Farm to Market Road 1960

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Farm to Market Road 1960 marker

Farm to Market Road 1960
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FM 1960 highlighted in red
Route information
Length: 46.946 mi[1] (75.552 km)
Existed: 1951[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: SH 6
  US 290

SH 249
I-45

I-69 / US 59 in Humble
East end: SH 321 in Dayton
Location
Counties: Harris, Liberty
Highway system
← FM 1959 FM 1961 →

Farm to Market Road 1960 (FM 1960) is a state highway (or farm-to-market road) in the U.S. state of Texas. Its western terminus is at an intersection with U.S. Highway 290 and State Highway 6 in northwestern Harris County and travels generally to the east, ending at State Highway 321 in Dayton in western Liberty County.

FM 1960 has long been an artery around Houston, though it has been shortened and re-routed over the years. Once consisting of most of the current State Highway 6 in West Houston as well as its current northern route, it still serves many residents north of the Houston city limits, bordering 26 zip codes.

In 1995, FM 1960 was divided into two sections – the more rural part east of FM-2100 remaining with the Farm to Market designation and the one closer to the city west of FM-2100 was given the new Urban Road designation.[2] This is mainly a Texas Department of Transportation convention, as all of the signage on the complete road retains its FM roots. In 2011, a large segment of FM 1960 was alternatively designated as Cypress Creek Parkway from State Highway 249 to Aldine-Westfield in an effort to improve the image of the roadway. Landscaped medians with designated turnlanes replaced the broad open center median originally in place.

FM 1960 is also one of the very few FM roads with a business segment, running through the middle of Humble, Texas.

History

Historic western termini

Historic eastern termini

a road intersection at Bammel (1951-1952) 6.6 Miles east of U.S. Highway 59 (1952–1956)

  • Texas 321.svg SH-321 (1956 – present) (this extension replaced the section of FM 1008) from Huffman to SH-321

Major intersections

County Location mi[3] km Destinations Notes
Harris ​ 0.0 0.0 SH 6
​ 0.0 0.0 US 290 (Hempstead Highway) – Hempstead, Houston
​ 0.8 1.29 N Eldridge Pkwy
​ 1.4 2.3 Fallbrook Dr
​ 2.2 3.5 Jones Rd
​ 2.3 3.7 Windfern Rd
​ 3.8 6.1 Perry Rd
​ 4.6 7.4 Mills Rd
Houston 5.1 8.2 SH 249/Tomball Pkwy
​ 6.2 10.0 Cutten Rd
​ 7.6 12.2 Champion Forest Dr
​ 8.7 14.0 Stuebener Airline Rd/Veterans Memorial Dr
​ 9.6 15.4 Walters Rd
​ 9.9 15.9 T C Jester Blvd
​ 11.1 17.9 Kuykendahl Rd
​ 12.0 19.3 Ella Blvd
​ 13.4 21.6 I-45/North Frwy I-45 south exit 66, north exit 66A.
​ 14.0 22.5 Imperial Valley Dr
​ 14.9 24.0 Hardy Toll Road
​ 16.1 25.9 Treachwig Rd/Bammel Rd
​ 16.5 26.6 Aldine Westfield Rd
​ 17.6 28.3 Rayford Rd/Bimamwood Blvd
​ 17.9 28.8 Richey Rd
​ 19.6 31.5 Cypresswood Dr
Houston 20.8 33.5 Bus. FM 1960 east
​ 20.9 33.6 Lee Rd
​ 21.6 34.8 Kenswick Dr
​ 22.5 36.2 Townsen Blvd W/Townsen Blvd
Humble 23.3 37.5 I-69 / US 59/Eastex Frwy
​ 23.9 38.5 N Houston Ave
​ 24.5 39.4 Wilson Rd
​ 24.9 40.1 Bus. FM 1960 west/1st St E
​ 26.8 43.1 Woodland Hills Dr
​ 28.8 46.3 Kings Park Way/Atasca Oaks Dr
​ 29.6 47.6 Atascocita Rd
​ 29.8 48.0 W Lake Houston Pkwy
Huffman 34.5 55.5 FM 2100/Crosby Huffman Rd[4]
​ 37.1 59.7 Huffman-Eastgate Rd
Liberty ​ 40.9 65.8 FM 686[5]
Dayton 46.9 75.5 SH 321
46.9 75.5 FM 1008

[6]

Humble business loop


Business Farm to Market Road 1960-A
Location: Humble
Length: 4.124 mi[7] (6.637 km)
Existed: 1990–present[7]
File:Map of Business Farm to Market Road 1960-A (FM 1960 BUS).svg
Map of Business Farm to Market Road 1960-A highlighted in red

Business Farm to Market Road 1960-A or Bus. FM 1960-A is an east-west business route of FM 1960. It is 4.1 miles (6.6 km) long and is one of the only three Business Farm to Market Roads in Texas.[8] The road begins in Houston northeast of George Bush Intercontinental Airport and continues through central Humble where it intersects I-69/US 59 then reconnects to FM 1960 east of Humble. The route is known as Humble Westfield Rd. west of I-69/US 59 and First St. east of I-69/US 59.[9]

The route follows a previous alignment of FM 1960 through Humble before 1978 when FM 1960 was redirected over its present location with the former alignment being then designated State Highway Loop 184. It retained the state loop designation until the current business route was established in 1990.[10]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Harris County.

Location mi[9] km Destinations Notes
Houston 0 0 FM 1960 – Westfield Western terminus
Humble 2.5 4.0 I-69 / US 59 (Eastex Freeway) – Rosenberg, Cleveland
​ 4.1 6.6 FM 1960 – Huffman Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

External links

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References

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  6. ↑ Google Maps
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File – Business Farm to Market Road No. 1960-A". Retrieved 2010-8-8
  8. ↑ Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File – Search Results for Business Farm to Market Road". Retrieved 2010-8-8
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