Farm to Market Road 969

Farm to Market Road 969 marker

Route information

Length:

28.954 mi^[1]^[2] (46.597 km)
combined length of FM 969 and UR 969

Existed:

1948 – present

Major junctions

West end:

Loop 111 in Austin

US 183

SH 130 Toll

East end:

SH 21 / SH 71 near Bastrop

Highway system

Highways in Texas

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FM 968

FM 970

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Farm to Market Road 969 (FM 969) is a 28.95-mile (46.59 km) state-maintained farm to market road located in Travis and Bastrop counties of the U.S. state of Texas^[1] of which 6.23 miles (10.03 km) are officially designated as Urban Road 969 (UR 969) in Austin but is still signed as FM 969.^[2]

History

FM 969 originally started at SH 29 at 19th Street, northeast of downtown Austin; at the time, SH 29 was along the current alignment of Loop 111. It then proceeded eastward along 19th Street, terminating near Hornsby Bend. In 1952, FM 969 was extended east to FM 1704. In 1953, FM 969 extended west to US 81(now IH-35) By 1958, it had been extended to its current eastern termination point at SH 71/SH 21.^[1]

In 1975, 19th Street was renamed MLK Boulevard between Lamar Boulevard and the Austin city limits.^[3]

In 1986, the segment between I-35 and Loop 111 was removed from FM 969 and returned to city maintenance. This segment passes by Oakwood Cemetery, the oldest cemetery in Austin, and by UFCU Disch-Falk Field, the University of Texas at Austin baseball field.

In 1995, the segment of FM 969 between Loop 111 and FM 973 was redesginated as UR 969, with the segment east of FM 973 remaining as a Farm to Market Road.^[1] As with most other Urban Roads, no signage changes have been made to indicate the new name.

Route Description

UR 969 begins at an intersection with Loop 111 (Airport Boulevard), east of Interstate 35. It proceeds east along MLK Boulevard for 6.3 miles (10.1 km), passing by Morris-Williams Golf Course and US 183 before leaving the Austin city limits. The UR 969 designation terminates at FM 973, south of Lake Walter E. Long.

At this point, the road designation changes to FM 969. The highway continues east and southeast for 22.6 miles (36.4 km), passing through the villages of Utley and Webberville before terminating at an intersection with SH 71/SH 21, just west of Bastrop. Between Austin and Webberville, FM 969 is named Old Webberville Road.

Junction list

County	Location	Destinations
Travis	Austin	Loop 111 (Airport Boulevard)
		US 183
		FM 3177 (Decker Lane)
		FM 973
		SH 130 Toll
Bastrop		FM 1704
		FM 1209
		SH 21 / SH 71
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1 2 3 4 Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - Farm to Market Road No. 969". Retrieved 2007-08-19.
1 2 Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - Urban Road No. 969". Retrieved 2007-08-19.
↑ City of Austin - Neighborhood Planning and Zoning Department (2002-10-04). "Rosewood Neighborhood Plan Part 3" (PDF). p. 22. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
↑ Overview Map of Farm to Market Road 969 Distances Between Intersections (Map). Google Maps.

Roads in Greater Austin

Interstates	I-35 Bus. I-35-L (Mays Street)

U.S. Highways	US 79 US 183 US 290

State Highways	SH 21 SH 29 SH 45 SH 71 SH 80 SH 95 SH 123 SH 130 SH 138 SH 142 SH 165 SH 195 SH 304

State Loops and Spurs	Loop 1 Spur 69 Loop 111 Loop 212 Loop 275 Loop 343 Loop 360

Park and Recreational Roads	PR 1

Toll Roads	Manor Expressway Loop 1 SH 45 SH 130 183A Toll Road

FM and RM Roads	RM 12 FM 20 FM 86 FM 535 RM 620 FM 685 FM 734 FM 812 FM 969 FM 973 FM 1100 FM 1325 FM 1327 RM 1431 FM 1625 FM 1626 FM 1825 RM 1826 RM 2222 RM 2244 RM 2322 FM 3177 RM 3238

Bridges	Lamar Boulevard Bridge Mansfield Dam Montopolis Bridge Pennybacker Bridge Richards-Congress Avenue Bridge

Named Streets	6th Street

Related	CTRMA

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