Texas State Highway 105

State Highway 105
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	150.4 mi[1] (242.0 km)
Existed:	1933 – present
Major junctions
West end:	Bus. US 290 at Brenham
	SH 6 in Navasota I-45 in Conroe I-69 / US 59 in Cleveland
East end:	US 69 / US 96 / US 287 at Beaumont
Location
Counties:	Washington, Brazos, Grimes, Montgomery, Liberty, Hardin, Jefferson
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs Park Rec FM ← SH 104 SH 106 → ← SH 132 SH 133 SH 134 →

State Highway 105, or SH 105, is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas that runs from Brenham to the outskirts of Beaumont. The route was originally proposed in 1933 and took its current routing in 1984.

Route description

SH 105 begins as a pair of one-way roads at an intersection with Business U.S. Route 290 in downtown Brenham. It then progresses northeast out of Brenham through mainly farming lands. It passes near Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, which is the birthplace of Texas as the location of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence. It then crosses the Brazos River before passing through Navasota. The route briefly joins SH 6 before proceeding east again. It passes near Lake Conroe before entering the city of Conroe and an intersection with Interstate 45. The route continues east, passing through the very southern edge of Sam Houston National Forest before reaching Cleveland and an intersection with Interstate 69/U.S. Route 59. The route continues east out of Cleveland, briefly coinciding with SH 321, passing through a large section of East Texas Piney Woods, before reaching its eastern terminus at U.S. Routes 69, 96, and 287 on the far northern edge of Beaumont.

Route history

The highway was originally proposed in 1926 from Navasota east through Conroe to Cleveland, roughly paralleling a local railroad line. By 1933 the route was completed as an earthen road, with a proposed extension east to Moss Hill. By 1939, a new section of SH 105 was under construction, being built westward from Beaumont, replacing SH 133. Construction was sporadic, with the section between Conroe and Beaumont not completed until the 1960s. In 1973, SH 105 was extended southwest into Brenham, replacing a section of SH 90. The current route was set in 1984 with the highway replacing FM 162 and shortening the route from Cleveland to Beaumont. One portion of FM 162 was originally designated as FM 1935. In 2005, a new routing around Cleveland was approved for construction, while the section through Cleveland will be designated as a business route of 105: 105-T.

Business routes

SH 105 has one business route.

Business State Highway 105-T is a future Business Loop that will run on the current routing of SH 105 through Cleveland in central Texas. The road was designated in 2005, but was awaiting completion of the bypass routing of the main highway south of Cleveland as of 2008.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[3]	km	Destinations	Notes
Washington	Brenham	0.0	0.0	Bus. US 290 (Market Street / East Main Street)
		0.8	1.3	FM 577 (Blue Bell Road) to US 290 / SH 36
		2.7	4.3	FM 50 north – Independence, Brenham Airport
		8.2	13.2	FM 2193 east
		9.2	14.8	FM 390 west
		13.8	22.2	FM 912 east – Washington on the Brazos State Park
		18.3	29.5	FM 1155 south – Washington, Washington on the Brazos State Park
Brazos		20.6	33.2	FM 159 north – Millican
Grimes	Navasota	24.0	38.6	FM 379 south / Fifth Street / truck route – Wallace Pack Unit
		24.5	39.4	Bus. SH 6 (La Salle Street) – College Station, Hempstead
		25.6	41.2	SH 6 north / SH 90 north – Anderson, Waco, College Station	Interchange
		27.1	43.6	SH 6 south / Spur 515 west (truck route) – Houston, Navasota	Interchange
				FM 362 south – Camp Allen, Whitehall
				FM 1748 south
				FM 2445 north
				Spur 234 south – Stoneham
	Plantersville			FM 1774 – Anderson, Magnolia, Fanthrop Inn State Park
Montgomery	Dobbin			FM 1486 – Dacus, Magnolia
	Montgomery			FM 149 (The Montgomery Trace) – Richards, Tomball
				FM 2854 east / Lone Star Parkway
	Conroe			FM 3083 south (Carter Moore Drive) to I-45
				Loop 336 – Cleveland
				I-45 – Huntsville, Houston	I-45 exit 87A
				SH 75 (North Frazier Street)
				FM 1314 south – Porter
				FM 3083 – Grangerland
				Loop 336 to I-45 north – Navasota
	Cut and Shoot			FM 1485 south – New Caney
				FM 1484 west – Groceville
Liberty				Bus. SH 105 east – Cleveland	at-grade intersection; west end of freeway
				US 59 – Houston, Lufkin	Interchange
				FM 1010 – Cleveland, Plum Grove	interchange
	Cleveland			Bus. SH 105 west / SH 321 north – Cleveland, Conroe	at-grade intersection; east end of freeway; west end of SH 321 overlap
				SH 321 south – Dayton	East end of SH 321 overlap
				FM 2518 to FM 787 – Romayor, Tarkington
	Moss Hill			SH 146 – Rye, Hardin
Hardin	Batson			FM 770 south – Hull	West end of FM 770 overlap
				FM 770 north – Saratoga	East end of FM 770 overlap
	Sour Lake			SH 326 – Kountze, Nome
Jefferson	Beaumont			FM 364 (Major Drive) to US 90
				US 69 / US 96 / US 287 – Lumberton, Port Arthur	Interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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