{{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=220 |map={{maplink-road|from=Texas State Highway 220.map}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=SH 220; highlighted in red |length_mi=13.522 |length_ref=<ref name="SH 220">{{TxDOT|SH|220|accessdate=2011-01-06}}</ref> |length_round=3 |established=1935<ref name=003673872.pdf>{{cite web |archive-date=October 20, 2017 |date=May 13, 1935 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020140818/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673872.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/003673872.pdf}}</ref> |direction_a=South |direction_b=North |terminus_a={{jct|state=TX|SH|6}} in Hico |junction= |terminus_b={{jct|state=TX|US|67}} near Chalk Mountain |counties=Hamilton, Erath |previous_type=SH |previous_route=219 |next_type=SH |next_route=221 }}
'''State Highway 220''' ('''SH 220''') is a Texas state highway located in Hamilton and Erath Counties.<ref name="SH 220" />
==Route description== SH 220 begins at an intersection with SH 6 in Hico. The route travels generally to the northeast, and the only highway intersection between its termini is with FM 2481, approximately four miles north of Hico. SH 220 ends at an intersection with US 67 west of Chalk Mountain.<ref name="Mapbook425">{{Texas Mapbook|425|accessdate=2011-01-06}}</ref><ref name="Mapbook424">{{Texas Mapbook|424|accessdate=2011-01-06}}</ref>
==History== SH 220 was designated on May 28, 1935 from Hico to Bluff Dale, but was not numbered until June 1935 (designated before SH 219).<ref name=003673872.pdf/> On July 15, 1935, SH 220 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> On August 1, 1936, SH 220 was restored.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=October 21, 2017 |date=July 31, 1936 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021004607/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673886.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/003673886.pdf}}</ref> On August 1, 1938, SH 220 was moved to its current route.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=September 14, 2017 |date=July 30, 1938 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914130329/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676248.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/003676248.pdf}}</ref><ref name="SH 220" />
==Major intersections== {{jcttop |state=TX |length_ref=<ref name="googlemaps">{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Cedar+St&daddr=TX-220+N%2FCo+Rd+199+to:TX-220+N%2FCo+Rd+199&hl=en&geocode=FcgB6AEdUzQo-g%3BFf7Q6AEdlIAo-g%3BFZyc6gEddtkp-g&mra=mi&mrcr=1&mrsp=2&sz=19&sll=32.152787,-97.921287&sspn=0.002014,0.004128&ie=UTF8&ll=32.078211,-97.914276&spn=0.25076,0.528374&z=12|title=Overview map of Texas State Highway 220 Distances Between Interchanges|accessdate=2011-01-06}}</ref> }} {{TXint |county=Hamilton |location=Hico |mile=0.0 |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|6|to2=yes|US|281|city1=Meridian|city2=Dublin}} |notes=Southern terminus }} {{TXint |county=Erath |cspan=2 |mile=3.8 |location=none |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2481|city1=Duffau}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile=13.5 |road={{jct|state=TX|US|67|city1=Stephenville|city2=Cleburne}} |notes=Northern terminus }} {{jctbtm}}
==See also== {{portal|Texas|U.S. Roads}} * List of state highways in Texas * List of highways numbered 220
==References== {{reflist|22em}}
==External links== {{commons category-inline|Texas State Highway 220}}
220 Category:Transportation in Hamilton County, Texas Category:Transportation in Erath County, Texas