Texas State Highway 81

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State Highway 81

Texas State Highway 81
SH 81 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length23.354 mi [1]  (37.585 km)
Existed1991–present
Major junctions
South endI-35.svgUS 77.svg I-35  / US 77 at Hillsboro
North endI-35W.svg I-35W north of Grandview
Location
Country United States
State Texas
Counties Hill, Johnson
Highway system
← US 81.svg US 81 → US 82.svg US 82

State Highway 81 (SH 81) is a Texas state highway that runs from Hillsboro to Grandview. It was designated in 1991 to replace U.S. Highway 81, which was decommissioned south of Fort Worth. [1]

Contents

Route description

SH 81 begins along the ramp from northbound I-35's exit 364B; the route is accessible from the southbound freeway at exit 364A for FM 310. [2] It travels north into Hillsboro along Abbott Avenue. SH 81 has a half-mile concurrency with SH 22/SH 171 through the city's downtown before continuing northward along Waco Street. At the northern edge of Hillsboro, the highway has an interchange with Spur 579, which provides access to I-35, as well as US 77, just south of the point at which the freeway splits into I-35W and I-35E. North of Hillsboro, SH 81 roughly parallels I-35W, which lies to the east. [3] While the freeway bypasses the cities of Itasca and Grandview, SH 81 enters them directly, along Hill Street and 3rd Street, respectively. In Grandview, it intersects FM 916 and also FM 4 at that route's southern terminus before continuing northward to its end at I-35W's exit 16; the roadway continues as County Road 201A. [4]

History

Current route

As a majority of US 81 south of Fort Worth had already been superseded by the Interstate 35 freeway south of Fort Worth, the entire segment of that route from Fort Worth to Laredo was eliminated on March 26, 1991. [5] Many of the former pre-freeway alignments that were kept as part of the state highway system were replaced by various routes, including state highway loops and business routes of Interstate 35. SH 81 was designated to replace the segment in Hill and Johnson counties, and represents the longest section south of Fort Worth with which US 81 did not have a concurrency with Interstate 35. [1]

Pre-1939 route

The first highway designated SH 81 was originally proposed as a route through central Texas on August 21, 1923, beginning in Bandera and traveling south then turning southeast through San Antonio, with a final ending point at Cuero, replacing SH 29B and part of SH 27. [6] On October 12, 1925, SH 81 had extended to Kerrville, but this was not taken over by the state until January 1, 1926. [7] On March 19, 1930, SH 81 had been extended north to De Leon, replacing SH 124 and portions of SH 20 and SH 22. On June 20, 1933, the section east of San Antonio was transferred to SH 27. [8] On December 22, 1936, SH 81 was extended north to Strawn. [9] On February 19, 1937, the section from San Antonio to Kerrville was replaced by SH 16. [10] On February 21, 1938, SH 81 Business was designated in Goldthwaite. [11] On September 26, 1939, the entire route north of Kerrville had also been transferred to SH 16 (though the original plan was to extend south to San Antonio over part of SH 16 and north to Graham over part of SH 120, but this was scrapped because it would have crossed US 81). SH 81 was instead reassigned to a road from Llano to Brady (formerly Texas State Highway no. "F"; proposed as SH 283). SH 81 Business was renumbered as Loop 15. On October 7, 1939, SH 81 was cancelled and returned to McCulloch County (as per the original minute order designating this road).

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi [12] kmDestinationsNotes
Hill Hillsboro 0.00.0I-35.svgUS 77.svg I-35  / US 77  – Waco Southern terminus; northbound exit and southbound entrance
2.84.5East plate.svg
Texas 22.svgSouth plate.svg
Texas 171.svg SH 22 east / SH 171 south (Corsicana Hwy.) – Corsicana, Mexia 		Southern end of SH 22 / SH 171 concurrency
3.35.3West plate.svg
Texas 22.svgNorth plate.svg
Texas 171.svg SH 22 west / SH 171 north (W. Elm St.) – Meridian, Cleburne 		Northern end of SH 22 / SH 171 concurrency
5.18.2Texas Spur 579.svgTo plate blue.svg
I-35.svg Spur 579 to I-35
Lovelace 9.114.6Texas FM 2959.svg FM 2959  – Carl's Corner
​11.218.0Texas FM 3147.svg FM 3147
Itasca 13.321.4Texas Spur 176.svg Spur 176
14.222.9Texas FM 66.svgTexas FM 934.svg FM 66  / FM 934 (Main St.) – Maypearl
​16.927.2Texas FM 2719.svg FM 2719
​18.429.6Texas FM 67.svg FM 67  – Covington
Johnson Grandview 22.235.7Texas FM 4.svgTexas FM 916.svg FM 4  / FM 916 (Criner St.) – Maypearl, Cleburne
​23.437.7I-35W.svg I-35W  – Ft. Worth Northern terminus; roadway continues as CR 201A
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also


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References

  1. 1 2 3 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 81". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation . Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  2. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 932. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  3. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 874. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  4. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 832. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  5. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 81". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation . Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  6. ↑ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. August 21, 1923. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. October 12, 1925. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. June 19, 1933. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 2, 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. December 21, 1936. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. February 10, 1937. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 21, 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  11. ↑ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. February 21, 1938. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 21, 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  12. ↑ Google (2011-10-03). "Overview map of Texas State Highway 81 Distances Between Interchanges" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 2011-10-03.

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