Texas State Highway 97

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State Highway 97
Length: 143.75[1] mi (231.34 km)
Formed: by 1933
Southwest end: I-35 BUS at Cotulla
Major
junctions:
US 281

I-37
US 181
US 87
US 183

Alt. US 90
I-10

Northeast end: US 90 at Waelder
Highways in Texas
< SH 96 SH 98 >

State Highway 97 or SH 97 is a state highway running 143 miles from Cotulla to Waelder in the U.S. state of Texas.

[edit] 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

County Junction Notes
La Salle I-35 BUS – Cotulla
McMullen SH 72
Atascosa SH 85Charlotte
SH 16Jourdanton
US 281Pleasanton
I-37 – Pleasanton
Wilson US 181Floresville
US 87
SH 123Stockdale
SH 119 – Stockdale
Gonzales SH 80Nixon
US 183/SH 111Gonzales

Alt. US 90 – Gonzales
SH 304
I-10Waelder
US 90 at Waelder

[edit] References

  1. ^ Texas Department of Transportation, [1]
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