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State Highway 6. or SH 6, runs from the Red River, the Texas-Oklahoma boundary, to northwest of Galveston. In the Houston area, it runs north to FM 1960/CyFair then northwest along US Highway 290 to Hempstead and south to Westheimer Road and Addicks and is known as Addicks Satsuma Road. In the Bryan/College Station area it is known as the Earl Rudder Freeway. In Hearne, it is known as Market Street. Highway 6 is not a freeway in the strict sense. It relies on traffic lights, rather than overpasses, at almost all intersections.
In 1997, the Texas Legislature designated SH 6 as the Texas Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway.[2]
[edit] History
[edit] Historic routes
State Highway 6 was one of the original twenty six state highways proposed in 1917, overlaid on top of the King of Trails Highway. From 1919 the routing mostly followed present day U.S. Highway 75 from Oklahoma to Dallas, the U.S. Highway 77 to Waco.
[edit] Current routes
In 1926, SH 6 was extended along the eastern Gulf Division branch of State Highway 2 in order to keep SH 2 from having two separate highways with the same number. US 75 and US 77 were overlaid on northern SH 6 from Waco northward through the Dallas area to Denison. While the routes were marked concurrently, the concurrent SH 6 kept its numbering until 1939, when SH 6 was truncated to the Gulf Division routing ending at Waco. In 1945 the roadway was extended northwest to Breckenridge over SH 67 and continuing northwest to near Throckmorton along SH 157, which was decommissioned. Also in 1945, the section in southeast Texas between Hempstead and Sugarland was cancelled for unknown reasons, and transferred to Farm to Market Road 359. In 1952 the route was truncated on the north side, ending at Breckenridge. This section was transferred to U.S. Highway 183. In 1968, the section between Hempstead and Sugarland was reestablished, as it was routed along U.S. Highway 290 until it reached Farm to Market Road 1960, then replacing FM 1960 southward to where the southern branch of SH 6 intersected with U.S. Highway 59 in Sugarland. In the early 1970s, the northern section underwent a massive rerouting due to realignments of numerous U.S. and state Routes. In 1971 the section from Breckenridge south to Eastland was redesignated at State Highway 69. It was instead rerouted west along U.S. Highway 80 to Cisco, then replaced U.S. Highway 380 northwest to near Old Glory. The route was again extended in 1975, replacing State Highway 283 between Old Glory and Stamford northward to the Texas/Oklahoma border, completing the current routing of SH 6.[3]
[edit] Business routes
SH 6 has three business routes.
Business State Highway 6-N (formerly Loop 23) is a Business Loop that runs from SH 6 near Marlin in central Texas. The road was bypassed in 1978 by SH 6 and designated Loop 23. The road was redesignated at Business SH 6-N in 1991.[4][5]
Business State Highway 6-R (formerly Loop 507) is a business loop that runs through Bryan and College Station. The route runs on Texas Avenue in both cities. The route was created in 1972 when SH 6 was routed further north and east. The route is 12.5 miles (20.1 km) long.[6]
