Texas State Highway 61
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 290x172px | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length: | 21.426 mi[1] (34.482 km) | |||
| Existed: | by 1926 – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: | Washington Ave. in Anahuac | |||
 SH 65 in Four Corners I-10 |
||||
| North end: |  US 90 in Devers |
|||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Chambers, Liberty | |||
| Highway system | ||||
|
||||
Texas State Highway 61 (SH 61) is a 21.426-mile (34.482 km) state highway in southeast Texas. It connects Anahuac in Chambers County to Devers in Liberty County.[1]
Route description
The southern terminus of SH 61 is in Anahuac, along Washington Avenue; state maintenance begins just south of Stowell Street.[2] The route travels north into Anahuac before turning to the east. It passes the Chambers County Airport before an intersection with SH 65; SH 61 turns to the north, while SH 65 continues east. SH 61 crosses IH 10 near the community of Turtle Bayou, northeast of Lake Anahuac.[3] The route travels north into Liberty County before reaching its northern terminus in Devers at US 90.[1]
History
SH 61 was designated by 1926 along the southern portion of the route previously numbered SH 35A.[citation needed] Its official designation has remained unchanged since the 1939 redescription of the Texas highway system.[1]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[4] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambers | Anahuac | 0.0 | 0.0 | Washington Ave. | Southern terminus; state maintenance ends |
| 1.1 | 1.8 |  FM 563 – Turtle Bayou |
|||
| Four Corners | 3.1 | 5.0 |  SH 65 / FM 562 – Stowell, Double Bayou |
||
| | 5.2 | 8.4 | FM 2041 | ||
| | 6.9 | 11.1 | I-10 – Houston, Beaumont |
I-10 exit 813. | |
| Hankamer | 9.1 | 14.6 | File:Texas FM 1663.svg FM 1663 – Winnie | ||
| Liberty | | 15.5 | 24.9 | FM 1410 | |
| Devers | 21.4 | 34.4 |  US 90 – Liberty, Beaumont |
Northern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
|||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[dead link]
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[dead link]
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
