 State Highway 77 | ||||
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 SH 77 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byTxDOT | ||||
| Length | 46.815 mi[1] (75.341 km) | |||
| Existed | 1923–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 259 nearOmaha | |||
| Major intersections | ||||
| East end |  LA 1 at theLouisiana state line nearRodessa, LA | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | Morris andCass | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Highway 77 (SH 77) is a numberedstate highway inTexas, occupying the counties ofMorris andCass. SH 77 is 46.815 miles (75.341 km) long, and connectsU.S. Highway 259 (US 259) to theLouisiana state line.
SH 77 begins 4 miles (6.4 km) north ofOmaha on US 259, and travels eastward toNaples, meetingUS 67 andSH 338. InDouglassville, SH 77 intersectsSH 8. After cutting across the south side ofAtlanta, where it meetsUS 59, SH 77 cuts to the southeast, and crosses into the very northwest corner ofLouisiana near Three Corners (whereArkansas, Louisiana and Texas meet), becomingLouisiana Highway 1.
SH 77 was originally proposed on August 21, 1923, as a route from Douglasville to Naples, replacingSH 1B.[2] On June 24, 1931, SH 77 was extended southeast to Louisiana, replacing a portion ofSH 47.[3] On August 4, 1932, SH 77 was extended toSH 11 (now US 259). On March 11, 1935,SH 77 Spur was designated toMarietta. This would be cancelled on completion, but would be restored on April 19, 1937, asSH 245. On July 15, 1935, the section of SH 77 west of Naples was cancelled.[4] On September 26, 1939, SH 77 was extended west toCommerce, replacingSH 260, but this plan was cancelled on January 14, 1941. On February 28, 1966, SH 77 was extended west overFM 2880 from US 259 to US 67.[5]
| County | Location | mi[6] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Morris | | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 259 –De Kalb,Daingerfield | |
| Naples | 4.5 | 7.2 |  US 67 –Naples,Texarkana | Interchange | |
| 5.0 | 8.0 |   SH 338 south –Daingerfield | |||
| Cass | | 6.5 | 10.5 |  FM 2888 south –Cornett | |
| | 9.6 | 15.4 |   FM 1766 east –Bryans Mill | ||
| | 12.7 | 20.4 |  FM 250 south –Marietta,Hughes Springs | ||
| | 16.0 | 25.7 |   FM 994 north –Bryans Mill | ||
| | 18.2 | 29.3 |  FM 2065 north –Union Chapel | ||
| Douglassville | 23.7 | 38.1 |  SH 8 –New Boston,Linden | ||
| | 27.7 | 44.6 |  FM 2791 east –Antioch,Atlanta State Park | ||
| | 30.5 | 49.1 |  FM 96 north –Antioch,Atlanta State Park | ||
| | 32.2 | 51.8 |  FM 2328 south –Lans Chapel | ||
| Atlanta | 35.0 | 56.3 |   FM 995 west –O'Farrell,Red Hill | ||
| 35.3 | 56.8 |  US 59 south –Linden | West end of US 59 overlap | ||
| 35.7 | 57.5 |  US 59 north /FM 249 east –Texarkana,Downtown Atlanta | East end of US 59 overlap | ||
| 36.3 | 58.4 |  SH 43 –Bivins | |||
| 37.0 | 59.5 |  FM 251 | |||
| 37.6 | 60.5 |  FM 1841 –Business District,Huffins | |||
| | 41.0 | 66.0 |  FM 1635 north | ||
| | 44.7 | 71.9 |  FM 3129 north –Bloomburg,Domino | ||
| | 47.1 | 75.8 | LA 1 south –Shreveport | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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