Texas State Highway 171

State Highway 171 (SH 171) is a 110.845-mile (178.388 km) southeast–northwest state highway in northeastern Texas, United States, that connects U.S. Highway 84 (US 84) in Mexia with U.S. Highway 180 (US 180) in Weatherford.

State Highway 171
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length	110.845 mi[1] (178.388 km)
Existed	1932–present
Major junctions
South end	US 84 in Mexia
	I-35 / US 77 in Hillsboro US 67 in Cleburne Chisholm Trail Parkway in Cleburne US 377 in Cresson I-20 in Weatherford
North end	US 180 / FM 51 in Weatherford
Location
Counties	Limestone Hill Johnson Hood Parker
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate U.S. State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← SH 170 → SH 172

Route description

SH 171 begins at an intersection with US 84 in Mexia, before quickly intersecting State Highway 14. Leaving the town, SH 171 runs northwest to Tehuacana, before running in a more west direction to Coolidge. The highway runs in a northwest direction again, running through the towns of Hubbard and Malone before entering Hillsboro. SH 171 runs through the town overlapped with State Highway 22, before running in a mostly north direction towards Cleburne. In Cleburne, SH 171 shares an overlap with State Highway 174 through the city. After crossing U.S. Route 67 and the Chisholm Trail Parkway, the highway turns back in a more northwest direction towards Godley and Cresson. After Cresson, SH 171 briefly has a run in Hood County before entering Parker County. The highway enters into Weatherford, where it ends in downtown at an intersection with US 180.

History

The route was originally designated on August 3, 1932 along the portion between Hillsboro and Coolidge.[2] On July 15, 1935, the section from Coolidge to Hubbard was cancelled.[3] On September 22, 1936, this section was restored.[4] On January 18, 1937, the route had been extended to Covington.[5] On March 16, 1937, the section from Hubbard to Munger was cancelled due to a lateral project.[6] This section was restored on October 24, 1938.[7] On October 25, 1938, SH 171 was extended southeast to Mexia along the old route of US 84/SH 7. On September 26, 1939, SH 171 was extended to the northwest significantly, absorbing portions of SH 2A and all of SH 122.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Limestone	Mexia			US 84 – Waco, Teague
				SH 14 – Groesbeck, Wortham
	​			FM 2838 west
	Tehuacana			FM 638 north – Dawson
	​			FM 27 east – Wortham
	Coolidge			FM 73 south – Prairie Hill	South end of FM 73 overlap
				FM 1951 south
	​			FM 73 north	North end of FM 73 overlap
Hill	Hubbard			SH 31 – Waco, Corsicana
				FM 2114 east – Penelope
	Malone			FM 744 east – Wesley
				FM 308 – Penelope, Mertens
	Bynum			FM 1242 south – Abbott
				FM 1946 east
	​			FM 1243 north – Brandon
	​			SH 22 east – Corsicana	South end of SH 22 overlap
	Hillsboro			I-35 / US 77 – Dallas, Fort Worth, Waco
				FM 3267 south
				SH 81 south – Waco	South end of SH 81 overlap
				SH 81 north – Itasca	North end of SH 81 overlap
				SH 22 west – Meridian	North end of SH 22 overlap
	​			FM 66 east – Itasca
	​			FM 934 east – Itasca	South end of FM 934 overlap
	​			FM 934 west	North end of FM 934 overlap
	​			FM 2719 east
	​			Bus. SH 171 north – Covington
	Covington			FM 67 – Blum, Itasca
				Bus. SH 171 south – Covington
Johnson	Parker			FM 916 east – Grandview	South end of FM 916 overlap
	​			FM 916 west – Rio Vista	North end of FM 916 overlap
	​			FM 2135 north
	Cleburne			SH 174 south – Meridian	South end of SH 174 overlap
				FM 1718 west (Country Club Road) – Lake Pat Cleburne
				FM 4 east (2nd Street) – Grandview	South end of FM 4 overlap
				Bus. US 67 (Henderson Street, Chambers Street)
				FM 4 west (Kilpatrick Street) – Granbury	North end of FM 4 overlap
				SH 174 north (Main Street) – Burleson	North end of SH 174 overlap
				US 67 (Katherine P. Raines Road) – Glen Rose, Dallas
				Chisholm Trail Parkway – Fort Worth	Connection via County Road 1125
	Godley			FM 2331 south	South end of FM 2331 overlap
				FM 917 east – Joshua
				FM 2331 north
Hood	Cresson			US 377 – Granbury, Fort Worth
	​			FM 3450 west
Parker	​			FM 51 south – Granbury	South end of FM 51 overlap
	Weatherford			I-20 – Abilene, Fort Worth
				FM 1884 south (Bethel Road)
				US 180 / FM 51 north – Mineral Wells, Fort Worth, Springtown	North end of FM 51 overlap; continues past US 180 as FM 51; US 180 is Former US 80
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

See also

• List of state highways in Texas
• List of highways numbered 171

References

1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 171". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
2. (PDF) https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673820.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. (PDF) https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673871.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. (PDF) https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673887.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. (PDF) https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673891.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
6. (PDF) https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673894.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
7. (PDF) https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676251.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

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