Texas State Highway 31
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
Length | 143.3 mi[1] (230.6 km) | |||
Existed | 1919–present | |||
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Counties | McLennan, Hill, Navarro, Henderson, Smith, Gregg | |||
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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[]
![Historic SH 31](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Old_Texas_31.svg/50px-Old_Texas_31.svg.png)
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 was 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[]
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Hill | Mount Calm | ![]() | West end of FM 339 overlap | ||
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Dawson | ![]() | West end of FM 709 overlap | |||
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| ![]() | West end of FM 55 overlap | |||
| ![]() | East end of FM 55 overlap | |||
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Corsicana | ![]() | ||||
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![]() ![]() | I-45 exit 231; interchange. | ||||
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Powell | ![]() | ||||
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Kerens | ![]() | ||||
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Henderson | Trinidad | ![]() ![]() | |||
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Athens | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Interchange, west end of SL 7 overlap | |||
![]() ![]() ![]() | Interchange, west end of US 175 overlap | ||||
![]() ![]() ![]() | Interchange, west end of SH 19 overlap | ||||
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Interchange, east end of SL 7, US 175, and SH 19 overlaps | ||||
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Murchison | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
| ![]() | West end of FM 1803 overlap | |||
| ![]() | East end of FM 1803 overlap | |||
Brownsboro | ![]() | ||||
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![]() | Former routing of TX 31 | ||||
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Chandler | ![]() | ||||
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Tyler | ![]() | ||||
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Saunders Ave | Interchange | ||||
Fleishel Ave | Interchange | ||||
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| ![]() | West end of FM 850 overlap | |||
| ![]() | East end of FM 850 overlap | |||
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Kilgore | ![]() | Interchange | |||
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![]() ![]() ![]() | West end of US 259 Bus. overlap | ||||
![]() | Interchange, east end of US 259 Bus. overlap, west end of US 259 overlap | ||||
| ![]() ![]() | I-20 exit 589 westbound, 589A-B eastbound; interchange, east end of US 259 overlap. | |||
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Longview | ![]() | ||||
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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.
- ^ (PDF) https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676754.pdf.
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(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[]
Media related to Texas State Highway 31 at Wikimedia Commons
- State highways in Texas
- Transportation in Gregg County, Texas
- Transportation in Smith County, Texas
- Transportation in Henderson County, Texas
- Transportation in Navarro County, Texas
- Transportation in Hill County, Texas
- Transportation in McLennan County, Texas