 State Highway 30 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byTxDOT | ||||
| Length | 53.16 mi[1] (85.55 km) | |||
| Existed | December 15, 1960–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   Bus. SH 6 inCollege Station | |||
| Major intersections |
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| East end |  SH 19 in Huntsville | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | Brazos,Grimes,Walker | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Highway 30 (SH 30) runs fromBusiness SH 6-R inCollege Station viaRoans Prairie toSH 19 inHuntsville. It is known as Harvey Road betweenBusiness SH 6-R andFM 158 inCollege Station, as 11th Street betweenI-45 andUS 190 (Phelps Drive) inHuntsville, and as Riverside Drive east ofUS 190 (Phelps Drive) inHuntsville.
The current version of SH 30, the second route with that designation, was established in 1960. The previous designation existed from 1917 to 1939, when it was replaced withUS 277.
SH 30 was a route proposed on October 8, 1917, to run fromWichita Falls toAbilene.[2] On December 18, 1917, an intercounty highway from Abilene toPaint Rock was designated.[3] On August 19, 1918, the intercounty highway became part ofSH 30.[4] On April 23, 1919, the road was extended toSabinal.[5] On August 21, 1923, the southern portion was rerouted intoDel Rio on August 21, 1923, over part ofSH 7A andSH 4.[6] The old route became part of reroutedSH 23, with the section south of Menard cancelled. That same day,SH 30 extended to theOklahoma state line, replacing a portion ofSH 2. On March 17, 1924,SH 30 extended to theMexico border.[7] On September 26, 1939, the highway was cancelled asU.S. Route 277 was routed over its entirety fromDel Rio toWichita Falls.
The current iteration of SH 30 was designated on December 15, 1960, replacingSH 45 and parts ofFM 60 andFM 158 to avoid confusion with I-45. On May 21, 1979, SH 30 was extended from I-45 to SH 19, replacing part of SH 19, which was rerouted over former Loop 405.
SH 30 may be part of the futureInterstate 14 corridor as the highway has a more direct route between Bryan–College Station and Huntsville over US 190.[8]
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Brazos | College Station | 0.00 | 0.00 | Bus. SH 6 (Texas Avenue) –Texas A&M University,George Bush Library,Downtown Bryan | |
| 1.42 | 2.29 | SH 6 (Earl Rudder Freeway South) | Interchange; futureI-14 | ||
| 3.79 | 6.10 |   FM 158 west / Elmo Weedon Road –Downtown Bryan | |||
| Grimes | Carlos | 17.05 | 27.44 |  FM 244 –Iola,Anderson | Interchange |
| Roans Prairie | 25.07 | 40.35 |  SH 90 –Bedias,Madisonville,Anderson,Navasota | ||
| 25.65 | 41.28 |   FM 2562 south / County Road 173 | |||
| Shiro | 29.11 | 46.85 |  FM 1486 south –Richards | ||
| | 31.66 | 50.95 |   FM 2620 north | ||
| Walker | | 39.78 | 64.02 |  FM 3179 south / Davis Road | |
| | 42.90 | 69.04 |  FM 2550 north | ||
| | 47.71 | 76.78 |  FM 1791 | Interchange | |
| Huntsville | 50.25 | 80.87 |   I-45 /US 190 west | I-45 exit 116; west end of US 190 overlap | |
| 51.05 | 82.16 |  SH 75 north –Madisonville | West end of SH 75 overlap | ||
 FM 247 north (Avenue M) –Midway | |||||
| 51.51 | 82.90 | SH 75 south (Sam Houston Avenue) | East end of SH 75 overlap | ||
| 52.16 | 83.94 |  US 190 east (11th Street) –Livingston | East end of US 190 overlap | ||
| 53.10 | 85.46 | SH 19 | Interchange | ||
| 53.84 | 86.65 |  FM 2821 | |||
| 54.66 | 87.97 | SH 19 | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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