Texas State Highway 294

SH 294 begins at an intersection with US 79/US 84 in far southwestern Anderson County and proceeds to the east through agricultural and forested areas.[2][3] The route intersects US 287/SH 19 in the town of Elkhart, and is concurrent with those two routes to the southeast towards Crockett.[4] Just southeast of town, SH 294 splits from US 287/SH 19 and continues to the east through the southern portion of Anderson County.[5] The route then crosses the Neches River into Cherokee County.[6] It then continues through the southwest section of the county before reaching its terminus at SH 21 in Alto.[7]

The route of SH 294 was originally slated to be an eastward extension of SH 7 as early as 1933. On September 26, 1939, SH 7 was rerouted across a number of already-built routes further to the south. A few sections of the original route had already been constructed, including the bridge across the Neches River, and those that had not already been assigned to SH 7 were designated SH 294.