Ranch to Market Road 1623

Ranch to Market Road 1623
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length: 23.386 mi[1][nb 1] (37.636 km)
Existed: 1951 – present
Major junctions
North end: RM 2721 north of Stonewall[nb 2]
  US 290 in Stonewall
East end: US 281 in Blanco
Location
Counties: Gillespie, Blanco
Highway system

Highways in Texas
Interstate • U.S. • TX (Loops – Spurs – Rec – FM)

← FM 1622 FM 1624 →

Ranch to Market Road 1623 (RM 1623) is a 23.386-mile (37.636 km) farm to market road in Gillespie and Blanco counties, Texas.[1]

Contents

Route description

RM 1623 begins in eastern Gillespie County at an intersection with RM 2721.[2] It travels to the south into Stonewall, where it crosses Ranch Road 1, and has a one-block eastward concurrency with US 290 before continuing southward. It then turns to the southeast and crosses into Blanco County.[3] The route intersects RM 1888 before turning to the east and running along the north bank of the Blanco River into Blanco.[4] The RM 1623 designation ends at US 281 in central Blanco; the roadway continues as Loop 163.[1]

History

FM 1623 was first designated in Blanco County in 1951, and ran from US 281 in Blanco to the west approximately 5.0 mi (8.0 km). Its length was doubled in 1953 and increased again in 1954; the designation ended at the Gillespie County line. The extension into Gillespie County and to US 290 would be approved in 1955. The route was redesignated in 1970 as an RM route, the same year the extension to RM 2721 was added.[1]

Major intersections

County Location Mile[5][nb 1] Destinations Notes
Gillespie
   0.0 RM 2721 Northern terminus [nb 2]
Stonewall 3.0 RR 1 – Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park  
3.4 US 290 west – Fredericksburg West end of US 290 concurrency
3.6 US 290 east – Johnson City East end of US 290 concurrency
Blanco
   18.4 RM 1888 (River Rd.) – Luckenbach  
Blanco 23.6 US 281 / Loop 163 – Johnson City, San Antonio Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Notes

  1. ^ a b The certified length given is shorter than the actual mileage, as the TxDOT description of RM 1623 considers it to be discontinuous at US 290.
  2. ^ a b The section between RM 2721 and US 290 in Stonewall is signed south–north, but the majority of the route is signed west–east.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - Ranch to Market Road No. 1623". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/RM/RM1623.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-13. 
  2. ^ Texas Department of Transportation (PDF). Texas County Map Book (Map). 1:120,000 (2010 ed.). p. 371. http://www.txdot.state.tx.us/travel/county_grid_search.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-13. 
  3. ^ Texas Department of Transportation (PDF). Texas County Map Book (Map). 1:120,000 (2010 ed.). p. 401. http://www.txdot.state.tx.us/travel/county_grid_search.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-13. 
  4. ^ Texas Department of Transportation (PDF). Texas County Map Book (Map). 1:120,000 (2010 ed.). p. 402. http://www.txdot.state.tx.us/travel/county_grid_search.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-13. 
  5. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Overview map of Ranch to Market Road 1623 Distances Between Interchanges (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Ranch+Rd+1623&daddr=Ranch+Rd+1623+to:Ranch+Rd+1623+to:Ranch+Rd+1623+to:Farm+Rd+1623%2FRanch+Rd+1623+to:4th+St%2FFarm+Rd+1623%2FRanch+Rd+1623&hl=en&geocode=FeodzgEdNpse-g%3BFRZ1zQEdRpwe-g%3BFcZbzQEdRpwe-g%3BFUVbzQEd96se-g%3BFdZaywEddPwg-g%3BFUxCywEdvTEi-g&mra=dme&mrcr=2,3&mrsp=3&sz=16&sll=30.233783,-98.65212&sspn=0.016444,0.033023&ie=UTF8&ll=30.206564,-98.458786&spn=0.264364,0.528374&z=12. Retrieved 2011-01-13. 
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