State Highway 115 or SH 115 is a state highway

State highway

State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...

 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

 that runs from Interstate 20 in Pyote

Pyote, Texas

Pyote is a town in Ward County, Texas, United States. The population was 131 at the 2000 census.-History:Pyote began as a small town. Its fortunes rose with oil, but its population decreased when the railroad was built away from the town. At one time Pyote had 3,500 residents...

 to SH 349 at Patricia

Patricia, Texas

Patricia is an unincorporated community in Dawson County, Texas, United States. It is located at the junction of State Highway 349 and State Highway 115 in southwestern Dawson County, approximately 13 miles southeast of Lamesa and 16 miles north of Tarzan. The nearest large city is Midland, 43...

.

Route description

SH 115 begins at an intersection with Interstate 20

Interstate 20 in Texas

Interstate 20 in Texas is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States, running east from a junction with Interstate 10 east of Kent, Texas, through the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex to the border with Louisiana near Waskom, Texas...

 and Farm to Market Road 1927 in Pyote. The route travels north along the eastern edge of town and through Far West Texas oil fields before reaching Wink. The route then turns northeast, next reaching Kermit. The route travels through downtown Kermit, passing the Winkler County Courthouse. The route continues to the northeast, crossing oil fields of Winkler and Andrews Counties, before reaching Andrews. The route travels through Andrews, intersecting U.S. Route 385. The route continues northeast, crossing through the intersection of Andrews, Gaines, Martin, and Dawson Counties before reaching its terminus at SH 349 at the unincorporated community of Patricia, Texas

Patricia, Texas

Patricia is an unincorporated community in Dawson County, Texas, United States. It is located at the junction of State Highway 349 and State Highway 115 in southwestern Dawson County, approximately 13 miles southeast of Lamesa and 16 miles north of Tarzan. The nearest large city is Midland, 43...

.

History

SH 115 was originally proposed by 1933 as a short route between Pyote and Wink

Wink, Texas

Wink is a city in Winkler County, Texas, United States. The population was 919 at the 2000 census. By 2009, the population had reportedly crept up to 926.Wink was the hometown of singer and songwriter Roy Orbison, although he was born in Vernon, Texas....

. The route was extended to its current length in 1990, replacing Farm to Market Road 703.

Counties and junctions

County	Junction	Notes
Ward	I-20 – Pyote Pyote, Texas Pyote is a town in Ward County, Texas, United States. The population was 131 at the 2000 census.-History:Pyote began as a small town. Its fortunes rose with oil, but its population decreased when the railroad was built away from the town. At one time Pyote had 3,500 residents...
Winkler Winkler County, Texas Winkler County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 7,173. Its county seat is Kermit. The county is named for Clinton M. Winkler, a Colonel in the Confederate Army....	SH 302 – Kermit Kermit, Texas Kermit is a city in and the county seat of Winkler County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,708 at the 2010 census. The city was named for Kermit Roosevelt after a visit by his father Theodore Roosevelt to the county.-History: -Establishment:...
	SH 18 State Highway 18 (Texas) State Highway 18, or SH 18, runs from the Texas-New Mexico boundary north of Kermit to Fort Stockton in west Texas. This route was designated in 1958 over the northern half of what was previously SH 82.- Route description :...  – Kermit
Andrews	SH 128 State Highway 128 (Texas) State Highway 128 is a state highway in Andrews County, Texas.-Route description:SH 128 begins at the New Mexico state line east of Jal, New Mexico, as New Mexico Highway 128 crosses into Texas. The route immediately encounters its only intersection between its termini, at , which runs just inside...
	SH 176 – Andrews Andrews, Texas Andrews is a city in and the county seat of Andrews County in the U.S. state of Texas within the West Texas region. The population was 10,448 in 2009. Along with Midland and Odessa, these cities form the Midland-Odessa Combined Statistical Area with a population of 241,316 in four counties...
	US 385 – Andrews
Dawson	SH 349 – Patricia Patricia, Texas Patricia is an unincorporated community in Dawson County, Texas, United States. It is located at the junction of State Highway 349 and State Highway 115 in southwestern Dawson County, approximately 13 miles southeast of Lamesa and 16 miles north of Tarzan. The nearest large city is Midland, 43...