. U.S. Route 96 is a north-south U.S. Route in the Unites States of Texas. Its number is a defiance of the standard numbering convention, as the even-numbered two-digit highways should be east-west routes by rule.
. As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is in Tenaha, Texas by an intersection through U.S. 59 as well as U.S. 84 and its southern terminus as well as those of U.S. 287 and U.S. 69 is in Port Arthur in Texas by an intersection among State Highway 87.