Texas State Highway 97

State Highway 97
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	143.746 mi[1] (231.337 km)
Existed:	1926 – present
Major junctions
West end:	BL I-35 in Cotulla
	US 281 in Pleasanton I-37 near Pleasanton US 181 in Floresville US 87 near Stockdale US 87 in Nixon US 183 in Gonzales Alt. US 90 in Gonzales I-10 near Waelder
East end:	US 90 in Waelder
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs Park Rec FM ← SH 96 SH 98 →

State Highway 97 or SH 97 is a state highway running 143 miles (230 km) from Cotulla to Waelder in the U.S. state of Texas.

History

Texas Highway 97 in Jourdanton, the seat of Atascosa County, with the county annex building on the right

In 1926, SH 97 was originally planned as a route from Jourdanton to end at Pleasanton. By 1928, SH 97 extended south to Rio Grande City via Hebbronville and Tilden; by 1933, SH 97 was split into 2 sections, one from Rio Grande City to Hebbronville, and from Fowlerton to Pleasanton, with the possibility of these section being connected in the future. Because of the isolation of the southern stretch, that 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.

Major junctions

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
La Salle	Cotulla			BL I-35	Western terminus
				FM 624
	Los Angeles			FM 469
McMullen				SH 72
				FM 1582
Atascosa	Charlotte			SH 85
				FM 140
				FM 1333
				Spur 162
	Jourdanton			SH 16
	Pleasanton			FM 3510
				US 281 south	West end of US 281 overlap
				US 281 north	East end of US 281 overlap
				I-37
				FM 1784
Wilson				FM 478
				FM 2505
				FM 3161
				FM 1344
	Floresville			Loop 181
				US 181 south	West end of US 181 overlap
				US 181 north	East end of US 181 overlap
				FM 539
				FM 1922
				US 87 north	West end of US 87 overlap
	Stockdale			Bus. US 87
				SH 123	Interchange
				SH 119
				Bus. US 87
				FM 538
				FM 1347
	Pandora			FM 1107
Gonzales	Nixon			US 87 south / SH 80 south	East end of US 87 overlap; West end of SH 80 overlap
				FM 1681
				FM 1117
				SH 80 north	East end of SH 80 overlap
				FM 2292
	Bebe			FM 1682
	Cost			FM 466 west	West end of FM 466 overlap
				FM 466 east	East end of FM 466 overlap
				Spur 95
				FM 108
				FM 1116
				US 183 south / SH 111	West end of US 183 overlap
	Gonzales			Bus. US 183
				Spur 146
				US 183 north / Alt. US 90 west	East end of US 183 overlap; West end of Alt. US 90 overlap
				Bus. US 183
				FM 794
				Spur 131
				Alt. US 90	East end of Alt. US 90 overlap
				Spur 131
				SH 304
				FM 2814
				I-10
	Waelder			US 90 / FM 1115	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

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