Farm to Market Road 1301

Farm to Market Road 1301
Route information
Length:	32.312 mi[1] (52.001 km)
Existed:	1949 – present
Major junctions
West end:	Business 59 in Wharton
	FM 2817 near Iago FM 1096 in Iago FM 442 in Boling FM 1728 in Pledger FM 524 in Danciger FM 1459
East end:	SH 35 outside West Columbia
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs Park Rec FM ← FM 1300 FM 1302 →

Farm to Market Road 1301 is a state highway the U.S. state of Texas.

Route Description

Farm to Market Road 1301 begins as a four-lane highway (Boling Highway) in the heart of Wharton, passing Wharton County Junior College. Leaving Wharton, FM 1301 gains a rural characteristic, travelling south-southeast towards Boling, with a four way stop at Farm to Market Road 442. Continuing southwest, FM 1301 makes a brief turn to the south before entering Matagorda County and the unincorporated town of Pledger where the highway meets intersects FM 1728 as FM 1301 makes a hairpin V-shaped turn to the northeast, then curving back to the south and east into Brazoria County. FM 1301 continues on a generally east-southeast route until it intersects SH 35 just shy of West Columbia.

History

FM 1301 was originally designated in 1949 from US 59 southeast to the Matagorda County Line. Later that year, FM 1452 from the Matagorda County line to SH 36 was canceled and combined with FM 1301. In 1955, Spur 59 from SH 36 to SH 35 was canceled and combined with FM 1301. Until 1998, FM 1301 traveled further east into West Columbia, intersecting SH 36 and ending in downtown West Columbia at SH 35, which ran along Seventeenth Street. SH 35 was rerouted along a new path, intersecting FM 1301 at a point west of West Columbia and continuing along FM 1301's former route into West Columbia, making Seventeenth Street "Business 35".

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Wharton	Wharton			Bus. US 59 / SH 60	Western terminus of FM 1301
	Boling			FM 442
Matagorda	Pledger			FM 1728 south	Northern terminus of FM 1728
Brazoria				FM 524 south	Northern terminus of FM 524
				FM 1459 south	Northern terminus of FN 1459
	West Columbia			SH 35	Southern terminus of FM 1301
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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