Farm to Market Road 677
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length: | 30.395 mi[1] (48.916 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1946 – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: |
 FM 455 in Forestburg | |||
 US 82 in St. Jo | ||||
| North end: |
 SH-89 at the Red River | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Montague | |||
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Farm to Market Road 677 (FM 677) is a farm to market road in Montague County, Texas.[1]
Route description
FM 677 is one of the longest farm to market roads in Montague County, and is a two-lane route for its entire length. It begins in Forestburg at a junction with FM 477.[2] It travels northward through the rural eastern part of the county, reaching St. Jo and an intersection with US 82. It continues northward, through the unincorporated communities of Capps Corner and Illinois Bend, close to the Cooke County line.[3] It briefly turns to the west before resuming its northward journey toward the Red River. The FM 677 designation ends as the route crosses into Love County, Oklahoma across the Taovoyas Indian Bridge; the roadway continues as Oklahoma State Highway 89.[1]
A spur of FM 677 exists in Illinois Bend, traveling northward from mainline FM 677 approximately 0.268 mi (0.431 km). It is signed as Spur 677 using the traditional state highway spur marker.[1]
History
FM 677 was first designated in 1946; the originally routing was northward from US 82 in St. Jo approximately 5.3 mi (8.5 km). It was extended north 2.5 miles and south 2.9 miles in 1951, and again southward in 1952, to Hardy near the FM 1630 intersection.[4] The route's designation was extended further northward to 3 miles north of Capps Corner in 1953 and to Illinois Bend in 1954; the latter year also so the lengthening to Forestburg. The connection to the Red River was made in 1958, and the concurrency with US 82 in St. Jo was removed in 1961. The connection to Oklahoma was made in 1989. [1]
While the designation file indicates that the route enters Cooke County, this contradicts the information in TxDOT's planning file.[1][3]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Montague County.
| Location | mi[5] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Forestburg | 0.0 | 0.0 | FM 455 – Montague, Bolivar | Southern terminus | |
| 3.9 | 6.3 |  FM 1630 | |||
| 11.3 | 18.2 |  FM 3206 | |||
| St. Jo | 13.1 | 21.1 | US 82 – Nocona, Gainesville | ||
| Capps Corner | 21.0 | 33.8 |  FM 1956 – Nocona | ||
| 24.1 | 38.8 |  FM 373 – Bulcher | |||
| Illinois Bend | 26.7 | 43.0 |  FM Spur 677 | ||
| 28.3 | 45.5 |  FM 2953 | |||
| 30.3 | 48.8 | Taovoyas Indian Bridge over the Red River | Northern terminus; continues as SH-89 | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Transportation Planning and Programming Division. "Farm to Market Road No. 677". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ↑ Texas Department of Transportation Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2012). Texas County Map Book (PDF) (Map) (2012 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 449. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Texas Department of Transportation Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2012). Texas County Map Book (PDF) (Map) (2012 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 448. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ↑ Brian Hart. "Hardy, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ↑ Google (2011-01-14). "Overview map of Farm to Market Road 677 Distances Between Interchanges" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-01-14.