{{short description|State highway in Texas}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=TX |type=SH |route=108 |map={{maplink-road|from=Texas State Highway 108.map}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=SH 108, highlighted in red |length_mi=33.21 |length_ref=<ref name="State Highway 108">{{TxDOT|SH|108}}</ref> |length_round=2 |established=1926 |direction_b=North |direction_a=South |terminus_b={{jct|state=TX|SH|16}} at Strawn |junction= *{{jct|state=TX|US|377}} at Stephenville *{{jct|state=TX|US|67}} at Stephenville *{{jct|state=TX|I|20}} near Gordon |terminus_a={{jct|state=TX|US|281}} at Stephenville |previous_type=SH |previous_route=107 |next_type=SH |next_route=109 }}
'''State Highway 108''' ('''SH 108''') is a state highway that runs from Strawn to Stephenville.
==Route description== SH 108 begins at an intersection with SH 16 in downtown Strawn, and travels east out of town on Housley Street. The highway turns south in Mingus, where it intersects SH 193. South of Mingus, the highway intersects and briefly travels east with Interstate 20. The route then departs to the southeast, where it reaches Stephenville. The route intersects U.S. Routes 67 and 377 in Stephenville, before reaching its southern terminus at U.S. Route 281 just south of Stephenville.
==Route history== A highway was originally designated on March 16, 1925 from Thurber to Lampasas, but it did not take effect until conditions were met.<ref name=003676902.pdf>{{cite web |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |date= March 16, 1925 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107020424/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676902.pdf |title=Minutes |website=publicdocs.txdot.gov |publisher=Texas Department of Transportation |access-date=29 April 2023 |language=en-us |url-status=live |url=https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676902.pdf}}</ref> On June 22, 1925, a branch to Chalk Mountain was added.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |date= June 22, 1925 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107012918/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676909.pdf |title=Minutes |website=publicdocs.txdot.gov |publisher=Texas Department of Transportation |access-date=29 April 2023 |language=en-us |url-status=live |url=https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676909.pdf}}</ref> SH 108 was originally designated on July 13, 1925, from Lampasas to San Antonio, with one section replacing a section of SH 46.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |date= July 13, 1925 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107004526/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676910.pdf |title=Minutes |website=publicdocs.txdot.gov |publisher=Texas Department of Transportation |access-date=29 April 2023 |language=en-us |url-status=live |url=https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676910.pdf}}</ref> On March 8, 1926, SH 108 was extended north to Strawn, with a branch to Chalk Mountain added.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=December 14, 2018 |date= March 8, 1926 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214071411/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676930.pdf |title=Minutes |website=publicdocs.txdot.gov |publisher=Texas Department of Transportation |access-date=29 April 2023 |language=en-us |url-status=live |url=https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676930.pdf}}</ref> On June 24, 1931, the section south of Strawn was redesignated as the new state-length SH 66,<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=January 29, 2018 |date=June 22, 1931 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129010258/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673804.pdf |title=Minutes |website=publicdocs.txdot.gov |publisher=Texas Department of Transportation |access-date=29 April 2023 |language=en-us |url-status=live |url=https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673804.pdf}}</ref> and the rest was cancelled in exchange of mileage. On July 22, 1932, the section of SH 108 from Stephenville to Strawn was restored.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=January 29, 2018 |date=June 30, 1932 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129141947/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673816.pdf |title=Minutes |website=publicdocs.txdot.gov |publisher=Texas Department of Transportation |access-date=29 April 2023 |language=en-us |url-status=live |url=https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673816.pdf}}</ref> SH 108 has followed the same routing since that time.
'''State Highway 108A''' was a spur routing of SH 108 that led from Lampasas east to Rosebud. The route was designated on March 16, 1925, and numbered on March 8, 1926.<ref name=003676902.pdf/> On March 19, 1930, the route had been renumbered as SH 53 (now US 190).
==Major intersections== {{mileposts}} {{jcttop}} {{TXint |county=Erath |cspan=3 |location=none |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=TX|US|281|city1=Hico|city2=Stephenville}} }} {{TXint |location=Stephenville |lspan=2 |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|US|67|US|377|name2=W South Loop|city1=Bluff Dale|city2=Dublin}} }} {{TXint |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|US-Bus|377|dab1=Stephenville}} }} {{TXint |county=Palo Pinto |location=Gordon |type=concur |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|I|20|dir1=east|city1=Weatherford|city2=Fort Worth}} |notes=Eastern end of I-20 concurrency<br>Diamond interchange with frontage roads; exit 370 on I-20 }} {{TXint |county=Erath |location=none |type=concur |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|I|20|dir1=west|city1=Ranger|city2=Abilene}} |notes=Western end of I-20 concurrency<br>Diamond interchange with frontage roads; exit 367 on I-20 }} {{TXint |county=Palo Pinto |cspan=2 |location=Mingus |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|193|dir1=east|city1=Gordon}} |notes=Western terminus of SH 193 }} {{TXint |location=Strawn |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|16|city1=Graham|city2=De Leon}} }} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
==References== {{reflist}}
108 Category:Transportation in Erath County, Texas Category:Transportation in Palo Pinto County, Texas