Texas State Highway 242: Difference between revisions

State Highway 242
State Highway 242
Route information
	Maintained by TxDOT
Length	21.633 mi (34.815 km)
Existed	1985–present
Major junctions
West end	FM 1488 in The Woodlands
	I-45 in Conroe
East end	I-69 / US 59 in Patton Village
Location
Country	United States
State	Texas
Counties	Montgomery
Highway system
	Highways in Texas; Interstate; US; State; Toll; Loops; Spurs; FM/RM; Park; Rec;

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State Highway 242 (SH 242) is a Texas state highway connecting The Woodlands and Patton Village in southeast Texas.

Route description

SH 242 begins at FM 1488 in The Woodlands.^[2] The roadway, also known locally as College Park Drive, curves to the southeast and passes to the south of W. G. Jones State Forest. It then turns to the east and crosses I-45 in the southern outskirts of Conroe. The route continues to the east, crossing FM 1314 and FM 1485, before reaching its eastern terminus at I-69 / US 59 in Patton Village.^[3]

History

SH 242 was designated between I-45 and US 59 (now dual signed as I-69/US 59) in 1985. The westward extension to FM 1488 occurred in 1986.^[1]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Montgomery County.

Location	mi^[4]	km	Destinations	Notes
The Woodlands	0.0	0.0	FM 1488 – Magnolia, Conroe	Western terminus
Conroe	4.4	7.1	I-45 – Houston, Dallas
	10.5	16.9	FM 1314 – Conroe, Porter
	15.2	24.5	FM 1485 – New Caney
Patton Village	21.6	34.8	I-69 / US 59 – Houston, Cleveland	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

^ ^a ^b Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 242". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2012). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2012 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 560. OCLC 867856197. Retrieved 2011-11-25.^{[dead link‍]}
^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2012). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2012 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 580. OCLC 867856197. Retrieved 2011-11-25.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "State Highway 242" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2011-11-25.

[State_Highway_242-1] Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 242". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-04-04.

[Mapbook_560-2] Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2012). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2012 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 560. OCLC 867856197. Retrieved 2011-11-25.^{[dead link‍]}

[Mapbook_580-3] Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2012). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2012 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 580. OCLC 867856197. Retrieved 2011-11-25.^{[dead link‍]}

[googlemaps-4] "State Highway 242" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2011-11-25.

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 ==History==
-[[Image:Texas 242.svg|20px]] SH 242 was designated between [[Image:I-45.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 45 (Texas)|I-45]] and [[Image:US 59.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 59 (Texas)|US 59]] (now dual signed as  {{jct|state=TX|I|69|US|59}}) in 1985. The westward extension to [[Image:Texas FM 1488.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 1488|FM 1488]] occurred in 1986.<ref name="State Highway 242"/>
+SH 242 was designated between [[Interstate 45|I-45]] and [[U.S. Route 59 in Texas|US 59]] (now dual signed as [[Interstate 69 in Texas|I-69]]/US&nbsp;59) in 1985. The westward extension to [[Farm to Market Road 1488|FM 1488]] occurred in 1986.<ref name="State Highway 242"/>
 ==Major intersections==