Texas State Highway 158

State Highway 158
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	170.20 mi[1] (273.91 km)
Existed:	by 1931[1] – present
Major junctions
West end:	SH 302/FM 181 near Goldsmith
	I-20 – Midland US 87 in Sterling City US 277 in Bronte
East end:	US 67/US 83 in Ballinger
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs Park Rec FM ← SH 157 SH 159 → ← SH 108 SH 109 I-110 →

State Highway 158 or SH 158 is a state highway running from near Goldsmith, Texas eastward to Ballinger, Texas.

Route description

SH 158 begins at an intersection with State Highway 302/Farm to Market Road 181 northwest of Odessa in unincorporated Ector County. The highway runs in an northeast–southwest direction until Philips Plant Road, turning into a more east–west direction. SH 158 enters the town of Goldsmith, intersecting with Farm to Market Road 866. The highway resumes its rural route and has an interchange with U.S. Route 385 north of Odessa. SH 158 turns into a southeast–northwest direction near the Ector–Midland county line. The highway shares a short overlap with State Highway 191 in west Midland. The overlap ends at an interchange with Loop 250, with SH 158 following Loop 250 until Interstate 20. The highway leaves Interstate 20 in southeast Midland, running southeast–northwest through rural Midland County. SH 158 runs through Glasscock County and Garden City before entering Sterling County. SH 158 shares an overlap with U. S. Route 87, with the two highways running through Sterling City together. SH 158 leaves US 87 at the eastern edge of Sterling City, running in a north–south direction before resuming an east–west direction. The highway runs through Coke County, serving the towns of Robert Lee and Bronte and later enters Runnels County. SH 158 ends at an intersection with U.S. Route 67/U.S. Route 83 in the town of Ballinger.

History

SH 158 was designated by 1931 on a route starting at Robert Lee travelling through Bronte then turning northeast, terminating at Abilene. The route was slowly built, being completed in 1939. In the 1939 general redescription, an additional non-connected section was added, beginning 20 miles west of Robert Lee in Sterling City and travelling west through Garden City and Midland, terminating just west of Goldsmith.

In 1948, the section from Bronte to Abilene was transferred to U.S. Route 277, and was instead rerouted southeast to Ballinger, replacing State Highway 109 from Bronte to Ballinger.^[2] The two disconnected portions were finally connected in 1969 when Farm to Market Road 387, completed in 1959, was re-designated.^[3]

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Ector	​			SH 302 – Kermit, Odessa	South end of FM 181 overlap
	​			FM 181 north – Seminole	North end of FM 181 overlap
	Goldsmith			FM 866 south
	​			FM 1936 – West Odessa
	​			US 385 – Andrews, Odessa	Interchange
	Gardendale			FM 554 south – Odessa
Midland	​			FM 1788 – Midland International Airport
	​			SH 349 – Lamesa, Midland International Airport	Interchange
	Midland			SH 191 west – Odessa	West end of SH 191 overlap; west end of freeway
				Bus. SH 158 east (Andrews Highway) / Loop 250 north – Midland	East end of SH 191 overlap; west end of Loop 250 overlap
				Thomason Drive, Tradewinds Boulevard
				BL I-20 – Midland, Odessa, Midland International Airport
				Frontage Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				Industrial Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				Interstate 20 Frontage Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
				I-20 west / SH 349 north – El Paso, Midland International Airport	East end of Loop 250 overlap; west end of I-20/SH 349 overlap; I-20 exit 131
				Midkiff Road	I-20 exit 134
				Garfield Street	I-20 exit 135
				SH 349 south / Bus. SH 349 north – Midland, Rankin	East end of SH 349 overlap; I-20 exit 136
				Lamesa Road	I-20 exit 137
				I-20 east / Bus. SH 158 west – Abilene, Midland	East end of I-20 overlap; I-20 exit 138
	​			FM 1213 south
	​			FM 1379 north	West end of FM 1379 overlap
	​			FM 1379 south	East end of FM 1379 overlap
Glasscock	​			SH 137 – Stanton, Big Lake
	Garden City			RM 33 – Big Spring, Big Lake
Sterling	​			US 87 north / SH 163 north – Big Spring, Loraine	Interchange; west end of US 87/SH 163 overlap
	Sterling City			SH 163 south – Barnhart	East end of SH 163 overlap
				US 87 south – San Angelo	East end of US 87 overlap
Coke	​			RM 2059 north – Silver
	​			RM 2034 west	West end of RM 2034 overlap
	​			RM 2034 east to SH 208 – San Angelo	East end of RM 2034 overlap
	Robert Lee			Spur 229 north – Lake E.V. Spence
				SH 208 – Colorado City, San Angelo
	Bronte			US 277 north – Abilene	West end of US 277 overlap
				US 277 south	East end of US 277 overlap
Runnels	​			FM 3115 south
	​			FM 383 north
	​			FM 2111
	Ballinger			FM 2887 north
				US 67 / US 83 – Coleman, Abilene, San Angelo, Eden
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 158". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
2. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 109". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
3. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Farm to Market Road No. 387". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 8, 2016.