Texas State Highway 138

State Highway 138 (SH 138) is a state highway that runs between U.S. Highway 183 and SH 195 across northern Williamson County, Texas. The highway was originally part of SH 195. When SH 195 was redirected north of Florence to Killeen over RM 440 on January 27, 1988, this portion was redesignated as SH 138.

Western terminus of SH 138

State Highway 138
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length	6.9 mi[1] (11.1 km)
Existed	1988[2]–present
Major junctions
West end	US 183 near Briggs
East end	SH 195 near Florence
Location
Counties	Williamson
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate U.S. State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← SH 137 → SH 139

Route description

SH 138 begins at an intersection with US 183 in rural Williamson County, near the Burnet County line. It two lanes wide and travels east with some curves passing through no incorporated municipalities. North of Florence, it intersects Business SH 195, the former alignment of SH 195. About 0.6 miles (0.97 km) later, it ends at an interchange with SH 195 which opened in 2014 as a part of improvements made to SH 195 corridor.[1][3]

History

SH 138 was previously designated on July 31, 1929 as a short connector route in Childress County from near Buck Creek to the Oklahoma border[4] along what would shortly be cosigned with U.S. Highway 62. On September 26, 1939, the designation had been cancelled in favor of US 62.

Junction list

The entire highway is in Williamson County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
​	0.0	0.0	US 183 – Austin, Lampasas
​	6.4	10.3	Bus. SH 195 – Florence, Killeen
​	6.8– 6.9	10.9– 11.1	SH 195 – Georgetown, Killeen	Interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. Google (June 21, 2015). "Texas State Highway 138" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
2. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 138". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
3. Griffin, Courtney (December 24, 2014). "Views mixed on impact of new State Highway 195 route around Florence". Killeen Daily Herald. Retrieved June 21, 2015. Nearly two months have passed since federal, state and local officials opened the State Highway 195 bypass on the east side of Florence on Oct. 28.
4. (PDF) https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673785.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

Media related to Texas State Highway 138 at Wikimedia Commons