Texas State Highway 276

State Highway 276 (SH 276) is a Texas state highway that runs from Rockwall east to Emory. This route was designated on July 25, 1960 between Rockwall and Quinlan, replacing FM 1143 and part of FM 35. SH 276 was extended to its current terminus on October 25, 1990, replacing most of FM 35.

State Highway 276
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length	41.200 mi[1] (66.305 km)
Existed	1960–present
Major junctions
West end	SH 205 in Rockwall
East end	US 69 in Emory
Location
Counties	Rockwall, Hunt, Rains
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate U.S. State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← SH 275 → SH 277

History

SH 276 was designated on September 7, 1938 as a route between US 285 southeast of Arno and Mentone.[2] On April 16, 1946, another section from SH 115 to what was then SH 82 (now SH 18) in Kermit was added. On August 12, 1946, that section was transferred to SH 302. On December 1, 1953, SH 276 was transferred to SH 302.

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Rockwall	Rockwall	0.0	0.0	SH 205 – Lavon, Terrell
		1.8	2.9	FM 549
	​	4.7	7.6	FM 551 – Fate
	​	5.9	9.5	FM 550 – McLendon-Chisholm
	​	6.5	10.5	FM 548 – Royse City
Hunt	​	11.9	19.2	FM 1565 – Union Valley, Poetry
	​	12.8	20.6	FM 35
	​	16.9	27.2	FM 36 – Caddo Mills
	Quinlan	18.8	30.3	Loop 264
		19.3	31.1	SH 34 north – Greenville	West end of SH 34 overlap
		19.8	31.9	SH 34 south – Terrell	East end of SH 34 overlap
	​	20.9	33.6	FM 751 – Wills Point
Rains	East Tawakoni	29.6	47.6	FM 513 north – Lone Oak
	​	32.3	52.0	FM 2737 north
	​	34.4	55.4	FM 47 – Point, Woosley, Wills Point
	​	40.0	64.4	FM 3299 north
	Emory	41.2	66.3	US 69 – Greenville, Mineola
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

Gallery

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  State Highway 276 in Quinlan
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  State Highway 276 in West Tawakoni
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  State Highway 276 crossing Lake Tawakoni on the Tawakoni Causeway

References

1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 276". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
2. (PDF) https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676249.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

Media related to Texas State Highway 276 at Wikimedia Commons