Texas State Highway 137

State Highway 137
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	192.24 mi[1] (309.38 km)
Existed:	by 1931 – present
Major junctions
South end:	SH 163 near Ozona
	US 190 I-20 in Stanton US 62 / US 385 in Brownfield US 82 / US 380 in Brownfield
North end:	US 385 near Brownfield
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs Park Rec FM ← SH 136 SH 138 → ← SH 302 SH 303 SH 304 →

Texas State Highway 137 or SH 137 is a 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, transferred to FM 9, or transferred to SH 51. It was exnteded south to Stanton in 1943, replacing State Highway 303.^[2] In 1984, the route was extended 109 miles (175 km) 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 1931 along a different west Texas route between Lubbock and McCamey. The portion from Lubbock to Brownfield, which was designated as SH 53, was renumbered as SH 137. By 1935, the route south of Brownfield had become SH 51. By 1939, this route had been reassigned to U.S. Highway 62.

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Crockett				SH 163 – Barnhart, Ozona
				RM 1964 west
				US 190 east – Eldorado	South end of US 190 overlap
				US 190 west – Iraan	North end of US 190 overlap
Reagan	Big Lake			US 67 – Rankin, San Angelo
				RM 33 north – Big Spring
				RM 1357 – Midland
Glasscock				RM 2401 – Midkiff
				SH 158 – Midland, Garden City
Midland				FM 307 – Midland
Martin	Stanton			BL I-20 – Midland, Big Spring
				I-20 – El Paso, Abilene	I-20 exit 156
				SH 176 – Andrews, Big Spring
				FM 846 east – Knott
				FM 2002 east – Ackerly	South end of FM 2002 overlap
				FM 2002 west	North end of FM 2002 overlap
Dawson				FM 828 – Patricia
				FM 2052 west
				SH 349 south – Midland
	Lamesa			US 180 – Seminole, Gail
				FM 2592 east to US 87
				FM 1064 west
				FM 1066 west
	Welch			SH 83 west – Seagraves
				FM 829 south
Terry				FM 213
				FM 1076 east
	Brownfield			US 62 east / US 385 north – Lubbock	South end of US 62/385 overlap
				US 62 west / US 385 south / FM 403 south – Seminole	North end of US 62/385 overlap
				US 82 / US 380 – Plains, Tahoka
				US 385 – Levelland, Brownfield
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. Texas Department of Transportation SH 137,
2. Texas Department of Transportation SH 303,