Farm to Market Road 1960
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.
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
6.6 Miles east of U.S. Highway 59 (1952-1956)
Major intersections
| County |
Location |
Mile[3] |
Destinations |
Notes |
Harris
|
|
0.0 |
SH 6 |
|
| |
0.0 |
US 290 (Hempstead Highway) – Hempstead, Houston |
|
| |
0.8 |
N Eldridge Pkwy |
|
| |
1.4 |
Fallbrook Dr |
|
| |
2.2 |
Jones Rd |
|
| |
2.3 |
Windfern Rd |
|
| |
3.8 |
Perry Rd |
|
| |
4.6 |
Mills Rd |
|
| Houston |
5.1 |
SH 249/Tomball Pkwy |
|
| |
6.2 |
Cutten Rd |
|
| |
7.6 |
Champion Forest Dr |
|
| |
8.7 |
Stuebener Airline Rd/Veterans Memorial Dr |
|
| |
9.6 |
Walters Rd |
|
| |
9.9 |
T C Jester Blvd |
|
| |
11.1 |
Kuykendahl Rd |
|
| |
12.0 |
Ella Blvd |
|
| |
13.4 |
I-45/North Frwy |
|
| |
14.0 |
Imperial Valley Dr |
|
| |
14.9 |
Hardy Toll Road |
|
| |
16.1 |
Treachwig Rd/Bammel Rd |
|
| |
16.5 |
Aldine Westfield Rd |
|
| |
17.6 |
Rayford Rd/Bimamwood Blvd |
|
| |
17.9 |
Richey Rd |
|
| |
19.6 |
Cypresswood Dr |
|
| Houston |
20.8 |
FM 1960 Bus. east |
|
| |
20.9 |
Lee Rd |
|
| |
21.6 |
Kenswick Dr |
|
| |
22.5 |
Townsen Blvd W/Townsen Blvd |
|
| Humble |
23.3 |
US 59/Eastex Frwy |
|
| |
23.9 |
N Houston Ave |
|
| |
24.5 |
Wilson Rd |
|
| |
24.9 |
FM 1960 Bus. west/1st St E |
|
| |
26.8 |
Woodland Hills Dr |
|
| |
28.8 |
Kings Park Way/Atasca Oaks Dr |
|
| |
29.6 |
Atascocita Rd |
|
| |
29.8 |
W Lake Houston Pkwy |
|
| Huffman |
34.5 |
FM 2100/Crosby Huffman Rd[4] |
|
| |
37.1 |
Huffman-Eastgate Rd |
|
Liberty
|
|
40.9 |
FM 686[5] |
|
| Dayton |
46.9 |
SH 321 |
|
| 46.9 |
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] |
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 US 59 then reconnects to FM 1960 east of Humble. The route is known as Humble Westfield Rd. east of US 59 and First St. afterward.[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.
External links
|
U.S. Roads portal |
|
Houston portal |
|
Texas portal |
References