Texas State Highway 203

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State Highway 203
Length: 39.837 mi[1] (64.111 km)
Formed: 1939[1]
West end: US 287 in Hedley
Major
junctions:		 FM 1547 at Quail
US 83 in Wellington
East end: SH-9 towards Mangum, OK
Highways in Texas
< SH 202 SH 204 >
< SH 51 SH 53 >

State Highway 203 is a nearly 39.837-mile (64.111 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Texas. It runs through the Texas panhandle from Hedley to the Oklahoma state line.

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[edit] History

SH 203 was added to the state highway system by 1919, as part of SH 13; the former alignment of SH 13 via Wheeler became SH 33 and is now SH 152.[2][3][4] By 1926, SH 13 had taken the alignment that became US 66, while the route through Wellington became State Highway 52.[5] In the 1939 renumbering, the part of SH 52 east of Wellington remained, but the highway west of Wellington was renumbered SH 203, along with a proposed[6] route from Wellington to the state line near Dodson. In late 1945, the state renumbered the route via Dodson as part of Farm to Market Road 338 and rerouted SH 203 to absorb the rest of SH 52.[1][7][8] There have been no changes to the routing of SH 203 since 1945.

[edit] Route description

SH 203 heads northeastward from Hedley. It meets the beginning of SH 273 after leaving that town. SH 203 then turns more easterly and passes through Quail. North of Wellington, it overlaps US 83. It then ends at the Oklahoma state line, where it becomes SH 9.

[edit] Junction list

County Location Mile[9] Junction Notes
Donley Hedley 0.0 US 287 Western terminus
299 ft FM 1932 Southern terminus of FM 1932
2.0 SH 273 Southern terminus of SH 273
6.6 FM 2944 Southern terminus of FM 2944
Collingsworth Quail 16.1 FM 1547
21.4 FM 2344 Southern terminus of FM 2344
26.4 FM 1035 Northern terminus of FM 1035
27.4 US 83 West end of US 83 concurrency
Wellington 29.3 FM 3197 Eastern terminus of FM 3197
29.3 US 83 East end of US 93 concurrency
30.3 FM 398 Northern terminus of FM 398
32.3 FM 2734 Southern terminus of FM 2734
39.8 SH-9 Oklahoma state line; eastern terminus


[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Texas Department of Transportation. Highway Designation File - State Highway No. 203. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  2. ^ Commerce Journal, Highway Commission Adopts 25 Highways, July 6, 1917
  3. ^ State Highway Department, Map Showing Proposed System of State Highways as Adopted June 1917
  4. ^ Texas State Highway Department, Highway Map: State of Texas, October 1, 1919
  5. ^ Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas, 1926, Texas
  6. ^ Texas State Highway Department, General Highway Map: Collingsworth County, Texas, 1936 (partially revised to February 1, 1940)
  7. ^ Texas Department of Transportation. Highway Designation File - State Highway No. 52. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  8. ^ Texas Department of Transportation. Highway Designation File - Farm to Market Road No. 338. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
  9. ^ Mileage calculated by Google Maps routing.