 Farm to Market Road 76 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 29.417 mi[1] (47.342 km) Includes approximately 16.85 miles (27.12 km) of UR 76[2] | |||
| Existed | 1943[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end | CR 7181 near Fabens | |||
 SH 20 in Fabens
 FM 659 in El Paso | ||||
| North end | SH 20 | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Farm to Market Road 76 (FM 76) is a Farm to Market Road in the U.S. state of Texas maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The road, located in southeastern El Paso County, connects southeastern portions of the city of El Paso, including the former town of Ysleta now wholly within the city, with the communities of Socorro, Clint, and Fabens. The road along with nearby State Highway 20 (SH 20) serves as a major arterial between Interstate 10 (I-10) and the Rio Grande in the El Paso Lower Valley.
Route description
editHistory
editFM 76 was originally designated from its current northern terminus at SH 20, then part of US 80, near Ascarate Park to Zaragosa Road in Ysleta in 1943. The road was subsequently extended to Clint in 1944 and then to Fabens in 1945. The road was extended along the remainder of its current length in 1948 ending at FM 1109.[1]
US 80 was the predecessor route of I-10 and I-20 in western Texas. SH 20 was designated over the non-Interstate portion of I-10 in 1969.[3] US 80 was decommissioned in western Texas in 1991.[4]
Farm to Market Road 1109 | |
|---|---|
| Location | El Paso County |
| Length | 4.106 mi[5] (6.608 km) |
| Existed | 1948–2005[5] |
Farm to Market Road 1109 formerly intersected the southern terminus of FM 76 and connected FM 76 with the Rio Grande to the west and SH 20 to the east 0.8 miles (1.3 km) north of Tornillo. FM 1109 was originally designated in 1948. In 2005, the state designation was cancelled, and the road returned to county maintenance as County Road 7180 and County Road 7181.[5]
Major intersections
editThe entire road is in El Paso County.
| Location | mi[6] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 0.0 | 0.0 | CR 7181 (Lower Island Road) | Southern terminus | |
| Fabens | 5.6 | 9.0 | |||
| 5.8 | 9.3 | ||||
| Clint | 12.5 | 20.1 | Begin overlay of FM 1110 | ||
| 13.8 | 22.2 | End overlay of FM 1110 | |||
| Socorro | 18.2 | 29.3 | |||
| El Paso | 21.2 | 34.1 | |||
| 22.9 | 36.9 | ||||
| 29.5 | 47.5 | Northern terminus | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Farm to Market Road No. 76". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Urban Road No. 76". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 20". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 15, 2013.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 80". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 15, 2013.
- ^ a b c Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Farm to Market Road No. 1109". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
- ^ "Overview of FM 76" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
External links
edit Geographic data related to Farm to Market Road 76 at OpenStreetMap