Texas State Highway 158

State Highway 158
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length	170.20 mi[1][lower-alpha 1] (273.91 km)
Existed	by 1931[1]–present
Major junctions
West end	SH 302/FM 181 near Goldsmith
	I-20 – Midland US 87 in Sterling City US 277 in Bronte
East end	US 67/US 83 in Ballinger
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← SH 157 SH 159 →

State Highway 158 or SH 158 is a state highway running from near Goldsmith, Texas eastward to Ballinger, Texas.

Route description

SH 158 begins at an intersection with State Highway 302/Farm to Market Road 181 northwest of Odessa in unincorporated Ector County. The highway runs in an northeast–southwest direction until Philips Plant Road, turning into a more east–west direction. SH 158 enters the town of Goldsmith, intersecting with Farm to Market Road 866. The highway resumes its rural route and has an interchange with U.S. Route 385 north of Odessa. SH 158 turns into a southeast–northwest direction near the Ector–Midland county line. The highway shares a short overlap with State Highway 191 in west Midland. The overlap ends at an interchange with Loop 250, with SH 158 following Loop 250 until Interstate 20. The highway leaves Interstate 20 in southeast Midland, running southeast–northwest through rural Midland County. SH 158 runs through Glasscock County and Garden City before entering Sterling County. SH 158 shares an overlap with U. S. Route 87, with the two highways running through Sterling City together. SH 158 leaves US 87 at the eastern edge of Sterling City, running in a north–south direction before resuming an east–west direction. The highway runs through Coke County, serving the towns of Robert Lee and Bronte and later enters Runnels County. SH 158 ends at an intersection with U.S. Route 67/U.S. Route 83 in the town of Ballinger.

History

SH 158 was designated on March 19, 1930 on a route from Robert Lee to Bronte, replacing SH 70A. SH 158 extended northeast to Abilene and west to Sterling City on January 20, 1932.^[2] SH 158 extended west to Garden City on April 23, 1932.^[3] On July 15, 1935, the section from Robert Lee to Garden City was cancelled.^[4] On December 21, 1935, a section from Garden City to Midland was added, creating a gap.^[5] On February 11, 1937, the western section extended westward to Gardendale, replacing SH 216.^[6] On August 1, 1938, the section from Garden City to Sterling City was restored, partially closing the gap. On November 19, 1938, SH 158 extended west to 7.5 miles northeast of Ector-Winkler County line, its current end.^[7] On July 9, 1945, FM 652 was designated from SH 158 to SH 302. On September 26, 1945, FM 652 became part of SH 158.

On February 12, 1948, the section from Bronte to Abilene was transferred to U.S. Route 277. On August 19, 1948, SH 158 was extended southeast to Ballinger, replacing SH 109.^[8] On September 26, 1963, SH 158 was extended along old location US 83. The two disconnected portions were finally connected on May 6, 1969 when Farm to Market Road 387, completed in 1959, was re-designated as SH 158 (which it was part of in 1935).^[9]

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Ector	​	0.0	0.0	SH 302 – Kermit, Odessa	South end of FM 181 overlap
	​	0.1	0.16	FM 181 north – Seminole	North end of FM 181 overlap
	Goldsmith	4.9	7.9	FM 866 south
	​	12.0	19.3	FM 1936 – West Odessa
	​	15.8	25.4	US 385 – Andrews, Odessa	Interchange
	Gardendale	19.0	30.6	FM 554 south – Odessa
Midland	​	25.5	41.0	FM 1788 – Midland International Airport
	​	27.9	44.9	SH 349 – Lamesa, Midland International Airport	Interchange
	Midland	32.6	52.5	SH 191 west – Odessa	West end of SH 191 overlap; west end of freeway
		33.7	54.2	Bus. SH 158 east (Andrews Highway) / Loop 250 north – Midland	East end of SH 191 overlap; west end of Loop 250 overlap
		34.4	55.4	Thomason Drive, Tradewinds Boulevard
		35.5	57.1	BL I-20 – Midland, Odessa, Midland International Airport
		37.0	59.5	Frontage Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		36.3	58.4	Industrial Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		36.6	58.9	Interstate 20 Frontage Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		37.1	59.7	I-20 west / SH 349 north – El Paso, Midland International Airport	East end of Loop 250 overlap; west end of I-20/SH 349 overlap; I-20 exit 131
		40.4	65.0	Midkiff Road	I-20 exit 134
		41.3	66.5	Garfield Street	I-20 exit 135
		42.4	68.2	SH 349 south / Bus. SH 349 north – Midland, Rankin	East end of SH 349 overlap; I-20 exit 136
		43.3	69.7	Lamesa Road	I-20 exit 137
		44.4	71.5	I-20 east / Bus. SH 158 west – Abilene, Midland	East end of I-20 overlap; I-20 exit 138
	​	47.0	75.6	FM 1213 south
	​	55.5	89.3	FM 1379 north	West end of FM 1379 overlap
	​	58.0	93.3	FM 1379 south	East end of FM 1379 overlap
Glasscock	​	65.2	104.9	SH 137 – Stanton, Big Lake
	Garden City	78.9	127.0	RM 33 – Big Spring, Big Lake
Sterling	​	107.5	173.0	US 87 north / SH 163 north – Big Spring, Loraine	Interchange; west end of US 87/SH 163 overlap
	Sterling City	110.3	177.5	SH 163 south – Barnhart	East end of SH 163 overlap
		111.2	179.0	US 87 south – San Angelo	East end of US 87 overlap
Coke	​	133.8	215.3	RM 2059 north – Silver
	​	141.0	226.9	RM 2034 west	West end of RM 2034 overlap
	​	143.7	231.3	RM 2034 east to SH 208 – San Angelo	East end of RM 2034 overlap
	Robert Lee	145.6	234.3	Spur 229 north – Lake E.V. Spence
		145.8	234.6	SH 208 – Colorado City, San Angelo
	Bronte	157.6	253.6	US 277 north – Abilene	West end of US 277 overlap
		157.9	254.1	US 277 south	East end of US 277 overlap
Runnels	​	166.6	268.1	FM 3115 south
	​	169.2	272.3	FM 383 north
	​	175.2	282.0	FM 2111
	Ballinger	180.6	290.6	FM 2887 north
		181.5	292.1	US 67 / US 83 – Coleman, Abilene, San Angelo, Eden
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

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