State Highway 49 (SH 49) is a designated north–south state highway in Texas, running from Mount Pleasant to the Louisiana state line about three miles (4.8 km) north of Caddo Lake, where it continues as Louisiana Highway 2 to Trees, Louisiana. SH 49 covers a total distance of 71.2 miles (114.6 km).
 State Highway 49 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 60.84 mi[1][a] (97.91 km) | |||
| Existed | 1923–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 271 in Mt. Pleasant | |||
 US 259 in Daingerfield   Future I-369 / US 59 in Jefferson | ||||
| East end |  LA 2 at the Louisiana state line near Trees | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Highway 49 begins at The Bill Ratliff Freeway U.S. Highway 271 in western Mount Pleasant, and progresses in a southeasterly direction, merging with US 259 at the city limits of Daingerfield, running concurrently through the center of the town, then joins State Highway 11, forming a triple concurrency for about one-third of a mile, passing an overpass of the former Louisiana and Arkansas Railway with only 13'6" of clearance.[2]
SH 49 leaves Daingerfield to the east, still concurrent with SH 11, crossing the same railway again just east of Daingerfield State Park, then follows alongside the railway into the town of Hughes Springs, whereafter it splits from SH 11, but continues to follow the L&A corridor further to the southeast, crossing State Highway 155 in Avinger, and U.S. Highway 59 (Future Interstate 369) in Jefferson. SH 49 departs from the L&A and veers sharply northeastward to follow the Missouri Pacific Railroad for several miles, then continues further eastward to the state line.
Overall, SH 49 passes through four Texas counties: Titus, Morris, Cass, and Marion.
Previous routes
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The route was originally designated on August 21, 1923 along its current route, with an extension farther northwest, terminating in Paris along previously designated SH 35.[3] On February 21, 1938, SH 49 Business was designated in Bogata.[4] On September 26, 1939, the section from Paris to Mt. Pleasant had again been transferred, this time to U.S. Highway 271 (which it was cosigned with since 1935). SH 49 Business was renumbered as Loop 38.
Junction list
edit| County | Location | mi[5] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Titus | Mount Pleasant | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 271 (Bill Ratliff Freeway) | |
| 0.9 | 1.4 |   FM 899 west (1st Street) | West end of FM 899 overlap | ||
| 1.2 | 1.9 |    FM 127 south (O'Tyson Boulevard) / FM 899 east (1st Street) | East end of FM 899 overlap | ||
| 1.9 | 3.1 |  Bus. US 271 (Jefferson Avenue) – Pittsburg | |||
| | 4.9 | 7.9 |  FM 2348 | ||
| | 5.5 | 8.9 |  FM 1735 south | ||
| | 7.3 | 11.7 |   FM 1000 north | ||
| Morris | | 12.3 | 19.8 |  FM 144 north – Omaha | West end of FM 144 overlap |
| | 12.8 | 20.6 | FM 144 south – Cason | East end of FM 144 overlap | |
| | 18.3 | 29.5 | US 259 north – Omaha | West end of US 259 overlap | |
| Daingerfield | 18.7 | 30.1 |  FM 130 west (Georgia Pacific Drive) | ||
| 19.3 | 31.1 |  SH 11 west (W.M. Watson Boulevard) – Pittsburg | West end of SH 11 overlap | ||
| 19.6 | 31.5 | US 259 south (Linda Drive) – Longview | East end of US 259 overlap | ||
| | 22.0 | 35.4 |  PR 17 – Daingerfield State Park | ||
| Cass | Hughes Springs | 25.5 | 41.0 |   FM 161 / FM 250 south (Taylor Street) – Naples, Lone Star | West end of FM 250 overlap |
| 25.7 | 41.4 | FM 250 north (Keasler Street) – Marietta | East end of FM 250 overlap | ||
| | 27.1 | 43.6 |  SH 11 east / FM 2612 west – Linden | East end of SH 11 overlap | |
| Avinger | 34.8 | 56.0 |  SH 155 – Linden, Gilmer | ||
| Marion | | 40.2 | 64.7 |  FM 1969 south – Lake O' the Pines | |
| | 47.0 | 75.6 |  FM 729 west – Lake O' the Pines | ||
| | 48.6 | 78.2 |  FM 728 north – Berea | ||
| Jefferson | 49.6 | 79.8 |  FM 881 north | ||
| 50.4 | 81.1 | US 59 (Walcott Street) – Linden, Marshall | Future I-369 | ||
| 50.7 | 81.6 |  FM 134 east (Polk Street) – Karnack | |||
| | 53.6 | 86.3 |  FM 248 north – Lodi | ||
| | 59.0 | 95.0 |  FM 805 east – Caddo Lake | ||
| | 63.2 | 101.7 |  SH 43 – Atlanta, Marshall | ||
| | 69.4 | 111.7 |  FM 727 south – Caddo Lake | ||
| | 71.2 | 114.6 | LA 2 east | State line; continuation into Louisiana | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Notes
edit- ^ The certified mileage given is shorter than the actual mileage as TxDOT considers SH 49 to be discontinuous at rather than concurrent with US 259 and SH 11.
References
edit- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 49". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
- ^ Low Clearances America's Independent Trucker's Association, Inc.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. August 31, 1939. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 22, 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ "Overview Map of SH 49" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved August 22, 2017.