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, terminating just west of Goldsmith.
In 1948, the section from Bronte to Abilene was transferred to U.S. Route 277, 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.
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