Texas State Highway 6

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"TX 6" redirects here. TX 6 may also refer to Texas's 6th congressional district.

State Highway 6 marker

State Highway 6
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SH 6 highlighted in red, business loops in blue
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length: 476.4 mi[1] (766.7 km)
Existed: April 4, 1917 (April 4, 1917) – present
Major junctions
South end: I-45 / SH 146 in La Marque
 
North end: SH-6 north of Quanah
Highway system
← x20px RE 5 Spur 6 →

State Highway 6 (SH 6) runs from the Red River, the Texas–Oklahoma state line, to northwest of Galveston, where it is known as the Old Galveston Highway. In Sugar Land and Missouri City, it is known as Alvin-Sugarland Road and runs perpendicular to Interstate 69/U.S. Highway 59 (I-69/US 59). In the Houston area, it runs north to Farm to Market Road 1960 (FM 1960), then northwest along US 290 to Hempstead, and south to Westheimer Road and Addicks, and is known as Addicks Satsuma Road. In the Bryan–College Station area, it is known as the Earl Rudder Freeway. In Hearne, it is known as Market Street. In Calvert, it is known as Main Street. For most of its length, SH 6 is not a limited-access road. In 1997, the Texas Legislature designated SH 6 as the Texas Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway.[2]

History

Historic routes

Historic SH 6

SH 6 was one of the original 25 state highways proposed on June 21, 1917, overlaying the King of Trails Highway.[3] From 1919, the routing mostly followed present-day US 75 from Oklahoma to Dallas, then US 77 to Waco.

Current routes

On August 21, 1923, SH 6 was extended along the eastern Gulf Division branch of SH 2 to keep SH 2 from having two separate highways with the same number.[4] In 1926, US 75 and US 77 were overlaid on northern SH 6 from Waco northward through the Dallas area to Denison, and US 75 was overlaid on the section from Houston to Galveston. In 1935, US 290 was overlaid on the section from Hempstead to Houston. While the routes were marked concurrently, the concurrent SH 6 kept its numbering until September 26, 1939, when SH 6 was truncated to the Gulf Division routing ending at Waco. It was rerouted south from Hempstead to Galveston, replacing SH 242 and SH 38.

Historic SH 157

On September 26, 1945, the roadway was extended northwest to Breckenridge over SH 67, continuing northwest to near Throckmorton along SH 157, which was decommissioned. That same day, the section in southeast Texas between Hempstead and Sugar Land was canceled, as it was redundant with the new FM 359. On August 20, 1952, the route was truncated on the north side, ending near Breckenridge. This section was transferred to US 183. On September 26, 1967, SH 6 was rerouted to bypass Bremond, with the old route through Bremond transferred to SH 14 and FM 46. On November 1, 1968, the section between Hempstead and Sugar Land was re-established, as it was routed along US 290 until it reached FM 1960, then replacing FM 1960 southward to where the southern branch of SH 6 intersected to what is now I-69/US 59 in Sugar Land. That portion of FM 1960 from US 290 to then US 90 at Addicks was built in the 1950s, replacing and rerouting some of what was known as Jackrabbit Road. In the early 1970s, the northern section underwent a massive rerouting due to realignments of numerous U.S. and state highwayss. On August 4, 1971, the section from Breckenridge south to Eastland was redesignated as SH 69. SH 6 was instead rerouted west along US 80 to Cisco, then replaced US 380 northwest to near Old Glory. The route was again extended on July 31, 1975, replacing SH 283 between Old Glory and Stamford northward to the Texas–Oklahoma border, completing the current routing of SH 6. The old route of SH 6 was transferred to new SH 283. On October 27, 1989, a section from US 90A to McKeever Road (McKeever Bypass) was added.[1]

A spur, SH 6A was designated on August 1, 1928, from SH 6 to Texas City.[5] On March 19, 1930, this route was renumbered as SH 146.

In June 2016, a section of the highway in Eastland County between Cisco and Albany was destroyed due to major flooding.[6]

Route description

A view from the Highway 6 bridge crossing Lake Waco
File:Dublin April 2022 08 (E Blackjack Street).jpg
SH 6, as East Blackjack Street, in downtown Dublin

