{{short description|State highway in Texas}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=TX |type=SH |route=224 |map={{maplink-road|from=Texas State Highway 224.map}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=SH&nbsp;224; mainline in red, business route in blue |length_mi=14.901 |length_ref=<ref name="SH 224">{{TxDOT|SH|224|access-date=July 9, 2018}}</ref> |length_round=3 |established=1979 |direction_a=West |direction_b=East |terminus_a={{jct|state=TX|SH|34}} in Greenville |junction= |terminus_b={{jct|state=TX|SH|24|SH|50}} in Commerce |previous_type=SH |previous_route=223 |next_type=SH |next_route=225 }}

'''State Highway&nbsp;224''' ('''SH&nbsp;224''') is a Texas state highway running from Greenville northeast to Commerce. The route was designated in 1979 as a renumbering of a portion of its parent SH&nbsp;24 when it was rerouted southward from Commerce along SH&nbsp;50.

==History== ===Previous route=== On October 22, 1935, SH&nbsp;224 was designated as a route from SH&nbsp;6 to the A&M University Administration Building via New Main Drive.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=October 20, 2017 |date=October 21, 1935 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020085652/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673876.pdf |title=Minutes |website=publicdocs.txdot.gov |publisher=Texas Department of Transportation |access-date=28 April 2023 |language=en-us |url-status=live |url=https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673876.pdf}}</ref> This route was canceled on September 26, 1939, and it was redesignated on January 27, 1940, as Spur&nbsp;86 (erroneously omitted from the renumbering). Spur&nbsp;86 was canceled on January 30, 1951.<ref name="Spur 86">{{TxDOT|SS|86|access-date=July 9, 2018|link=no}}</ref>

===Current route=== The current version of SH&nbsp;224 was designated on May 21, 1979, assuming the former routing of SH&nbsp;24 when that highway was realigned onto SH&nbsp;50. On February 22, 2001, the western end of SH&nbsp;224 was truncated to SH&nbsp;34. At that time, the concurrency between SH&nbsp;224 and SH&nbsp;34 was eliminated and the portion of SH&nbsp;224 between SH&nbsp;34 and US&nbsp;69 was redesignated as Spur&nbsp;302.<ref name="SH 224"/>

==Business routes== SH 224 has one business route.

===Commerce business loop=== {{Infobox road small |state=TX |type=SH-Bus |route=224-B |location=Commerce |formed=2000 }}

'''Business State Highway 224-B (Bus. SH&nbsp;224-B)''' is a business loop that runs on the former routing of SH 224 through Commerce. The route was created on April 27, 2000, replacing Business SH 24-B.<ref name="Business State Highway 224-B">{{TxDOT|BS|224|B}}</ref> {{Clear}}

==Junction list== {{jcttop|state=TX|county=Hunt}} {{TXint |location=Greenville |mile=0.0 |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|34|city1=Terrell|city2=Wolfe City}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile=1.9 |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|118}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile=3.8 |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2736|dir1=east}} }} {{TXint |location=Neylandville |mile=6.8 |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2874|dir1=east}} }} {{TXint |location=Commerce |lspan=6 |mile=11.3 |road={{jct|state=TX|Loop|178|location1=Texas A&M University-Commerce}} |notes=Interchange}} {{TXint |mile=12.2 |road={{jct|state=TX|TX-Bus|224|dab1=B|dir1=east|FM|2874|dir2=west|city1=Commerce}} }} {{TXint |mile=13.0 |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|11|SH|24|city1=Cooper|city2=Commerce}} }} {{TXint |mile=13.6 |road={{jct|state=TX|TX-Bus|11|dab1=H|city1=Wolfe City|city2=Sulphur Springs}} |notes=interchange }} {{TXint |mile=13.8 |road={{jct|state=TX|TX-Bus|224|dab1=B|location1=Cooper State Park South Sulphur Unit}} }} {{TXint |mile=14.9 |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|24|SH|50|city1=Greenville|city2=Cooper}} }} {{jctbtm}}

==References== {{reflist}}

224 Category:Transportation in Hunt County, Texas

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