Texas State Highway 19

State Highway 19
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length	188.4 mi[1] (303.2 km)
Existed	April 4, 1917–present
Major junctions
South end	I-45 in Huntsville
Major intersections	I-20 in Canton I-30 / US 67 in Sulphur Springs
North end	/ US 271 Bus. in Paris
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec
← SH 18 → I-20

Texas State Highway 19 in Emory

State Highway 19 (SH 19) is a state highway in Texas runs from Huntsville to Paris in east Texas.

Route description[]

SH 19 begins at an interchange with Interstate 45 in southeast Huntsville. The highway runs through the eastern edge of the town as an expressway running close to the Sam Houston National Forest. The expressway ends at an intersection with State Highway 30 and runs through rural areas before reaching the town of Trinity. SH 19 runs north towards Crockett where the highway begins a concurrency with US 287. The two highways leave each other just northwest of Palestine. SH 19 runs northwest to Athens, running around the town with US 175/State Highway 31. The highway next runs through Canton, where it intersects Interstate 20. SH 19 runs through more rural areas of East Texas until the highway comes to Emory. The highway turns more northeast before running through the western part of Sulphur Springs. State Highway 154 joins SH 19, before leaving just east of Cooper. State Highway 24 joins the highway, where the two highways run together before ending in Paris.

A widening project for SH 19 between Montalba, north of Palestine, and Athens began in 2013, providing passing lanes, left turn lanes, and a shoulder. The segment in Henderson County was completed in 2014, but the Anderson County portion was not completed until spring 2019.

History[]

SH 19 was one of the original 25 Texas state highways proposed on June 21, 1917, overlaid on top of the .^[2] The original proposal was for it to run from the Texas/Oklahoma border north of Paris to Houston. On February 5, 1918, it extended south to Freeport.^[3] On August 21, 1923, SH 19 was pared back significantly, eliminating the section north of Grand Saline. On August 4, 1932, it had extended north to Alba.^[4] On May 13, 1935, it was rerouted to end in Fruitvale.^[5] On September 4, 1935, an eventual extension via Emory, Commerce, Ladonia, and Bonham to Oklahoma was proposed.^[6] On August 1, 1936, the section from Canton to Grand Saline was restored as SH 19T.^[7] SH 19T was cancelled when the rerouting of SH 19 from Canton to Fruitvale opened. On September 26, 1939, the sections south of Palestine which were cosigned with US 287 and US 75 were dropped. One section became part of SH 45, and another was renumbered to SH 288. On April 15, 1940, SH 19 was extended north to Sulphur Springs, a modification of the much longer proposed extension that was not designated. On September 26, 1945, SH 19 was routed over FM 647 from 1 mile south of the Hopkins County Line through Emory to Dunbar. On August 24, 1960, it was extended northward to its original starting point of Paris and again to the south to Huntsville, replacing a portion of SH 45. On May 21, 1979, SH 19 was extended over Loop 405 in Huntsville.

SH 19A was a spur route of SH 19 that was originally planned on February 18, 1919, splitting off at Angleton and traveling to Palacios.^[8] On March 19, 1923, it extended east to Galveston and west to Ganado, with the old route to Palacios being changed to SH 19B.^[9] On August 21, 1923, the route had been renumbered as SH 58 (now SH 35).^[10]

SH 19B was a spur route of SH 19 that was originally planned on March 19, 1923, from Midfield to Palacios replacing part of rerouted SH 19A. On August 21, 1923, the route had been renumbered as SH 59.^[10]

Junction list[]

