State Highway Loop 281 or Loop 281 is a Texas state highway loop around the city of Longview

Longview, Texas

Longview is a city in Gregg and Harrison Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 80,455. Most of the city is located in Gregg County, of which it is the county seat; only a small part extends into the western part of neighboring Harrison County. It is...

. It runs from I-20

Interstate 20 in Texas

Interstate 20 in Texas is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States, running east from a junction with Interstate 10 east of Kent, Texas, through the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex to the border with Louisiana near Waskom, Texas...

 / US 259 / SH 322

Texas State Highway 322

State Highway 322 or SH 322 is a Texas state highway that runs from Henderson north to Interstate 20 near Longview. This route was designated by 1939.-Route description:...

 in a clockwise direction back to I-20

Interstate 20 in Texas

Interstate 20 in Texas is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States, running east from a junction with Interstate 10 east of Kent, Texas, through the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex to the border with Louisiana near Waskom, Texas...

 near Longview

Longview, Texas

Longview is a city in Gregg and Harrison Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 80,455. Most of the city is located in Gregg County, of which it is the county seat; only a small part extends into the western part of neighboring Harrison County. It is...

. It is also known as Tomlinson Parkway in northern Longview

Longview, Texas

Longview is a city in Gregg and Harrison Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 80,455. Most of the city is located in Gregg County, of which it is the county seat; only a small part extends into the western part of neighboring Harrison County. It is...

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History

Loop 281 was previously designated in 1957 on a route from US 82

U.S. Route 82 in Texas

In the U.S. state of Texas, U.S. Route 82 is a U.S. Highway that begins on the New Mexico border and heads east through West Texas and Lubbock to the Arkansas border at Texarkana.- New Mexico–Texas state line to Wichita Falls :...

 / US 287

U.S. Route 287 in Texas

In the U.S. state of Texas, U.S. Highway 287 is a U.S. Highway that begins on the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur and heads north through Fort Worth, northwest to Childress, Clarendon, and Amarillo in the Texas Panhandle and into Oklahoma near Kerrick....

 northwest to US 281

U.S. Route 281 in Texas

U.S. Route 281 in Texas is a major north-south highway in the U.S. state of Texas. U.S. 281 runs from Brownsville, just north of the US-Mexico Border to the Texas-Oklahoma state line in Burkburnett north of Wichita Falls congruent with I-44....

 in Wichita Falls

Wichita Falls, Texas

Wichita Falls is a city in and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States, United States. Wichita Falls is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay and Wichita counties. According to the U.S. Census estimate of 2010,...

. The route was redesignated in 1959 as Loop 165 (modern-day US 287 Bus. and SH 240

Texas State Highway 240

State Highway 240 is a Texas state highway that runs from Harrold east to Burkburnett, then south parallel to Interstate 44 to Wichita Falls.-Route description:...

) "to avoid confusion with US 281

U.S. Route 281 in Texas

U.S. Route 281 in Texas is a major north-south highway in the U.S. state of Texas. U.S. 281 runs from Brownsville, just north of the US-Mexico Border to the Texas-Oklahoma state line in Burkburnett north of Wichita Falls congruent with I-44....

by the traveling public."

Counties and junctions