Texas State Highway 102
State Highway 102 or SH 102 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The highway begins at the New Mexico state line near Sedan, New Mexico as a continuation of New Mexico State Road 421 ending at U.S. Route 87 near Dalhart. SH 102 is located in southwestern and south central Dallam County and does not pass through any cities or towns. The highway was first designated in 1948 as a Farm to Market Road before eventually being upgraded to its current highway designation.
History
SH 102 was originally designated over a route from Taylor via Lexington to Caldwell in Williamson, Milam, Lee, and Burleson counties sometime between 1922[2] and 1926.[3] That former route was truncated to a highway between Taylor and Lexington at another point between 1928[4] and 1933.[5] The former route was renamed FM 112 in 1944.[1][6]
The current highway was first designated as Farm to Market Road 808 from the eastern terminus at US 87 to a point 13.3 miles (21.4 km) westward in 1948.[7] The road was extended to the New Mexico state line later that year.[7] During the 1950s, NM 102 was extended eastward from Sedan to the state line meeting FM 808.[8] In 1955, the Texas highway department began signing the road as SH 102 in conformance at that time with the New Mexico numbering, but the road officially retained its FM 808 designation.[1] The portion of NM 102 approaching the state line was renumbered NM 421 in 1988.[8][9] The road officially achieved its SH 102 designation in 1990,[1] and the FM 808 designation was decommissioned.[7]
Route description
SH 102 begins where NM 421, an 8.1-mile (13.0 km) route approaching from NM 402 between Clayton, New Mexico and Amistad, New Mexico, crosses the state line near Sedan.[10] SH 102 intersects FM 296 to Texline just east of the state line. The highway has a short concurrency with FM 3110 before terminating at US 87 7.0 miles (11.3 km) northwest of Dalhart.[1][11]
The 27.7-mile (44.6 km)[12] rural highway passes through no cities or towns and intersects no major highways between its termini. SH 102 travels in a straight line for almost its entire length encountering only flat High Plains terrain.[13][14]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Dallam County.
| Location |
Mile[12] |
Destinations |
Notes |
| |
0 |
NM 421 – Sedan, NM |
Western terminus where roadway continues as NM 421 into Union County, NM |
| |
0.0 |
FM 296 – Texline |
|
| |
9.3 |
FM 3110 south |
Begin brief overlay of FM 3110 |
| |
9.4 |
FM 3110 north |
End overlay of FM 3110 |
| |
22.7 |
US 87 – Dalhart, Texline |
Eastern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
References
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U.S. Roads portal |
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Texas portal |
- ^ a b c d e f Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - State Highway No. 102". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SH/SH0102.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ^ Texas State Highway Department. Highway Map of the State of Texas (Map). 1"=20 mi. (Dec. 1, 1922 ed.). http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/aris/maps/maplookup.php?mapnum=6184. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ^ Texas State Highway Commission. Official Highway Map of Texas (Map). 1"=30 mi. (1926 ed.). http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/aris/maps/maplookup.php?mapnum=6185. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ^ Texas State Highway Commission (Revised to 3-1-1929). Official Highway Map of Texas (Map). 1 ⅛"=20 mi. (1928 ed.). http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/aris/maps/maplookup.php?mapnum=7990. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ^ Texas State Highway Commission. Official Map of the Highway System of Texas (Map). ⅞"=30 mi.. Cartography by R. M. Stene (June 15, 1933 ed.). Section M21-M22. http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/aris/maps/maplookup.php?mapnum=6188. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ^ Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - Farm to Market Road No. 112". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/FM/FM0112.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ^ a b c Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - Farm to Market Road No. 808". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/FM0500/FM0808.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ^ a b Riner, Steve (May 21, 2009). "Details of New Mexico State Routes 101-125". The Unofficial New Mexico Highways Page. http://www.steve-riner.com/nmhighways/NM101-125.htm#102. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ^ Riner, Steve (November 2, 2009). "Details of New Mexico State Routes 401-450". The Unofficial New Mexico Highways Page. http://www.steve-riner.com/nmhighways/NM401-450.htm#421. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ^ "State Routes" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. p. 21. http://www.nmshtd.state.nm.us/upload/images/CHDB/State%20Routes.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ^ Texas Department of Transportation (PDF). County Grid Map (Map). 1:120,000 (2010 ed.). p. 126-127, 155. http://www.txdot.state.tx.us/travel/county_grid_search.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ^ a b Google, Inc. Google Maps – Route of SH 102 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=NM-102+S%2FNM-421+W&daddr=NM-102+N%2FNM-421+E+to:TX-102+E+to:TX-102+E+to:TX-102+E&hl=en&geocode=FYGDJwIdhLfb-Q%3BFRKDJwIdGLjb-Q%3BFYZ4JwIdckLe-Q%3BFQ54JwIdGkre-Q%3BFWRyJwIdiOfh-Q&mra=mi&mrcr=3&mrsp=4&sz=19&sll=36.13959,-102.635943&sspn=0.001133,0.00327&ie=UTF8&ll=36.140647,-102.838211&spn=0.145006,0.41851&z=12. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ^ United States Geological Survey (PDF). Clayton, New Mexico-Texas (Map). 1:100,000. 30x60 minute series (topographic) (1982 ed.). http://ims.er.usgs.gov/gda_services/download?item_id=5209025&quad=Clayton&state=NM&grid=30X60&series=Map%20GeoPDF. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ^ United States Geological Survey (PDF). Dalhart, Texas (Map). 1:100,000. 30x60 minute series (topographic) (1982 ed.). http://ims.er.usgs.gov/gda_services/download?item_id=5200554&quad=Dalhart&state=TX&grid=30X60&series=Map%20GeoPDF. Retrieved 2010-11-25.