SH 6 begins at an intersection with I-45 and SH 3 in Bayou Vista, and proceeds to the northwest, paralleling the ATSF railroad tracks. The highway makes a mostly straight line through Galveston, Brazoria, and Fort Bend Counties, passing through the city of Alvin. As the highway traverses through Sugar Land, it makes a turn to the north after passing intersections with I-69/US 59 and Alternate US 90. The highway continues north into western Harris County, reaching the Westpark Tollway and I-10. It then intersects US 290 in CyFair, joining it as they travel to the northwest, thus finishing a large routing around the southern and western portions of Houston. The route continues northwest with US 290 as a limited-access highway. At Hockley, the highway veers to the right, forking from an old alignment of the highway, and bypassing the cities of Waller and Hempstead to the north. At Hempstead, it splits from US 290 and turns northward into Grimes County, where it bypasses the city of Navasota, while Business SH 6 passes through town. The highway then turns northwest again, crossing into Brazos County. The highway starts another bypass here, going around the Bryan–College Station area to the northeast, while the business route goes through these cities. On the northeast side of Bryan, the highway meets US 190, and they travel together to the northwest out of the region. SH 6 splits with US 190 in the town of Hearne, but joins US 79 before that route splits to the northeast about a mile north of town. SH 6 then continues northwest, traveling through lesser populated farmlands, before approaching Waco. Before entering Waco, it turns southeast on Loop 340, and bypasses Waco to the south. It reaches an intersection with I-35, and then turns to the northwest again, crossing over Lake Waco. The highway continues northwest and west through more farmland regions in Central Texas, before reaching an intersection with I-20 just south of Eastland. The route briefly turns west, traveling along the former route of US 80, before turning back to the northwest at Cisco. As it continues, it is briefly concurrent with US 180/US 277 in north central Texas. Just northwest of Stamford, the highway makes its final turn to the north at an intersection with SH 283. The highway then travels through sparsely populated areas of Haskell, Knox, Foard, and Hardeman counties before ending north of Quanah at the Red River, where it meets Oklahoma State Highway 6.

