Texas State Highway 163

State Highway 163
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	203.11 mi (326.87 km)
Existed:	by 1939 – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 90 at Comstock
	SH 189 I-10 SH 137 US 190 US 67 US 87
North end:	Bus. I-20 at Colorado City
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate • US • TX (Loops – Spurs – Rec – FM) ← SH 162 SH 164 →

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

Route description

SH 163 runs almost directly north from its originating junction with U.S. Highway 90 at Comstock near the Rio Grande River, the southern border of the state. The road passes east of the Seminole Canyon State Historical Park and along 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).

History

The original formation of the highway in 1939 included only the section from Comstock to Barnhart. In 1957 State Highway 101 and Ranch to Market Road 379 were cancelled and combined into the additional sections of SH 163 from Barnhart to Colorado City. 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.

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Destination	Notes
Val Verde	Comstock	0.0	US 90	Southern terminus
			SH 189
Crockett	Ozona		I-10 – Fort Stockton, El Paso, Sonora, San Antonio
			SH 137
			US 190
Irion	Barnhart		US 67
Sterling	Sterling City		US 87
Mitchell	Colorado City		I-20 Bus.	Northern terminus

References

• Rand McNally: The Road Atlas 2002, Rand McNally and Company 2001 ISBN 0-528-84446-6

External links

• Highway designation file for SH 163 at the Texas Department of Transportation
• Texas official travel map at the Texas Department of Transportation (enlargement required for legibility)