Texas State Highway 137

Infobox TX State Highway
type=State
route=137

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length_mi=192.24Texas Department of Transportation SH 137, [http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/sh/sh0137.htm] ]
length_km=309.37
formed=before 1933
dir1=North
dir2=South
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previous_type=State
previous_route=136
next_type=State
next_route=138
browse=tx browse
previous_type=state
previous_route=302
route=SH 303
next_type=state
next_route=304

State Highway 137 or SH 137 is a Texas state highway that runs from Brownfield to near Ozona in west Texas. This route was designated by 1939 on a route from Brownfield south through Midland and Rankin, ending west of Sheffield. By 1942, everything south of Lamesa was either cancelled or transferred to SH 51. It was exnteded south to Stanton in 1943, replacing State Highway 303Texas Department of Transportation SH 303, [http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/sh/sh0303.htm] ] . In 1984, the route was extended 109 miles south to its current southern terminus, when it replaced all or portions of RM 33, RM 865, and RM 1800.

Previous routes

SH 137 was previously designed by 1933 along a different west Texas route between Lubbock and McCamey. By 1939, this route had been reassigned to U.S. Highway 62 and SH 51.

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