Texas State Highway 75

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FM 246 near Streetman
Location
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
Highway system
SH 75A

State Highway 75 (SH 75) is a 132.63-mile-long (213.45 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Texas. It follows the former routing of U.S. Route 75 (US 75), which was supplanted by Interstate 45 south of Dallas, except in Dallas, where the former US 75 is now SH 310, and through Ferris, Palmer, Ennis, and Corsicana, where the old highway is signed as a business route of I-45. The route was designated in 1987.

Route description

The southern terminus of the route is in

Interstate 45 at the southern side of Loop 336.[2] The northern terminus is approximately three miles north of Streetman, in the southern section of Navarro County, where it becomes the east side frontage road for I-45.[3]

Previous routes

SH 75 was previously designated on August 21, 1923 to replace

US 75 which was decommissioned south of Dallas
.

Related routes

North of

Dallas, US 75 was rerouted onto Central Expressway, one of the first expressway projects in the United States, in the 1950s. Its original route from Richardson to Howe (south of Sherman) was redesignated as State Highway 5
.

Junction list

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Loop 336 – Houston, Dallas

FM 2854 west – Montgomery
SH 105 – Montgomery, Cleveland
Loop 336
Montgomery County Airport
FM 830 – Lake Conroe
FM 2432
east

FM 1097 west – Lake Conroe
South end of FM 1097 overlap

FM 1097
east
North end of FM 1097 overlap
FM 1375
west

SH 150 east – Shepherd
South end of SH 150 overlap

SH 150 west
North end of SH 150 overlap

FM 2793
south

FM 2296
north
Huntsville SH 19 – Trinity

FM 1374
south


US 190 east / SH 30 east – Livingston
South end of US 190/SH 30 overlap


US 190 west / SH 30 west – Madisonville, College Station
North end of US 190/SH 30 overlap

FM 2821
east

FM 1791
south

FM 1696 west – Bedias
South end of FM 1696 overlap

FM 1696
east
North end of FM 1696 overlap
Spur 67
east

Spur 104
north
Madisonville
SH 90 south – Navasota
US 190 / SH 21 – Bryan, Crockett
I-45
SH OSR – Normangee, Midway
FM 977 – Flynn
Centerville SH 7 – Marquez, Crockett

FM 1618
east

FM 831 north – Oakwood

FM 2539
south
Buffalo US 79 – Jewett, Oakwood

SH 164 west – Groesbeck
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SH 179 west – Teague
FM 489
Fairfield US 84 – Teague, Palestine

FM 2547
north
FM 833

FM 1079
east

Spur 114
west


Loop 262 west – Streetman
Richland Chambers Reservoir

Loop 262 east – Streetman

FM 246 – Dallas, Corsicana, Houston
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 75". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
  2. ^ Google (June 8, 2009). "Texas State Highway 75" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
  3. ^ Google (June 8, 2009). "Texas State Highway 75" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
  4. ^ Minutes of the Seventy-Third and First Adjourned Meeting of the State Highway Commission (PDF) (Report). Texas State Highway Commission. 1923-08-21. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  5. ^ Minutes of the Eightieth and First Adjourned Meeting of the State Highway Commission (PDF) (Report). Texas State Highway Commission. 1924-05-19. Retrieved 2022-11-05.