{{short description|State highway in Texas}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=TX |type=SH |route=185 |map={{maplink-road|from=Texas State Highway 185.map}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=SH&nbsp;185, highlighted in red |length_mi=51.556 |length_ref=<ref name="State Highway 185">{{TxDOT|SH|185|accessdate=January 30, 2016}}</ref> |established=by 1939 |direction_a=West |terminus_a={{jct|state=TX|I-Bus|69|US-Bus|59|dab2=Victoria}} in Victoria |junction={{plainlist| *{{jct|state=TX|US|87}} in Victoria *{{jct|state=TX|I-Future|69|US|59}} in Victoria }} |direction_b=East |terminus_b=Maple Street in Port O'Connor, Texas |previous_type=SH |previous_route=184 |next_type=SH |next_route=186 }}

'''State Highway 185''' ('''SH 185''') is a Texas state highway that runs from Victoria southeast to the Gulf of Mexico at Port O'Connor.

==History== The route was originally designated on January 20, 1932 from Seadrift northwest to a connection with then-SH 57 (now SH 35), but was erroneously omitted from the state highway log and therefore was unnumbered.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=January 29, 2018 |date= January 18, 1932 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129141928/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673810.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/003673810.pdf}}</ref> On November 30, 1932, this highway was added to the state highway log and numbered '''SH 185'''.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=January 29, 2018 |date=November 28, 1932 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129140852/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673821.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/003673821.pdf}}</ref> On September 26, 1939, the route was extended to Port O'Connor, replacing a portion of SH 29. On October 16, 1951, an extension of SH 185 to Victoria was signed, but not designated, along FM 404. On August 29, 1990, the extension to Victoria was officially designated, replacing FM 404.

==Major intersections== {{jcttop}} {{TXint |county=Victoria|cspan=6 |location=Victoria|lspan=3 |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|US-Bus|59|dab2=Victoria}} |notes=Western terminus }} {{TXint |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|US|87}} }} {{TXint |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|I-Future|69|US|59|city1=Houston|city2=Goliad}} |notes=Exit 11 on I-69/US 59; U.S. 59 is the future Interstate 69. }} {{TXint |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1432}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1686}} }} {{TXint |location=Bloomington |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|616}} }} {{TXint |county=Calhoun|cspan=4 |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|35}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|238}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1289}} }} {{TXint |location=Port O'Connor |mile= |road=Maple Street |notes=Eastern terminus }} {{jctbtm}}

==References== {{reflist}}

185 Category:Transportation in Victoria County, Texas Category:Transportation in Calhoun County, Texas

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