Texas State Highway 224

State Highway 224 (SH 224) is a Texas state highway running from Greenville northeast to Commerce. The route was designated in 1979 as a renumbering of a portion of its parent SH 24 when it was rerouted southward from Commerce along SH 50.

State Highway 224 marker
State Highway 224
Map
SH 224; mainline in red, business route in blue
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length14.901 mi[1] (23.981 km)
Existed1979–present
Major junctions
West end SH 34 in Greenville
East end SH 24 / SH 50 in Commerce
Location
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
Highway system
SH 223 SH 225

History

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Previous route

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On October 22, 1935, SH 224 was designated as a route from SH 6 to the A&M University Administration Building via New Main Drive.[2] This route was canceled on September 26, 1939, and it was redesignated on January 27, 1940, as Spur 86 (erroneously omitted from the renumbering). Spur 86 was canceled on January 30, 1951.[3]

Current route

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The current version of SH 224 was designated on May 21, 1979, assuming the former routing of SH 24 when that highway was realigned onto SH 50. On February 22, 2001, the western end of SH 224 was truncated to SH 34. At that time, the concurrency between SH 224 and SH 34 was eliminated and the portion of SH 224 between SH 34 and US 69 was redesignated as Spur 302.[1]

Business routes

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SH 224 has one business route.

Commerce business loop

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Business State Highway 224-B
LocationCommerce
Existed2000–present

Business State Highway 224-B (Bus. SH 224-B) is a business loop that runs on the former routing of SH 224 through Commerce. The route was created on April 27, 2000, replacing Business SH 24-B.[4]

Junction list

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The entire route is in Hunt County.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Greenville0.00.0  SH 34 – Terrell, Wolfe City
1.93.1  FM 118
3.86.1 
 
FM 2736 east
Neylandville6.810.9 
 
FM 2874 east
Commerce11.318.2  Loop 178 – Texas A&M University-CommerceInterchange
12.219.6 
 
 
 
 
Bus. SH 224 east / FM 2874 west – Commerce
13.020.9   SH 11 / SH 24 – Cooper, Commerce
13.621.9 
 
Bus. SH 11 – Wolfe City, Sulphur Springs
interchange
13.822.2 
 
Bus. SH 224 – Cooper Lake State Park South Sulphur Unit
14.924.0   SH 24 / SH 50 – Greenville, Cooper
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ a b Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 224". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  2. ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. October 21, 1935. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 20, 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  3. ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Spur No. 86". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  4. ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Business State Highway No. 224-B". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.