Texas State Highway 14

State Highway 14
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length	60.148 mi[1] (96.799 km)
Existed	April 4, 1917–present
Major junctions
South end	SH 6 southwest of Bremond
	US 84 in Mexia
North end	I-45 in Richland
Location
Counties	Robertson, Falls, Limestone, Freestone, Navarro
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← I-14 Loop 14 →

State Highway 14 (SH 14) is a state highway in the east central region of the U.S. state of Texas. The highway runs from SH 6 south of Bremond to Interstate 45 in Richland.^[1]

Route description

State Highway 14 begins at an intersection with SH 6 about 3 miles southwest of Bremond. The route travels northeastward through Bremond, mainly through farmland in central Texas, passing through the western edge of Kosse and through Groesbeck. It then passes through Mexia, intersecting SH 171 and US 84. It reaches its northern terminus at Interstate 45 on the north side of Richland. The entire route closely parallels the original Southern Pacific (now Union Pacific) railway lines.

History

SH 14 was one of the original twenty six state highways proposed on June 21, 1917, known as the Dallas-Houston Highway.^[2] From 1917 the routing mostly followed present day I-45 from Dallas to Corsicana, but going through an unbuilt route through Teague to Houston. On July 17, 1917, SH 14 was rerouted south of Corsicana. From there, the highway turned southwest to Bremond. Then it went along SH 2 via Texas and Houston to Galveston.^[3] Later that year, this section of SH 14 south of Bremond was eliminated. On November 21, 1917, an intercounty highway was designated from Bremond via Franklin to Bryan.^[4] On March 19, 1918, SH 14 was extended southeast over this intercounty highway.^[5] In 1926, U.S. Highway 75 was overlaid on the northern half of SH 14. The section from Bremond to Bryan was cancelled in the 1926 plans (but would be designated as SH 255 in 1938). On April 10, 1934, SH 14 extended north to west of Sherman, replacing SH 116.^[6] On April 9, 1935, SH 14 Spur was created to Thornton.^[7] On September 26, 1939, the portion from Dallas to Gunter was renumbered as SH 289 and the section that US 75 overlaid was cancelled. On September 26, 1967, SH 14 extended south from FM 46 (and SH 6 before this day), to SH 6. The highway has had the same routing since.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Robertson	​			SH 6 – Hearne, Waco
	Bremond			FM 1373 west
				FM 46 – Marlin, Franklin
				FM 2413 south (Lamar Street)	south end of FM 2413 overlap
				FM 2413 north	north end of FM 2413 overlap
Falls	No major junctions
Limestone	Kosse			FM 413 west – Reagan
				SH 7 – Marlin, Centerville, Marquez
				FM 339 north
	Thornton			FM 1246 east – Oletha	south end of FM 1246 overlap
				FM 1246 west	north end of FM 1246 overlap
	​			FM 147 west – Marlin
	Groesbeck			FM 3401 north
				SH 164 (Yeagua Street) – Mart, Buffalo
				FM 1245 west (West Trinity Street) – Fort Parker Monument	south end of FM 1245 overlap
				FM 1245 east (West Jacinto Street)	north end of FM 1245 overlap
	​			PR 35 west – Fort Parker Restoration
	​			PR 28 – Fort Parker State Park
	​			FM 2705 north / County Road 463 – Forest Glade, Lake Mexia, Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site
	Mexia			FM 1633 south – Forest Glade, Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site
				FM 39 south (West Tyler Street) – Jewett
				US 84 (Milam Street) – Bellmead, Teague
				SH 171 – Coolidge, Teague
				FM 3119 north
Freestone	Wortham			FM 27 – Fairfield
Navarro	Currie			FM 641 west to FM 1394
	Richland			FM 1394
	​			I-45 – Dallas, Houston	I-45 exit 219A; no access from I-45 north to SH 14 south
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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