Texas State Highway 124

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Texas 124.svg
State Highway 124
Texas State Highway 124
SH 124, highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length40.200 mi [1]  (64.696 km)
Existed1929–present
Major junctions
South endTexas 87.svg SH 87 in High Island
Major intersectionsTexas 65.svg SH 65 in Stowell
Texas 73.svg SH 73 in Winnie
North endUS 69.svgUS 96.svgUS 287.svg US 69  / US 96  / US 287 in Beaumont
Location
Country United States
State Texas
Counties Galveston, Chambers, Jefferson
Highway system
← Texas 123.svg SH 123 → Texas 125.svg SH 125

State Highway 124 (SH 124) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The highway begins along the Gulf Coast near the northeast end of the Bolivar Peninsula at SH 87 and extends to the northeast ending at US 69 and US 96. In between, the highway has major intersections with SH 65 and SH 73. The highway is located in Galveston, Chambers, and Jefferson counties and also serves the communities of Hamshire, Fannett, and Cheek. A portion of SH 124 is part of a longer coastal hurricane evacuation route.

Contents

The route number was originally assigned over a portion of the current SH 16 between Fredericksburg and Comanche in Central Texas during the late 1920s. By the early 1930s, the route number was assigned along the current route south of Stowell to High Island and along the current SH 87 to Port Bolivar and eventually Galveston. By the end of the decade, the highway received its current High Island to Beaumont configuration.

Route description

SH 124 begins at SH 87 in High Island along the Gulf Coast near the northeastern end of the Bolivar Peninsula in Galveston County. [2] SH 87 from this point toward Sabine Pass has been closed since 1990 due to coastal erosion. [3] The highway proceeds to the north climbing up a salt dome [4] where the central portion of High Island is located. Leaving town, the highway travels back downhill entering marshland where the highway enters Chambers County upon bridging the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. [5]

The highway leaves the marshland and continues north with FM 1985 branching to the west and then FM 1941. Further north, the highway passes through Stowell where SH 65 branches off to the west. [5] In Stowell and Winnie, the route is known as Gulfway Drive south of SH 73. [6] The highway intersects FM 1406 in Winnie and then turns east along SH 73 meeting the terminus of FM 1406 on the town's eastern edge at the boundary with Jefferson County. [7]

The highway shortly branches off of SH 73 to the northeast passing through Hamshire, intersecting FM 365 at Fannett, and then passing through Cheek. [8] The highway continues to the northeast on a course closely paralleling Interstate 10 into Beaumont. FM 364 branches off to the north as the highway enters Beaumont where it as known as Fannett Road. [6] The highway then terminates at US 69 / US 96 / US 287 in southern Beaumont. [9]

The portion of SH 124 from its south end at SH 87 to FM 1406 in Winnie is part of a longer hurricane evacuation route extending northward to US 90. [10]

History

Texas 124 1917.svg

SH 124 was originally designated along a route from Fredericksburg to Comanche passing through Llano, San Saba, and Goldthwaite on September 9, 1927. [11] On March 19, 1930, that previous route was reassigned as part of SH 81 and is now part of SH 16, while SH 124 was designated over a new route from Port Bolivar along the current SH 87 to High Island, and then over the current SH 124 to Stowell, replacing a split of SH 125 that was designated on December 16, 1929. [12] The route terminated in Stowell at SH 125 which then was made up of the present SH 65 between Stowell and Anahuac and the current SH 124 to Beaumont. [13] The state highway department assumed control of the ferry service between Port Bolivar and Galveston in 1930 and resumed operations in 1934 [14] after making extensive renovations [15] extending SH 124 to US 75 and SH 6 in Galveston. [13]

On March 17, 1936, the portion of SH 124 from Galveston to High Island was renamed as an extension of SH 87. [16] [17] On September 26, 1939, SH 125 between Anahuac and Stowell was renamed as part of SH 73 [18] and SH 124 was extended over the remainder of SH 125 including a concurrent portion of SH 73 between Stowell and Winnie to Beaumont [1] terminating at US 90. [19] SH 124 was shortened within Beaumont on August 25, 1953, to its present terminus at the US 69 and US 96 bypass. [1] On November 30, 1961, SH 73 was designated as terminating at I-10 in Winnie, [18] and SH 65 was designated over the former portion of SH 73 between Anahuac and Stowell. [20]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi [6] kmDestinationsNotes
Galveston High Island 0.00.0South plate.svg
Texas 87.svg SH 87 south – Port Bolivar, Galveston 		Southern terminus; SH 87 north to Sabine Pass closed
Chambers ​9.214.8West plate.svg
Texas FM 1985.svg FM 1985 west – Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
​11.919.2West plate.svg
Texas FM 1941.svg FM 1941 west
Stowell 17.428.0West plate.svg
Texas 65.svg SH 65 west – Anahuac
Winnie 19.331.1Texas FM 1406.svgHospital sign.svg FM 1406  – Nome Access to Riceland Medical Center
19.731.7West plate.svg
Texas 73.svgNorth plate.svg
Texas FM 1663.svgTo plate blue.svg
I-10.svg SH 73 west / FM 1663 north to I-10  – Houston, Beaumont 		Interchange; south end of SH 73 overlap
21.334.3Texas FM 1406.svg FM 1406  – Winnie Interchange; northbound exit only
Jefferson ​21.534.6East plate.svg
Texas 73.svg SH 73 east – Port Arthur 		Interchange; north end of SH 73 overlap
Fannett 31.049.9Texas FM 365.svg FM 365  – Nome, Port Arthur
Beaumont 37.660.5North plate.svg
Texas FM 364.svg FM 364 north (South Major Drive)
41.967.4US 69.svgUS 96.svgUS 287.svgTo plate blue.svg
I-10.svg US 69  / US 96  / US 287 (Cardinal Drive) to I-10  – Port Arthur 		Interchange; northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 124". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation . Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  2. ↑ 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 February 2, 2011.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Texas 87, High Island to Sabine Pass". TexasFreeway.com. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  4. ↑ Daniels, A. Pat (June 15, 2010). "High Island, TX". The Handbook of Texas Online . Texas State Historical Association . Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  5. 1 2 Anahuac, Texas (Map) (1983 ed.). 1:100,000. 30x60 minute series (topographic). United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 "Route of SH 124" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  7. ↑ 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 February 2, 2011.[ dead link ]
  8. ↑ Beaumont, Texas (Map) (1986 ed.). 1:100,000. 30x60 minute series (topographic). United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  9. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2012). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2012 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 613. OCLC   867856197 . Retrieved February 2, 2011.[ dead link ]
  10. ↑ Hurricane Evacuation Routes (Beaumont, including Port Arthur) (PDF) (Map) (June 1, 2010 ed.). Texas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 19, 2012. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. September 6, 1927. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 22, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
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  13. 1 2 Official Map of the Highway System of Texas (Map) (June 15, 1933 ed.). ⅞"=30 mi. Cartography by R. M. Stene. Texas State Highway Commission. § O27. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
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  15. ↑ Meyers, Rhiannon. "Ferry connects two old communities". The Galveston County Daily News . Retrieved February 2, 2011.
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  18. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 73". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation . Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  19. ↑ General Highway Map, Jefferson County, Texas (Map) (1936 ed.). 1"=2 mi. Partially revised. Texas State Highway Department. February 1, 1940. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
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