Texas State Highway 158

State Highway 158
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	170.20 mi[1] (273.91 km)
Existed:	1992[1] – present
Major junctions
West end:	SH 302/FM 181 near Goldsmith
	I-20 – Midland US 87 in Sterling City US 277 in Bronte
East end:	US 67/US 83 in Ballinger
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs Park Rec FM ← SH 157 SH 159 → ← SH 108 SH 109 I-110 →

State Highway 158 or SH 158 is a state highway running from near Goldsmith, Texas eastward to Ballinger, Texas.

History

SH 158 was designated by 1933 on a route starting at Robert Lee travelling through Bronte then turning northeast, terminating at Abilene. The route was slowly built, being completed in 1939. In the 1939 general redescription, an additional non-connected section was added, beginning 20 miles west of Robert Lee in Sterling City and travelling west through Garden City and Midland, terminating just west of Goldsmith.

In 1948, the section from Bronte to Abilene was transferred to U.S. Route 277, and was instead rerouted southeast to Ballinger, replacing State Highway 109 from Bronte to Ballinger. SH 109 was originally designated from Smithville to Yoakum on a route that became SH 95 by 1933. The two disconnected portions were finally connected in 1969 when Farm to Market Road 387, completed in 1959, was redesignated.

References

1. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division. "State Highway No. 158". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2010-06-15.