Texas State Highway 137
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Length | 192.238 mi[1] (309.377 km) | |||
Existed | 1928–present | |||
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State Highway 137 (SH 137) is a state highway in west Texas. It runs 192.238 miles (309.377 km) from SH 163 near Ozona to U.S. Highway 385 (US 385) near Brownfield. SH 137 was originally established in 1928, and it has been realigned several times since then.
History
SH 137 was designated on November 17, 1928 from Odessa to the Andrews/Gaines County Line.[2] On June 25, 1929, it extended to McCamey.[3] In 1930, a portion from Lubbock to Brownfield, which was designated as SH 53, was renumbered as a separate section of SH 137. On May 5, 1931, the southern section extended north to the Gaines/Terry County Line.[4] The sections were connected on May 28, 1932.[5] On July 16, 1934, the route south of Meadow had become SH 51.[6] On January 25, 1938, it extended south to Brownfield.[7] On February 11, 1938, SH 137 extended south to Lamesa.[8] On May 24, 1938, the section south of the Terry county line was cancelled.[9] On September 20, 1938, it was extended to 2.5 miles north of Lamesa.[10] On October 25, 1938, SH 137 was extended south to Rankin.[11] On September 26, 1939, the section from Brownfield to Lubbock been reassigned to U.S. Highway 62. SH 137 had extended south through Midland and Rankin, ending west of Sheffield, replacing SH 271. On August 20, 1940, the sections of SH 137 from Midland to the Midland/Upton County Line was cancelled, creating a gap. On October 20, 1940, the section of SH 137 from Lamesa to Midland and from the Midland/Upton County Line to Rankin were also cancelled. On December 3, 1940, the section of SH 137 from Lamesa to Rankin was restored. On March 26, 1942, the section from Lamesa to Rankin cancelled, with the section from Midland south 12 miles being transferred to FM 9. On April 29, 1942, the section of SH 137 from Rankin to Sheffield was transferred to SH 51. SH 137 was extended south to Stanton on August 23, 1943, replacing State Highway 303.[12] On October 26, 1949, SH 137 extended north from US 62 to SH 51. On December 1, 1953, SH 137 was signed, but not designated, along RM 1800 to SH 158. By 1969, SH 137 was signed along the rest of RM 1800, part of RM 33, and all of RM 865. On May 16, 1984, the route was extended 109 miles (175 km) south to its current southern terminus, when it replaced all or portions of RM 33, RM 865, and RM 1800.
Junction list
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Crockett | | ||||
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| South end of US 190 overlap | ||||
| North end of US 190 overlap | ||||
Reagan | Big Lake | ||||
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Glasscock | | ||||
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Midland | | ||||
Martin | Stanton | ||||
I-20 exit 156 | |||||
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| South end of FM 2002 overlap | ||||
| North end of FM 2002 overlap | ||||
Dawson | | ||||
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Brownfield | South end of US 62/385 overlap | ||||
North end of US 62/385 overlap | |||||
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 137". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
- ↑ (PDF) https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673777.pdf. Missing or empty
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(help) - ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 303". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 17, 2018.