:Ranch Road 1

Image:Texas Ranch Road 1.jpg, it is still signed with the Texas Ranch to Market Road 1 shield.)]]

RR 1 begins at US 290 on the west side of Stonewall, as a two-lane, paved road. The highway follows along the south bank of the Pedernales River around the town's north side and intersects RM 1623 on the town's east side. The route continues along the river briefly passing through a narrow southwestern portion of Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, before entering Lyndon B Johnson State Park and Historic Site.{{Texas Mapbook|year=2018|page=1586|access-date=July 15, 2021|link=no}} The route crosses the length of the state park at its northern edge along the riverbank and exits the park before intersecting PR 49, which crosses the river accessing the national historic site. After crossing into Blanco County, the route turns away from the riverbank to the southeast returning to US 290 west of Hye.{{Google maps|title=Route of Ranch Road 1|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=US-290+E&daddr=Ranch+Rd+1+to:Ranch+Rd+1+to:30.241549,-98.576643&hl=en&geocode=FYhYzQEdmlce-g%3BFR11zQEdMZwe-g%3BFUpzzQEdIGcf-g%3B&mra=mi&mrcr=2&mrsp=3&sz=19&sll=30.24162,-98.57661&sspn=0.001207,0.00327&ie=UTF8&ll=30.239567,-98.627014&spn=0.038633,0.104628&z=14|access-date=July 24, 2010}} Although the road is located in the Texas Hill Country, the road only encounters gentle grades within the channel of the Pedernales River.{{cite map |author = United States Geological Survey |author-link = United States Geological Survey |publisher = United States Geological Survey |title = Stonewall Quadrangle, Texas |url = http://ims.er.usgs.gov/gda_services/download?item_id=5193879&quad=Stonewall&state=TX&grid=7.5X7.5&series=Map%20GeoPDF |year = 1961 |scale = 1:24,000 |series = 7.5 Minute Series |type = Topographic map |location = Reston, VA |access-date = July 24, 2010 }}{{cite map |author = United States Geological Survey |publisher = United States Geological Survey |title = Hye Quadrangle, Texas |url = http://ims.er.usgs.gov/gda_services/download?item_id=5208060&quad=Hye&state=TX&grid=7.5X7.5&series=Map%20GeoPDF |year = 1961 |scale = 1:24,000 |series = 7.5 Minute Series |type = Topographic map |location = Reston, VA |access-date = July 24, 2010 }}

RR 1 is classified by TxDOT as a Ranch Road and is the only highway in the state currently categorized as such.{{cite journal|last=Courtney|first=David|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/the-texanist-farm-to-market-ranch-to-market-roads/|title=The Texanist: What's the Difference Between a Farm to Market Road and a Ranch to Market Road?|journal=Texas Monthly|volume=47|issue=8|date=August 2022|access-date=October 27, 2022}} The route is not officially part of the state's Farm and Ranch to Market Road System, although it is considered similar to the Farm to Market Road system.{{cite web |author = Transportation Planning and Programming Division |publisher = Texas Department of Transportation |url = http://www.dot.state.tx.us/business/governments/glossary.htm |title = Highway Designation Glossary |access-date = July 31, 2012 }} Nothwithstanding, RR 1 is signed with the Ranch to Market Road 1 shield.{{cite book |author = Texas Department of Transportation |year = 2012 |chapter-url = http://www.dot.state.tx.us/trf/shsd/3_guide.pdf |chapter = Section 3: Small Guide Signs |title = Standard Highway Sign Designs |location = Austin |publisher = Texas Department of Transportation |pages = 3–5.7 |access-date = July 31, 2012 }} (Ranch Road 1 should also not be confused with being part of the Recreational Roads, which also use the "RR" abbreviation.)

Ranch Road 1 was designated on December 19, 1963, 27 days after Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as president, from its current western terminus at US 290 near Stonewall to a point {{convert|1.2|mi|km|1}} west of the county line between Gillespie and Blanco counties. The following year, the road was extended {{cvt|2.1|mi|km|1}} eastward to its present terminus near Hye. The route was originally part of SH 20.{{cite map |author = Texas State Highway Commission |author-link = Texas State Highway Commission |title = Official Highway Map of Texas |url = http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/aris/maps/maplookup.php?mapnum=6185 |year = 1926 |scale = 1:1,900,800 |location = Austin |publisher = Texas State Highway Commission |access-date = July 25, 2010 |archive-date = June 6, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110606034626/http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/aris/maps/maplookup.php?mapnum=6185 |url-status = dead }} In 1935, US 290 was routed over the road,{{TxDOT|US|290|access-date=July 25, 2010|link=no}} and the SH 20 designation was dropped in the 1939 general redescription of the state highway system.{{TxDOT|SH|20|access-date=July 25, 2010|link=no}} US 290 was rerouted south to its current location sometime between 1941{{cite map |author = Texas State Highway Department |title = General Highway Map, Gillespie County, Texas |url = http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/aris/maps/maplookup.php?mapnum=4868 |date = February 1, 1941 |scale = 1:126,720 |location = Austin |publisher = Texas State Highway Commission |access-date = July 24, 2010 }}{{cite map |author = Texas State Highway Department |title = General Highway Map, Blanco County, Texas |url = http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/aris/maps/maplookup.php?mapnum=4797 |date = February 1, 1941 |scale = 1:126,720 |location = Austin |publisher = Texas State Highway Commission |access-date = July 24, 2010 }} and 1961.{{cite map |author = Texas State Highway Department |title = General Highway Map, Gillespie County, Texas |url = http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/aris/maps/maplookup.php?mapnum=5141 |id = |date = January 1, 1961 |scale = 1:126,720 |location = Austin |publisher = Texas State Highway Commission |access-date = July 24, 2010 }}{{cite map |author = Texas State Highway Department |title = General Highway Map, Blanco County, Texas |url = http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/aris/maps/maplookup.php?mapnum=5057 |date = January 1, 1961 |scale = 1:126,720 |location = Austin |publisher = Texas State Highway Commission |access-date = July 24, 2010 }}

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Category:Transportation in Gillespie County, Texas

Category:Transportation in Blanco County, Texas