Farm to Market Road 1960

Farm to Market Road 1960 (FM 1960) is a farm-to-market road in the U.S. state of Texas, maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation. Its western terminus is at an intersection with U.S. Highway 290 (US 290) and State Highway 6 (SH 6) in northwestern Harris County. It travels generally to the east, ending at SH 321 in Dayton in western Liberty County. FM 1960 has long been an artery in Greater Houston, though it has been shortened and re-routed over the years. Once consisting of most of the current SH 6 in West Houston as well as its current northern route, it still traverses 26 ZIP codes north of the Houston city limits.

Farm to Market Road 1960
FM 1960 highlighted in red
Route information
Length	46.946 mi[1] (75.552 km)
Existed	1951[1]–present
Major junctions
West end	SH 6
	US 290 SH 249 I-45 Hardy Toll Road I-69 / US 59 in Humble
East end	SH 321 in Dayton
Location
Counties	Harris, Liberty
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← FM 1959 FM 1961 →

FM 1960 is also one of the very few FM roads with a business segment, which runs through the middle of Humble.

History

On June 27, 1995, the section west of FM 2100 had its internal designation changed to Urban Road 1960 (UR 1960).[2] The designation of this segment reverted to FM 1960 with the elimination of the Urban Road system on November 15, 2018.[3]

In 2011, the segment from SH 249 to Aldine-Westfield Road was designated as Cypress Creek Parkway in an effort to improve the image of the roadway. Landscaped medians with designated turn lanes replaced the broad open center median originally in place.

Historic western termini

• U.S. Highway 290 near Satsuma (May 23, 1951 – September 29, 1954)
• U.S. Highway 90 (September 29, 1954 – September 26, 1960)
• Farm to Market Road 1093 (September 26, 1960 – September 25, 1962)
• U.S. Highway 59 near Sugar Land (September 25, 1962 – November 1, 1968)
• U.S. Highway 290 near Satsuma (1968 – present)

Historic eastern termini

Kuykendahl Road at Bammel (May 23, 1951 – December 17, 1952) 6.6 Miles east of U.S. Highway 59 (December 17, 1952 – November 21, 1956)

• SH-321 (November 21, 1956=– present) (this extension replaced the section of FM 1008) from Huffman to SH-321

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[4]	km	Destinations	Notes
Harris	​	0.0	0.0	SH 6	Access from SH 6 is via US 290 only
	​	0.0	0.0	US 290 (Hempstead Highway) – Hempstead, Houston
	​	0.8	1.3	N Eldridge Pkwy
	​	1.4	2.3	Fallbrook Dr
	​	2.2	3.5	Jones Rd
	​	2.3	3.7	Windfern Rd
	​	3.8	6.1	Perry Rd
	​	4.6	7.4	Mills Rd
	Houston	5.1	8.2	SH 249/Tomball Pkwy
	​	6.2	10.0	Cutten Rd
	​	7.6	12.2	Champion Forest Dr
	​	8.7	14.0	Stuebener Airline Rd/Veterans Memorial Dr
	​	9.6	15.4	Walters Rd
	​	9.9	15.9	T C Jester Blvd
	​	11.1	17.9	Kuykendahl Rd
	​	12.0	19.3	Ella Blvd
	​	13.4	21.6	I-45 – Dallas, Downtown Houston/North Fwy	I-45 exit 66 southbound, 66A northbound.
	​	14.0	22.5	Imperial Valley Dr
	​	14.9	24.0	Hardy Toll Road
	​	16.1	25.9	Treachwig Rd/Bammel Rd
	​	16.5	26.6	Aldine Westfield Rd
	​	17.6	28.3	Rayford Rd/Bimamwood Blvd
	​	17.9	28.8	Richey Rd
	​	19.6	31.5	Cypresswood Dr
	Houston	20.8	33.5	Bus. FM 1960 east
	​	20.9	33.6	Lee Rd
	​	21.6	34.8	Kenswick Dr
	​	22.5	36.2	Townsen Blvd W/Townsen Blvd
	Humble	23.3	37.5	I-69 / US 59 – Cleveland, Downtown Houston/Eastex Fwy	I-69/US 59 exit 149.
	​	23.9	38.5	N Houston Ave
	​	24.5	39.4	Wilson Rd
	​	24.9	40.1	Bus. FM 1960 west/1st St E
	​	26.8	43.1	Woodland Hills Dr
	​	28.8	46.3	Kings Park Way/Atasca Oaks Dr
	​	29.6	47.6	Atascocita Rd
	​	29.8	48.0	W Lake Houston Pkwy
	Huffman	34.5	55.5	FM 2100/Crosby Huffman Rd[5]
	​	37.1	59.7	Huffman-Eastgate Rd
Liberty	​	40.9	65.8	FM 686[6]
	Dayton	46.9	75.5	SH 321
		46.9	75.5	FM 1008
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Humble business loop

Business Farm to Market Road 1960-A
Location	Humble
Length	4.124 mi[7] (6.637 km)
Existed	1990–present[7]

Map of Business Farm to Market Road 1960-A highlighted in red

Business Farm to Market Road 1960-A (Bus. FM 1960-A) is an east-west business route of FM 1960. It is 4.1 miles (6.6 km) long and is one of only two Business Farm to Market Roads in Texas.[8] The road begins in Houston northeast of George Bush Intercontinental Airport and continues through central Humble as Humble Westfield Road to an intersection with the I-69/US 59 freeway. It then continues as First Street before reconnecting with FM 1960 east of Humble.[9][10]

History

The route follows a previous alignment of FM 1960 through Humble, which was shifted to its present route through the city on June 21, 1978. At this time, the former alignment was designated State Highway Loop 184. It retained the state loop designation until the current business route was designated on June 21, 1990.[11]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Harris County.

Location	mi[9]	km	Destinations	Notes
Houston	0	0.0	FM 1960 – Westfield	Western terminus
Humble	2.5	4.0	I-69 / US 59 (Eastex Freeway) – Houston, Cleveland	I-69/US 59 exit 149.
​	4.1	6.6	FM 1960 – Huffman	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

External links

Template:Attached KML/Farm to Market Road 1960

KML is from Wikidata

• Precinct 4, Harris County authority administering most of FM 1960
• Snyder, Mike. "National panel suggests a new path for region / Urban experts call for local leaders to use transportation to guide growth." Houston Chronicle. Thursday July 10, 2008. B1 MetFront.
• Jackson, Kim. "Medians divide FM 1960 community." Houston Chronicle. September 7, 2009.
• "Green Medians." Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce

References

1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Farm to Market Road No. 1960". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
2. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Urban Road No. 1960". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
3. "Minute Order 115371" (PDF). Texas Transportation Commission. November 15, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
4. https://maps.google.com
5. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Farm to Market Road No. 2100". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
6. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Farm to Market Road No. 686". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
7. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Business Farm to Market Road No. 1960-A". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
8. Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File – Search Results for Business Farm to Market Road". Retrieved August 8, 2010
9. Google (August 8, 2010). "Route of Bus. FM 1960-A" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
10. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 1701. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
11. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Loop No. 184". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 8, 2010.