Texas State Highway 43

State Highway 43
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	85.764 mi[1] (138.024 km)
Existed:	by 1933 – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 79 / US 259 / SH 64 in Henderson
	I-20 near Marshall US 59 through Marshall US 80 in Marshall
North end:	US 59 (Future I-369) in Atlanta
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← SH 42 I-44 →

State Highway 43 (SH 43) is a Texas state highway that runs from Henderson to Atlanta.

Previous routes

SH 43 was originally proposed in 1919 to connect Longview to Rusk via Henderson. By 1922, the proposed route had been readjusted to extend farther west to Palestine and north to the Oklahoma border via Daingerfield. By 1933, the route had been further changed. The section from Henderson to Longview was transferred to SH 26, with the route now traveling northeast from Henderson to Caddo Lake Park north of Marshall. The section southwest of Palestine to Taylor, was renumbered from SH 43A. By 1933, SH 43 extended to Round Rock, replacing part of SH 2C. By 1935, the section from Round Rock to Palestine had been transferred to U.S. Highway 79. In 1942, another section was created from SH 49 to US 59 in Atlanta, replacing SH 300 and creating a gap in the route. In 1950, the section from Karnack to Caddo lake Park was transferred to FM 134. In 1967, the section from what was then FM 1915 to FM 134 was renumbered as Spur 449. Instead, SH 43 was rerouted on FM 1915, which was cancelled, closing the gap.

SH 43A was originally designated by 1922 as an alternate route to SH 43, splitting in Kilgore and running southwest through Palestine to Taylor. By 1926, the entire route south of Jacksonville had been transferred to the main route of SH 43. The section north of Jacksonville was cancelled. SH 43A was instead designated from Palestine to Henderson, replacing the original SH 43. By 1928, it was rerouted to end in Troup. By 1933, this route became extensions of SH 22 and SH 110.

Major junctions

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Rusk	Henderson			US 79 / US 259 / SH 64	Southern terminus
	​			FM 1251 / FM 1716
	​			FM 2658
	​			FM 1716
	Tatum			SH 149
Panola	​			FM 1794
	​			FM 959
Harrison	​			FM 2625
	​			I-20	I-20 exit 614.
	Marshall			US 59 south	South end of US 59 overlap
				US 80
				US 59 north	North end of US 59 overlap
				Loop 390
	​			FM 2682
	Karnack			Spur 449
	​			FM 134 south	South end of FM 134 overlap
	​			FM 134 north / FM 2198	North end of FM 134 overlap
Marion	​			FM 805 east	South end of FM 805 overlap
	​			FM 805 west	North end of FM 805 overlap
	Smithland			SH 49
	​			FM 2683
Cass	​			FM 125
	Bivins			FM 1841 east	South end of brief FM 1841 overlap
				FM 248 / FM 1841 west	North end of brief FM 1841 overlap
	​			FM 2328
	Atlanta			SH 77
				FM 249
				US 59	Northern terminus; Future I-369
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

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