State Highway 242 is a Texas state highway connecting The Woodlands and Patton Village in southeast Texas.

Route description

SH 242 begins at in The Woodlands. The roadway, also known locally as College Park Drive, curves to the southeast and passes to the south of W. G. Jones State Forest. It then turns to the east and crosses in the southern outskirts of Conroe

Conroe, Texas

Conroe is a suburban city 40 miles north of Houston in the gulf coastal plains/piney woods region of southeast Texas.It is the seat of Montgomery County and falls within the metropolitan area.As of the 2000 U.S...

. The route continues to the east, crossing and , before reaching its eastern terminus at in Patton Village.

History

SH 242 was designated between IH 45 and US 59 in 1985. The westward extension to FM 1488 occurred in 1986.

Major intersections