Texas State Highway 71

State Highway 71 marker

State Highway 71

Route information

Maintained by TxDOT

Length:

253.199 mi^[1] (407.484 km)

Existed:

1926 – present

Major junctions

West end:

US 87/US 377 near Brady

US 281
US 290 in Austin
I-35 in Austin
US 183 in Austin
US 77
US 90 in Columbus
I-10 in Columbus

Alt. US 90

Future I-69/US 59

East end:

SH 35 at Blessing

Location

Counties:

McCulloch, Mason, San Saba, Llano, Burnet, Blanco, Travis, Bastrop, Fayette, Colorado, Wharton, Matagorda

Highway system

Highways in Texas

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State Highway 71 or SH 71 is a Texas state highway that runs 253 miles (407 km). The northern terminus is at US 87 and US 377 south of Brady and its southern terminus is at SH 35 near Blessing. This highway is designated the "10th Mountain Division Highway" from SH 95 to Interstate 35.

History

SH 71 was originally designated in 1926 from Austin to Columbus, absorbing SH 3D in the process. By 1928, SH 71 had extended to Matagorda Bay. In 1935, U.S. Highway 290 was codesignated along the stretch from Austin to Bastrop, dropping SH 71 from this section completely by 1939. In 1951, this section was restored when US 290 was rerouted farther north. Late in 1965, the highway was extended to its current designation over the cancelled Ranch to Market Road 93 and Ranch to Market Road 734.

Austin

Through Austin, SH 71 is known as Ben White Boulevard and is one of Austin's newest freeways. Sections have opened regularly since 1996, when the first section west of Interstate 35 was opened. A 5-level stack was recently completed at Interstate 35, and the freeway east of Interstate 35 to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport was recently completed.

Major displacements of commercial properties were required to build the Austin expansions. Most of the freeway had a 150 ft (46 m) wide right-of-way which was expanded to 300+ feet (91m+), and the western segment, which opened in 1998, was built on an 80 ft (24 m) right-of-way. The section at the western end required many more business displacements. The new freeway features depressed sections, elevated sections, and partial stack interchanges.

Business routes

SH 71 has two business routes.

Business State Highway 71-E is a business loop that runs through La Grange. The road was designated as Business SH 71-E in 1991 upon completion of a bypass around the city.^[2]

Business State Highway 71-F (formerly Loop 329) is a business loop that runs through Columbus. The city was bypassed in 1982 and the original route was designated as Loop 329. The road was redesignated as Business SH 71-F in 1991.^[3]^[4]

