Farm to Market Road 1301
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| Route information | ||||
| Length: | 32.312 mi[1] (52.001 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1949 – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: |
  Business 59 in Wharton | |||
 FM 2817 near Iago FM 1096 in Iago FM 442 in Boling FM 1728 in Pledger FM 524 in Danciger FM 1459 | ||||
| East end: |
 SH 35 outside West Columbia | |||
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Farm to Market Road 1301 is a state highway the U.S. state of Texas.
Route Description
Farm to Market Road 1301 begins as a four-lane highway (Boling Highway) in the heart of Wharton, passing Wharton County Junior College. Leaving Wharton, FM 1301 gains a rural characteristic, travelling south-southeast towards Boling, with a four way stop at Farm to Market Road 442. Continuing southwest, FM 1301 makes a brief turn to the south before entering Matagorda County and the unincorporated town of Pledger where the highway meets intersects FM 1728 as FM 1301 makes a hairpin V-shaped turn to the northeast, then curving back to the south and east into Brazoria County. FM 1301 continues on a generally east-southeast route until it intersects SH 35 just shy of West Columbia.
History
FM 1301 was originally designated in 1949 from US 59 southeast to the Matagorda County Line. Later that year, FM 1452 from the Matagorda County line to SH 36 was canceled and combined with FM 1301. In 1955, Spur 59 from SH 36 to SH 35 was canceled and combined with FM 1301. Until 1998, FM 1301 traveled further east into West Columbia, intersecting SH 36 and ending in downtown West Columbia at SH 35, which ran along Seventeenth Street. SH 35 was rerouted along a new path, intersecting FM 1301 at a point west of West Columbia and continuing along FM 1301's former route into West Columbia, making Seventeenth Street "Business 35".
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Wharton | Wharton |   Bus. US 59 / SH 60 | Western terminus of FM 1301 | ||
| Boling | FM 442 | ||||
| Matagorda | Pledger | FM 1728 south | Northern terminus of FM 1728 | ||
| Brazoria | FM 524 south | Northern terminus of FM 524 | |||
| FM 1459 south | Northern terminus of FN 1459 | ||||
| West Columbia | SH 35 | Southern terminus of FM 1301 | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division. "Farm to Market Road No. 1301". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 18, 2010.