Karen|title=State Loop 79 opens|newspaper=Del Rio News-Herald|url=http://delrionewsherald.com/news/article_b47c31be-8981-11e1-9ad0-0019bb2963f4.html|date=April 18, 2012|accessdate=January 24, 2014}}</ref> Loop 79 is classified as a super-2 highway, with interchanges at US 277 / US 377 in the north, US 90 in the east, and at the access road to Laughlin Air Force Base.
==Major intersections== {{jcttop|state=TX|type=highway|county=Val Verde|length_ref=<ref name="GMaps SL 79">{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Unknown+road&daddr=Loop+79+to:Loop+79+to:Loop+79+to:Loop+79+to:Loop+79&hl=en&ll=29.386064,-100.862045&spn=0.233635,0.377312&sll=29.336693,-100.830889&sspn=0.058437,0.094328&geocode=FdiAvwEdQ5H9-Q%3BFYm8vwEd_5T9-Q%3BFUcfwAEd_6H9-Q%3BFQpewAEdG539-Q%3BFWxJwQEdEkH8-Q%3BFflAwQEdjh38-Q&mra=dme&mrsp=0&sz=14&t=m&z=12|title=Texas State Highway Loop 79|accessdate=January 24, 2014}}</ref>}} {{TXint |location=none |mile=0.0 |road={{jct|state=TX|US|277|name1=Dr. Fermin Calderon Boulevard|city1=Eagle Pass|city2=Del Rio}} |notes=Southern terminus}} {{TXint |location=none |mile=1.1 |road={{jct|state=TX|Spur|317}} – Laughlin Air Force Base |notes=Interchange}} {{TXint |location=Del Rio |mile=2.9 |road={{jct|state=TX|US|90|city1=Del Rio|city2=Brackettville}}, San Antonio |notes=Interchange}} {{TXint |location=none |mile=4.2 |road={{jct|state=TX|RM|2523|name1=Hamilton Lane|city1=Carta Valley|city2=Rocksprings}} |notes=}} {{TXint |location=none |mile=11.5 |road={{jct|state=TX|US|277|US|377|city1=Rocksprings|city2=Sonora}}, San Angelo |notes=Interchange}} {{TXint |location=none |mile=12.0 |road={{jct|state=TX|US|90|city1=Del Rio|city2=Comstock}}, Lake Amistad |notes=Northern terminus}} {{jctbtm}}
==See also== *{{portal-inline|Texas}} *{{portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
==References== {{reflist}}
079 Category:Transportation in Val Verde County, Texas