Texas State Highway 128

State Highway 128 marker

State Highway 128
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length: 13.769 mi[1] (22.159 km)
Existed: 1955 – present
Major junctions
West end: NM 128 at New Mexico state line near Jal
East end: SH 115
Location
Counties: Andrews
Highway system
← SH 127SH 130 →

State Highway 128 (SH 128) is a state highway in Andrews County, Texas.[1]

Route description

SH 128 begins at the New Mexico state line east of Jal, New Mexico, as New Mexico Highway 128 crosses into Texas. The route immediately encounters its only intersection between its termini, at FM 1218, which runs just inside the state line. The route travels eastward through unincorporated Andrews County before ending at SH 115 about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Andrews.[2]

History

SH 128 was originally designated by 1928 along a route from Robstown northeast to Victoria. By 1933, it had been extended west to Alice, replacing a portion of SH 12A. By 1935, it extended north to Hallettsville By 1938, this segment had been renumbered as SH 44.

Image of FM 781 highway shield. The square shield has a white symbol in the shape of Texas as the state appears on maps on a black background. Inside this symbol is the number 781. The black background contains the word FARM in the upper right corner and the word ROAD in the lower left corner.

The current route was originally designated in 1948 as Farm to Market Road 781 and ran from the state line to FM 703.[3] The highway was signed, but not officially designated, concurrently as SH 128 beginning in 1955, "for guidance of traveling public" to correspond with New Mexico State Highway 128.[1] The FM 781 designation was cancelled in 1990; the same year, FM 703 became part of SH 115.[3][4]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Andrews County.

Locationmi[5]kmDestinationsNotes
​0.00.0 NM 128 – JalWestern terminus and continuation
​0.00.0 FM 1218
​13.822.2 SH 115 – Kermit, AndrewsEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 3 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 128". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
  2. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Map Book (PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 76. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Farm to Market Road No. 781". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
  4. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 115". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
  5. ↑ Google (September 26, 2011). "Overview map of Texas State Highway 128 Distances Between Interchanges" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
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