State Highway 158 or SH 158 is a state highway running from near Goldsmith, Texas

Goldsmith, Texas

Goldsmith is a city in Ector County, Texas, United States. The population was 253 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Odessa Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Goldsmith is located at ....

 eastward to Ballinger, Texas

Ballinger, Texas

Ballinger is a small town in the heart of Texas. Ballinger holds itself as county seat of Runnels County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,243 at the 2000 census...

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History

SH 158 was designated by 1933 on a route starting at Robert Lee travelling through Bronte then turning northeast, terminating at Abilene. The route was slowly built, being completed in 1939. In the 1939 general redescription, an additional non-connected section was added, beginning 20 miles west of Robert Lee in Sterling City and travelling west through Garden City and Midland

Midland, Texas

Midland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Texas, United States, on the Southern Plains of the state's western area. A small portion of the city extends into Martin County. As of 2010, the population of Midland was 111,147. It is the principal city of the Midland, Texas...

, terminating just west of Goldsmith.

In 1948, the section from Bronte to Abilene was transferred to U.S. Route 277

U.S. Route 277

U.S. Route 277 is a north–south United States Highway. It is a spur of U.S. Route 77. It runs for 633 miles across Oklahoma and Texas. US 277's northern terminus is in Newcastle, Oklahoma at Interstate 44, which is also the northern terminus of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike. Its southern...

, and was instead rerouted southeast to Ballinger, replacing State Highway 109 from Bronte to Ballinger. SH 109 was originally designated from Smithville to Yoakum on a route that became SH 95 by 1933. The two disconnected portions were finally connected in 1969 when Farm to Market Road 387, completed in 1959, was redesignated.