Hi-Way Drive-In
US-77 and Farm to Market 1355,
Kingsville,
TX
78363
US-77 and Farm to Market 1355,
Kingsville,
TX
78363
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Located at the NW corner of N. 14th Street (Business Highway 77) and Farm to Market 1355. Owned by L.E. Harvey, it parked 300 cars
The Hi-Way Drive-In opened August 18, 1948 and closed March 31, 1952.
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As Yakima1 stated, the HiWay opened in 1948 and closed in 1952, so Sam’s intro data stating it opened in the late 50’s and closed in the early 60’s needs to be corrected. Also, the photo is an aerial of the Rancho, NOT the HiWay.
hispeed, the new pic is the King’s!
hispeed, don’t give up! STICK AROUND! LOL! Truthfully, there may be no pix of the HiWay extant except, possibly, in some collection physically at or near Kingsville (I’m thinking Kingsville Record archives, or possibly some collection based at Texas A&M Kingsville). There was a commercial photographer in Kingsville named Jimmie Dodd whom my family knew well and who donated his collection of large-format B&W plates, negatives, and prints to the University of Texas at Austin (the Jimmy Dodd Collection – here is the URL: http://www.cah.utexas.edu/exhibits/dodd/biography.html). He has some good images of Kingsville’s two major walk-ins, the Texas and the Rialto, so he may also have taken pix of tHe drive-ins. Haven’t had time to visit the collection physically.
Approx. address for this drive-in was 1850 North 14th Street.
A closer address (at least for Google) is U.S. 77 & Market Road 1355, Kingsville, TX. as first indicated by Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois in the first post.
Today, it is private property with no trace of the drive-in remaining save perhaps for faint hints of the ramps in the pasture. http://tinyurl.com/gr9c99l
This drive-in didn’t last very long!!
The presence of the nearby King’s Drive-In combined with being on the wrong side of the railroad tracks which must’ve created quite the traffic jam when the trains passed probably contributed to the demise of the drive-in.
Boxoffice, Sept. 25, 1948: “L. E. Harvey and Carl T. Nall have opened their new Hi-Way Drive-In between Kingsville and Bishop. Both men are new to the industry and are regularly employed at Corpus Christi, a few miles away. They drive out in the evening to operate the ozoner.”
New info June 2021…. Operator L.E. Harvey opened this drive-in in 1948 after his Cuddihy Drive-In in Corpus Chrusti closed in 1947 when activity at Cuddihy Field was on the decline. A Dec 15, 1947 Corpus Christi Caller Times article refers to the Cuddihy Drive-In as the Harvey Drive-In Theatre.
The Kingsville Record article of Aug 11, 1948 about Hi-Way Drive-In grand opening says that Harvey has operated Cuddihy “for several years”. Several years??
https://photos.app.goo.gl/DSvVTFGvMZNFHAri8
Operated by Carl T Nall and L E Harvey from Aug 1948 to Jul 1950. Sold to Joseph and Kyle in Jul 1950. Closed Mar 1952 around the time that Joseph and Kyle opened the newer Brahma Drive-In.