State Highway 102 (SH 102) is a
state highway
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in the
U.S. state of
Texas maintained by the
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The highway begins at the
New Mexico state line near
Sedan, New Mexico
Sedan is an unincorporated community located in Union County, New Mexico, United States. The community is located on New Mexico State Road 421, south of Clayton. Sedan has a post office with ZIP code 88436.
The community was named after Seda ...
as a continuation of
New Mexico State Road 421
State Road 421 (NM 421) is a state highway in the U.S. state of New Mexico maintained by the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT). The road, located in southeastern Union County, begins at NM 402 between Amistad and Clayton ...
ending at
U.S. Route 87
U.S. Highway 87 (US 87) is a north–south United States highway (though it is signed east–west in New Mexico) that runs for 1,998 miles (3,215 km) from northern Montana to southern Texas, making it the longest north-south roa ...
near
Dalhart
Dalhart is a city in Dallam and Hartley counties in the U.S. state of Texas, and the county seat of Dallam County. The population was 7,930 at the 2010 census.
History
Founded in 1901, Dalhart is named for its location on the border of Dalla ...
. SH 102 is located in southwestern and south central
Dallam County and does not pass through any cities or towns. The highway was first designated in 1948 as a
Farm to Market Road before eventually being upgraded to its current highway designation.
Route description
SH 102 begins where NM 421, an route approaching from
NM 402 between
Clayton, New Mexico
Clayton is a town and county seat of Union County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,980.
History
Early History
Native Americans were present in the area of Clayton for at least 10,000 years, as evi ...
and
Amistad, New Mexico
Amistad is an unincorporated community in Union County, New Mexico, United States. It is located approximately 39 miles south of Clayton on State Route 402.
History
Amistad was a stop for cattle drives during the late 19th century. In 1906, ...
, crosses the state line near Sedan.
SH 102 intersects
FM 296 to
Texline just east of the state line. The highway has a short
concurrency
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* Concurrence, in jurisprudence, the need to prove both ''actus reus'' and ''mens rea''
* Concurring opinion (also called a "concurrence"), a ...
with
FM 3110 before terminating at US 87 northwest of Dalhart.
The
rural highway passes through no cities or towns and intersects no major highways between its termini. SH 102 travels in a straight line for almost its entire length encountering only flat
High Plains High Plains refers to one of two distinct land regions:
*High Plains (United States), land region of the western Great Plains
* High Plains (Australia), land region adjacent to the Great Dividing Range
See also
* Altiplano (disambiguation)
The ...
terrain.
History
SH 102 was originally designated on February 17, 1925, from
Claude Claude may refer to:
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to
Panhandle
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While similar to a peninsula in shape, a salient is most often not surrounded by water on ...
. On May 4, 1925, SH 102 was also designated over a route from
Taylor via
Lexington to
Caldwell
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People
* Caldwell (surname)
* Caldwell (given name)
* Caldwell First Nation, a federally recognized Indian band in southern Ontario, Canada
Places
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* Caldwell, Derbyshire, a hamlet
* Caldwell, East ...
in
Williamson,
Milam,
Lee
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Given name
* Lee (given name), a given name in English
Surname
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** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname
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, and
Burleson counties.
On March 18, 1927, the route from Claude to Panhandle was renumbered as part of a new
SH 117, leaving only one SH 102 from Taylor via Lexington to Caldwell. On October 20, 1931, SH 102 was cancelled. On March 2, 1932, SH 102 was restored from Taylor to
Lexington only.
This route was renamed
FM 112 on October 24, 1944.
The current highway was first designated as Farm to Market Road 808 from the eastern terminus at US 87 to a point westward on July 20, 1948, along with FM 807 in the same county.
The road was extended to the New Mexico state line on December 16, 1948.
During the 1950s,
NM 102 was extended eastward from Sedan to the state line meeting FM 808.
On March 30, 1955, the Texas highway department began signing the road as SH 102 in conformance at that time with the New Mexico numbering, but the road officially retained its FM 808 designation.
The portion of NM 102 approaching the state line was renumbered NM 421 in 1988.
The road officially achieved its SH 102 designation on August 29, 1990,
and the FM 808 designation was decommissioned.
Major intersections
References
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102 102 may refer to:
* 102 (number), the number
* AD 102, a year in the 2nd century AD
* 102 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
* 102 (ambulance service), an emergency medical transport service in Uttar Pradesh, India
* 102 (Clyde) Field Squadron, Royal ...
Transportation in Dallam County, Texas