Texas State Highway 61 is a 21.426 miles (34.5 km) state highway in southeast Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

. It connects Anahuac

Anahuac, Texas

Anahuac is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The population of the city was 2,210 at the 2000 census. Anahuac is the seat of Chambers County and is situated in East Texas.- History :...

 in Chambers County to Devers

Devers, Texas

Devers is a city in Liberty County, Texas, United States. The population was 416 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Devers is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

 in Liberty County

Liberty County, Texas

Liberty County is a county located in Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 75,643. Its county seat is Liberty.-Geography:According to the U.S...

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Route description

The southern terminus of SH 61 is in Anahuac, along Washington Avenue; state maintenance begins just south of Stowell Street. The route travels north into Anahuac before turning to the east. It passes the Chambers County Airport

Chambers County Airport

Chambers County Airport is a county-owned general aviation airport located in unincorporated Chambers County, Texas, United States east of the city of Anahuac....

 before an intersection with ; SH 61 turns to the north, while SH 65 continues east. SH 61 crosses IH 10

Interstate 10 in Texas

Interstate 10 is the major east–west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States. In the U.S. state of Texas, it runs east from El Paso, near the border with New Mexico, through San Antonio and Houston to the border with Louisiana in Orange, Texas....

 near the community of Turtle Bayou

Turtle Bayou, Texas

Turtle Bayou is an unincorporated area in Chambers County, Texas, United States. During the Texas Revolution, it was the site of the Turtle Bayou Resolutions.-External links:...

, northeast of Lake Anahuac

Lake Anahuac

Lake Anahuac is an artificial lake fed by the Trinity River, east of downtown Houston, Texas, USA in western Chambers County. The city of Anahuac lies on its eastern shores....

. The route travels north into Liberty County before reaching its northern terminus in Devers at .

History

SH 61 was designated by 1926 along the southern portion of the route previously numbered SH 35A

State Highway 35 (Texas)

State Highway 35, or SH 35, is a largely north–south highway in southeastern and southern Texas between Houston, junction of I-45 on the southeast side of the city and Corpus Christi, where it terminates on I-37....

. Its official designation has remained unchanged since the 1939 redescription of the Texas highway system.

Major intersections