Texas State Highway 112

State Highway 112
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	10.43 mi[1] (16.78 km)
Existed:	1992[1] – present
Major junctions
North end:	US 183 northwest of Eastland
South end:	I-20 in Eastland
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs Park Rec FM ← SH 111 SH 113 → ← US 69 SH 69 SH 70 →

State Highway 112 or SH 112 is a short segment highway that runs through the northern portions of Eastland County. The routing was previously designated as State Highway 69 in 1971.^[2] Vandalism to the road signage as a result of its numbering had reached epidemic proportion by 1989, driving a resolution that the number of the road needed to be changed. The cost of resigning the roadway was considered reasonable by local governments, compared to that of the measures by law enforcement agencies that would be necessary to stop the vandalism. In 1992, the district requested and was granted renumbering of this route to State Highway 112.^[1][2]

History

SH 112 was originally numbered in 1926 as a route from Karnes City north to Nixon then northeast to near Gonzales. The route was completed by 1939, but was reassigned to SH 80 and SH 200.

Route description

SH 112 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 183 in far northern Eastland County and travels southeast. Four miles later it turns south at an intersection with Farm to Market Road 101. It goes another 5 miles until an intersection with SH 6 in Eastland. It then turns east, reaching its terminus at Interstate 20.

This section of highway has had five different state numbering since its inception. It was originally numbered as SH 23 from 1917 until 1926.^[3] In 1926 it was reassigned to SH 67 until 1939.^[4] In 1939 it was renumbered again as SH 6 when it was realigned across the state. It kept this numbering until 1971, when SH 6 was reassigned to roadways further to the west. The route was then redesignated as SH 69. In 1992, the route was finally redesignated SH 112 due to vandalism issues.^[2]

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