Business State Highway 6-S (formerly Loop 508) is a business loop that runs through Navasota. This route runs on La Salle Avenue. The route was created in 1972 when SH 6 was rerouted further north and east around town. The route is 6.3 miles (10.1 km).[7]
[edit] Route description
SH 6 begins at an intersection with Interstate 45 and SH 3 in Bayou Vista, Texas and proceeds to the northwest, paralleling the ATSF railroad tracks. The highway makes a mostly straight line through Galveston, Brazoria, and Fort Bend Counties, passing through the city of Alvin. As the highway reaches Sugar Land, it makes a turn to the north after passing intersections with US Route 59 and Alternate US Route 90. The highway continues north into western Harris County, reaching the Westpark Tollway and Interstate 10. It then reaches an intersection with US Route 290 in CyFair, joining it as they travel to the northwest, thus finishing a large routing around the southern and western portions of Houston. The route continues northwest with US 290 on a limited access highway. At Hockley the highway veers to the right, forking from an old alignment of the highway, and bypassing the cities of Waller and Hempstead to the north. At Hempstead, it splits from US 290 and turn northward into Grimes County, where it does a bypass around the city of Navasota, while Business SH 6 passes through town. The highway then turns northwest again, crossing into Brazos County. As of 2009, construction of new freeway lanes are almost complete between the end of the existing freeway at FM 159 and Business SH 6 on the north side of Navasota Bypass making the entire trek from the Grimes/Brazos County line to the Brazos/Robertson County line a complete freeway. The highway starts another bypass here, going around the Bryan/College Station area to the northeast, while the business routing goes through these cities. On the northeast side of Bryan, the highway meets US Route 190, and they travel together to the northwest out of the region. SH 6 splits with US 190 in the town of Hearne, but joins US Route 79 before that route splits to the northeast about a mile north of town. As of 2008, SH 6 was under reconstruction making the road 4 lane from Hearne to the end of the 4 lane highway just south of Marlin including a bypass around Reagan and a proposed bypass for Calvert. SH 6 then continues northwest, traveling through lesser populated farmlands, before approaching Waco. Before entering Waco, it turns southeast on State Loop 340, and bypasses Waco to the south. It reaches an intersection with Interstate 35 and then turns to the northwest again, crossing over Lake Waco. The highway continues northwest and west through more farmland regions in central Texas, before reaching an intersection with Interstate 20 just south of Eastland. The route briefly turns west, traveling along the old route of US Route 80, before turning back to the northwest at Cisco. As it continues, it is briefly concurrent with US Route 180 and 277 in north central Texas. Just northwest of Stamford, the highway makes its final turn to the north at an intersection with SH 283. The highway then travels through sparsely populated areas of Haskell, Knox, Foard, and Hardeman Counties before ending north of Quanah at the Red River, where it meets Oklahoma State Highway 6.
[edit] Junction list
| County |
Location |
Mile[8] |
Junction |
Notes |
| Galveston |
Bayou Vista |
0.0 |
  I-45 / SH 146 |
|
| Hitchcock |
4.9 |
