{{short description|State highway in Texas}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=TX |maint=TxDOT |type=SH |route=315 |map={{maplink-road|from=Texas State Highway 315.map}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=SH 315, highlighted in red |length_mi=26.035 |length_ref=<ref name="State Highway 315">{{TxDOT|SH|315|accessdate=2008-03-15}}</ref> |length_round=3 |established=1939 |direction_a=West |direction_b=East |terminus_a={{jct|state=TX|US|259}} in Mount Enterprise |junction= |terminus_b={{jct|state=TX|US-Bus|79|dab1=Carthage}} in Carthage |counties=Rusk, Panola |previous_type=SH |previous_route=314 |next_type=SH |next_route=316 }}
'''State Highway 315''' ('''SH 315''') is a state highway in Texas that runs from Mount Enterprise northeast to Carthage.<ref name="State Highway 315" />
==Route description== SH 315 begins at a junction with US 259 in Mount Enterprise.<ref name="Mapbook 574">{{Texas Mapbook|574}}</ref> The route travels to the northeast through eastern Rusk County, intersecting FM 95 and FM 840.<ref name="Mapbook 573">{{Texas Mapbook|573}}</ref> Continuing to the northeast, the highway enters Panola County, in which it has junctions with FM 348, FM 1971, and FM 1970 in the community of Clayton. SH 315 then enters Carthage, where it intersects SH 149. The route travels through the western portion of Carthage before reaching its eastern terminus at Bus. US 79.<ref name="Mapbook 591">{{Texas Mapbook|591}}</ref>
==History== This route was not built, and was removed from the state highway system by 1939. SH 315 was designated on April 1, 1939 on its current route.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |date=March 31, 1939 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022090924/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676259.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/003676259.pdf}}</ref> When originally constructed, the route between Mount Enterprise and the former community of Shiloh, approximately 5.8 miles to the east, was the first road in the state's Farm to Market system; the extension of this road in April caused the cancellation of SH 215, a highway that followed a similar routing to the current route.<ref name="FM Facts">{{cite web|url=http://www.dot.state.tx.us/TPP/hwy/fmfacts.htm|author=Texas Department of Transportation|title=Farm/Ranch to Market Facts|accessdate=2011-04-04|author-link=Texas Department of Transportation|archive-date=April 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422083211/http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/fmfacts.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Shiloh Rusk">{{cite web|author=Hudson, Ann|title=Shiloh, TX (Rusk County)|work=Handbook of Texas Online|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hts11|accessdate=2011-04-04|publisher=Texas State Historical Association}}</ref> This route became part of SH 315 during the 1939 redescription of the state highway system.<ref name="State Highway 315" />
==Major intersections== {{jcttop|state=TX|length_ref=<ref name="googlemaps">{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=TX-315+W&daddr=TX-315+E+to:TX-315+E+to:TX-315+E+to:TX-315+E+to:TX-315+E+to:TX-315+E+to:Bird+Ave&hl=en&geocode=Fcgj5wEd6UBb-g%3BFYTT5wEdnp1b-g%3BFQia6AEdMlRc-g%3BFUIj6QEdnhRd-g%3BFayt6QEdBi1e-g%3BFXjJ6QEdjm5e-g%3BFQKF6gEdVhNg-g%3BFTWz6gEd6Tdg-g&mra=mi&mrsp=7&sz=17&sll=32.157185,-94.359941&sspn=0.007984,0.016512&ie=UTF8&ll=32.094209,-94.533234&spn=0.51132,1.056747&z=11|title=Overview map of Texas State Highway 315 Distances Between Interchanges|accessdate=2011-04-04}}</ref> }} {{TXint |county=Rusk |cspan=3 |location=Mount Enterprise |mile=0.0 |road={{jct|state=TX|US|259|name1=Railroad Avenue|city1=Henderson|city2=Nacogdoches}} |notes=Western terminus}} {{TXint |location=none |mile=3.4 |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|95}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile=7.9 |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|840}} }} {{TXint |county=Panola |cspan=5 |location=none |mile=11.7 |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|348}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile=16.6 |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1971}} }} {{TXint |location=Clayton |mile=17.7 |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1970}} }} {{TXint |location=Carthage |lspan=2 |mile=24.8 |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|149|name1=LaSalle Parkway}} }} {{TXint |mile=26.0 |road={{jct|state=TX|US-Bus|79|name1=Panola Street|dab1=Carthage}} |notes=Eastern terminus }} {{jctbtm}}
==References== {{reflist}}
315 Category:Transportation in Rusk County, Texas Category:Transportation in Panola County, Texas