Texas State Highway 358

State Highway 358 (SH 358) is a Texas state highway that runs along the southern edge of Corpus Christi. The access road for Highway 358 is known as South Padre Island Drive (SPID). The official division is FM 665 (Old Brownsville Road).

State Highway 358
Padre Island Drive
SH 358 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length16.864 mi[1] (27.140 km)
Existed1946–present
Major junctions
West end I-37 in Corpus Christi
  SH 44 in Corpus Christi
SH 286 in Corpus Christi
East endCorpus Christi Naval Air Station
Highway system
SH 357 SH 359

History

The section of the highway from SH 286 east to Corpus Christi Naval Air Station was originally designated as FM 693 on June 4, 1946. On September 5, 1946, it was redesignated to SH 358.[2] The section from SH 286 northward to Spur 407 (SH 9 at the time) was originally designated as Farm to Market Road 891 on November 23, 1948 and was combined with the current route on April 24, 1958, and SH 358 was extended north to I-37 also.[1][3]

Route description

SH 358 Westbound between Staples and Everhart

SH 358 is located in Corpus Christi in Nueces County and begins at I-37 near Nueces Bay and ends at the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station on the south side of Corpus Christi Bay.[1] SH 358 is a freeway that follows Padre Island Drive and provides access to Padre and Mustang Islands by way of Park Road 22 (PR 22).[4]

The freeway begins at an interchange with I-37 west of the bayfront area of Corpus Christi. It heads south from the interchange to an interchange with SH 44 which provides access to Corpus Christi International Airport. It continues to the south and begins to turn to the southeast just prior to a junction with FM 665 (Old Brownsville Road). The highway continues to the southeast to an interchange with SH 286 (Crosstown Expressway). The freeway continues to the southeast through the city to a junction with SH 357 (Rodd Field Road) just prior to Oso Bay. After crossing the bridge over Oso Bay, the freeway heads southeast to an interchange with PR 22. PR 22 continues to the southeast over the John F. Kennedy Memorial Causeway to Padre Island as SH 358 curves to the northeast to its eastern terminus at the Corpus Christi Naval Station.[4]

Future

As of 2007, SH 358 is undergoing major improvements to four miles (6.4 km) of its roadway from its interchange with SH 286 to Airline Road in Corpus Christi. The traffic volumes along South Padre Island Drive are at an all-time high with an average daily traffic count of 153,430 vehicles in 2005. The roadway construction project consists of ramp reversals and adding auxiliary lanes to the roadway.

Exit list

The entire highway is in Corpus Christi, Nueces County.

All exits are unnumbered.

mikmDestinationsNotes
0.00.0 I-37 San Antonio, BayfrontI-37 exit 4A; western terminus; westbound exit & eastbound entrance.
0.10.16 Loop 407 (Leopard Street) Downtown
0.71.1
Bus. SH 44 (Agnes Street) Downtown
1.11.8 SH 44 west Robstown, Alice, Corpus Christi International Airport
1.82.9Bates RoadEastbound exit and westbound entrance
2.33.7Bear Lane
3.15.0 FM 665 (Old Brownsville Road)
3.55.6Point Road
4.57.2Greenwood Drive
5.28.4
Bus. SH 286 (Ayers Street)
No westbound entrance
5.48.7 SH 286 (Crosstown Expressway) Chapman Ranch
6.510.5Kostoryz Road, Carroll Lane
7.612.2 FM 43 (Weber Road), Carroll Lane
8.513.7Everhart Road
9.615.4Staples Street La Palmera, Sunrise Mall
9.915.9Airline Road Sunrise Mall
11.117.9Nile RoadEastbound exit and westbound entrance
11.618.7 SH 357 west / Rodd Field RoadAccess to Bay Area Medical Center
12.319.8 Spur 3 north (Ennis Joslin Road) Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
13.521.7Paul Jones AvenueWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
14.122.7Four Bluff Drive
14.723.7Corpus Christi BayWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
15.124.3Waldron RoadEastbound exit and westbound entrance
15.424.8 PR 22 east (South Padre Island Drive) Padre Island National SeashoreEast end of freeway; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
18.930.4Corpus Christi NASEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 358". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
  2. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Ranch to Market Road No. 693". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
  3. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Farm to Market Road No. 891". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
  4. Google (2008-03-11). "overview map of SH 358" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2008-03-11.

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