The U.S. army established a series of simple earthen roads while constructing the railroad spur.

By 1953, the earthen road in Portage Valley had generally been relocated near the location of the present highway.

By 1933 the route was completed as an earthen road, with a proposed extension east to Moss Hill.

Large portions of the highway remained earthen roads until the entire route was completely paved in 1938.

The ruts in the earthen road, where they showed between the corpses, were flooded with blood.

Looking down through the trees, an occasional glimpse of the red earthen road could be discerned.

By 1936, the route was complete from Snyder to Colorado City, but was still an earthen road.

"I understand, my dear," he said as he steered the car down the earthen road.

An earthen road was present along the route of H-13 by the middle of 1936.

By 1940, sections around Lufkin were completed, but did not connect to earthen roads to the west.