{{short description|State highway in Texas}} {{distinguish|text=the proposed Interstate 214 in Texas}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=TX |type=SH |route=214 |map={{maplink-road|from=Texas State Highway 214.map}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=SH 214; mainline in red, business route in blue |length_mi=193.23 |length_ref=<ref name="State Highway 214">{{TxDOT|SH|214|accessdate=January 31, 2016}}</ref> |length_notes= |established=1935 |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=TX|US|62|US|180}} in Seminole |junction={{plainlist| *{{jct|state=TX|US|82|US|380}} in Plains *{{jct|state=TX|US|70|US|84}} in Muleshoe *{{jct|state=TX|US|60}} in Friona }} |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=TX|I|40}} near Adrian |previous_type=I |previous_route=214 |next_type=SH |next_route=215}} [[File:SH214 crossing Runningwater Draw 2026.jpg|thumb|300px|Texas State Highway 214 crossing Running Water Draw midway between Muleshoe and Friona, Texas]] '''State Highway 214''' ('''SH 214''') is a Texas state highway that runs from Adrian to Seminole.<ref name=003676254.pdf>{{cite web |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |date=December 21, 1938 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022033426/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676254.pdf |title=Minutes |website=publicdocs.txdot.gov |publisher=Texas Department of Transportation |access-date=28 April 2023 |language=en-us |url-status=live |url=https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676254.pdf}}</ref>
==History== The route was originally designated on January 18, 1935,<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=October 20, 2017 |date=January 18, 1935 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020092638/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673862.pdf |title=Minutes |website=publicdocs.txdot.gov |publisher=Texas Department of Transportation |access-date=28 April 2023 |language=en-us |url-status=live |url=https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673862.pdf}}</ref> from Muleshoe to the Bailey County line. On July 15, 1935, SH 214 was cancelled as it had not yet been built.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=October 20, 2017 |date=July 15, 1935 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020091156/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673871.pdf |title=Minutes |website=publicdocs.txdot.gov |publisher=Texas Department of Transportation |access-date=28 April 2023 |language=en-us |url-status=live |url=https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673871.pdf}}</ref> SH 214 was restored on May 18, 1937,<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=February 19, 2018 |date=May 18, 1937 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219091948/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673898.pdf |title=Minutes |website=publicdocs.txdot.gov |publisher=Texas Department of Transportation |access-date=28 April 2023 |language=en-us |url-status=live |url=https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673898.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite map| title=Texas Highway Map| year=1935| publisher=Texas State Highway Department (Texas Department of Transportation)}}</ref> and extended south to Morton on May 24, 1938.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=February 20, 2018 |date=May 23, 1938 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220153549/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676244.pdf |title=Minutes |website=publicdocs.txdot.gov |publisher=Texas Department of Transportation |access-date=28 April 2023 |language=en-us |url-status=live |url=https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676244.pdf}}</ref> SH 214 was extended to Plains on December 1, 1938.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |date=November 30, 1938 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022033441/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676253.pdf |title=Minutes |website=publicdocs.txdot.gov |publisher=Texas Department of Transportation |access-date=28 April 2023 |language=en-us |url-status=live |url=https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676253.pdf}}</ref> SH 214 was extended north to Friona on December 21, 1938.<ref name=003676254.pdf/> SH 214 was extended to Seminole on April 1, 1939.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |date=March 31, 1939 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022090924/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676259.pdf |title=Minutes |website=publicdocs.txdot.gov |publisher=Texas Department of Transportation |access-date=28 April 2023 |language=en-us |url-status=live |url=https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676259.pdf}}</ref> On March 27, 1940, The section from Friona south to Muleshoe was removed. On August 27, 1940, the section of SH 214 through Yoakum County was cancelled, creating a gap. On December 19, 1940, the section from Plains south to the Yoakum–Gaines county line was added back. On May 29, 1941, the section from the Yoakum–Cochran county line to Plains was added back. On December 13, 1956, an extension of SH 214 to Adrian along FM 299 to Friona, and FM 1412 and FM 290 to Adrian was signed, but not designated. On June 10, 1966, the extension to Friona was officially designated, replacing FM 299. On January 30, 1976, SH 214 was rerouted in Friona with the old route transferred to FM Spur 2397 and Spur 270 (now SH 214 Business). On August 29, 1990, the extension to Adrian was officially designated, replacing part of FM 1412 and all of FM 290.
==Major intersections== {{jcttop}} {{TXint |county=Gaines|cspan=2 |location=Seminole |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|US|62|US|180|location1=Hobbs|city2=Lamesa}} |notes=Southern terminus }} {{TXint|type=concur |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|83|dir1=east|FM|2056|dir2=west|city1=Seagraves}} |notes=South end of SH 83 overlap }} {{TXint|type=concur |county=Yoakum|cspan=5 |location=Denver City |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|83|dir1=west|location1=Lovington}} |notes=North end of SH 83 overlap }} {{TXint |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1939|dir1=east}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|213|dir1=east|city1=Wellman}} }} {{TXint |location=Plains |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|US|82|US|380|location1=Lovington|location2=Roswell|city3=Brownfield}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2196|dir1=east}} }} {{TXint |county=Cochran|cspan=8 |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1585}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1894|dir1=west}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|125|city1=Bledsoe|city2=Whiteface}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1169|dir1=west}} }} {{TXint |location=Morton|lspan=2 |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|114|location1=Dora|city2=Levelland}} }} {{TXint |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1780|dir1=south|city1=Whiteface}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|597|dir1=east}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|3305|dir1=east}} }} {{TXint |county=Bailey|cspan=7 |location=Enochs |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|54|city1=Littlefield}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|37|dir1=east|city1=Amherst}} }} {{TXint |location=Needmore|ctdab=Bailey |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|298|city1=Sudan}} }} {{TXint|type=concur |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|746|dir1=east}} |notes=South end of FM 746 overlap }} {{TXint|type=concur |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|746|dir1=west}} |notes=North end of FM 746 overlap }} {{TXint|type=concur |location=Muleshoe|lspan=2 |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|US|70|US|84|dir1=west|city1=Farwell|city2=Littlefield}} |notes=South end of US 70 overlap }} {{TXint|type=concur |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|US|70|dir1=east|city1=Plainview}} |notes=North end of US 70 overlap }} {{TXint |county=Parmer|cspan=7 |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|145|city1=Farwell|city2=Lazbuddie}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|86|city1=Bovina|city2=Dimmitt}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2397}} |notes=Interchange }} {{TXint |location=Friona|lspan=3 |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|TX-Bus|214|dab1=A}} |notes= }} {{jctgap}} {{TXint |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|US|60|city1=Farwell|city2=Hereford}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2298|dir1=north}} }} {{TXint |county=Deaf Smith|cspan=3 |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1058|city1=Hereford}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1412|dir1=east}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2587|dir1=east}} }} {{TXint |county=Oldham |location=Adrian |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|I|40|location1=Tucumcari|city2=Amarillo}} |notes=I-40 exit 23; northern terminus. }} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
==References== {{reflist}}
214 Category:Transportation in Gaines County, Texas Category:Transportation in Yoakum County, Texas Category:Transportation in Cochran County, Texas Category:Transportation in Bailey County, Texas Category:Transportation in Parmer County, Texas Category:Transportation in Deaf Smith County, Texas Category:Transportation in Oldham County, Texas