'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...