State Highway 163 (SH 163) is a 203-mile-long (327 km) state highway in the western part of Texas, United States.

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State Highway 163
SH 163 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length	203.109 mi[1] (326.872 km)
Existed	1930–present
Major junctions
South end	US 90 at Comstock
Major intersections	I-10 at Ozona US 190 US 67 at Barnhart US 87 at Sterling City
North end	I-20 BL at Colorado City
Location
Country	United States
State	Texas
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec
← SH 162 → SH 164

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SH 163 runs almost directly north from its originating junction with U.S. Highway 90 at Comstock near the Rio Grande, the southern border of the state. The road passes east of the Seminole Canyon State Historical Park and along the Devils River to the ghost town of Juno. The highway continues north to Ozona at Interstate 10 and to Barnhart, where it junctions with U.S. Highway 67, and on to Sterling City. The highway is co-routed with U.S. Highway 87 at Sterling City, but then diverges after a few miles to continue northward to Colorado City and a final junction with Interstate 20 Business Loop (former U.S. Highway 80).^[2]

Counties traversed by the highway include Val Verde, Crockett, Irion, Tom Green, Sterling, and Mitchell. Most of the terrain covered by the highway is sparsely populated ranch country.

The original formation of the highway on February 26, 1930 (numbered on March 19, 1930) included only the section from Ozona to Barnhart.^[3] On January 18, 1937, SH 163 extended south to Comstock. On September 27, 1957, SH 101 and RM 379 were cancelled and combined into the additional sections of SH 163 from Barnhart to Colorado City.^[1][4][5]