{{short description|State highway in Texas}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{redirect-synonym|TX 25|{{ushr|Texas|25}}}} {{Infobox road |state=TX |type=SH |map={{maplink-road|from=Texas State Highway 25.map}} |map_custom=yes |route=25 |length_mi=59.953 |length_ref=<ref name="State Highway 25">{{TxDOT|SH|25|access-date=July 19, 2018}}</ref> |established=before 1939 |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=TX|US|281|FM|174}} at Windthorst |junction={{plainlist| *{{jct|state=TX|US|82|US|277}} at Mankins *{{jct|state=TX|US|287}} in Electra}} |direction_b=North |terminus_b=River Road West near the Red River north of Electra |counties=Archer, Wichita |previous_type=SH |previous_route=24 |next_type=SH |next_route=26 }}
'''State Highway 25''' ('''SH 25''') is a state highway in north Texas, running from Windthorst north to the Red River near Haynesville.
==History== 50px|Historic SH 25|left
'''SH 25''' was one of the original 25 Texas highway routes proposed on June 21, 1917.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=October 23, 2017 |date=June 21, 1917 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023012049/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676699.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/003676699.pdf}}</ref> The original route was to be from Henrietta to Meridian. On August 21, 1923, all of SH 25 south of Mineral Wells was cancelled. On February 18, 1924, the section from Jacksboro to Henrietta was cancelled, and '''SH 25''' had been rerouted to Archer City.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |date=February 18, 1924 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107014511/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676884.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/003676884.pdf}}</ref> On August 11, 1926, '''SH 25''' extended north to Oklahoma.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=December 22, 2017 |date= August 9, 1926 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052113/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676944.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/003676944.pdf}}</ref> The route south of Jacksboro became a portion of SH 24 by 1929. On June 24, 1931, the route south of Windthorst became a portion of SH 66, changing it to its current route, with a toll bridge crossing across the Red River into Oklahoma.<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=30 April 2023 |language=en-us |url-status=live |url=https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673804.pdf}}</ref> This crossing is no longer present.
==Branches== '''SH 25A''' was a branch designated on April 27, 1925 from Antelope via Henrietta to Oklahoma.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |date=April 27, 1925 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107014748/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676904.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/003676904.pdf}}</ref> On March 19, 1930, the route was renumbered as SH 148.
==Major intersections== {{jcttop}} {{TXint |county=Archer|cspan=7 |location=Windthorst |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=TX|US|281|FM|174|city1=Jacksboro|city2=Wichita Falls}} |notes=Southern terminus }} {{TXint |location=none |mile=3.75 |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|172|city1=Scotland}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile=8.78 |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2581}} }} {{TXint |location=Archer City |mile=11.19 |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|79|city1=Olney|city2=Wichita Falls}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile=13.84 |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|210|city1=Megargel}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile=21.35 |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|368|city1=Lake Kickapoo|city2=Holliday}} }} {{TXint |location=Mankins |mile=28.58 |road={{jct|state=TX|US|82|US|277|city1=Wichita Falls|city2=Seymour}} }} {{TXint |county=Wichita|cspan=9 |location=none |mile=34.37 |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1180|city1=Lake Diversion}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile=34.72 |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|258|city1=Wichita Falls}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile=37.47 |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|367}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile=39.99 |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2326}} }} {{TXint |location=Electra|lspan=2 |mile=48.51 |road={{jct|state=TX|US-Bus|287|dab1=Electra}} }} {{TXint |mile=49.50 |road={{jct|state=TX|US|287|city1=Wichita Falls|city2=Vernon}} |notes=Interchange}} {{TXint |location=Haynesville |mile=52.78 |road={{jct|state=TX|SH|240|city1=Harrold|city2=Burkburnett}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile=57.76 |road={{jct|state=TX|FM|370}} }} {{TXint |location=none |mile=59.95 |road=River Road West (CR 126) |notes=Northern terminus }} {{jctbtm}}
==References== {{reflist}}
025 Category:Transportation in Archer County, Texas Category:Transportation in Wichita County, Texas