Major intersections

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County Location mi[7] km Destinations Notes
Galveston La Marque 0.0 0.0 I-45 / SH 146 north – Houston, Galveston, Texas City I-45 exit 7B
Hitchcock 4.9 7.9 FM 519 east – La Marque
5.9 9.5 FM 2004 to I-45 – Lake Jackson, Freeport
Santa Fe 9.2 14.8 FM 646 south – Lake Jackson, Freeport Southern end of FM 646 concurrency
9.7 15.6 FM 646 north – Dickinson Northern end of FM 646 concurrency
11.2 18.0 FM 1764 east – Texas City
Brazoria Alvin 18.7 30.1 SH 35 – Angleton, Houston Interchange
19.6 31.5 Spur 273 north
19.8 31.9
Bus. SH 35 – Angleton, Houston
Manvel 27.0 43.5 FM 1128 north – Pearland
29.8 48.0 SH 288 – Angleton, Houston Interchange
Fort Bend Arcola 33.9 54.6 FM 521 (Mc Keever Road) – Houston Southwest Airport Interchange
Missouri City 37.0 59.5 Fort Bend Parkway Toll Road Interchange
41.6 66.9 FM 1092 north – Stafford
Sugar Land 45.7 73.5 I-69 / US 59 – Victoria, Houston I-69/US 59 exit 109; interchange.
46.6 75.0 Brooks Street Former Spur 58[8][9]
47.0 75.6 University Boulevard Interchange
47.8 76.9
Alt. US 90		 Interchange
Harris Houston 54.3 87.4 Westpark Tollway / Invalid type: road Interchange
56.3 90.6 FM 1093 (Westheimer Road) – Fulshear, Houston
59.7 96.1 I-10 (US 90) / Invalid type: road I-10 exit 751
66.3 106.7 FM 529 (Spencer Road)
69.1 111.2 Hempstead Highway / Jackrabbit Road Interchange
69.6 112.0 US 290 east / FM 1960 east – Humble, Houston Southern end of US 290 concurrency; interchange
see US 290
Waller Hempstead 101.1 162.7
US 290 west / Bus. US 290 east – Brenham, Austin, Hempstead, Bellville		 Northern end of US 290 concurrency; interchange
Howth 104.6 168.3 FM 1736
​ 107.4 172.8 FM 2979 east to FM 362
Grimes ​ 112.3 180.7 FM 2 – Camp Allen, Luther Unit
​ 114.1 183.6 FM 1227 west – Wallace Pack Unit
​ 114.8 184.8 FM 2988 east – Whitehall
​ 117.1 188.5
Bus. SH 6 north (LaSalle Street) – Navasota		 No northbound entrance; interchange
Navasota 119.4 192.2 SH 105 east / Spur 515 – Conroe Interchange
120.6 194.1 SH 90 / SH 105 west – Anderson, Brenham Interchange
122.0 196.3 FM 3090 Interchange
123.6 198.9
Bus. SH 6 south (LaSalle Street) – Navasota, truck route to SH 105 west		 Southbound exit only; interchange; northbound traffic on Business SH 6 rerouted to FM 3090
Brazos ​ 124.4 200.2 FM 2154 – Millican Interchange; southern end of freeway
​ 128.6 207.0 Westward Ho
​ 131.5 211.6 FM 159 – Millican
​ 133.5 214.8 Texas World Speedway
College Station 135.6 218.2 Nantucket Drive no direct northbound exit
136.1 219.0 SH 40 (William D. Fitch Parkway)
137.4 221.1 Barron Road
138.8 223.4 Rock Prairie Road Access to College Station Medical Center
139.7 224.8 FM 2818 (Harvey Mitchell Parkway) / Invalid type: road
140.0 225.3
Bus. SH 6 north (Texas Avenue) / Invalid type: road – Texas A&M University
142.0 228.5 Southwest Parkway / Raintree Drive
142.1 228.7 SH 30 (Harvey Road) – Huntsville
143.1 230.3 FM 60 (University Drive) – Texas A&M University
Bryan 144.2 232.1 FM 1179 (Briarcrest Drive) Access to St. Joseph Regional Health Center
145.7 234.5 FM 158 (William J. Bryan Parkway / Boonville Road)
146.5 235.8 Old Reliance Road / MLK Jr. Street
147.9 238.0 US 190 east / SH 21 – Madisonville, Caldwell, Airport Southern end of US 190 concurrency
149.6 240.8 FM 974 (Tabor Road)
150.5 242.2 Woodville Road
151.5 243.8 Department of Public Safety Southbound exit only
152.5 245.4
Bus. SH 6 south – Bryan		 No northbound exit
153.0 246.2 FM 2818 (Harvey Mitchell Parkway) Interchange; northern end of freeway
Brazos–Robertson
county line		 Benchley 155.3 249.9 SH OSR / Spur 231 Interchange
Robertson ​ 162.6 261.7 FM 2549 north
Hearne 167.9 270.2 US 79 south / US 190 west / FM 391 east – Milano, Wheelock Northern end of US 190 concurrency; southern end of US 79 concurrency; interchange
169.5 272.8 FM 485 west – Cameron, Hearne Municipal Airport
​ 169.8 273.3 US 79 north – Franklin, Buffalo, Palestine Northern end of US 79 concurrency; interchange
Calvert 176.5 284.0 FM 1644 south (Texas Street) Southern end of FM 1644 concurrency
176.6 284.2 FM 1644 north (Hanna Street) Northern end of FM 1644 concurrency
177.0 284.9 FM 979 (Browning Street)
​ 180.2 290.0 FM 2159 north
Bremond 186.7 300.5 SH 14 north – Bremond, Mexia
187.0 300.9 FM 2159 east
188.6 303.5 FM 1373 – Bremond
Falls 191.0 307.4 FM 46 south – Bremond
​ 192.6 310.0 FM 1373 south – Rosebud
Reagan 194.7 313.3 FM 413 – Reagan Interchange
Marlin 201.3 324.0
Bus. SH 6 north – Marlin		 Interchange
203.6 327.7 SH 7 – Bruceville-Eddy, Centerville Interchange
204.9 329.8 FM 147 Interchange
206.0 331.5
Bus. SH 6 south – Marlin		 Interchange
​ 209.3 336.8 FM 2307 east – St. Paul
Perry 212.2 341.5 FM 1240 east – Otto
McLennan Riesel 216.4 348.3 FM 1860 – Lake Creek, Mart
​ 219.8 353.7 SH 164 – Mart, Groesbeck Interchange
​ 221.8 357.0 FM 3222 east (Hallsburg Road)
​ 223.4 359.5 FM 1860 south
Waco 226.7 364.8
Loop 340 north / Loop 484 north to Bus. US 77 – Waco, Bellmead		 Interchange; southern end of Loop 340 concurrency
​ 227.9 366.8 Frontage Road Southbound exit and northbound entrance; interchange
Waco 228.2 367.3 FM 434 (3rd Street) / FM 3400 (University Parks Drive) Interchange
229.6 369.5 12th Street Interchange
