Ranch to Market Road 1623

Ranch to Market Road 1623
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	23.386 mi[1][nb 1] (37.636 km)
Existed:	1951 – present
Major junctions
North end:	RM 2721 north of Stonewall[nb 2]
	US 290 in Stonewall
East end:	US 281 in Blanco
Location
Counties:	Gillespie, Blanco
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs Park Rec FM ← FM 1622 FM 1624 →

Ranch to Market Road 1623 (RM 1623) is a 23.386-mile (37.636 km) farm to market road in Gillespie and Blanco counties, Texas.^[1]

Route description

RM 1623 begins in eastern Gillespie County at an intersection with RM 2721.^[2] It travels to the south into Stonewall, where it crosses Ranch Road 1, and has a one-block eastward concurrency with US 290 before continuing southward. It then turns to the southeast and crosses into Blanco County.^[3] The route intersects RM 1888 before turning to the east and running along the north bank of the Blanco River into Blanco.^[4] The RM 1623 designation ends at US 281 in central Blanco; the roadway continues as Loop 163.^[1]

History

FM 1623 was first designated in Blanco County in 1951, and ran from US 281 in Blanco to the west approximately 5.0 mi (8.0 km). Its length was extended to 10.3 mi in 1953 and increased again in 1954; the designation ended at the Gillespie County line. The extension into Gillespie County and to US 290 would be approved in 1955. The route was redesignated in 1969 as an RM route, the same year the extension to RM 2721 was added.^[1]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[5][nb 1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Gillespie		0.0	0.0	RM 2721	Northern terminus [nb 2]
	Stonewall	3.0	4.8	RR 1 – Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
		3.4	5.5	US 290 west – Fredericksburg	West end of US 290 concurrency
		3.6	5.8	US 290 east – Johnson City	East end of US 290 concurrency
Blanco		18.4	29.6	RM 1888 (River Rd.) – Luckenbach
	Blanco	23.6	38.0	US 281 / Loop 163 – Johnson City, San Antonio	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Notes

1. The certified length given is shorter than the actual mileage, as the TxDOT description of RM 1623 considers it to be discontinuous at US 290.
2. The section between RM 2721 and US 290 in Stonewall is signed south–north, but the majority of the route is signed west–east.

References

1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division. "Ranch to Market Road No. 1623". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
2. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2012). Texas County Map Book (PDF) (Map) (2012 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 371. OCLC 867856197. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
3. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2012). Texas County Map Book (PDF) (Map) (2012 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 401. OCLC 867856197. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
4. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2012). Texas County Map Book (PDF) (Map) (2012 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 402. OCLC 867856197. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
5. Google (2011-01-13). "Overview map of Ranch to Market Road 1623 Distances Between Interchanges" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-01-13.