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Texas State Highway 75

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State Highway 75 marker
State Highway 75
Map
SH 75 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length132.63 mi[1] (213.45 km)
Existed1987–present
Major junctions
South end Loop 336 in Conroe
Major intersections
North end FM 246 near Streetman
Location
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
Highway system
US 75 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

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The southern terminus of the route is in Conroe, where it merges into 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]

A SH 75 South shield seen in Willis, Texas
A SH 75 South shield seen in Willis, Texas

Previous routes

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SH 75 was previously designated on August 21, 1923 to replace SH 13A from Goodnight east to the Oklahoma state line.[4] On May 19, 1924, the section from Goodnight to Jericho was cancelled.[5] SH 75 was instead extended west to Washburn. By 1927 it was running concurrently with the newly designated U.S. Highway 66, and was cancelled on September 26, 1939. The current route was designated on January 28, 1987, replacing part of US 75 which was decommissioned south of Dallas.

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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

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CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
MontgomeryConroe I-45 / Loop 336 – Houston, Dallas

FM 2854 west – Montgomery
SH 105 – Montgomery, Cleveland
Loop 336
FM 3083 – Montgomery County Airport
FM 830 – Lake Conroe
Willis
FM 2432 east

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

FM 1097 east
North end of FM 1097 overlap
WalkerNew Waverly
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
PR 40 – Huntsville State Park
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

I-45 / FM 1791 south

FM 1696 west – Bedias
South end of FM 1696 overlap

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

Spur 104 north
Madisonville
SH 90 south – Navasota
US 190 / SH 21 – Bryan, Crockett
I-45
SH OSR – Normangee, Midway
LeonLeona 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


FM 3059 east / Loop 262 west – Streetman
Streetman
FM 416 east – Richland Chambers Reservoir

Loop 262 east – Streetman

I-45 south / FM 246 – Dallas, Corsicana, Houston
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 75". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
  2. ^ "Texas State Highway 75" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
  3. ^ "Texas State Highway 75" (Map). Google Maps. 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.