Farm to Market Road 969

Infobox TX State Highway
type=Farm
route=969
length_mi=28.954
length_ref=cite web | author=Texas Department of Transportation | title=Highway Designation File - Farm to Market Road No. 969 | url=http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/fm0500/fm0969.htm | accessdate=2007-08-19] cite web | author=Texas Department of Transportation | title=Highway Designation File - Urban Road No. 969 | url=http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/ur/ur0969.htm | accessdate=2007-08-19]
length_notes=combined length of FM 969 and UR 969
length_km=46.59
formed=1948
dir1=West
dir2=East
from=jct|state=TX|SL|111 in Austin
junction=jct|state=TX|US|183
jct|state=TX|Toll|130
to=jct|state=TX|TX|21|TX|71 near Bastrop
previous_type=Farm
previous_route=968
next_type=Farm
next_route=970

Farm to Market Road 969 (FM 969) is a convert|28.95|mi|km|2|sing=on state-maintained farm to market road located in Travis and Bastrop counties of the U.S. state of Texas of which convert|6.23|mi|km|2 are officially designated as Urban Road 969 (UR 969) in Austin but is still signed as FM 969..

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 I-35. It then proceeded eastward along 19th Street, terminating near Hornsby Bend. By 1958, it had been extended to its current eastern termination point at SH 71/SH 21.

In 1975, 19th Street was renamed MLK Boulevard between Lamar Boulevard and the Austin city limitscite web | author=City of Austin - Neighborhood Planning and Zoning Department | title=Rosewood Neighborhood Plan Part 3 | url=http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/zoning/downloads/rose_np3.pdf#page=9 | date=2002-10-04 | pages=p. 22 | accessdate=2007-08-20] .

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. 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, 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, 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.

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