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]
 State Highway 61 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 21.426 mi[1] (34.482 km) | |||
| Existed | 1923–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end | Washington Ave. in Anahuac | |||
 SH 65 in Four Corners I-10 near Hankamer | ||||
| North end |  US 90 in Devers | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | Chambers, Liberty | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
editThe 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 I-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
editSH 61 was designated on August 21, 1923, from Devers to Anahuac replacing part of SH 35A (the rest was cancelled).[4] Its official designation has remained unchanged since the 1939 redescription of the Texas highway system.[1]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[5] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Chambers | Anahuac | 0.0 | 0.0 | Washington Avenue | 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 |  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
edit- ^ a b c d Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 61". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2012). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2012 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 600. OCLC 867856197. Retrieved 2011-01-07.[dead link]
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2012). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2012 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 599. OCLC 867856197. Retrieved 2011-01-07.[dead link]
- ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. August 21, 1923. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ "Overview map of Texas State Highway 61 Distances Between Interchanges" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2011-01-07.