{{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=138 |map={{maplink-road|from=Texas State Highway 138.map}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=SH 138 highlighted in red |length_mi=6.9 |length_ref=<ref name=GM>{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps?saddr=TX-138+E&daddr=TX-138&hl=en&ll=30.84591,-97.847205&spn=0.126747,0.222988&sll=30.855208,-97.794982&sspn=0.007921,0.013937&geocode=FV-E1gEdeiIq-g%3BFVrT1gEdMM4r-g&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=17&t=m&z=13 |accessdate=June 21, 2015}}</ref> |length_round=1 |established=1988<ref name="State Highway 138">{{TxDOT|SH|138|accessdate=2010-06-15}}</ref> |direction_a=West |direction_b=East |terminus_a={{jct|state=TX|US|183}} near Briggs |terminus_b={{jct|state=TX|SH|195}} near Florence |counties=Williamson |previous_type=SH |previous_route=137 |next_type=SH |next_route=139 }}
'''State Highway 138''' ('''SH 138''') is a state highway that runs between U.S. Highway 183 and SH 195 across northern Williamson County, Texas. The highway was originally part of SH 195. When SH 195 was redirected north of Florence to Killeen over RM 440 on January 27, 1988, this portion was redesignated as SH 138.
thumb|left|Western terminus of SH 138
==Route description== SH 138 begins at an intersection with US 183 in rural Williamson County, near the Burnet County line. It two lanes wide and travels east with some curves passing through no incorporated municipalities. North of Florence, it intersects Business SH 195, the former alignment of SH 195. About {{convert|0.6|mi|km}} later, it ends at an interchange with SH 195 which opened in 2014 as a part of improvements made to SH 195 corridor.<ref name=GM/><ref name=195Open>{{cite news |url=http://kdhnews.com/news/traffic/views-mixed-on-impact-of-new-state-highway-route-around/article_01582b62-8b16-11e4-b700-d30384e8c9c2.html |title=Views mixed on impact of new State Highway 195 route around Florence |author=Griffin, Courtney |newspaper=Killeen Daily Herald |date=December 24, 2014 |accessdate=June 21, 2015 |quote=Nearly two months have passed since federal, state and local officials opened the State Highway 195 bypass on the east side of Florence on Oct. 28.}}</ref>
==History== '''SH 138''' was previously designated on July 31, 1929, as a short connector route in Childress County from near Buck Creek to the Oklahoma state line<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=January 25, 2018 |date= July 31, 1929 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125141518/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673785.pdf |title=Minutes |website=publicdocs.txdot.gov |publisher=Texas Department of Transportation |access-date=30 April 2023 |language=en-us |url-status=live |url=https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673785.pdf}}</ref> along what would shortly be cosigned with U.S. Highway 62. On September 26, 1939, the designation had been cancelled in favor of US 62.
==Junction list== {{TXinttop|county=Williamson|length_ref=<ref name=GM/>}} {{TXint |location=none |mile=0.0 |road={{jct|state=TX|US|183|city1=Austin|city2=Lampasas}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile=6.4 |road={{jct|state=TX|SH-Bus|195|city1=Florence|city2=Killeen}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile=6.8 |mile2=6.9 |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|195|city1=Georgetown|city2=Killeen}} |notes=Interchange }} {{jctbtm}}
==References== {{reflist|22em}}
==External links== {{Attached KML}} {{commons category-inline|Texas State Highway 138}}
138 Category:Transportation in Williamson County, Texas