Farm to Market Road 487

Farm to Market Road 487
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length: 60.791 mi[1] (97.834 km)
Official length does not include section concurrent with US 79
Existed: 1945[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: SH 195 in Florence
 

I-35 in Jarrell
SH 95 in Bartlett

US 79 in Rockdale
East end: US 77 near Praesel
Location
Counties: Williamson, Bell, Milam
Highway system

Highways in Texas
Interstate • U.S. • TX (LoopsSpursRecFM)

← FM 486 FM 488 →

Farm to Market Road 487, or FM 487, is a highway in Texas. It runs about 60.9 miles (69.0 km) from Florence southeast through Jarrell, Bartlett, and Rockdale until it intersects US 77 near Praesel.

The highway is discontinuous in Jarrell because there is no crossing where it intersects Interstate 35.

History

FM 487 was designated in 1945 from Rockdale to Tracy. In 1951, it extended west to Sharp. The next year, it extended west to Davilla. In 1954, it extended west to FM 1236 at the Bell County Line. The next year, FM 1236 was cancelled and combined, bringing the road to its current western terminus. In 1960, it extended south along the old route of US 77 to US 79. In 1962, it extended further east along US 79 and further south along the old route of US 77, bringing the road to its current eastern terminus. In 1965, it was relocated in Jarrell along a different route and I-35.[1]

Major intersections

County Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes
Williamson Florence 0 SH 195 (Patterson Ave.) – Fort Hood, Georgetown Western terminus
3.1 FM 2483 – Salado
Jarrell 13.1 I-35 – Austin, Waco Discontinuous at I-35
Bell 17.5 FM 2115 – Salado
Williamson Schwertner 19.8 FM 1105 – Weir
Bell Bartlett 25.4 SH 95 (Dalton St.) – Taylor, Temple
Milam Davilla 36.1 FM 437 – Rogers
41.3 FM 3061 – Thorndale
45.7 FM 486 – Thorndale, Pettibone
49.6 FM 1600 – Cameron
55.4 FM 1712 – Minerva
Rockdale 57.4 US 79 north (E. Cameron Ave.) – Hearne Begin overlay of US 79
57.4 FM 908 (N. Main St.) – Thorndale
57.8 US 79 south (W. Cameron Ave.) – Thorndale End overlay of US 79
61.1 US 77 – Giddings, Cameron Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b c Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - Farm to Market Road No. 487". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/FM/FM0487.htm. Retrieved 2011-8-3. 
  2. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Route of FM 487 west of I-35 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Farm+to+Market+487+E%2FE+Main+St&daddr=Farm+to+Market+487+E+to:Farm+to+Market+487+E&hl=en&ll=30.827518,-97.702789&spn=0.083728,0.209255&sll=30.819447,-97.613375&sspn=0.010467,0.026157&geocode=Fd6Z1gEdMMgr-g%3BFQrD1gEd1oUs-g%3BFdBI1gEd4Jwu-g&mra=mi&mrsp=2&sz=16&z=13. Retrieved 2011-8-3.  ; Google, Inc. Google Maps – Route of FM 487 east of I-35 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=IH+35&daddr=Farm+to+Market+487+E+to:Farm+to+Market+487+E+to:E+Clark+St%2FFarm+to+Market+487+E+to:Farm+to+Market+487+E+to:Farm+to+Market+487+E+to:Farm+to+Market+487+E+to:Farm+to+Market+487+E+to:Farm+to+Market+487+E+to:Ackerman+St%2FFarm+to+Market+487+E+to:E+Cameron+Ave%2FFarm+to+Market+487+E+to:W+Cameron+Ave%2FFarm+to+Market+487+E+to:Farm+to+Market+487+E&hl=en&ll=30.7259,-97.310028&spn=0.335265,0.837021&sll=30.623584,-97.029619&sspn=0.041953,0.104628&geocode=FRxN1gEdiKQu-g%3BFdOO1gEdW7Mv-g%3BFQ811gEdEQ0w-g%3BFSbk1QEdKGYx-g%3BFc7A1QEdhrMz-g%3BFblG1QEdANE0-g%3BFTor1QEdCOE1-g%3BFcoO1QEditY2-g%3BFeor1AEdNs83-g%3BFYLG0wEdTuQ3-g%3BFcbE0wEdseA3-g%3BFVq80wEdgs43-g%3BFS4M0wEdKsw3-g&mra=mi&mrsp=12&sz=14&z=11. Retrieved 2011-8-3.