Texas State Highway 97

By 1933, SH 97 was originally planned on two sections; between Rio Grande City and Hebbronville, and from Fowlerton and Pleasanton, with the possibility of these section being connected in the future. Likely due to the desolation of the southern stretch, the southern portion went unconstructed. The northern branch was slowly constructed, initially between Stockdale and Fowlerton by 1939. In 1942, a section of decommissioned SH 72 between Fowlerton and Cotulla was added. It was extended to its current terminus in Waelder in 1952, replacing the western portions of SH 200 and SH 3.

[edit] Counties and junctions

County	Junction	Notes
La Salle	Image:I-35.svg I 35 – Cotulla
McMullen	Image:Texas 72.svg SH 72
Atascosa	Image:Texas 85.svg SH 85 – Charlotte
	Image:Texas 16.svg SH 16 – Jourdanton
	Image:US 281.svg US 281 – Pleasanton
	Image:I-37.svg I 37 – Pleasanton
Wilson	Image:US 181.svg US 181 – Floresville
	Image:US 87.svg US 87
	Image:Texas 123.svg SH 123 – Stockdale
	Image:Texas 119.svg SH 119 – Stockdale
Gonzales	Image:Texas 80.svg SH 80 – Nixon
	Image:US 183.svg Image:Texas 111.svg US 183/SH 111 – Gonzales
	Image:Alt sign.svg Image:US 90.svg Alt. US 90 – Gonzales
	Image:Texas 304.svg SH 304
	Image:I-10.svg I 10 – Waelder
	Image:US 90.svg US 90 at Waelder