Texas State Highway 149

State Highway 149
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	33.9 mi[1] (54.6 km)
Existed:	by 1931 – present
Major junctions
South end:	I-369 / US 59 / Bus. US 59 at Carthage
	US 79 in Carthage I-20 / US 259 in Longview
North end:	US 80 / US 259 at Longview
Location
Counties:	Panola, Rusk, Gregg
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← SH 148 SH 150 →

State Highway 149 or SH 149 is a state highway that runs from Carthage to Longview in east Texas.

History

SH 149 was originally designated by 1931 along its current route and included an extension north from Longview to Daingerfield. The northern extension was transferred to SH 26 by 1939. In 1988 a loop around Carthage was completed, with SH 149 being routed around the western side of town. The old routing that entered Carthage was re-designated State Spur 572.

Route description

SH 149 begins at an intersection with US Route 259 and US Route 80 in downtown Longview. The route travels southward concurrent with US 259 to an intersection with Interstate 20. SH 149 and US 259 split here, with US 259 traveling west with I-20 and SH 149 continuing south. The route meets State Highway 322 near the East Texas Regional Airport before turning southeast. The routes continues, intersecting SH 43 at Tatum, before continuing on toward Carthage. At Carthage, the routes continues around the western portion of the loop around town, briefly running concurrent with US Route 79, before reaching its southern terminus at US Route 59 (Future Interstate 369) on the south side of town.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Panola	Carthage			US 59 (Lasalle Pkwy) / Bus. US 59 north (Shelby St) – Tenaha, Marshall	Interchange, future I-369
				FM 10 (Market St)
				SH 315 (Sabine St) – Mount Enterprise
				US 79 west / Bus. US 79 east (Panola St)	Interchange, south end of US 79 overlap
	​			US 79 east (Lasalle Pkwy) / Spur 572 east (Cottage Rd)	Interchange, north end of US 79 overlap
	​			FM 959 south	South end of FM 959 overlap
	​			FM 959 north	North end of FM 959 overlap
	Beckville			FM 124 (Fairplay Rd)
				Spur 152 east (Monroe St)
Rusk	Tatum			SH 43 (Johnson St) – Henderson, Marshall
				FM 1797 west (Sterling Price St)
	​			FM 782 south
Gregg	​			FM 2906 east – Easton
	​			FM 349 east
	Lakeport			SH 322 south (Gardiner Mitchell Pkwy) – Henderson	South end of SH 322 overlap
	Longview			SH 322 north (Estes Pkwy)	North end of SH 322 overlap
				I-20 / US 259 south – Kilgore, Marshall	Interchange, south end of US 259 overlap
				US 80 north (Marshall Ave) / US 259 – White Oak, Hallsville, Ore City	North end of US 259 overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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