Robinson 231.7 372.9 US 77 – Cameron, Waco Interchange
232.9 374.8 I-35 – Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin Southern end of freeway; I-35 exit 330, access to Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center
Waco 234.4 377.2 FM 3476 (Bagby Avenue) No direct northbound exit (signed at I-35)
234.6 377.6 Beverly Drive No southbound exit
235.4 378.8 FM 3223 (Imperial Drive)
236.0 379.8 US 84 (Waco Drive) / Spur 298 (Franklin Avenue) Northern end of Loop 340 concurrency, access to Providence Medical Center
236.4 380.4 Sanger Avenue Access to Providence Medical Center
237.5 382.2 Loop 396 (Bosque Boulevard)
238.3 383.5 Lake Waco, Midway Park
239.7 385.8 Lake Waco, Speegleville Park
​ 241.5 388.7 Speegleville Road
​ 243.2 391.4 Spur 412 (McLaughlin Road) Interchange; northern end of freeway
​ 244.9 394.1 FM 185 – Crawford, China Spring
Bosque Valley Mills 256.0 412.0 SH 317 south (Seventh Street) – Crawford, McGregor
256.2 412.3 FM 56 north (Fourth Street) – Laguna Park
​ 256.8 413.3 FM 217 west – Gatesville
​ 259.2 417.1 FM 854 south
​ 263.6 424.2 FM 2602 south
Clifton 267.5 430.5 FM 219 (5th Street) – Cranfills Gap, Airport
268.4 431.9 FM 3220 south
​ 271.3 436.6 FM 2136 west
Meridian 278.5 448.2 SH 22 (West Morgan Street) – Hamilton, Meridian, Glen Rose, Hillsboro, Cleburne
Iredell 291.6 469.3 FM 927 east – Walnut Springs
​ 292.1 470.1 FM 1238 – Cranfills Gap, Iredell
Hamilton Hico 301.0 484.4 SH 220 north – Glen Rose
301.3 484.9 US 281 south (Walnut Street) – Hamilton Southern end of US 281 concurrency
Erath ​ 305.8 492.1 US 281 north – Stephenville Northern end of US 281 concurrency
Alexander 313.4 504.4 FM 914 – Carlton, Stephenville
Dublin 321.6 517.6 FM 847 east (North Norton) – Stephenville
321.7 517.7 FM 219 south (Liberty) – Carlton, Airport Southern end of FM 219 concurrency
322.2 518.5 Bus. US 67 / FM 219 north (Patrick Street) Northern end of FM 219 concurrency
​ 323.8 521.1 US 67 / US 377 – Comanche, Stephenville Interchange
Comanche ​ 329.2 529.8 FM 1496 south – Comyn, Proctor
De Leon 334.2 537.8 SH 16 south (Texas Street) – Comanche, Business District Southern end of SH 16 concurrency
334.8 538.8 SH 16 north – Desdemona, Strawn Northern end of SH 16 concurrency
Eastland Gorman 344.3 554.1 FM 2921 east
344.8 554.9 FM 8 east – Desdemona Southern end of FM 8 concurrency
345.2 555.5 FM 8 west – Duster Northern end of FM 8 concurrency
​ 349.0 561.7 FM 8 east
​ 354.4 570.4 Loop 389 west
Carbon 355.4 572.0 Loop 389 east / FM 2526 – Carbon
Punkin Center 358.6 577.1 FM 2563 east
​ 362.5 583.4 I-20 – Cisco, Ranger I-20 exit 340
Eastland 364.7 586.9 SH 112 to I-20 – Airport
365.5 588.2 FM 3101 north
​ 368.9 593.7 Spur 490 south
Cisco 374.2 602.2 US 183 Truck north (Avenue A) Southern end of US 183 Truck concurrency
374.4 602.5 US 183 south / SH 206 south to I-20 Northern end of US 183 Truck concurrency; southern end of US 183 concurrency
374.6 602.9 US 183 north – Breckenridge Northern end of US 183 concurrency
​ 376.9 606.6 FM 2807 west – Lake Cisco, Airport
​ 382.7 615.9 FM 1853 north
Callahan ​ 389.9 627.5 FM Spur 880 west to FM 880 – Putnam
Shackelford Moran 392.7 632.0 FM 2408 east
393.0 632.5 FM 576 – Eolian
Sedwick 397.6 639.9 FM 2312 south
​ 406.7 654.5 FM 601 east – Eolian, Ibex
Albany 408.2 656.9 US 180 east / US 283 north / FM 1084 north – Breckenridge, Throckmorton Southern end of US 180 / US 283 concurrency
408.7 657.7 US 283 south – Baird Northern end of US 283 concurrency
​ 415.8 669.2 SH 351 – Abilene Interchange
​ 426.7 686.7 US 180 west – Anson Northern end of US 180 concurrency
​ 429.0 690.4 FM 142 north
Jones Lueders 430.2 692.3 FM 1597 west
​ FM 600 south – Nugent Southern end of FM 600 concurrency
Avoca FM 600 north / FM 1636 west Northern end of FM 600 concurrency
​ FM 704 south – Airport
​ FM 2702 west – Hamlin, truck route to SH 6 north / US 277
Stamford FM 142 east
Bus. US 277 south (McHarg) / FM 1226 south (Swenson) – Anson, Funston Southern end of US 277 Bus. concurrency; traffic circle around U.S. Post Office
Haskell US 277 – Haskell, Anson Interchange; northern end of US 277 Bus. concurrency; southern end of SH 283 concurrency
​ SH 283 north – Aspermont Northern end of SH 283 concurrency
​ FM 1661 south – Sagerton
​ FM 1225 east
Rule US 380 (Fifth Street) – Aspermont, Haskell
​ FM 2407 west Southern end of FM 2407 concurrency
​ FM 2407 east – Haskell Northern end of FM 2407 concurrency
Rochester FM 617 – Weinert
O'Brien FM 2229
Knox Knox City SH 222 (Main Street)
​ FM 1292 west
​ FM 2534 east
Benjamin US 82 / SH 114 – Guthrie, Seymour
​ FM 1756 east – Gilliland Southern end of FM 1756 concurrency
​ FM 1756 west – Truscott, Truscott Brine Lake Northern end of FM 1756 concurrency
Foard ​ FM 263 west
​ FM 1594 east
​ FM 2003 west
​ FM 98 east
Crowell US 70 – Paducah, Vernon
​ FM 3103 east – Margaret
Hardeman ​ PR 62 west – Copper Breaks State Park
​ FM 2568 – Airport
Quanah FM 104 west – Paducah
US 287 (11th Street) – Childress, Vernon
Spur 133 west (3rd Street) Southern end of Spur 133 concurrency
Spur 133 east (Nelson Street) Northern end of Spur 133 concurrency
FM 2640 east
​ FM 2533 east
​ FM 1166 south
​ SH-6 north – Altus Oklahoma state line (Red River bridge)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Business routes

