Texas State Highway Loop 323
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Loop 323 is a
loop in Texas in the United States. It is a 19.7-mile (31.7 km) highway circling the city of Tyler in Smith County
.
History
On November 20, 1951,
FM 845
, was created as another bypass around the north side of Tyler, covering 7.3 miles (11.7 km) from SH 31 to US 271 and the northern end of FM 1803. On October 26, 1954, the route of FM 845 was extended (but apparently not constructed) about 8.0 miles (12.9 km) south and east around Tyler and then northward to intersect with the southern terminus of FM 1803. On December 3, 1954, FM 845 was merged into FM 1803, so that the route, once completely constructed, would have a single highway designation.
On October 30, 1957, with its southern portion now under construction, FM 1803 was redesignated as Loop 323. The southern portion was to be designated as Loop 323 upon completion, while the northern portion — the original segments of the old FM 845 and FM 1803 — were resigned to coincide with the release of the 1958 official state highway map.[2] Since the 1957 redesignation, no further routing changes to Loop 323 have been made.
Route description
The northern terminus of Loop 323 is at
US 271
0.7 miles (1.1 km) southwest of their previous intersection, and continues east another 0.5 miles (0.80 km) where it ends at its intersection with itself.
Junction list
The entire route is in Smith County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| access to UT Health Tyler | |||||
| 0.5 | 0.80 |     To US 271 north / SH 155 north | |||
| 2.9 | 4.7 |   FM 2767 (East Erwin Street) | |||
| 3.2 | 5.1 |  SH 31 (East Front Street) | |||
| 3.6 | 5.8 |  Loop 124 (Old Henderson Highway) | |||
| 4.3 | 6.9 |  SH 64 (East Fifth Street) | |||
| 5.6 | 9.0 |  The University of Texas at Tyler | |||
| 6.0 | 9.7 |   SH 110 (Troup Highway) – Whitehouse, Downtown | access to UT Health Tyler | ||
| 6.3 | 10.1 |  FM 756 (Paluxy Drive) | |||
| 7.7 | 12.4 |  US 69 (Broadway Avenue) – Jacksonville, Tyler | |||
| 9.0 | 14.5 |  FM 2493 (Old Jacksonville Highway) | |||
| 9.8 | 15.8 | SH 155 (Frankston Highway) – Palestine, Tyler | access to UT Health Tyler | ||
| 10.4 | 16.7 |  Spur 364 / Towne Park Drive | |||
| 12.7 | 20.4 | SH 31 | |||
| 13.3 | 21.4 | SH 64 (West Erwin Street) | |||
| 14.4 | 23.2 | SH 110 (Van Highway) – Van, Downtown | |||
| 15.6 | 25.1 |    Dallas | |||
| | 18.5 | 29.8 |  FM 14 – Hawkins, Tyler State Park | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
References
- ^ a b Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Loop No. 323". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
- ^ In the late 1950s, highway designation changes in Texas were often timed with the release of the official state highway map.