Texas State Highway 191

State Highway 191
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	17.75 mi[1] (28.57 km)
Existed:	1978 – present
Major junctions
West end:	Spur 450 in Odessa
	US 385 in Odessa
East end:	SH 158 / Bus. SH 158 / Loop 250 in Midland
Location
Counties:	Ector, Midland
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs Park Rec FM ← SH 190 SH 192 →

State Highway 191 or SH 191 is a Texas state highway running from the north side of Odessa east to the western edge of Midland. The highway is usually used as a reliever route for local traffic between the two cities, as opposed to I-20 a few miles to the south.

This route was designated in 1978.

Route description

SH 191 begins at an intersection with Spur 450 in western Odessa, just short of SH 302 and Loop 338. The highway runs east along 42nd Street, soon crossing US 385. In the eastern part of the city, SH 191 crosses by Music City Mall and the University of Texas at the Permian Basin and picks up freeway status at the eastern leg of Loop 338. The highway passes through mostly rural land, with some subdivisions nearby. The highway exits the Odessa city limits and enters into Midland County. SH 191 crosses SH 349 just north of Midland International Airport and enters into Midland. A few miles to the northeast of here, SH 158 joins the highway, with the two running together until Loop 250, where SH 191 ends, but the mainlanes continues east into the city as a business route of SH 158.

History

SH 191 was originally designated by 1933 on a route from Albany south to Coleman. By 1939, this route had been transferred to US 183.

The segment along 42nd Street in Odessa within Loop 338 was formerly designated Spur 492. This mileage was transferred to SH 191 in 1983.^[2]

Junction list

County	Location	mi[3]	km	Destinations	Notes
Ector	West Odessa	0.0	0.0	Spur 450 (Kermit Highway) to SH 302 – Kermit
	Odessa	2.0	3.2	US 385 (Andrews Highway) – Andrews, Odessa
		5.7	9.2	Loop 338	West end of freeway
		6.9	11.1	Billy Hext Road
		8.0	12.9	Spur 588 (Faudree Road) / Yukon Road
Midland		12.0	19.3	SH 349 / FM 1788 – Lamesa, Midland International Airport
		13.8	22.2	County Road 1275
	Midland	17.7	28.5	SH 158 west – Andrews	West end of SH 158 overlap
		18.3	29.5	SH 158 east / Bus. SH 158 east / Loop 250 – Midland, Sterling City	East end of SH 158 overlap; continues east as Bus. SH 158
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. 191". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
2. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Spur No. 492". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
3. "Overview Map of SH 191". Google Maps. Retrieved October 13, 2014.