Texas State Highway 111

State Highway 111
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	76.23 mi[1] (122.68 km)
Existed:	by 1933 – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 183/SH 97 at Gonzales
	Alt. US 77 US 77 Future I-69/US 59
East end:	SH 71 at Midfield
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← SH 110 SH 112 →

State Highway 111 or SH 111 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas that runs from Gonzales to Midfield in Southeast Texas.

Route description

SH 111 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 183 at the unincorporated community of Hochheim. The official TXDOT route designation has the route dextended northwest with US 183 to Gonzales, but it is not currently measured or mapped as part of the route and is not signed as such. The route travels east to Yoakum, intersecting US 90 Alternate, before travelling into downtown Yoakum. The route then turns southeast the oil field regions toward an intersection with US 59 (Future I-69) at Edna. The route then turns due east, crossing over Lake Texana, before reaching its terminus at SH 71 at Midfield.

History

SH 111 was originally numbered in 1926 on a route beginning at Hallettsville, and travelling southeast to Edna and continuing to Lolita, before turning east to Blessing, just south of Midfield, following the rail line of the St. Louis, Brownsville, and Mexico Railway. By 1933, the route was conditionally designated over most of that routing, with an extension from Hallettsville west to Gonzales. It also turn southward before reaching Blessing, instead going toward the community of Olivia on Matagorda Bay. By 1935, the routing was redesignated over its current routing from Midfield through Edna to Yoakum. In 1939, SH 111 extended west to Hochheim over a section of SH 95. The route was not completed between Yoakum and Edna until the late 1940s.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Gonzales	Gonzales	0.00	0.00	US 183 north / SH 97 – Luling, Nixon	Western end of US 183 concurrency SH 111 is unsigned along this concurrency
DeWitt	Hochheim			US 183 south – Cuero	Eastern end of US 183 concurrency Western terminus of signed portion of SH 111
	Yoakum			Alt. US 77 – Cuero, Hallettsville
				US 77 Alt. Bus. north (Irvine Street)	Northern end of Bus. US 77 concurrency
				US 77 Alt. Bus. south (Irvine Street)	Southern end of Bus. US 77 concurrency
Lavaca	​			US 77 – Victoria, Hallettsville
Jackson	Edna			US 59 – Victoria, El Campo	Diamond interchange with frontage roads
				Loop 521 (Main Street)
	​			SH 172 – La Ward, Ganado
Matagorda	Midfield			SH 71 – El Campo
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. Texas Department of Transportation,