From four lanes to five: Key Avenue undergoes expansion

history of key avenue -- part seven

  • A car passes through the flooded roadway at Key Avenue and Seventh Street. A low-water crossing was created across Key Avenue at this intersection in the 1950s to channel runoff from the west side of the roadway. lampasas dispatch record, April 1971
    A car passes through the flooded roadway at Key Avenue and Seventh Street. A low-water crossing was created across Key Avenue at this intersection in the 1950s to channel runoff from the west side of the roadway. lampasas dispatch record, April 1971
  • This Key Avenue photo was taken in October 2002. courtes y photo | jeff Jackson collection)
    This Key Avenue photo was taken in October 2002. courtes y photo | jeff Jackson collection)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Lampasas historian Jeff Jackson has researched a number of local history topics. The following is part of a series on Key Avenue and the development of the highways routed through Lampasas County. As more and more people make use of Texas highways, the roads are changed to increase the flow of traffic through or even around cities. Sometimes there is resistance to that change. …

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