Texas State Highway 31

State Highway 31
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	143.3 mi[1] (230.6 km)
Existed:	before 1939 – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 84 near Waco
	I-45 / US 287 in Corsicana US 175 in Athens US 69 in Tyler US 271 in Tyler US 259 in Kilgore I-20 near Kilgore
East end:	US 80 / Spur 63 at Longview
Location
Counties:	McLennan, Hill, Navarro, Henderson, Smith, Gregg
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← SH 30 SH 32 →

State Highway 31, or SH 31, runs from U.S. Highway 84 northeast of Waco via Corsicana, Athens, Tyler, Kilgore to U.S. Highway 80 in Longview.

History

SH 31 was a route proposed by 1919 to run from Waco northeast via Corsicana and Athens to Tyler, which remains the western portion of its current route to this day. By 1926, the route had been extended northeast to Gladewater. In 1939, this extension was reassigned to U.S. Highway 271, with SH 31 now being extended east to Kilgore over former SH 176. When U.S. Highway 259 was rerouted in 1985, SH 31 was extended northeast into Longview.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
McLennan	​			US 84 – Waco, Mexia
	​			FM 1330 south (Longhorn Pkwy) – Axtell
	​			FM 2311 (Sutherland Rd)
	​			FM 939 south (County Line Rd)
Hill	Mount Calm			FM 339 south	West end of FM 339 overlap
				FM 339 north	East end of FM 339 overlap
	​			FM 936 south
	Hubbard			SH 171 (Magnolia Ave) – Malone, Coolidge
Navarro	​			FM 709 north
	Dawson			FM 709 east	West end of FM 709 overlap
				FM 709 north	East end of FM 709 overlap
	​			FM 667 north
	​			FM 55 north	West end of FM 55 overlap
	​			FM 55 south	East end of FM 55 overlap
	​			FM 1126 north to FM 744
	​			FM 2452 south
	Corsicana			FM 2555 (45th St)
				SH 22 west / FM 709 south (15th St) – Barry
				BL I-45	Interchange
				I-45 / US 287 – Ennis, Fairfield	I-45 exit 231; interchange.
	​			FM 1129 north
	Powell			FM 633 south
	​			FM 1393 south
	Kerens			FM 636 north
				SH 309 south (Senter Ave) – Goodlow
	​			FM 3096 west – Kerens
Henderson	Trinidad			SH 274 north / FM 764 south (Park St) – Tool
				FM 1667 south (League Line Rd)
	Malakoff			SH 198 north / FM 2636 south (Terry St) – Log Cabin
	​			FM 753 south
	Athens			Loop 7 south / Bus. SH 31 east (Corsicana St)	Interchange, west end of SL 7 overlap
				US 175 north / Bus. US 175 south – Eustace	Interchange, west end of US 175 overlap
				SH 19 north / Bus. SH 19 south (Palestine St) – Canton	Interchange, west end of SH 19 overlap
				FM 1616
				Bus. SH 31 west (Tyler St) / Loop 7 south / US 175 south / SH 19 south	Interchange, east end of SL 7, US 175, and SH 19 overlaps
				FM 317 east
	Murchison			FM 773 north to FM 1616 west
	​			FM 1803 south	West end of FM 1803 overlap
	​			FM 1803 north	East end of FM 1803 overlap
	Brownsboro			FM 607 south
				FM 314
				FM 3204 east	Former routing of TX 31
	​			FM 3204 west
	Chandler			FM 315 (Broad St)
Smith	​			FM 2661
	​			Spur 364 south
	​			FM 206 south
	​			Spur 164 south
	Tyler			Loop 323
				Spur 235 east (Old Chandler Hwy) to SH 64
				US 69 / SH 64 / SH 110 (Glenwood Blvd)
				SH 155 / US 271 north (Beckham Ave)
				Saunders Ave	Interchange
				Fleishel Ave	Interchange
				Loop 124 east (Old Henderson Hwy)
				Loop 323
	​			FM 850 west	West end of FM 850 overlap
	​			FM 850 east	East end of FM 850 overlap
	​			FM 2908 north
	​			FM 757 north
Gregg	​			FM 2767 west (Old Kilgore Hwy)
	​			FM 3053
	​			FM 1639 west
	​			FM 2012 south
	Kilgore			SH 135 – Liberty City, Overton	Interchange
				SH 42 (Powderhorn Rd) – White Oak, New London
				Bus. US 259 south / FM 349 east	West end of US 259 Bus. overlap
				US 259 south – Henderson	Interchange, east end of US 259 Bus. overlap, west end of US 259 overlap
	​			I-20 / US 259 north – Liberty City, Longview	I-20 west exit 589, east exits 589A-B; interchange, east end of US 259 overlap.
	​			FM 1252 west
	​			Loop 281	Interchange
	Longview			FM 2205 west (Jaycee Rd)
				US 80 (Marshall Ave) / Spur 63 north (McCann Rd) – White Oak, Hallsville
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 31". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2010-10-30.