 State Highway 49 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byTxDOT | ||||
| Length | 60.84 mi[1][a] (97.91 km) | |||
| Existed | 1923–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 271 inMt. Pleasant | |||
| Major intersections |  US 259 inDaingerfield   Future I-369 /US 59 inJefferson | |||
| East end |  LA 2 at theLouisiana state line nearTrees | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | Titus,Morris,Cass,Marion | |||
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State Highway 49 (SH 49) is a designated north–south state highway inTexas, running fromMount Pleasant to theLouisiana state line about three miles (4.8 km) north ofCaddo Lake, where it continues asLouisiana Highway 2 toTrees, Louisiana. SH 49 covers a total distance of 71.2 miles (114.6 km).
State Highway 49 begins at The Bill Ratliff FreewayU.S. Highway 271 in western Mount Pleasant, and progresses in a southeasterly direction, merging withUS 259 at the city limits ofDaingerfield, running concurrently through the center of the town, then joinsState Highway 11, forming a triple concurrency for about one-third of a mile, passing an overpass of the formerLouisiana and Arkansas Railway with only 13'6" of clearance.[2]
SH 49 leaves Daingerfield to the east, still concurrent with SH 11, crossing the same railway again just east ofDaingerfield State Park, then follows alongside the railway into the town ofHughes Springs, whereafter it splits from SH 11, but continues to follow the L&A corridor further to the southeast, crossingState Highway 155 inAvinger, andU.S. Highway 59 (FutureInterstate 369) inJefferson. SH 49 departs from the L&A and veers sharply northeastward to follow theMissouri Pacific Railroad for several miles, then continues further eastward to the state line.
Overall, SH 49 passes through four Texas counties:Titus,Morris,Cass, andMarion.
The route was originally designated on August 21, 1923 along its current route, with an extension farther northwest, terminating inParis along previously designatedSH 35.[3] On February 21, 1938,SH 49 Business was designated inBogata.[4] On September 26, 1939, the section from Paris to Mt. Pleasant had again been transferred, this time toU.S. Highway 271 (which it was cosigned with since 1935).
 Business State Highway 49 | |
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| Location | Red River County |
| Existed | February 21, 1938–September 26, 1939 |
 State Highway Loop 38 | |
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| Location | Red River County |
| Existed | September 26, 1939[5]–June 21, 1990 |
SH 49 Business was renumbered asLoop 38.
| County | Location | mi[6] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Titus | Mount Pleasant | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 271 (Bill Ratliff Freeway) | |
| 0.9 | 1.4 |   FM 899 west (1st Street) | West end of FM 899 overlap | ||
| 1.2 | 1.9 |    FM 127 south (O'Tyson Boulevard) /FM 899 east (1st Street) | East end of FM 899 overlap | ||
| 1.9 | 3.1 |  Bus. US 271 (Jefferson Avenue) –Pittsburg | |||
| | 4.9 | 7.9 |  FM 2348 | ||
| | 5.5 | 8.9 |  FM 1735 south | ||
| | 7.3 | 11.7 |   FM 1000 north | ||
| Morris | | 12.3 | 19.8 |  FM 144 north –Omaha | West end of FM 144 overlap |
| | 12.8 | 20.6 | FM 144 south –Cason | East end of FM 144 overlap | |
| | 18.3 | 29.5 | US 259 north –Omaha | West end of US 259 overlap | |
| Daingerfield | 18.7 | 30.1 |  FM 130 west (Georgia Pacific Drive) | ||
| 19.3 | 31.1 |  SH 11 west (W.M. Watson Boulevard) –Pittsburg | West end of SH 11 overlap | ||
| 19.6 | 31.5 | US 259 south (Linda Drive) –Longview | East end of US 259 overlap | ||
| | 22.0 | 35.4 |  PR 17 –Daingerfield State Park | ||
| Cass | Hughes Springs | 25.5 | 41.0 |   FM 161 /FM 250 south (Taylor Street) –Naples,Lone Star | West end of FM 250 overlap |
| 25.7 | 41.4 | FM 250 north (Keasler Street) –Marietta | East end of FM 250 overlap | ||
| | 27.1 | 43.6 |  SH 11 east /FM 2612 west –Linden | East end of SH 11 overlap | |
| Avinger | 34.8 | 56.0 |  SH 155 –Linden,Gilmer | ||
| Marion | | 40.2 | 64.7 |  FM 1969 south –Lake O' the Pines | |
| | 47.0 | 75.6 |  FM 729 west –Lake O' the Pines | ||
| | 48.6 | 78.2 |  FM 728 north –Berea | ||
| Jefferson | 49.6 | 79.8 |  FM 881 north | ||
| 50.4 | 81.1 | US 59 (Walcott Street) /Future I-369 –Linden,Marshall | |||
| 50.7 | 81.6 |  FM 134 east (Polk Street) –Karnack | |||
| | 53.6 | 86.3 |  FM 248 north –Lodi | ||
| | 59.0 | 95.0 |  FM 805 east –Caddo Lake | ||
| | 63.2 | 101.7 |  SH 43 –Atlanta,Marshall | ||
| | 69.4 | 111.7 |  FM 727 south –Caddo Lake | ||
| | 71.2 | 114.6 | LA 2 east | State line; continuation into Louisiana | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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