U.S. 69 North - Lufkin to Tyler

US 69 was recently reconstructed here and has a short concrete freeway section with high-mast lighting.

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US 69 continues northwest out of Lufkin and returns to a rural-style highway.

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The highway keeps four or five lanes through the small community of Clawson, northwest of Lufkin.

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US 69 shield at Clawson, Texas.

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The next major population center is Rusk, located about 40 miles to the northwest of Lufkin. The interim sees more forested land and small rural communities.

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Now in northwestern Angelina County, US 69 encounters FM 843. The FM road runs east back to US 59.

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This view looks north along US 69 in Angelina County, near the community of Central.

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SH 7 is coming up as the next numbered route to be intersected.

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SH 7 has a grade-separated interchange with US 69 in northern Angelina County. SH 7 is one of the original numbered state highways in Texas, and connects Interstate 35 near Waco with the old city of Nacogdoches in East Texas.

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US 69 northbound past SH 7. US 69 leaves Angelina County and enters Cherokee County in four miles. The county has about 46,000 residents and was founded in 1846 as one of Texas' older counties.

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US 69 northbound in Alto runs into SH 21 and SH 294 at a stop sign.

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US 69 does not directly enter the town of Rusk, instead skirting it on the east and north side. US 84 runs north out of town.

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A view of US 69 between Rusk and Jacksonville. The highway has several steep grades and tight turns through tall pine forest through here.

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This marks the eastern end of US 175. US 175 begins as a two lane rural highway, then switches to an expressway, and then to a freeway as it enters and ends in Dallas.

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US 69 northbound at the exit for FM 344 at Bullard.

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US 69 northbound at SH 49 in Tyler.

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