State Highway 127 (SH 127) is a

state highway A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...

in Uvalde County in the U.S. state of

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

that connects Sabinal and

Concan Concan is a small unincorporated community in Uvalde County, Texas, Uvalde County. It sits along the Frio River close to Garner State Park and is a popular destination for summer vacationers. It is known for excellent birdwatching in the spring ...

in south Texas.

Route description

SH 127 begins in Sabinal at an intersection with US 90 and RM 187. The highway travels north through Sabinal along Center Street, concurrent with RM 187, before separating from that route and turning toward the northwest. After crossing the

Sabinal River The Sabinal River, formerly Arroyo de la Soledad, is a stream in Uvalde and Bandera counties of the U.S. state of Texas. The upper part of the river runs through the Lost Maples State Natural Area, being fed by Hale, Hollow, and Can Creeks. Th ...

, the highway travels through unincorporated Uvalde County, intersecting FM 30, FM 1049, and RM 2690. The route crosses the

Frio River The Frio River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. The word ''frío'' is Spanish for ''cold'', a clear reference to the spring-fed coolness of the river. Geography The Frio River has three primary tributaries; the East, West, and Dry Frio Ri ...

before ending at a junction with US 83.

History

The original SH 127 was designated on October 10, 1927 as a proposed route from

Cotulla Cotulla ( ) is a city in and the county seat of La Salle County, Texas, United States. Its population was 3,718 as of the 2020 census. History Immigrant Joseph Cotulla, who was reared in Silesia, then a part of Prussia, migrated to the Unite ...

eastward through Tilden to Oakville. It was officially numbered SH 127 on November 15, 1927. On August 6, 1929, it extended northwest to SH 85. This route was cancelled on October 22, 1930, because La Salle county couldn't join the state to construct SH 2, so it was cancelled. This route was mostly restored starting on January 9, 1934 as

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. The current route of SH 127 was then designated on June 11, 1932.

Major intersections

References

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Transportation in Uvalde County, Texas