Texas State Highway 31
State Highway 31 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 143.3 mi[1] (230.6 km) | |||
| Existed | 1919–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 84 near Waco | |||
  I-45 / US 287 in Corsicana
 I-20 near Kilgore | ||||
| East end |   US 80 / Spur 63 at Longview | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | McLennan, Hill, Navarro, Henderson, Smith, Gregg | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Highway 31 (SH 31) runs from U.S. Highway 84 northeast of Waco via Corsicana, Athens, Tyler, Kilgore to U.S. Highway 80 in Longview.
History
SH 31 was a route proposed on October 9, 1917 to run from Waco northeast via Corsicana and Athens to Tyler, which remains the western portion of its current route to this day.[2] On November 27, 1922, the route had been extended northeast to Gladewater, replacing part of SH 15 so that SH 15 had only one route west of Gladewater. On October 26, 1932, SH 31 Spur was designated through Malakoff.[3] On September 26, 1939, the section from Tyler to Gladewater was reassigned to U.S. Highway 271 (which it had been cosigned with earlier), with SH 31 now being extended east to Kilgore over former SH 176. SH 31 Spur was renumbered as Spur 63. On June 30, 1971, SH 31 extended north to I-20 concurrent with US 259. When U.S. Highway 259 was rerouted on July 25, 1985, SH 31 was extended northeast into Longview.
Route description
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Business routes
SH 31 has two business routes.
Athens business loop
State Highway Business 31-H is a business loop that runs through Athens. The route was created in 2004.[4]
Mount Calm business loop
State Highway Business 31-K is a business loop that runs near Mount Calm. The road was bypassed on July 30, 2015 by SH 31 when it was rerouted west.[5]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| McLennan | | US 84 – Waco, Mexia | |||
| |   FM 1330 south (Longhorn Pkwy) – Axtell | ||||
| |  FM 2311 (Sutherland Rd) | ||||
| |  FM 939 south (County Line Rd) | ||||
| Hill | Mount Calm |  FM 339 south | West end of FM 339 overlap | ||
 FM 339 north | East end of FM 339 overlap | ||||
| |  FM 936 south | ||||
| Hubbard |  SH 171 (Magnolia Ave) – Malone, Coolidge | ||||
| Navarro | |  FM 709 north | |||
| Dawson |  FM 709 east | West end of FM 709 overlap | |||
| FM 709 north | East end of FM 709 overlap | ||||
| |  FM 667 north | ||||
| |  FM 55 north | West end of FM 55 overlap | |||
| | FM 55 south | East end of FM 55 overlap | |||
| |    FM 1126 north to FM 744 | ||||
| |  FM 2452 south | ||||
| Corsicana |  FM 2555 (45th St) | ||||
  SH 22 west / FM 709 south (15th St) – Barry | |||||
 I-45 BL | Interchange | ||||
| I-45 / US 287 – Ennis, Fairfield | I-45 exit 231; interchange. | ||||
| |  FM 1129 north | ||||
| Powell |  FM 633 south | ||||
| |  FM 1393 south | ||||
| Kerens |  FM 636 north | ||||
 SH 309 south (Senter Ave) – Goodlow | |||||
| |  FM 3096 west – Kerens | ||||
| Henderson | Trinidad |   SH 274 north / FM 764 south (Park St) – Tool | |||
 FM 1667 south (League Line Rd) | |||||
| Malakoff |   SH 198 north / FM 2636 south (Terry St) – Log Cabin | ||||
| |  FM 753 south | ||||
| Athens |    Loop 7 south / Bus. SH 31 east (Corsicana St) | Interchange, west end of SL 7 overlap | |||
 US 175 north / Bus. US 175 south – Eustace | Interchange, west end of US 175 overlap | ||||
 SH 19 north / Bus. SH 19 south (Palestine St) – Canton | Interchange, west end of SH 19 overlap | ||||
 FM 1616 | |||||
| Bus. SH 31 west (Tyler St) / Loop 7 south / US 175 south / SH 19 south | Interchange, east end of SL 7, US 175, and SH 19 overlaps | ||||
 FM 317 east | |||||
| Murchison |  FM 773 north to FM 1616 west | ||||
| |  FM 1803 south | West end of FM 1803 overlap | |||
| | FM 1803 north | East end of FM 1803 overlap | |||
| Brownsboro |  FM 607 south | ||||
 FM 314 | |||||
 FM 3204 east | Former routing of TX 31 | ||||
| | FM 3204 west | ||||
| Chandler |  FM 315 (Broad St) | ||||
| Smith | |  FM 2661 | |||
| |  Spur 364 south | ||||
| |  FM 206 south | ||||
| |  Spur 164 south | ||||
| Tyler |  Loop 323 | ||||
  Spur 235 east (Old Chandler Hwy) to SH 64 | |||||
  US 69 / SH 64 / SH 110 (Glenwood Blvd) | |||||
  SH 155 / US 271 north (Beckham Ave) | |||||
| Saunders Ave | Interchange | ||||
| Fleishel Ave | Interchange | ||||
 Loop 124 east (Old Henderson Hwy) | |||||
| Loop 323 | |||||
| |  FM 850 west | West end of FM 850 overlap | |||
| | FM 850 east | East end of FM 850 overlap | |||
| |  FM 2908 north | ||||
| |  FM 757 north | ||||
| Gregg | |  FM 2767 west (Old Kilgore Hwy) | |||
| |  FM 3053 | ||||
| |  FM 1639 west | ||||
| |  FM 2012 south | ||||
| Kilgore |  SH 135 – Liberty City, Overton | Interchange | |||
 SH 42 (Powderhorn Rd) – White Oak, New London | |||||
  Bus. US 259 south / FM 349 east | West end of US 259 Bus. overlap | ||||
| US 259 south – Henderson | Interchange, east end of US 259 Bus. overlap, west end of US 259 overlap | ||||
| | I-20 / US 259 north – Liberty City, Longview | I-20 exit 589 westbound, 589A-B eastbound; interchange, east end of US 259 overlap. | |||
| |  FM 1252 west | ||||
| |  Loop 281 | Interchange | |||
| Longview |  FM 2205 west (Jaycee Rd) | ||||
| US 80 (Marshall Ave) / Spur 63 north (McCann Rd) – White Oak, Hallsville | |||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
References
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 31". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
- ^ https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676754.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673818.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Business State Highway No. 31-H". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Business State Highway No. 31-K". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
External links
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