Existed: 2012 – present Counties: Midland Constructed 2012 Major cities Midland | West end: Bus. SH 349 in Midland Length 3.761 km County Midland County, Texas | |
East end: I-20 / SH 158 in Midland | ||
State Highway 140 (SH 140) is a 2.3-mile-long (3.7 km) state highway located entirely in Midland, Texas. It is located along Florida Avenue and Garden City Highway in the southeastern portion of the city beginning at its western terminus at Business Highway 349-C (Bus. SH 349-C), also known as Big Spring Street and continues east to the interchange of Interstate 20 (I-20) and SH 158. The road on which SH 140 travels had previously been designated as three other highways over time: SH 158, State Highway Loop 546, and Bus. SH 158-B. It received its current number in 2012.
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Route description
SH 140 begins at the signalized intersection of Big Spring Street and West Florida Avenue. Big Spring Street travels north and south and carries the designation of Bus. SH 349-C, formerly SH 349; West Florida Street travels west as a city-maintained street. The state-maintained West Florida Street travels due east from this intersection with speed limit of 35 miles per hour (56 km/h). At the intersection with Main Street, the road name becomes East Florida Avenue and the speed limit increases to 40 miles per hour (64 km/h). At Dallas Street, the speed limit increases again to 45 miles per hour (72 km/h). SH 140 curves slightly to the south at the Lamesa Road intersection; at this point, the road name becomes Garden City Highway, the speed limit increases a final time to 50 miles per hour (80 km/h), and Farm to Market Road 307 (FM 307) can be accessed one block to the north of this intersection. After a long straightaway, there is a signalized intersection with South Fairgrounds Road; the road to the south is FM 715 and provides a shortcut to I-20 and SH 158 westbound. About 0.2 miles (0.32 km) later, SH 140 reaches its end at the westbound frontage road for I-20 and SH 158. The interchange complex is part of I-20's exit 138. I-20 and SH 158 form a concurrency west of here, while SH 158 continues east along Garden City Road towards the eastbound frontage road and Garden City.
For its entire length, SH 140 is a four-lane undivided asphalt road with a center turn lane. Commercial businesses, open and abandoned, line both sides of the road throughout the entirety of the highway.
History
The road on which SH 140 is now designated has been a part of the Texas state highway system since at least the 1930s. From 1935 to 1939, this highway was a part of SH 216. From 1939 until 1984, this highway was a part of SH 158 which formerly traveled through downtown Midland and extended over SH 216, which was cancelled. On August 20, 1984, SH 158 was rerouted onto I-20 south of the city and the old route through the city including current SH 140 became State Highway Loop 546. This number would last for approximately six years until it was replaced in its entirety by Bus. SH 158-B on January 14, 1991. After a redesignation of various highways in Midland in January 2012, Bus. SH 158-B was moved onto SH 58 in western Midland and the portion of the old business highway between Bus. SH 349-C and I-20/SH 158 became SH 140.
The number was previously used in the 1930s on a short highway branching from SH 31 in Smith County, southwest of Tyler to the Tyler Fish Hatchery.
Junction list
The entire highway is in Midland, Midland County.