Navasota South of 105 (Navasota, Texas)

Google Maps Street View, c. 2013 Following the last exit in Navasota, Highway 6 continuing south becomes a divided highway rather than a freeway. I must say there's not much in this direction. There's Schulte Roofing Company (10842 Hwy. 6 Bypass South) that built a permanent location here in 2006. There's a bridge that goes over railroad tracks, which was the site of a derailment in 2014. Most of the news content I can find for this one (including a video) focused mostly on the spill of diethanolamine but it also damaged the bridge structure; it was down to one lane northbound for several weeks. On the west side there's a church, Faith Outreach Christian Center (11596 Hwy. 6), with the east side holding the facility of Trinity Heads Inc. (11765 Hwy. 6 South). Trinity Heads manufactures pressure vessel heads and, according to their website, was first built in the late 1950s as "Tru-Weld Co." with the current name being assumed in 2001 after expanding over the years. (The rail spur is often in use).

Further south is Hilco Metal Roof Supply & Services (12503 Hwy. 6), J5 Tractors (2476 Highway 6), and finally the point where the bypass rejoins with LaSalle Street. The southern-most business of the Highway 6 bypass. When heading north, the southside split of Highway 6 is a welcome sight after long distances of driving out in the countryside back north (hello dual signs proclaiming Business 6 is to the left), and in my time driving back from Houston there used to be a large clump of cactus growing in the highway shoulder. Going south, though, there's a narrow bridge ahead, with a crossover road that used to be just north of the Navasota River but it closed in the late 2010s.

From there we continue south, with the only real changes since the early 2000s are some restructuring of the crossover lanes (safer but fewer of them) and a May 2016 tornado that took out some trees and buildings, namely a barn that was already halfway collapsing and damage to Global Vacuum Systems. There's Grassy Creek Community (trailer park) near CR-317 and the aforementioned Global Vacuum Systems Inc. (15431 State Highway 6) which manufactures This facility manufactures vacuum tanks for trucks. It was built in 2008 but the 2016 tornado did major damage to the facility, destroying a 2011 building (the paint shop) and causing major damage to the roof of the main building.

At FM 1227/CR-318 there's blinking lights now and St. Holland Missionary Baptist Church (15898 Hwy. 6). I'm not sure of the building on the southeast side of the intersection but a sign points toward WildFlyer Mead Company (may be covered in a future post), a little further more down is Rosa's Plants, Pots & More (16157 Hwy. 6) and then we get to the FM 2 intersection, which will be covered at yet another time...