Texas State Highway 6

State Highway 6
SH 6 highlighted in red, business loops in blue
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length	476.4 mi[1] (766.7 km)
Existed	April 4, 1917 (April 4, 1917)–present
Major junctions
South end	I-45 / SH 146 in La Marque
Major intersections	I-69 / US 59 in Sugar Land I-10 / US 90 in Houston I-35 in Waco I-20 in Eastland
North end	SH-6 north of Quanah
Location
Country	United States
State	Texas
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec
← RE 5 → Spur 6

State Highway 6 (SH 6) runs from the Red River, the Texas–Oklahoma state line, to northwest of Galveston, where it is known as the Old Galveston Highway. In Sugar Land and Missouri City, it is known as Alvin-Sugarland Road and runs perpendicular to Interstate 69/U.S. Highway 59 (I-69/US 59). In the Houston area, it runs north to Farm to Market Road 1960 (FM 1960), then northwest along US 290 to Hempstead, and south to Westheimer Road and Addicks, and is known as Addicks Satsuma Road. In the Bryan–College Station area, it is known as the Earl Rudder Freeway. In Hearne, it is known as Market Street. In Calvert, it is known as Main Street. For most of its length, SH 6 is not a limited-access road. In 1997, the Texas Legislature designated SH 6 as the Texas Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway.^[2]