Existed: by 1933 – present Length 122.7 km | East end: SH 71 at Midfield | |
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West end: US 183/SH 97 at Gonzales | ||
State Highway 111 or SH 111 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas that runs from Gonzales to Midfield in Southeast Texas.
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Map of TX-111, Texas, USA
Route description
SH 111 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 183 at the unincorporated community of Hochheim. The official TXDOT route designation has the route dextended northwest with US 183 to Gonzales, but it is not currently measured or mapped as part of the route and is not signed as such. The route travels east to Yoakum, intersecting US 90 Alternate, before travelling into downtown Yoakum. The route then turns southeast the oil field regions toward an intersection with US 59 (Future I-69) at Edna. The route then turns due east, crossing over Lake Texana, before reaching its terminus at SH 71 at Midfield.
History
SH 111 was originally numbered in 1926 on a route beginning at Hallettsville, and travelling southeast to Edna and continuing to Lolita, before turning east to Blessing, just south of Midfield, following the rail line of the St. Louis, Brownsville, and Mexico Railway. By 1933, the route was conditionally designated over most of that routing, with an extension from Hallettsville west to Gonzales. It also turn southward before reaching Blessing, instead going toward the community of Olivia on Matagorda Bay. By 1935, the routing was redesignated over its current routing from Midfield through Edna to Yoakum. In 1939, SH 111 extended west to Hochheim over a section of SH 95. The route was not completed between Yoakum and Edna until the late 1940s.