State Highway 108 (Texas)
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State Highway 108 or SH 108 is a state highway that runs from Strawn
Strawn, Texas
Strawn is a city in Palo Pinto County, Texas, United States. The population was 739 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Strawn is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

 to Stephenville
Stephenville, Texas
Stephenville is a city in and the county seat of Erath County, Texas, United States. The population was 14,921 at the 2000 census. Founded in 1856, it is home to Tarleton State University. Stephenville is among several communities that calls itself the "Cowboy Capital of the...

. The route was proposed in 1926 as a renumbering of SH 10A
State Highway 10 (Texas)
State Highway 10, or SH 10, runs from SH 183 in Euless to the intersection of I-820, SH 121 and SH 183 in Hurst. This highway was created when a portion of SH 183 was rerouted in 1979. It is locally known as Hurst Boulevard...

.

Route description

SH 108 begins at an intersectio nwith SH 16 in downtown Strawn, and travels east out of town on Housley Street. The highway turns south in Mingus, where it intersects SH 193. South of Mingus, the highway intersects and briefly travels east with Interstate 20
Interstate 20
Interstate 20 is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States. I‑20 runs 1,535 miles from near Kent, Texas, at Interstate 10 to Florence, South Carolina, at Interstate 95...

. The route then departs to the southeast, where it reaches Stephenville. The route intersects U.S. Routes 67 and 377 in Stephenville, before reaching its southern terminus at U.S. Route 281 just south of Stephenville.

Route history

SH 108 was originally designated in 1924 as a renumbering of SH 10A from Strawn to Stephenville, along with an extension southward to San Antonio. By 1933, this extension was redesignated as the new state-length State Highway 66
State Highway 66 (Texas)
State Highway 66 or SH 66 is a state highway running from Garland to Greenville, roughly parallel to Interstate 30.-History:SH 66 was previously designated first in 1926 as a route from Bogata northeast through Clarksville toward the Oklahoma town of Idabel...

. SH 108 has followed the same routing since that time.

State Highway 108A was a spur routing of SH 108 that led from Lampasas east through Temple to Rosebud. The route was designated in 1926, replacing SH 36
State Highway 36 (Texas)
State Highway 36 runs from Abilene to Freeport. It was designated as The 36th Division Memorial Highway between Cameron and Sealy by the Texas Legislature in 1985.-History:...

, which was truncated at Temple. By 1933, the route had been renumbered as SH 53
State Highway 53 (Texas)
State Highway 53 is a Texas state highway that runs from Temple to Rosebud.-History:SH 53 was designated by 1926 as a route from Dickens to Brownfield, replacing a portion of SH 18...

, as the route no longer connected to its parent highway.

Counties and junctions

County Location Junction Notes
Palo Pinto
Palo Pinto County, Texas
As of the census of 2000, there were 27,026 people, 10,594 households, and 7,447 families residing in the county. The population density was 28 people per square mile . There were 14,102 housing units at an average density of 15 per square mile...

Strawn
Strawn, Texas
Strawn is a city in Palo Pinto County, Texas, United States. The population was 739 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Strawn is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

Mingus
Mingus, Texas
Mingus is a city in Palo Pinto County, Texas, United States. The population was 246 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Mingus is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

Erath
Erath County, Texas
Erath County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 33,001. It is named for George Bernard Erath, an early surveyor and a soldier at the Battle of San Jacinto. The seat of the county is Stephenville....

Stephenville
Stephenville, Texas
Stephenville is a city in and the county seat of Erath County, Texas, United States. The population was 14,921 at the 2000 census. Founded in 1856, it is home to Tarleton State University. Stephenville is among several communities that calls itself the "Cowboy Capital of the...

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