Texas State Highway 222
{{short description|State highway in Texas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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|state=TX
|type=SH
|route=222
|map={{maplink-road|from=Texas State Highway 222.map}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=SH 222; highlighted in red
|length_mi=59.725
|length_ref={{TxDOT|SH|222|access-date=June 22, 2010|link=no}}
|length_round=3
|established=by 1936{{cite map| title=Official Map of the Highway System of Texas| year=1936| publisher=State Highway Commission (Texas Department of Transportation)}}
|direction_a=West
|direction_b=East
|terminus_a={{jct|state=TX|US|82|SH|114}} east of Guthrie
|junction=
|terminus_b={{jct|state=TX|US|380}} west of Throckmorton
|previous_type=SH
|previous_route=221
|next_type=SH
|next_route=223
}}
State Highway 222 (SH 222) is a state highway in north-central Texas. It runs {{convert|59.725|mi|km}} between U.S. Highway 82/State Highway 114 (US 82/SH 114) and US 380. SH 222 was established in 1935 as a renumbering of SH 126.
History
File:Texas State Highway 222, King County, Texas.jpg.]]
The route was originally designated by 1928{{cite map|title=Official Map of the Highway System of Texas|year=1928|publisher=Texas State Highway Department (Texas Department of Transportation)|url=http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/aris/maps/maplookup.php?mapnum=7990|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510021731/https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/aris/maps/maplookup.php?mapnum=7990|archive-date=May 10, 2012}} between Knox City and Munday as SH 126. On March 19, 1930, SH 126 was removed from the state highway list, but was still designated. On August 27, 1935, SH 126, which was not on the State Highway List, was upgraded to a state highway, and renumbered to SH 222.{{cite web |archive-date=October 20, 2017 |date=August 19, 1935 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020140615/https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673873.pdf |title=Minutes |website=publicdocs.txdot.gov |publisher=Texas Department of Transportation |access-date=28 April 2023 |language=en-us |url-status=live |url=https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003673873.pdf}} On September 26, 1939, SH 222 was extended north to US 82, replacing SH 252. The section north of Munday was transferred to FM 267 on January 7, 1948.{{TxDOT|FM|267|access-date=July 9, 2018|link=no}} On September 25, 1973, an extension of SH 222 was signed, but not designated along FM 143, FM 1587, part of FM 266, and part of FM 1720. On August 29, 1990, the extension of SH 222 was officially designated, replacing FM 143, FM 1587, part of FM 266, and part of FM 1720.
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Junction list
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{{TXint
|county=King
|location=none
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=TX|US|82|SH|114}}
}}
{{TXint
|county=Knox|cspan=10
|location=none
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2279}}
}}
{{TXint
|location=none
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1292}}
}}
{{TXint
|location=Knox City|lspan=2
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=TX|SH|6}}
}}
{{TXint
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2701}}
}}
{{TXint
|location=none
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2365}}
}}
{{TXint
|location=none
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1043}}
}}
{{TXint
|location=none
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1043}}
}}
{{TXint
|location=none
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|267}}
}}
{{TXint
|location=Munday|lspan=2
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2811}}
}}
{{TXint
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=TX|US|277}}
}}
{{TXint
|county=Haskell|cspan=2
|location=none
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|266}}
}}
{{TXint
|location=none
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1720}}
}}
{{TXint
|county=Throckmorton
|location=none
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=TX|US|380}}
}}
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References
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External links
{{commons category-inline|Texas State Highway 222}}
Category:Transportation in King County, Texas
Category:Transportation in Knox County, Texas
Category:Transportation in Haskell County, Texas
Category:Transportation in Throckmorton County, Texas
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