Texas State Highway 105

State Highway 105 marker

State Highway 105
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length: 150.4 mi[1] (242.0 km)
Existed: 1933 – present
Major junctions
West end:
Bus. US 290 at Brenham
 

SH 6 in Navasota
I-45 in Conroe


I-69 / US 59 in Cleveland
East end: US 69 / US 96 / US 287 at Beaumont
Location
Counties: Washington, Brazos, Grimes, Montgomery, Liberty, Hardin, Jefferson
Highway system
SH 104SH 106
SH 132SH 133SH 134

State Highway 105, or SH 105, is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas that runs from Brenham to the outskirts of Beaumont. The route was originally proposed in 1933 and took its current routing in 1984.

Route description

SH 105 begins as a pair of one-way roads at an intersection with Business U.S. Route 290 in downtown Brenham. It then progresses northeast out of Brenham through mainly farming lands. It passes near Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, which is the birthplace of Texas as the location of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence. It then crosses the Brazos River before passing through Navasota. The route briefly joins SH 6 before proceeding east again. It passes near Lake Conroe before entering the city of Conroe and an intersection with Interstate 45. The route continues east, passing through the very southern edge of Sam Houston National Forest before reaching Cleveland and an intersection with U.S. Route 59 (Future Interstate 69). The route continues east out of Cleveland, briefly coinciding with SH 321, passing through a large section of East Texas Piney Woods, before reaching its eastern terminus at U.S. Routes 69, 96, and 287 on the far northern edge of Beaumont.

Route history

The highway was originally proposed in 1926 from Navasota east through Conroe to Cleveland, roughly paralleling a local railroad line. By 1933 the route was completed as an earthen road, with a proposed extension east to Moss Hill. By 1935, a new section of SH 105 was under construction, being built westward from Beaumont, replacing SH 133. Construction was sporadic, with the section between Conroe and Beaumont not completed until the 1960s. In 1973, SH 105 was extended southwest into Brenham, replacing a section of SH 90. The current route was set in 1984 with the highway replacing FM 162 and shortening the route from Cleveland to Beaumont. One portion of FM 162 was originally designated as FM 1935. In 2005, a new routing around Cleveland was approved for construction, while the section through Cleveland will be designated as a business route of 105: 105-T.

Business routes

SH 105 has one business route.

Business State Highway 105-T is a future Business Loop that will run on the current routing of SH 105 through Cleveland in central Texas. The road was designated in 2005, but was awaiting completion of the bypass routing of the main highway south of Cleveland as of 2008.[2]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[3]kmDestinationsNotes
WashingtonBrenham0.00.0
Bus. US 290 (Market Street / East Main Street)
0.81.3 FM 577 (Blue Bell Road) to US 290 / SH 36
 2.74.3 FM 50 north Independence, Brenham Airport
 8.213.2 FM 2193 east
 9.214.8 FM 390 west
 13.822.2 FM 912 east Washington on the Brazos State Park
 18.329.5 FM 1155 south Washington, Washington on the Brazos State Park
Brazos 20.633.2 FM 159 north Millican
GrimesNavasota24.038.6 FM 379 south / Fifth Street / truck route Wallace Pack Unit
24.539.4
Bus. SH 6 (La Salle Street) College Station, Hempstead
25.641.2 SH 6 north / SH 90 north Anderson, Waco, College StationInterchange
27.143.6 SH 6 south / Spur 515 west (truck route) Houston, NavasotaInterchange
  FM 362 south – Camp Allen, Whitehall
  FM 1748 south
  FM 2445 north
  Spur 234 south Stoneham
Plantersville FM 1774 Anderson, Magnolia, Fanthrop Inn State Park
MontgomeryDobbin FM 1486 – Dacus, Magnolia
Montgomery FM 149 (The Montgomery Trace) Richards, Tomball
FM 2854 east / Lone Star Parkway
Conroe FM 3083 south (Carter Moore Drive) to I-45
Loop 336 Cleveland
I-45 Huntsville, HoustonI-45 exit 87A
SH 75 (North Frazier Street)
FM 1314 south Porter
FM 3083 Grangerland
Loop 336 to I-45 north Navasota
Cut and Shoot FM 1485 south New Caney
FM 1484 west – Groceville
Liberty 
Bus. SH 105 east Cleveland
at-grade intersection; west end of freeway
  US 59 Houston, LufkinInterchange
  FM 1010 Cleveland, Plum Groveinterchange
Cleveland
Bus. SH 105 west / SH 321 north Cleveland, Conroe
at-grade intersection; east end of freeway; west end of SH 321 overlap
  SH 321 south DaytonEast end of SH 321 overlap
  FM 2518 to FM 787 Romayor, Tarkington
Moss Hill SH 146 Rye, Hardin
HardinBatson FM 770 south HullWest end of FM 770 overlap
  FM 770 north SaratogaEast end of FM 770 overlap
Sour Lake SH 326 Kountze, Nome
JeffersonBeaumont FM 364 (Major Drive) to US 90
US 69 / US 96 / US 287 Lumberton, Port ArthurInterchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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