Farm to Market Road 487
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| 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 | |||
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 US 79 in Rockdale | ||||
| East end: |
 US 77 near Praesel | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Williamson, Bell, Milam | |||
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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 | mi[2][3] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Williamson | Florence | 0.0 | 0.0 | SH 195 (Patterson Avenue) – Fort Hood, Georgetown | Western terminus |
| 3.1 | 5.0 |  FM 2483 – Salado | |||
| Jarrell | 13.1 | 21.1 |  I-35 – Austin, Waco | Discontinuous at I-35 | |
| Bell | 17.5 | 28.2 |  FM 2115 – Salado | ||
| Williamson | Schwertner | 19.8 | 31.9 |  FM 1105 – Weir | |
| Bell | Bartlett | 25.4 | 40.9 |  SH 95 (Dalton Street) – Taylor, Temple | |
| Milam | Davilla | 36.1 | 58.1 |  FM 437 – Rogers | |
| 41.3 | 66.5 |  FM 3061 – Thorndale | |||
| 45.7 | 73.5 |  FM 486 – Thorndale, Pettibone | |||
| 49.6 | 79.8 |  FM 1600 – Cameron | |||
| 55.4 | 89.2 |  FM 1712 – Minerva | |||
| Rockdale | 57.4 | 92.4 | US 79 north (East Cameron Avenue) – Hearne | West end of US 79 overlap | |
| 57.4 | 92.4 |  FM 908 (North Main Street) – Thorndale | |||
| 57.8 | 93.0 | US 79 south (West Cameron Avenue) – Thorndale | East end of US 79 overlap | ||
| 61.1 | 98.3 | US 77 – Giddings, Cameron | Eastern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- 1 2 3 Transportation Planning and Programming Division. "Farm to Market Road No. 487". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ↑ Google (August 3, 2011). "Route of FM 487 west of I-35" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ↑ Google (August 3, 2011). "Route of FM 487 east of I-35" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 3, 2011.