Texas State Highway 36

State Highway 36
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	343.1 mi (552.2 km)
Existed:	1919 – present
Major junctions
South end:	FM 1495 in Freeport
	I-10 near sealy I-35 in Temple
North end:	US 83 Bus. in Abilene
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Loops Spurs Rec FM Toll ← SH 35 I-37 → ← SH 220 SH 221 SH 222 →

State Highway 36 runs from Freeport to Abilene. It was designated as The 36th Division Memorial Highway between Cameron and Sealy by the Texas Legislature in 1985.

History

SH 36 was originally proposed in 1919 as a route from Freeport to Goldthwaite. By 1933, the section from Temple to Goldthwaite had been SH 53 and SH 74, while SH 36 had been rerouted northwest to Comanche. By 1939, the route was extended yet again to its current terminus in Abilene, and had been rerouted over State Highway 221 south of Temple. It has run on its current course since 1946, with only minor route changes to bypass Brenham, Temple, and Freeport.

SH 36A was a spur route of SH 36 spltting off at Cameron and traveling east to Hearne. By 1933, the route had been renumbered as SH 69. It was instead redesignated on an alternate routing just south of Temple, serving the town of Heidenheimer. By 1936, the route had been renumbered State Highway 221.

SH 36B was a spur route of the original SH 36, splitting off at Lampasas and travelling southeast to Georgetown. By 1933, it had been renumbered as parts of SH 74 and SH 195.

Junction List

County	Location	Destination	Notes
Brazoria	Freeport	FM 1495 (Pine Street)	South end of SH 36
		SH 288 north – Lake Jackson, Angleton	Interchange
		FM 2004 east / FM 2611 south – Hitchcock, San Bernard NWR
	Brazoria	FM 521 south – Matagorda	South end of FM 521 overlap
		SH 332 east / FM 521 north – Lake Jackson	North end of FM 521 overlap
		FM 353 west – Sweeny
		FM 522 south
	West Columbia	Bus. SH 35 (17th Street)
		SH 35 – Bay City, Angleton
		FM 18 east
		FM 1462 east – Alvin
Fort Bend	Needville	FM 1236
	Pleak	FM 2218 north
	Rosenberg	US 59 – Victoria, Houston
		US 90 Alt. east – Richmond	South end of US 90 Alt overlap
		Spur 529 south
		US 90 Alt. west – East Bernard	North end of US 90 Alt overlap
		Spur 10 south
Austin	Wallis	FM 1952 south
		FM 1093 east – Addicks to Westpark Tollway	South end of FM 1093 overlap
		SH 60 south – Wharton
		FM 1093 west – Eagle Lake	North end of FM 1093 overlap
		FM 3013 south
	Sealy	I-10 – San Antonio, Houston
		US 90 – Columbus, Katy
		FM 1094 – Cat Spring
		FM 2187 west
		FM 331 north – Hempstead
		FM 949 south
	Bellville	FM 2429 south
		SH 159 east – Hempstead	South end of SH 159 overlap
		SH 159 west – Industry	North end of SH 159 overlap
		Loop 497 north	Interchange
		Loop 497 south
Washington		FM 109 south
	Brenham	US 290 east / Bus. SH 36 north – Hempstead, Brenham	South end of US 290 overlap; south end of freeway
		Kirk Drive, Industrial Boulevard	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		FM 389	North end of freeway
		US 290 west / US 290 Bus. east – Giddings, Brenham	Interchange; north end of US 290 overlap
		Bus. SH 36 south – Brenham	Interchange; no southbound entrance
		FM 390
Burleson		FM 1948 south
	Somerville	FM 1361 east
	Lyons	FM 60 east – College Station	South end of FM 60 overlap
		FM 60 west	North end of FM 60 overlap
		FM 976 south
	Caldwell	FM 166 east
		Spur 83 north
		SH 21 – Paige, Bryan
Milam		US 79 north / US 190 east – Hearne	South end of US 79/US 190 overlap
	Milano	FM 3242 north
		US 79 south – Rockdale	North end of US 79 overlap
		US 77 south – Rockdale	South end of US 77 overlap
		FM 2095 east
	Cameron	US 77 north – Waco	North end of US 77 overlap
		FM 1600 south – Rockdale
		FM 2269 north
		FM 845 east
		FM 486 south – Thorndale
	Buckholts	FM 1915 south	South end of FM 1915 overlap
		FM 1915 north	North end of FM 1915 overlap
Bell	Rogers	FM 437 – Bartlett, Westphalia
		FM 436	Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
		FM 93 west – Belton	Interchange
		FM 3117 east
	Temple	SH 95 south / Loop 363 north – Taylor	Interchange; south end of Loop 363 overlap
		Spur 290 north – Temple	South end of freeway
		5th Street
		FM 1741 (31st Street)	No southbound entrance
		57th Street
		I-35 / US 190 west – Austin, Waco, Kileen, Fort Hood	North end of US 190 overlap
		FM 2305 (Adams Avenue)	North end of freeway
		SH 53 west / Loop 363 north – Temple	North end of Loop 363 overlap
		SH 317 – Belton, Moody	Interchange
		FM 2409 north
		FM 184 west – Belton Lake
Coryell		SH 236 north
		FM 184 east
	Flat	FM 931 north
		FM 1829 north
		FM 107 east – Moody
	Gatesville	Bus. SH 36 north – Gatesville
		US 84 – Waco	Interchange
		FM 929 – Gatesville, Crawford
		Bus. SH 36 south / FM 215 north – Gatesville
		FM 182 north – Lake Whitney
		FM 2955 north
	Jonesboro	FM 217 east – Valley Mills
Hamilton		FM 1602 north
	Hamilton	SH 22 east – Cranfils Gap	South end of SH 22 overlap
		FM 932 south – Purmela
		US 281 – Evant, Hico	North end of SH 22 overlap
		FM 218 – Priddy
Comanche		FM 1702 – Dublin
		Loop 130 north
	Gustine	Loop 130 south
		FM 1476
	Comanche	US 67 north / US 377 north – Dublin	South end US 67/377 overlap
		SH 16 – Goldthwaite, De Leon
		US 67 south / US 377 south – Brownwood	North end of US 67/377 overlap
		FM 1689 west – May
		FM 589 west
		FM 588 north
		FM 1477 south	South end of FM 1477 overlap
		FM 1477 north	North end of FM 1477 overlap
Eastland		FM 587 east – De Leon
	Rising Star	US 183 – Brownwood, Cisco
		FM 583 south
		FM 569 north
		FM 374 east	South end of FM 374 overlap
		FM 374 west	North end of FM 374
Callahan	Cross Plains	SH 206 – Coleman, Cisco
		FM 2707 south
		FM 2287 south
		US 283 – Coleman, Baird
		FM 604 – Clyde
		FM 603 north
		FM 1176 south
		FM 1750 west
Taylor	Abilene	FM 18 east
		Loop 322 (Jake Roberts Freeway)
		US 83 Bus. (Treadway Boulevard)	North end of SH 36