Texas State Highway 31

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Texas 31.svg
State Highway 31
Length: 143.3[1] mi (230.6 km)
Formed: before 1939
West end: US 84.svg US 84 near Waco
Major
junctions:
I-45.svgUS 287.svg I-45/US 287

US 175.svg US 175
US 69.svg US 69
US 271.svg US 271
US 259.svg US 259
I-20.svg I-20

East end: US 80.svgTexas Spur 63.svg US 80/Spur 63 in Longview
Highways in Texas
< SH 30 SH 33 >

State Highway 31, or SH 31, runs from U.S. Highway 84 northeast of Waco via Corsicana, Athens, Tyler, Kilgore to U.S. Highway 80 in Longview.

[edit] History

Historic SH 31

SH 31 was a route proposed by 1919 to run from Waco northeast via Corsicana and Athens to Tyler, which remains the western portion of its current route to this day. By 1933, the route had been extended northeast to Gladewater. In 1939, this extension was reassigned to U.S. Highway 271, with SH 31 now being extended east to Kilgore over former SH 176. When U.S. Highway 259 was rerouted in 1985, SH 31 was extended northeast into Longview.

[edit] Counties and junctions

County Junction Notes
McLennan US 84.svg US 84Waco
Hill Texas 171.svg SH 171Hubbard
Navarro Texas 22.svg SH 22Corsicana
I-45.svgUS 287.svg I-45/US 287 – Corsicana
Texas 309.svg SH 309Kerens
Henderson Texas 274.svg SH 274Trinidad
Texas 198.svg SH 198Malakoff
US 175.svg US 175Athens
Texas 19.svg SH 19 – Athens
Smith US 69.svgTexas 64.svgTexas 110.svg US 69/SH 64/SH 110Tyler
US 271.svgTexas 155.svg US 271/SH 155 – Tyler
Gregg Texas 135.svg SH 135Kilgore
Texas 42.svg SH 42 – Kilgore
US 259.svg US 259 – Kilgore
I-20.svg I-20
US 80.svgTexas Spur 63.svg US 80/Spur 63Longview

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