Texas State Highway 163

State Highway 163 (SH 163) is a 203-mile-long (327 km) state highway in the western part of Texas, United States.

State Highway 163
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length	203.109 mi[1] (326.872 km)
Existed	1930–present
Major junctions
South end	US 90 at Comstock
	I-10 US 190 US 67 US 87
North end	I-20 BL at Colorado City
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate U.S. State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← SH 162 → SH 164

Route description

SH 163 runs almost directly north from its originating junction with U.S. Highway 90 at Comstock near the Rio Grande, the southern border of the state. The road passes east of the Seminole Canyon State Historical Park and along the Devils River to the ghost town of Juno. The highway continues north to Ozona at Interstate 10 and to Barnhart, where it junctions with U.S. Highway 67, and on to Sterling City. The highway is co-routed with U.S. Highway 87 at Sterling City, but then diverges after a few miles to continue northward to Colorado City and a final junction with Interstate 20 Business Loop (former U.S. Highway 80).[2]

Counties traversed by the highway include Val Verde, Crockett, Irion, Tom Green, Sterling, and Mitchell. Most of the terrain covered by the highway is sparsely populated ranch country.

History

The original formation of the highway on February 26, 1930 (numbered on March 19, 1930) included only the section from Ozona to Barnhart.[3] On January 18, 1937, SH 163 extended south to Comstock. On September 27, 1957, SH 101 and RM 379 were cancelled and combined into the additional sections of SH 163 from Barnhart to Colorado City.[1][4][5]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Val Verde	Comstock	0.0	0.0	US 90 – Sanderson, Del Rio
	​	41.3	66.5	RM 189 east
Terrell	​	67.1	108.0	RM 1973 south
	Ozona	81.6	131.3	I-10 / 15th Street, 14th Street – Fort Stockton, El Paso, Sonora	I-10 exit 365
		82.0	132.0	Loop 466 (11th Street)
	​	84.8	136.5	SH 137 north – Big Lake
	​	96.2	154.8	US 190 – Iraan, Eldorado
Irion	Barnhart	111.3	179.1	US 67 (Reagan Street) – Big Lake, San Angelo
	​	123.5	198.8	RM 2469 east – Mertzon
Tom Green	No major junctions
Sterling	​	156.5	251.9	RM 2139 south
	Sterling City	163.0	262.3	US 87 south / SH 158 east (4th Street) – San Angelo, Robert Lee	South end of US 87/SH 158 overlap
	​	165.8	266.8	SH 158 west – Midland	Interchange; north end of SH 158 overlap
	​	166.7	268.3	US 87 north – Big Spring	North end of US 87 overlap
Mitchell	​	188.5	303.4	FM 2183 west
	​	193.2	310.9	FM 670 north – Westbrook
	​	200.2	322.2	FM 2836 north – Lake Colorado City
	​	203.4	327.3	FM 1229 north
	​	205.4	330.6	FM 1983 north
	Colorado City	207.0	333.1	I-20 BL (2nd Street) to SH 208 – Big Spring, Sweetwater, Snyder
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 163". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
2. Rand McNally: The Road Atlas 2002, Rand McNally and Company 2001 ISBN 0-528-84446-6
3. "Minute Order 003673791" (PDF).
4. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 101". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
5. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Farm to Market Road No. 379". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 11, 2018.

External links

• Texas official travel map at the Texas Department of Transportation (enlargement required for legibility)