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County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Walker	Huntsville	0.0	0.0	I-45 – Dallas, Houston	Interchange; I-45 exit 113.
		1.4	2.3	SH 75 – Madisonville, Conroe	Interchange
		1.6	2.6	FM 3411 east
		2.4	3.9	US 190 / Bear Cat Boulevard – Huntsville, Livingston, Sam Houston State University	Interchange
		4.1	6.6	SH 30 – Huntsville, College Station	Interchange
		4.8	7.7	FM 2821 – Sam Houston National Forest	Interchange; North end of expressway
		6.0	9.7	SH 30 west
	Riverside	15.3	24.6	FM 405 south – Dodge
		15.8	25.4	FM 980 – Point Blank
Trinity River		16.3	26.2	Unnamed bridge
Trinity	​	19.3	31.1	FM 3453 east – Lake Livingston
	Trinity	20.5	33.0	FM 1617 north
		21.1	34.0	FM 1617 south
		21.7	34.9	FM 230 north – Lovelady
		21.8	35.1	SH 94 east – Groveton
	​	26.6	42.8	FM 1893 north
Houston	Lovelady	35.6	57.3	FM 230 south – Trinity
		35.7	57.5	FM 1280 – Groveton
	​	41.0	66.0	FM 231 south
	Crockett	48.2	77.6	Loop 304
		48.7	78.4	FM 2110 south
		49.7	80.0	SH 7 / SH 21 west – Centerville, Madisonville	West end of SH 21/SH 7 overlap
		49.76	80.08	US 287 south / SH 7 east – Groveton, Nacogdoches	East end of SH 7 overlap; south end of US 287 overlap
		49.82	80.18	SH 21 east – Alto, Nacogdoches	East end of SH 21 overlap
		50.0	80.5	FM 229 north
		51.2	82.4	Loop 304
	Latexo	53.0	85.3	FM 2160 west
		55.5	89.3	FM 2663 east
	​	61.6	99.1	US 287 Bus. north – Grapeland
	​	62.2	100.1	FM 2423 – Grapeland
	Grapeland	63.1	101.5	FM 227 – Grapeland, Augusta
		63.5	102.2	FM 228 – Grapeland
	​	64.4	103.6	US 287 Bus. south – Grapeland
Anderson	​	72.8	117.2	SH 294 east – Alto	South end of SH 294 overlap
	Elkhart	73.3	118.0	FM 1817 north
		73.7	118.6	SH 294 west – Oakwood, Fairfield	North end of SH 294 overlap
	​	79.3	127.6	FM 2419 south
	Palestine	81.6	131.3	Loop 256
		83.4	134.2	US 84 east – Rusk	South end of US 84 overlap
		83.7	134.7	US 84 west / US 287 north – Fairfield	North end of US 84/ US 287 overlap
		83.9	135.0	Loop 127
		84.4	135.8	US 79 north – Jacksonville	South end of US 79 overlap
		85.7	137.9	US 79 south / US 287 south – Oakwood	North end of US 79 overlap; south end of US 287 overlap
		86.4	139.0	Loop 256	Interchange
	​	88.3	142.1	US 287 north – Corsicana	North end of US 287 overlap
	Montalba	95.1	153.0	FM 321 – Tennessee Colony, Neches
	​	96.8	155.8	FM 2330 west
	Bois d'Arc	100.9	162.4	FM 860 west
	​	103.2	166.1	FM 837 – Frankston
Henderson	Athens	115.7	186.2	FM 1615 south
				FM 753 west – Malakoff
				Loop 7 west / north – Corsicana, Athens	Interchange; south end of Loop 7 overlap
				US 175 east / US 175 Bus. west – Jacksonville, Athens	Interchange; south end of US 175 overlap
				FM 2495 – Athens	Interchange
				SH 31 east / west – Tyler, Athens	Interchange; south end of SH 31 overlap
				FM 1616 – Murchison
				US 175 west / SH 31 west / south / Loop 7 west – Dallas, Corsicana, Athens	Interchange; north end of US 175/SH 31/Loop 7 overlap
	​			FM 2752 east
	​			FM 2709 west – Eustace
Van Zandt	​			FM 1861 – Martins Mill
	​			FM 1256 west
	​			FM 858 east – Martins Mill, Ben Wheeler
	​			FM 1651 west
	Canton			RM 2909 south – Martins Mill
				SH 243 – Kaufman, Ben Wheeler
				SH 64 – Wills Point, Ben Wheeler
				I-20 – Dallas, Shreveport	I-20 exit 527.
	​			US 80 – Wills Point, Grand Saline
	​			FM 859 south – Edgewood
Sabine River		160.8	258.8	Unnamed bridge
Rains	​	165.3	266.0	FM 2324 west – Lake Tawakoni
	Emory	167.9	270.2	FM 3274 south (Willow Springs Rd)
		168.0	270.4	US 69 (Lennon Dr) – Greenville, Mineola
		168.1	270.5	FM 2795 (Quitman St)
		168.6	271.3	FM 275 north – Cumby
	​	173.9	279.9	FM 514 west – Point	South end of FM 514 overlap
	​	174.4	280.7	FM 514 east – Lake Fork Reservoir	North end of FM 514 overlap
Hopkins	​	179.0	288.1	FM 1567 west – Lone Oak	South end of FM 1567 overlap
	​	179.3	288.6	FM 1567 east – Como	North end of FM 1567 overlap
	Sulphur Springs	186.3	299.8	SH 11 south – Winnsboro	South end of SH 11 overlap
		186.9	300.8	I-30 / US 67 – Greenville, Mount Pleasant	I-30 exit 122; interchange.
		187.8	302.2	US 67 Bus. (Main Street) – Sulphur Springs
		188.4	303.2	SH 11 north – Commerce	North end of SH 11 overlap
		189.9	305.6	FM 2285
		191.6	308.4	SH 154 east / Loop 301 east – Sulphur Springs	South end of SH 154 overlap
	​	193.1	310.8	FM 1537 east
	​	198.4	319.3	FM 71
		202.0	325.1	FM 1536 east –
South Sulphur River		204.3	328.8	Unnamed bridge
Delta	​	205.2	330.2	SH 154 west – Cooper	North end of SH 154 overlap
	​	206.6	332.5	FM 1529 west – Cooper
	​	207.8	334.4	FM 895 east
	​	211.0	339.6	SH 24 west – Commerce	South end of SH 24 overlap
	​	211.6	340.5	FM 198
	​	212.2	341.5	FM 1335 south
North Sulphur River		213.3	343.3	Unnamed bridge
Lamar	​	215.6	347.0	FM 1184 – Roxton
	​	219.1	352.6	FM 2036 west
	Paris	223.4	359.5	Loop 286	Interchange
		224	360	FM 1497 south
		224.4	361.1	FM 1507 east (Evergreen Street)
		225.7	363.2	US 82 Bus. / US 271 Bus. – Bonham, Clarksville, Bogata, Hugo
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References[]

External links[]

Media related to Texas State Highway 19 at Wikimedia Commons