Texas State Highway 103

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State Highway 103 marker

State Highway 103
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Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length: 63.05 mi[1] (101.47 km)
Existed: by 1933 – present
Major junctions
West end: Texas 7.svg SH 7
  US 69.svg US 69

I-69 (Future).svgUS 59.svg Future I-69/US 59

US 96.svg US 96
East end: Texas 21.svg SH 21
Highway system
SH 102 SH 104
SH 292 SH 293 SH 294 x20px

State Highway 103, or SH 103, is a state highway that runs through east Texas from an intersection with SH 7 near the Neches River through Lufkin to an intersection with SH 21 near the Louisiana state border. The route was originally designated in 1926.

Route description

SH 103 begins at an intersection with SH 7 just east of the Neches River. It then travels generally eastward to the western outskirts of Lufkin. The route then briefly travels northeast along State Loop 278 and US Route 69 before entering Lufkin coinciding with the business route of US 69. At Atkinson Drive, it turns east and proceeds out of town. It crosses two arms of Lake Sam Rayburn before reaching its eastern terminus at SH 21 just west of Milam, and 10 miles from the Louisiana border. The entire route covers 63.05 miles.

History

SH 103 was originally designated in 1926 from Centerville east through Crockett to Lufkin, replacing a section of SH 7, which was truncated further to the north. By 1933, the route has only been built between Crockett and Ratcliff, and was only an improved earth road. By 1940, sections around Lufkin were completed, but did not connect to earthen roads to the west. In 1941 the western end from Centerville to Radcliff was reassigned to SH 7, which was shifted to the south. The entire routing was completed by the late 1940s, which the duplication from Radcliff east to the Neches River was removed in 1961.

Major intersections

County Location mi km Destinations Notes
Angelina SH 7 – Crockett, Nacogdoches
FM 1819 north
FM 2021 east – Clawson
FM 706 south west end of FM 706 overlap
FM 706 north east end of FM 706 overlap
Lufkin Loop 287 south (North John Redditt Drive) / Spur 339 south (North Raguet Street) – Downtown District west end of Loop 287 overlap
Loop 36 south – Keltys
US 69 north / FM 2680 north – Tyler interchange; west end of US 69 Bus. overlap
US 69 south / Loop 287 north (Ellen Trout Drive) – Nacogdoches, Beaumont, Houston interchange; east end of Loop 287 overlap
FM 2251 north

Bus. US 59 north (North Timberland Drive)
west end of US 59 Bus. overlap
Loop 266 south (Hoskins Street)

Bus. US 59 south / Bus. US 69 south (North Timberland Drive) to SH 94 / East Atkinson Drive – Downtown District
east end of US 59 Bus. / US 69 Bus. overlap
US 59 / US 69 / Loop 287 (North Medford Drive) interchange
FM 842
FM 326 south
FM 1669 south – Huntington west end of FM 1669 overlap
FM 1669 north – Marion Ferry Park east end of FM 1669 overlap
Nacogdoches Etoile FM 226 north – Woden, Nacogdoches west end of FM 226 overlap
FM 226 south – Shirley Creek Park east end of FM 226 overlap
FM 95 north – Chireno
San Augustine FM 1277 – Broaddus
FM 1992 north
SH 147 south – Broaddus, Zavalla west end of SH 147 overlap
SH 147 north – San Augustine east end of SH 147 overlap
FM 705 – San Augustine
FM 3279 south
Chinquapin FM 1751
US 96 – Bronson, San Augustine interchange
Rebecca FM 3229 south
Sabine FM 1 south / FM 3229 north – Bronson west end of FM 1 overlap
FM 1 north – Rosevine east end of FM 1 overlap
Rosevine FM 1592 – San Augustine, Hemphill
FM 2784 south (Woodland Hills)
SH 21 – Milam, San Augustine
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References