 FM 519 (Main Street) |
|
| 5.8 |
 FM 2004 |
|
| Santa Fe |
9.1 |
 FM 646 (Main Street) |
|
| 9.7 |
FM 646 (Avenue M) |
|
| Arcadia |
11.1 |
 FM 1764 |
|
| Brazoria |
Alvin |
18.7 |
 SH 35 (Alvin Bypass) |
|
| 19.8 |
 Bus. 35-C (Gordon Street) |
|
| Manvel |
27.0 |
 FM 1128 (Masters Road) |
|
|
29.8 |
 SH 288 |
|
| Fort Bend |
Arcola |
33.9 |
 FM 521 |
|
|
37.0 |
Fort Bend Parkway Toll Road |
|
| Missouri City |
41.6 |
 FM 1092 |
|
| Sugar Land |
45.7 |
 US 59 (Southwest Freeway) |
|
|
47.8 |
 US 90 Alt. |
|
| Harris |
|
54.3 |
 Westpark Tollway |
|
|
56.3 |
 FM 1093 (Westheimer Road) |
|
|
59.7 |
 I-10 (Katy Freeway) – San Antonio, Houston |
|
|
66.3 |
 FM 529 (Tarpon Drive) |
|
|
69.6 |
  US 290 east (Northwest Freeway) / FM 1960 |
South end of US 290 concurrency, begin freeway |
|
70.5 |
Hempstead Road, Huffmeister Road |
|
|
72.1 |
Telge Road |
|
|
73.9 |
Barker-Cypress Road |
|
|
75.7 |
Skinner Road, Spring-Cypress Road |
|
|
76.1 |
  
US 290 Bus. / Spring-Cypress Road / Cypress-Rosehill Road |
No southbound exit |
|
77.2 |
Mueschke Road |
|
|
78.8 |
Mason Road |
|
|
81.4 |
Bauer Road |
|
|
82.6 |
Becker Road |
|
|
83.7 |
Roberts Road, Katy Hockley Road |
|
|
84.8 |
Badtke Road |
|
|
85.7 |
Hegar Road |
|
|
86.7 |
Kermier Road |
|
|
87.9 |
Kickapoo Road |
|
|
89.1 |
Binford Road |
|
|
90.2 |
 FM 2920 – Waller, Tomball |
|
|
91.1 |
Field Store Road |
|
| Waller |
|
91.9 |
 FM 362 |
|
|
93.9 |
James Muse Parkway |
|
|
95.3 |
 FM 1098 – Prairie View |
|
|
96.7 |
Liendo Parkway |
|
|
98.8 |
 FM 359 – Brookshire |
|
|
99.4 |
 FM 1488 – Hempstead, Magnolia |
|
|
101 |
US 290 west – Austin |
North end of US 290 concurrency, end freeway |
|
105 |
 FM 1736 |
|
|
107 |
 FM 2979 |
|
| Grimes |
|
112 |
 FM 2 |
|
|
114 |
 FM 1227 |
|
|
115 |
 FM 2988 |
|
|
117 |
 Bus. 6-S |
|
| Navasota |
120 |
 SH 105 |
Begin freeway |
| 121 |
 SH 90 |
|
| 122 |
 FM 3090 |
|
| 123 |
Bus. 6-S |
|
| Brazos |
|
126 |
 FM 2154 |
|
|
132 |
 FM 159 |
|
| College Station |
|
 SH 40 (William D. Fitch Parkway) – Texas World Speedway |
Begin freeway |
|
Rock Prairie Road |
|
|
 Bus. 6-R (Texas Avenue) |
|
|
 FM 2818 (Harvey Mitchell Parkway) / Emerald Parkway |
|
|
Southwest Parkway, Raintree Drive |
|
|
 SH 30 (Harvey Road) – Huntsville |
|
|
 FM 60 (University Drive) – Texas A&M University |
|
| Bryan |
|
 FM 1179 (Briarcrest Drive) – Brazos Center |
|
|
 FM 158 (William J Bryan Parkway/Boonville Road) |
|
|
Martin Luther King Jr Street, Old Reliance Road |
|
|
  US 190 east / SH 21 – Caldwell, Madisonville |
South end of US 190 concurrency |
|
 FM 974 (Tabor Road) |
|
|
Woodville Road |
|
|
Bus. 6-R (Texas Avenue) |
|
|
FM 2818 |
|
|
|
 SH OSR (County Line Road) |
End freeway |
| Robertson |
|
|
 FM 2549 |
|
| Hearne |
|
  US 79 south / US 190 west / FM 391 (Brown Street) – Milano |
North end of US 190 concurrency, south end of US 79 concurrency |
|
|
 FM 485 |
|
|
|
US 79 north – Franklin, Buffalo |
North end of US 79 concurrency |
| Calvert |
|
 FM 1644 (Texas Street) |
|
|
FM 1644 (Hanna Street) |
|
|
 FM 979 (Browning Street) |
|
|
|
 FM 2159 |
|
|
|
 SH 14 |
|
|
|
 FM 1373 |
|
| Falls |
|
|
 FM 46 |
|
|
|
FM 1373 |
|
| Reagan |
|
 FM 413 |
|
| Marlin |
|
 Bus. 6-N |
|
|
 SH 7 |
|
|
 FM 147 (McClanahan Road) – Groesbeck |
|
|
Bus. 6-N |
|
|
|
 FM 2307 |
|
| Perry |
|
 FM 1240 |
|
| McLennan |
Reisel |
|
 FM 1860 |
|
|
|
 SH 164 – Mart |
|
