Texas State Highway 138 Explained

State:TX
Type:SH
Route:138
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:SH 138 highlighted in red
Length Mi:6.9
Length Round:1
Established:1988
Direction A:West
Direction B:East
Terminus A: near Briggs
Terminus B: near Florence
Counties:Williamson
Previous Type:SH
Previous Route:137
Next Type:SH
Next Route:139

State Highway 138 (SH 138) is a state highway that runs between U.S. Highway 183 and SH 195 across northern Williamson County, Texas. The highway was originally part of SH 195. When SH 195 was redirected north of Florence to Killeen over RM 440 on January 27, 1988, this portion was redesignated as SH 138.

Route description

SH 138 begins at an intersection with US 183 in rural Williamson County, near the Burnet County line. It two lanes wide and travels east with some curves passing through no incorporated municipalities. North of Florence, it intersects Business SH 195, the former alignment of SH 195. About 0.6miles later, it ends at an interchange with SH 195 which opened in 2014 as a part of improvements made to SH 195 corridor.[1]

History

SH 138 was previously designated on July 31, 1929, as a short connector route in Childress County from near Buck Creek to the Oklahoma state line[2] along what would shortly be cosigned with U.S. Highway 62. On September 26, 1939, the designation had been cancelled in favor of US 62.

Notes and References

  1. News: Views mixed on impact of new State Highway 195 route around Florence . Griffin, Courtney . . December 24, 2014 . June 21, 2015 . Nearly two months have passed since federal, state and local officials opened the State Highway 195 bypass on the east side of Florence on Oct. 28..
  2. Web site: January 25, 2018 . July 31, 1929 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180125141518/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673785.pdf . Minutes . publicdocs.txdot.gov . . 30 April 2023 . en-us . live .