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I-35 stretch would become President Donald Trump Highway under Texas bill
San Antonio Express News ^
| 03/21/2025
| By Annasofia Scheve, Staff writer
Posted on 03/21/2025 12:33:34 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
'Texas needs to lead in naming a major interstate ... after the greatest president of our time'
If one Texas lawmaker gets her way, a section of I-35 in Central Texas will soon be named after President Donald Trump.
State Rep. Joanne Shofner, R-Nacogdoches, filed a bill March 14 that would name the portion of I-35 running through Travis County as President Donald J. Trump Highway. If enacted, it would go into effect Sept. 1. The stretch would remain part of I-35, despite a new name for the county's portion of it.
"The proposed designation honors the 45th and now 47th president of the United States for his 'big, beautiful impact' on the nation and the state of Texas," Shofner said in a news release, referencing Trump's "big, beautiful bill."
Signs marking the new designation would be put up by the Texas Department of Transportation "at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites," the bill says.
"Texas needs to lead in naming a major interstate, traversing through the greatest capitol of a former republic, after the greatest president of our time," Shofner said.
The East Texas Republican also made headlines recently for a bill that would mandate drinking water to be tested for mifepristone, a drug used to induce abortions, and estrogen.
TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: donaldtrumphighway; i35; texas
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To: Responsibility2nd
To: luvie; Jane Long
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03/21/2025 2:04:44 PM PDT
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Allegra
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To: stanne
Yeah. Probably cause riots at UT!
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03/21/2025 2:09:48 PM PDT
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Regulator
(It's fraud, Jim)
To: albie
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03/21/2025 2:18:00 PM PDT
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clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
To: Forward the Light Brigade
Your lips to God’s ear...
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03/21/2025 2:19:26 PM PDT
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clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
To: luvie
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03/21/2025 2:25:53 PM PDT
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Texas Fossil
(Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
To: stanne
If it’s already named after Texas Bill then why rename it?
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03/21/2025 2:46:44 PM PDT
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nagant
To: Leaning Right
I agree with you, but Rushmore is premature, IMO.
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03/21/2025 2:48:04 PM PDT
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MortMan
(Charter member of AAAAA - American Association Against Alliteration Abuse)
To: Responsibility2nd
Maybe the arch bridge in San Gabriel mountains (“Bridge to Nowhere”)can be renamed the Joe Biden Bridge
To: Jane Long
Wow just love it!
GO TEXAS!
Go TRUMP!
Thanks for the Ping Jane!
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03/21/2025 4:52:47 PM PDT
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djstex
( (All I Have to say ...President Trump was right about everything!))
To: Zathras
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03/21/2025 5:47:22 PM PDT
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MotorCityBuck
(Keep the change, you are filthy animal! Re )
To: Leaning Right
I’d prefer his likeness to be beside Washington rather than Lincoln... just sayin.
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03/21/2025 6:49:22 PM PDT
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LastDayz
(A Blunt and Brazen Texan. I Will Not Be Assimilated.)
To: Regulator
UT is the University of Tennessee.
The liberal bastion of communism in Austin is known as t.u.
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03/22/2025 5:49:50 AM PDT
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Texas resident
( We finally have an American President again)
To: Texas resident
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03/22/2025 10:34:25 AM PDT
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Regulator
(It's fraud, Jim)
To: Responsibility2nd
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Rusty0604
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Rusty0604
(W looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
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Rusty0604
(W looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
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