Texas State Highway 97

State highway in Texas

This article is about the Texas State Highway running from Cotulla to Waelder. For the road numbered 97 serving the DFW Airport, see International Parkway.

State Highway 97

SH 97 highlighted in red

Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length| 143.746 mi[1] (231.337 km)
Existed| 1924–present
Major junctions
West end|  I-35 BL in Cotulla
Major intersections|

* US 281 in Pleasanton
* I-37 near Pleasanton
* US 181 in Floresville
* US 87 near Stockdale
* US 87 in Nixon
* US 183 in Gonzales

US 90 Alt. in Gonzales
* I-10 near Waelder

East end|  US 90 in Waelder
Location
Country| United States
State| Texas
Highway system

* Highways in Texas

* Interstate
* US
* State
* Former
* Toll
* Loops
* Spurs
* FM/RM
* Park
* Rec

| ←  SH 96| | →  SH 98

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State Highway 97 (SH 97) is a state highway running 143 miles (230 km) from Cotulla to Waelder in the U.S. state of Texas.

## History

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Texas Highway 97 in Jourdanton, the seat of Atascosa County, with the county annex building on the right

SH 97 was designated on July 18, 1924, as a route from Pleasanton to Jourdanton.[2] On September 19, 1928, SH 97 was extended south to Rio Grande City via Hebbronville and Tilden;[3] this extension was cancelled on June 25, 1929,[4] and SH 97 was instead extended to Fowlerton; On November 30, 1932, a second section of SH 97 was added from Rio Grande City to Hebbronville, with the possibility of these sections being connected in the future.[5]

On February 12, 1934, the northern section extended along a new route to Floresville.[6] (causing the cancellation of SH 168 south of there). On March 13, 1934, the northern section extended to Stockdale, replacing SH 168.[7] The southern stretch from Hebbronville to Rio Grande City and the section from Pleasanton to Floresville were cancelled on July 15, 1935.[8] The section from Pleasanton to Floresville was restored on September 22, 1936.[9]

On December 22, 1937, SH 97 was truncated to Jourdanton, and the section south of there became SH 93, but this change was reverted by April 1, 1938.[10][11] The highway was slowly constructed, initially between Stockdale and Fowlerton by 1939.

On July 31, 1942, a section of SH 72 between Fowlerton and Cotulla was added. It was extended to its current terminus in Waelder on March 28, 1952, replacing the western portions of SH 200 and SH 3. On April 27, 1995, SH 97 was relocated in Gonzales.

## Junction list

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County| Location| mi| km| Destinations| Notes

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La Salle| Cotulla| 0.000| 0.000|  I-35 BL – Laredo, Dilley| Western terminus
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FM 624 east|
Los Angeles| | |  FM 469|
McMullen| ​| | |
SH 72 east – Tilden|
​| | |
FM 1582 west – Pearsall|
Atascosa| Charlotte| | |
SH 85 west – Dilley|
| |  FM 140 – Pearsall, Campbellton|
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FM 1333 north|
​| | |
Spur 162 east|
Jourdanton| | |  SH 16 – Poteet, Tilden|
Pleasanton| | |
FM 3510 north|
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US 281 south – George West| West end of US 281 overlap
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US 281 north – San Antonio| East end of US 281 overlap
​| | |  I-37 – San Antonio, Corpus Christi| I-37 exit 109
​| | |
FM 1784 north|
Wilson| ​| | |
FM 478 south|
​| | |  FM 2505|
​| | |
FM 3161 south|
​| | |
FM 1344 south|
Floresville| | |  Loop 181|
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US 181 south – Karnes City| West end of US 181 overlap
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US 181 north – San Antonio| East end of US 181 overlap
​| | |
FM 539 north – Sutherland Springs|
​| | |
FM 1922 south|
​| | |
US 87 north – San Antonio| West end of US 87 overlap
Stockdale| | |

Bus. US 87 south – Stockdale|
| |  SH 123 – Seguin, Karnes City| Interchange
| |
SH 119 south – Gillett|
​| | |

Bus. US 87 north – Stockdale|
​| | |
FM 538 east|
​| | |
FM 1347 south|
Pandora| | |
FM 1107 west|
Gonzales| Nixon| | |

US 87 south / SH 80 south – Cuero, Gillett| East end of US 87 overlap; West end of SH 80 overlap
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FM 1681 north|
Leesville| | |
FM 1117 north – Seguin|
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SH 80 north – Luling| East end of SH 80 overlap
​| | |
FM 2922 south|
Bebe| | |
FM 1682 west – Leesville|
Cost| | |
FM 466 west| West end of FM 466 overlap
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FM 466 east| East end of FM 466 overlap
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Spur 95 north – Gonzales Battlefield Monument|
​| | |
FM 108 south – Smiley|
​| | |
FM 1116 south|
​| | |

US 183 south / SH 111 south – Cuero, Yoakum| West end of US 183 overlap
Gonzales| | |

Bus. US 183 north|
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Spur 146 east|
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US 183 north / US 90 Alt. west – Luling, Seguin| East end of US 183 overlap; West end of US 90 Alt. overlap
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Bus. US 183|
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FM 794 north|
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Spur 131 north|
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US 90 Alt. east – Shiner| East end of US 90 Alt. overlap
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Spur 131 south|
​| | |
SH 304 north|
​| | |
FM 2814 south|
​| | |  I-10 – San Antonio, Houston| I-10 exit 649
Waelder| 143.746| 231.337|
US 90 / FM 1115 north – Luling, Flatonia| Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

* Concurrency terminus

## References

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1. ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 97". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
2. ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. July 28, 1924. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
3. ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. September 17, 1928. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 23, 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
4. ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. June 25, 1929. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 25, 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
5. ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. November 28, 1932. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
6. ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. February 12, 1934. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 4, 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
7. ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. March 12, 1934. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
8. ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. July 15, 1935. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 20, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
9. ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. February 10, 1937. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 21, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
10. ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. December 20, 1937. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 19, 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
11. ^ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. May 23, 1938. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 20, 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2023.

*[mi]: Miles
*[km]: Kilometers