State Highway 237 (SH 237) is a
state highway in the U.S. state of
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
that runs from near
La Grange northeast to
US 290
U.S. Route 290 (US 290) is an east–west U.S. Highway located entirely within the state of Texas. Its western terminus is at Interstate 10 southeast of Segovia, and its eastern terminus is at Interstate 610 in northwest Houston. It is the ...
near
Carmine.
Route description
SH 237 begins at
SH 159 near
Oldenburg, northeast of
La Grange.
It takes a northeasterly path through rural
Fayette County, intersecting
FM 1291 and
FM 954, before entering the town of
Round Top, where it intersects
FM 1457.
Near the
Washington County line,
Spur 458, a former routing of US 290, provides a connection to
Carmine.
After entering Washington County, SH 237 ends at US 290, with northbound SH 237 traffic merging onto eastbound US 290 toward
Brenham.
History
SH 237 was designated on December 22, 1936 as a renumbering of
SH 128 (which replaced this section of
SH 72 on November 24, 1936) to avoid confusion with the recently-cancelled SH 128.
On September 26, 1939, the section southwest of
SH 159 was transferred to SH 159.
Junction list
References
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237
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Transportation in Fayette County, Texas
Transportation in Washington County, Texas