|
|
 FM 3222 |
|
|
|
FM 1860 |
|
| Waco |
|
  Loop 340 / Loop 484 |
South end of Loop 340 concurrency |
|
 FM 434 |
|
|
 FM 3400 (University Parks Drive) |
|
| Robinson |
|
 US 77 (Robinson Drive) – Waco, Cameron |
|
| Waco |
|
 I-35 – Waco |
Begin freeway |
|
 FM 3476 (Bagby Avenue) |
|
|
Beverly Drive |
|
|
 FM 3223 (Imperial Drive) |
|
|
  US 84 (Waco Drive) / Spur 298 (Franklin Avenue) |
North end of Loop 340 concurrency |
|
Sanger Avenue |
|
|
 Loop 396 (Bosque Boulevard) |
|
|
|
 Spur 412 (McLauglin Road) |
End freeway |
|
|
 FM 185 |
|
| Bosque |
Valley Mills |
|
 SH 317 (7th Street) |
|
|
 FM 56 (4th Street) |
|
|
|
 FM 217 |
|
|
|
 FM 854 |
|
|
|
 FM 2602 |
|
| Clifton |
|
 FM 219 (5th Street) |
|
|
|
 FM 3220 |
|
|
|
 FM 2136 |
|
|
|
 SH 22 (Morgan Street) |
|
| Iredell |
|
 FM 1238 |
|
| Hamilton |
Hico |
|
 SH 220 |
|
|
 US 281 south |
South end of US 281 concurrency |
| Erath |
|
|
US 281 north |
North end of US 281 concurrency |
| Alexander |
|
 FM 914 |
|
|
|
 FM 847 |
|
| Dublin |
|
FM 219 |
South end of FM 219 concurrency |
|
  US 67 (Patrick Street) / US 377 / FM 219 |
North end of FM 219 concurrency |
| Comanche |
|
|
 FM 1496 |
|
|
|
 SH 16 south (Texas Street) |
South end of SH 16 concurrency |
|
|
SH 16 north |
North end of SH 16 concurrency |
| Eastland |
|
|
 FM 2921 |
|
|
|
 FM 8 (Kent Street/Fisher Street) |
|
|
|
FM 8 |
|
|
|
 Loop 389 (Coal Street) |
|
|
|
 Loop 389 (Main Street) / FM 2526 |
|
|
|
 FM 2563 |
|
|
|
 I-20 |
|
|
|
 SH 112 (Main Street/Seaman Street) |
|
|
|
 FM 3101 |
|
|
|
 Spur 490 |
|
|
|
  US 183 south (Conrad Hilton Boulevard) / SH 206 (8th Street) |
South end of US 183 concurrency |
|
|
US 183 north (6th Street) |
North end of US 183 concurrency |
|
|
 FM 1853 |
|
| Callahan |
|
|
 FM 880 |
|
| Shackelford |
|
|
FM 2921 |
|
|
|
 FM 2408 |
|
|
|
 FM 576 (Post Oak Street) |
|
|
|
 FM 2312 |
|
|
|
 FM 601 |
|
|
|
  US 180 east / US 283 north (Main Street) |
South end of US 180 / US 283 concurrency |
|
|
US 283 south |
North end of US 283 concurrency |
|
|
 SH 351 |
|
|
|
US 180 west |
North end of US 180 concurrency |
|
|
 FM 142 |
|
| Jones |
|
|
 FM 1597 |
|
|
|
 FM 600 |
South end of FM 600 concurrency |
|
|
 FM 600 / FM 1636 |
North end of FM 600 concurrency |
|
|
 FM 704 |
|
|
|
 FM 2702 |
|
|
|
FM 142 |
|
|
|
  US 277 Bus. / FM 1226 |
South end of US 277 Bus. concurrency |
| Haskell |
|
|
 US 277 / SH 283 (Texas Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway) |
North end of US 277 Bus. concurrency, south end of SH 283 concurrency |
|
|
SH 283 |
North end of SH 283 concurrency |
|
|
 FM 1661 |
|
|
|
 FM 1225 |
|
|
|
 US 380 (5th Street) |
|
|
|
 FM 2407 |
|
|
|
 FM 617 (Carothers Avenue) |
|
|
|
 FM 2229 (9th Street) |
|
| Knox |
|
|
 SH 222 (Main Street) |
|
|
|
 FM 1292 |
|
|
|
 FM 2534 |
|
|
|
  US 82 / SH 114 (Hays Street) |
|
|
|
 FM 1756 |
South end of FM 1756 concurrency |
|
|
FM 1756 (Main Street) |
North end of FM 1756 concurrency |
| Foard |
|
|
 FM 263 |
|
|
|
 FM 1594 |
|
|
|
 FM 2003 |
|
|
|
 FM 98 |
|
|
|
 US 70 (Commerce Street) |
|
|
|
 FM 3103 |
|
| Hardeman |
|
|
 PR 62 |
|
|
|
 FM 2568 |
|
|
|
 FM 104 (16th Street) |
|
|
|
 US 287 (11th Street) |
|
|
|
 Spur 133 (3rd Street) |
|
|
|
Spur 133 (Nelson Street) |
|
|
|
 FM 2533 |
|
|
|
 FM 1166 |
|
|
|
 SH-6 |
|
[edit] References
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