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State Highway 97 or SH 97 is a state highway running 143 miles from Cotulla to Waelder, Texas.
[edit] Route History
By 1933, SH 97 was originally planned on two sections; between Rio Grande City and Hebbronville, and from Fowlerton and Pleasanton, with the possibility of these section being connected in the future. Likely due to the desolation of the southern stretch, the southern portion went unconstructed. The northern branch was slowly constructed, initially between Stockdale and Fowlerton by 1939. In 1942, a section of decommissioned SH 72 between Fowlerton and Cotulla was added. It was extended to its current terminus in Waelder in 1952, replacing the western portions of SH 200 and SH 3.
[edit] Counties and junctions
[edit] References
- ^ Texas Department of Transportation, [1]
I 35 at Cotulla
US 281
US 90 at Waelder
SH 72
SH 85 – Charlotte
SH 16 – Jourdanton
I 37 – Pleasanton
US 181 – Floresville
US 87
SH 123 – Stockdale
SH 119 – Stockdale
SH 80 – Nixon
US 183/SH 111 – Gonzales
SH 304
I 10 – Waelder
