Highway Designation File

Transportation Planning and Programming Division
Current Description-Effective Date-Authority


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
154.954 2010

STATE HIGHWAY NO. 118

Minute Order 016701, dated 09/26/1939

From Terlingua via Alpine to Ft. Davis, then follow SH 166 beyond the McDonald Observatory, and then continue on to a point on US 80 at or near Kent.  General redescription of Highway System.



Minute Order 016781, dated 10/30/1939

From a point on SH 227 near Terlingua via Terlingua to Fort Davis, then follow SH 166 beyond the McDonald Observatory and then continue on to a point on US 80 near Kent.  Extension from Terlingua to a point on SH 227 (formerly spur to SH 227).



Minute Order 018286, dated 05/29/1941

From Alpine to Ft. Davis, then follow SH 166 beyond the McDonald Observatory, then continue on to a point on US 80 near Kent.  Cancelled section from a point on SH 227 via Terlingua to Alpine.  (Section from SH 227 to Terlingua assigned SS 121.)



Minute Order 018774, dated 01/24/1941

From Alpine via Fort Davis, Fowlkes Ranch, and Nunn Hill to a point on US 80 near Kent.  Removes reference to following SH 166.



Minute Order 022751, dated 01/08/1946

From a point 10.0 miles south of Alpine to intersection with US 90 at or near Alpine via Ft. Davis, Fowlkes Ranch, and Nunn Hill to point on US 80 near Kent.  Extended 10.0 miles south of Alpine.



Minute Order 023773, dated 09/09/1947

From a point 20.0 miles south of Alpine to intersection with US 90 at or near Alpine via Ft. Davis, Fowlkes Ranch, and Nunn Hill to a point on US 80 near Kent. Extended to a point 20.0 miles south of Alpine.



Minute Order 027144, dated 07/15/1949

From junction US 80 near Kent, southeastward via Nunn Hill, Fowlkes Ranch, Ft. Davis, and Alpine, and thence southward to a point 60.0 miles south of Alpine.  Extended southward 20.0 miles.



Minute Order 030565, dated 07/25/1951

From US 80 near Kent, southeastward via Nunn Hill, Fowlkes Ranch, Fort Davis, and Alpine, thence southward to a point 70.0 miles south of Alpine.  (Culberson, Jeff Davis, and Brewster Counties)  Extended southward approximately 10.0 miles.



Minute Order 031412, dated 12/18/1951

From US 80 near Kent, southeastward via Nunn Hill, Fowlkes Ranch, Fort Davis, and Alpine, thence southward to Big Bend National Park, 81.0 miles south of Alpine.  (Culberson, Jeff Davis, and Brewster Counties) Route extended 11.0 miles to Big Bend National Park.