Junction list

County	Location	mi	Destinations	Notes
McCulloch	Brady		US 87 / US 377 – Brady, Mason
			FM 2309 north – Brady
			FM 1851 – Voca
			FM 1851 south – Voca
			FM 3293 west
Mason	Fredonia		RM 386 south – Mason	SH 71 briefly enters San Saba County just east of here
Mason	Pontotoc		RM 501 east – Cherokee
Llano			SH 29 west – Mason	West end of SH 29 overlap
	Llano		SH 16 north / SH 29 east – San Saba, Burnet	East end of SH 29 overlap; west end of SH 16 overlap
			RM 152 west – Castell
			SH 16 south – Fredericksburg	East end of SH 16 overlap
			FM 2333 east – Sunrise Beach Village
			RM 962 east – Round Mountain
			RM 2831 north
			RM 2147 east – Horseshoe Bay, Cottonwood Shores
Burnet	Marble Falls		US 281 – Marble Falls, Johnson City	Interchange
Blanco	No major junctions
Travis			FM 2332 north (Pace Bend Road) – Briarcliff
	Bee Cave		RM 3238 west (Hamilton Pool Road)
			RM 620 north – Lakeway, Round Rock
			RM 2244 east – West Lake Hills
	Austin		US 290 west – Dripping Springs, Johnson City	West end of US 290 overlap
		See US 290
			I-35 / US 290 east – Waco, San Antonio	East end of US 290 overlap
			Woodward Street, Todd Lane, Burleson Road
			Montopolis Drive
			Riverside Drive
			US 183 – Lampasas, Lockhart	East end of freeway
			Spirit of Texas Drive – Austin-Bergstrom International Airport	Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
			Cardinal Loop, Presidential Boulevard – Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Del Valle	Interchange
			FM 973 north – Manor	West end of FM 973 overlap
			FM 973 south – Mustang Ridge	East end of FM 973 overlap
			SH 45 Toll north / SH 130 Toll north – Waco	Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
			SH 45 Toll / SH 130 Toll – Waco, San Antonio
Bastrop			SH 21 west – San Marcos	Interchange; west end of SH 21 overlap
			FM 20 south / FM 969 north – Lockhart, Webberville	West end of expressway
	Bastrop		SH 304 south – Gonzalez
			Loop 150 east / Hasler Boulevard – Bastrop, Bastrop State Park	East end of expressway
			SH 21 east / SH 95 north – Caldwell, Elgin	East end of SH 21 overlap; west end of SH 95 overlap
			Loop 150 west – Bastrop, Bastrop State Park
			SH 95 south / FM 153 east / Loop 230 east – Smithville, Flatonia, Winchester	Interchange; east end of SH 95 overlap
	Smithville		Colorado Street (County Road 319)	Interchange
	Smithville		Loop 230 west – Smithville	Interchange
Fayette			Loop 543 east – West Point
			FM 154 – West Point, Muldoon
			Loop 543 west – West Point
			Loop 220 east – Plum
			Loop 220 west – Plum
			Bus. SH 71 east – La Grange	West end of freeway
	La Grange		US 77 / Von Minden Street – Giddings, Schulenburg	Access to St Mark's Medical Center
	La Grange		SH 159 – Bellville, La Grange
			Bus. SH 71 west – La Grange	East end of freeway
			FM 955 north – Fayetteville
	Ellinger		FM 2503 north
Colorado	Hillcrest		FM 1890 west (Shaws Bend Road)
			Bus. SH 71 east – Columbus	Interchange
	Columbus		Round House Road	Interchange
	Columbus		US 90 – Weimar, Sealy	Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
			I-10 west – San Antonio	Interchange; west end of I-10 overlap, east exit 693, west exit 695; no eastbound entrance
	Columbus		I-10 east / Bus. SH 71 west – Houston, Columbus	East end of I-10 overlap, exit 696
	Altair		Alt. US 90 – Hallettsville, Eagle Lake
			FM 1693 west
	Garwood		FM 950 east – Matthews
			FM 333 west
Wharton			FM 1160 south – Louise
			FM 961 east – Wharton
			FM 2546 – Jones Creek
			FM 2546 north – Jones Creek
			FM 1300 west
	El Campo		FM 2765 (Loop Street)
			FM 653 south (Wharton Street)
			Bus. US 59 – Pierce, Louise
			FM 1163 south (2nd Street)
			FM 653 north (Wharton Street)
			US 59 – Wharton, Ganado	Future I-69
			FM 2674 south
	Danevang		FM 441 north – Hillje
Matagorda			FM 1468 east – Markham
	Midfield		SH 111 west / FM 2431 east – Edna, Markham
			FM 456 east
	Blessing		SH 35 – Bay City, Palacios
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access

References

Roads in Greater Austin

Interstates	I-35 Bus. I-35-L (Mays Street)

U.S. Highways	US 79 US 183 US 290

State Highways	SH 21 SH 29 SH 45 SH 71 SH 80 SH 95 SH 123 SH 130 SH 138 SH 142 SH 165 SH 195 SH 304

State Loops and Spurs	Loop 1 Spur 69 Loop 111 Loop 212 Loop 275 Loop 343 Loop 360

Park and Recreational Roads	PR 1

Toll Roads	Manor Expressway Loop 1 SH 45 SH 130 183A Toll Road

FM and RM Roads	RM 12 FM 20 FM 86 FM 535 RM 620 FM 685 FM 734 FM 812 FM 969 FM 973 FM 1100 FM 1325 FM 1327 RM 1431 FM 1625 FM 1626 FM 1825 RM 1826 RM 2222 RM 2244 RM 2322 FM 3177 RM 3238

Bridges	Lamar Boulevard Bridge Mansfield Dam Montopolis Bridge Pennybacker Bridge Richards-Congress Avenue Bridge

Named Streets	6th Street

Related	CTRMA

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