(a) State Highway 44 in Nueces County and Jim Wells County outside the city limits of Corpus Christi and exclusive of the segments of State Highway 44 that lie within the city limits of Robstown, Banquete, Agua Dulce, and Alice is designated as the Cesar Chavez Memorial Highway.
(b) The department shall design and construct memorial markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the Cesar Chavez Memorial Highway, and any other appropriate information.
(c) The department shall erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.