SH 6 has four business routes.

Marlin business loop
Location: Marlin
Length: 5.328 mi[10] (8.575 km)
Existed: 1990–present
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Business State Highway 6-N (Bus. SH 6-N, formerly Loop 23) is a business loop that runs from SH 6 near Marlin in central Texas. The road was bypassed on November 30, 1978 by SH 6 and designated Loop 23. The road was redesignated as Business SH 6-N on June 21, 1990.[10][11]

Reagan business loop
Location: Reagan
Length: 0.754 mi[12] (1.213 km)
Existed: 2015–present

Business State Highway 6-P (Bus. SH 6-P) is a 0.754-mile-long (1.213 km) business loop that runs near Reagan. The road was bypassed on June 25, 2015, by SH 6 when it was rerouted west.[13] Bus. SH 6-P shares a short, one-block concurrency with FM 413 through Reagan. Both ends of the route are only accessible directly from SH 6 westbound. Access to SH 6 eastbound can only be reached via an interchange with SH 6 and FM 413.[12]

Major intersections
The entire route is in Reagan, Falls County.

mi[12] km Destinations Notes
0.000 0.000 SH 6 west – Marlin Western terminus; access to SH 6 west only
0.246 0.396 FM 413 south to SH 6 east / Invalid type: road – Calvert Western end of FM 413 concurrency; access to SH 6 east via FM 413
0.312 0.502 FM 413 north / Invalid type: road – Kosse Eastern end of FM 413 concurrency
0.754 1.213 SH 6 west – Marlin Western terminus; access to SH 6 west only
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Bryan-College Station business loop
Location: Bryan-College Station
Length: 12.477 mi[14] (20.080 km)
Existed: 1990–present
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Business State Highway 6-R (Bus. SH 6-R, formerly Loop 507) is a business loop that runs through Bryan and College Station. The route runs on Texas Avenue in both cities. The route, created in 1972 when SH 6 was routed further north and east, is 12.5 miles (20.1 km) long.[14] The road was redesignated as Bus. SH 6-R on June 21, 1990. It serves as the eastern boundary of Texas A&M University.

Navasota business loop
Location: Navasota
Length: 6.316 mi[15] (10.165 km)
Existed: 1990–present
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Business State Highway 6-S (Bus. SH 6-S, formerly Loop 508) is a business loop that runs through Navasota on La Salle Avenue. The route was created in 1972 when SH 6 was rerouted further north and east around town; it is 6.3 miles (10.1 km) long. The road was redesignated as Bus. SH 6-S on June 21, 1990.[15]

See also

References

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