State Highway 61 (SH 61) is a

state highway A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...

in southeast Texas. It connects Anahuac in

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to Devers in Liberty County.

Route description

The southern terminus of SH 61 is in Anahuac, along Washington Avenue; state maintenance begins just south of Stowell Street. The route travels north into Anahuac before turning to the east. It passes the

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before an intersection with SH 65; SH 61 turns to the north, while SH 65 continues east. SH 61 crosses

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near the community of

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, northeast of

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. The route travels north into Liberty County before reaching its northern terminus in Devers at US 90.

History

SH 61 was designated on August 21, 1923 from Devers to Anahuac replacing part of SH 35A (the rest was cancelled). Its official designation has remained unchanged since the 1939 redescription of the Texas highway system.

Major intersections

References

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061 61 may refer to: * 61 (number) * one of the years 61 BC, AD 61, 1961, 2061 * In some countries, a slang name for the Cyrillic letter Ы * '' 61*'', a 2001 American sports drama film * "Sixty One", a song by Karma to Burn from the album ''Mountain ...

Transportation in Chambers County, Texas Transportation in Liberty County, Texas